Cry, Cry, Cry!
Happy Tuesday! We have another freebie this week. When I was trying to come up with a topic, I was actually nursing a reading hangover thanks to reading TWO Renee Carlino books in a row. Both ended with me shedding tears - one happy, one sad, but both were such emotional books for me.
In all honestly, I always seem to cry a little with just about every book I read, but these are books that I will break down in tears as I talk about them with people. There was just something so profoundly sad or touching about them that brings all those emotions to the surface when I think about them.
I tried to focus on books I read in the past year, but I found many were not necessarily released this year. Looking at the ten I selected, many involve a character dealing with cancer or a terminal illness, and some had characters who died as well. So, sad stuff, for sure, but they were also very touching and hopeful in their own way.
- This Used to Be Us by Renee Carlino
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Secret of Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale
- What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
- Boone by Sawyer Bennett
- Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
- After Annie by Anna Quindlen
- The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
- Before I Go by Colleen Oakley
- Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins
Any books make you cry?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
I just reread Christmas Shopaholic, and that was making me cry happy tears!
ReplyDeleteThe ending! That word! I don't think there was a book after that, was there? Loved it! So much fun.
DeleteWhile I've read a lot of these authors, I haven't read any of these particular books yet. I don't mind a book that makes me cry as long as the hopefulness over powers the sad.
ReplyDeleteThat is my requirement as well. I don't mind paying the price of my tears as long as I get a happy/hopeful ending.
DeleteI love an ugly cry book too and yet I have read none of these!
ReplyDeleteThese really got to me, but they were hopeful, too.
DeleteI don't like books that make me cry. But some do.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say I seek them out, but if I come across a book that could be sad, I won't run.
DeleteI’m not much of a crier and tend to go for books that bring me joy. I think you might like Finding You by Amy Clipston. It’s about someone who had a kidney transplant.
ReplyDeleteThese books are all ultimately uplifting, but there were serious tears shed as I read. I have never read Clipston though I have my eye on her latest release.
DeleteI want a happy ending even if a book makes me cry. One that ends on a sad note is not for me!
ReplyDeleteAs long as it ends on the upswing, I am good. I cannot deal with bleak or sad endings.
DeleteI love a book that can make me an emotional wreck like this so I'm taking notes. I've only read AJ Fikry off this list and that did have me in tears at the end although Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow made me ugly cry so hard. 🤣 I loved it to bits. Great post, Sam!
ReplyDeleteI let loose some serious tears during Tomorrow. That awful relationship she had and then what happened when she finally found something real. I may be crying right now. That one was a bit bleak at the end. I wish the characters were a bit more hopeful. I felt drained by that book though it was well written.
DeleteOh gosh, I just read that new Sophie Kinsella book and that made me cry my eyes out.
ReplyDelete((HUGS)) So emotional! And so well done.
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