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by Mandi of Smexybooks, guest blogger

It is hard to really think of a book, even a movie that has brought tears to my eyes. I’ve had people tell me JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood books make them cry, or Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter series. Really? I mean, when Wellsie dies it is a bummer, but I was not overly invested in her character. I felt a stronger urge to cry when J.R. Ward didn’t give Butch and Vishous a happily ever after together. I think it comes down to the fact that I am not a super emotional person. One of my good friends likes to tease me about this all the time. Now, this friend will cry while watching an episode of Desperate Housewives, which I think is nuts. In a way, we even each other out.

However, there is one book in particular and a few movies that I have boo-hooed over a bit. The only book I can ever remember making me cry is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenager. I find the intensity of the ending of that book so strong, I could not escape from it. I remember breaking down in two parts. First, when Henry meets Alba in the future, when she is on the field trip, and one of them calls Clare (in her present day Henry is already dead) and as she is running towards him he can’t hold on and fades. Clare’s desperation to get to Henry felt so real to me. It just came off the page and hit me hard. And the ending of the book – Clare is 80 and has been waiting for Henry to appear to her one last time. She has been waiting what, 40 years for this moment! And she hears him walking down the hallway towards her….*SOB* While I liked the movie, I will never forgive them for not putting that scene in at the end.

I do tend to cry at movies more – Steel Magnolias got me big time. Why did Shelby (Julia Roberts) have to die?? It wasn’t just her death scene that had my tears going, but the reaction of all the women and the way rallied together. By the way, I totally want to be Dolly Parton’s character in real life, except for the lame husband part.

I cried at the end of The Family Stone too, when Diane Keaton’s character had died and the next Christmas the family all shows up and she is not there. When Rachel McAdam’s character starts to decorate the tree by herself…I definitely had some tears.

I also cried at the last episode of Sex and the City when Carrie meets Big on the bridge in Paris. I think those tears were more because the series was over and that series is an absolute favorite of mine. I want to be Carrie in real life too. Can I combine Dolly Parton and Sarah Jessica Parker into one person? HA – that is who I am! I will be a hairdresser living in a trailer but dressing in the height of New York city styles.

So tell me, what books or movies make you weep a little bit or a lot?

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