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Postby Locke » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:58 pm

>She Said Yes - Yeah, the Cassie Bernall Bio

i cryed after eading the ending...
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Postby randomclassic » Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:34 pm

What Child is This - And I can't believe this but I forgot who wrote it, it's like my favorite book of all time, lol, but I think Caroline B. Cooney wrote it. I'm not sure though. I always read this book at Christmas time. It's a very good book.
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Postby Whitephoenix » Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:25 pm

The Man Who Loved Clowns
Yeah, it really started the waterworks towards the end when we read it in class.
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Postby panegryst » Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:04 pm

i sniffled thru 'Abolition of Man' by CS Lewis and 'The Man Who Was Thursday' by G.K. Chesterton (he's a LITERARY GENIUS.) 'The Imitation of Christ' by Thomas a Kempis and the Gospel of John (esp. chap 8) are guaranteed teary-eye-makers.
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Postby MillicentKnight » Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:41 pm

I cried towards the end of George R. R. Martin's "The Hedge Knight." I've read it several times and it never fails to make me at least a little teary-eyed. I also cried over one of the Dragonriders of Pern books. I think it was "The Skies of Pern"...I don't want to say why cuz that would be a spoiler. n.n
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Postby samuraidragon » Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:29 pm

PotBelliedCow wrote:[spoiler="Harry Potter 5"] It was rather when Sirius died when I cried!! He's my favorite character besides Hermione!![/spoiler]

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[spoiler="Harry Potter 5"] Sirius died!?! [/spoiler] Geez, I really need to re-read the book, I must of read that part around midnight in bed when I was half asleep.
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Postby Jaltus-bot » Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:43 pm

The book that really made me cry was Star or Light, by Patricia St. John.
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Postby Indigo_Eyes » Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:42 pm

I recently read Wish You Well by David Baldacci for a required summer book report (still nead to type up the book report) and it had me crying near the end. It was actually a really good book, and I enjoyed it :) (which is like a miracle for me since it was a book report book and not one I read for fun).
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Postby One and Only » Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:55 am

ok all of oyu need to read different books... some are ok but most... cmon. everyone, and i mean EVERYONE read Black Hawk Down... and also see the movie, i did not cry but i almost thought about it... does that count... i dont cry!
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Postby blue elf » Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:09 pm

I know I cried at least once when reading the Heritage of Shannara series by Terry Brooks.
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Postby Cedahlia » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:13 pm

I cry at so many books...a few of them include The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Ella Enchanted, the end of the Animorph series, Zinc, Stargirl, and A Place to Call Home. That last book...I started reading this one part, and ended up sobbing uncontrollably. I had to stop reading it for a week before I could go on it was so sad. ^^;
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Postby Angel37 » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:17 pm

I cried reading Harry Potter Four and Five. Lol. I'm hopeless, huh? And I nearly cried reading the Redemption of Althalus but only because it was so happy! And I nearly cried reading 1984, but that was more of shock than sadness.
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Postby sunet » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:21 pm

uh, the 4th & 5th harry potter

& an echo in the darkness
& a whisper in the wind< both by francine rivers
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Postby Jaltus-bot » Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:05 pm

Star of Light by Patricia St. John. It's about a little Morrocan boy who travels far to protect his blind baby sister from being sold to someone to work as a begger. The sister gets adopted by a missionary nurse lady. They go through so much. It's such a moving, touching story about God, struggle, humanity, love, and divine providence.
When I feel blue, I start breathing again.

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It's cosplay, get used to it.

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Postby EvilSporkofDoom » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:42 pm

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the ending ;_; )
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
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Postby Ssjjvash » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:49 pm

I cried after I read an anime comic thingy. Call Me Princess.
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To serve your turn long after they are gone
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Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' ...you'll be a Man, my son!

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Postby Icarus » Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:24 pm

The only book that I specifically remember crying over was The Prophet, by Frank E. Perreti.

It also spawned one of my favorite non-sensical quotes: "Brown gets moldy in the rain."
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Postby oro! » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:51 pm

I cried in the middle of Return of the King. I guess I am like a lot of you. I thought No!!!!!!
I think that is about it though.
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Postby Scribs » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:12 pm

I cried after Fosters war.
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Postby AsterlonKnight » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:03 am

Oddly enough, at the ending to Robin McKinnley's book Spindle's End. It's not a sad story, it's a REALLY good version of Sleeping Beauty. Practical and I adored the characters. The ending was so perfect though...-sniffles-
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Postby shadowblade » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:08 pm

I remember when I was reading the last book in the Sevenwaters trilogy 'Child of the Prophecy' I did cry a bit near the end. And I was close to crying while reading 'Ella Enchanted'.

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Postby MorwenLaicoriel » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:09 pm

Lord of the Rings. I remember....
[spoiler="Two Towers! (The books...ROTK spoiler for the movies)"] when Sam believes that Frodo died. I thought he died, too, and of course, my Mom called me to lunch before I got to the part where I found out that Frodo wasn't actually dead, and I could hardly eat, I was so depressed. XD It took me an hour or two to get up the courage to read what happened next.[/spoiler]
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