This week Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books asks: What book influenced or changed your life? How did it influence / change you?
A: The Diary of Anne Frank. I avidly read through this book as a young girl. It was one of my first experiences reading a work concerning the Holocaust, and I shortly became addicted to learning about the time period through both historical accounts and fiction. My attraction to Holocaust studies has lead to an university degree and volunteering at a Holocaust education centre. I'll shortly be reviewing a few works on the Holocaust, as well.
How did a book influence you?
Hopping by to visit and follow. Wow, that's amazing! It's a big deal to find a book that influences your whole life like that. I've never been able to read much about the Holocaust, but my dad studies it extensively.
ReplyDeleteJust hopping by to say Hi. I remember reading The Diary of Anne Frank at school, and I don't think I was old or mature enough to fully appreciate it then, but clearly remember having a sense of horror that such things had happened relatively recently in our history. I couldn't bring myself to visit the house on any of the trips I've been on to Amsterdam.
ReplyDeleteVery cool that the book influenced you like that. :)
ReplyDeleteHopping by...The Diary of Anne Frank is an excellent choice.
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I loved The Diary of Anne Frank as well! A book that definitely sticks with you!
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This will probably come of something as a surprise but the book that changed/influenced my life (more than any other) is a non-fiction book. I know we all focus on novels and the fanciful fiction we love to read but The Four Work Week is the book that gets all the credit. I know the title sounds fictional but it really isn’t. Hop over to my blog and find out why – http://www.howardsherman.net
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Hopping through. New follower!
ReplyDeleteThe most influential Holocaust book for me was the Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss.
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I can't believe I forgot Anne Frank's Diary! Such a great choice! Thanks for stopping by. Now following. :)
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