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 [personal profile] sunshine304 asked: Which book has made you laugh the most, which one has made you cry the hardest?
 
I’m actually not a huge reader of humorous books, but I have a distinct memory of trying to stifle my intense laughter while reading Hilary McKay’s Exiles series late at night. I had also forgotten how funny PG Wodehouse’s Psmith books are until a friend group started talking about them recently and reminded me of Baxter's lemon colored pajamas. 
 
Honorable mention to the scene in Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance where ImpSec slowly sinks into the ground. 
 
Prior to 2012, the book that made me cry the most was undoubtedly A Tale of Two Cities, which I sobbed over while lying on our scratchy green couch at age 13. (And then yelled at my siblings because they were bickering and punctured my Mood.) Post-2012, the answer is Code Name Verity. For quite awhile, a single phrase was enough to make me well up. 
 
That being said, I am definitely a weepy person and cry at all kinds of books and stories. I sometimes like crying because it releases some kind of internal tension valve. Other books I have cried over include: The King of Attolia, all of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ancillary Mercy, and so on. 
 

Date: 2022-12-22 06:10 pm (UTC)
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I've only ever heard that "A Tale of Two Cities" is a classic, but I've never read it. Not sure if I want to now. XD

I've read some humorous books over the years. some that really made me laugh were Peter Weir's "The Martian", Terry Pratchett's book about cats and one particular scene in Scott Lynch's "The Lies of Locke Lamora". Oh, also Matt Beaumont's "e" (told completely through emails between employees of a company).

I don't think I have cried all that much while reading, I cry more when I watch a movie. But the first one was Colin Dann's "The Fox Cub Bold", where I sobbed through the ending. Also I'm sure LotR at some point as well as one or two scenes in "Harry Potter".

Date: 2022-12-26 08:37 pm (UTC)
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Well... no. XD I also never was, I guess - at 13 I was listening to the cast recordings of Cats and Rent on repeat. XD And reading horse books.

I've not read much by Pratchett. The cat book, and from Discworld one centred around DEATH, and the first one with the wizard I think. They were fun but I guess I didn't get into them enough to continue. Might have been down to the translation, though IDK.

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