Emotions running high

[KanoasDestiny]

It's amazing how much a book can affect you. I just finished my second book of a trilogy and have literally been sobbing for the last five minutes. My chest is tight and I ache inside. It's amazing how you can get sooo involved with a story that isn't even real. But then, maybe I'm just overly emotional. Lol.

What is the saddest book you can remember reading?

 

[lucky seven]

The book Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen touched me. When the main character Ann Marie is expected to ride again. She says she doesn't want to ride another horse because that's what it would be--another horse. I had just lost my beloved mare and that line hit me like a ton of bricks. I needed a horse to keep my pasture pet company, that's where my first and only mini has come in. I still feel the same way, my riding days are over because my mare can't be replaced. I still get misty eyed when I think about her.

 

[KanoasDestiny]

Aww, I'm sorry Lucky Seven. It's always hard when we lose that special "fur-kid". I have lost too many over the years, and the one that still hurts me the most is when I lost my rat, Nemo. It was almost 8 years ago, but I still get emotional and teary-eyed when I think of her. She may have just been a "rat", but she was irreplaceable and I don't think I will ever be able to get another one. I couldn't imagine reading a book that focuses on the love of a person and their rat.

 

[lucky seven]

I still love reading stories with horses in them, love Dick Fancis mystery novels. But most of my sadnesss comes from the fact I felt so guilty because my mare had acute founder and couldn't be saved. She also had stifle problems and my farrier made me understand that there wasn't anything I could have done differently. Has made me feel better. Watched Clinton Anderson today and next week there will be a woman in a wheel chair. The clip shows her riding, made me think if she can, then I should stop feeling sorry for myself and start living again.

 

[lucky seven]

Sorry about your Nemo, my daughter lost her hamster and was very upset. She has two cats and I'm amazed that they all got along. Have you ever thought about having another Nemo? I have always had cats and dogs, but critters like rats and hamsters, don't think so. I am always impressed with people who are comfortable with the more exotic pets.

 

[KanoasDestiny]

Hmmm, that's tough to say. I always have really close relationships with my animals, but Nemo and I had something really special. Rats don't live very long, so I don't think I could put myself through getting so attached again when I'd only have a little amount of time with them. She was really smart and affectionate, and not dirty at all. In fact, we always called her a little diva because as soon as we'd get done handling her, she would spend the next ten minutes cleaning herself. She acted like we were the dirty ones and she had to wash our dirtiness off of her. Lol.

Her and my cat, Binx, got along really well. I never trusted her out of the cage without him being in a carrier, but he never tried to reach through her cage to grab her. In fact, he would go and stretch upward so he could peek into her cage and say hello. When she passed away, he would go over to her corner and look for her. I think he was as heartbroken over losing her as I was.

 

[Remali]

I'll admit I can't really read any sad books, I just can't.... it makes me start thinking too much about losses. But, hmmm.... the saddest book I've ever read, I can't think of any right now, but horse books always leave a lump in my throat, or any book about pets. Makes me think about my pets and horses that have passed on, and I get all teary-eyed.

 

[KanoasDestiny]

I find I'm getting more emotional about things as I'm getting older. A lot more things are starting to affect me. :/

 

[Riverrose28]

When I was younger, HAHA a long time ago, I cried when Shams mother was being starved to death, then died in King of the Wind. When I was fourteen I read The Diary of Anne Frank for school, and cried for hours. I don't think I read any sad ones since.