{Bloggers Recommend} Books That Touched Our Hearts and Made Us Cry
From Nicole @ Linus's Blanket
You know going in that a fictional account of the tragedy of the Donner Party is not going to be a happy read. Gabrielle Burton's account of the doomed wagon train crossing in her novel Impatient With Desire is both poignant and respectful. I held it together for most of the book, but there were a couple of places that really got the tears flowing {review}.
Melanie @ The Reclusive Bibliophile
Stick by Andrew Smith. This book is about a kid who can't catch a break. Stick lives in an abusive home and gets bullied at school. His story made me tear up more than a few times {review}.
Britney @ I Eat Words
Delirium by Lauren Oliver. I ended the book simultaneously crying and wanting to throw it across the room. That may have been because I had read it believing it was a stand-alone novel (don't ask me why but I did). Imagine my relief when I found out there would be a sequel! Great book {review}.
Jamie @ The Broke and The Bookish
If I Stay by Gayle Forman. Just be prepared to bawl in front of strangers as this emotionally gripping book that will genuinely move you. I think that it's realistic nature of the tragedy that gets to you because we've all either experienced something similar or have seen it on the news {review}.
LaToya @ La Toya Literally
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. Geez, I'm getting sad thinking about it right now and I read this book almost a year ago. I can't say a book has ever made me cry before so, congrats Nicholas Sparks {review}.
Natalie @ Coffee and a Book Chick
Skipping a Beat, by Sarah Pekkanen. Sarah Pekkanen has created a new lifelong fan in me. I found myself clutching the book, hunkering down in my couch, turning the pages. My husband asked me if I was going to bed, and I could only weakly wave my hand to him over the back of the couch, as I prayed that he wouldn't walk around to see why I wasn't talking. Yep. I was a (crying) blubbering mess {review}.
And since I've read quite a few books that made me cry - here are a few more recommendations: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See; and A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway.
Have you read any of these books? Do you have any recommendations that you would add to this list?
Oddly enough I'm scared to read books that will make me cry :-( The last one that did it for me was The Notebook. And I just finished Mistress of Rome and there is a part towards the end where the tears were threatening!