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What's your comfort book?

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Ellisisland · 02/02/2014 18:47

The book you return to again and again. I have just finished reading three new quite heavy books and fancy re reading something that I've enjoyed before so hoping to pick your collective brains Grin

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Carriemac · 12/02/2014 13:43

off to PEI - wow can i come
I love the Anne books.

slurpermum · 12/02/2014 13:41

Middlemarch xx

Ev1lEdna · 12/02/2014 13:37

Jilly Cooper novels - I read a lot of 'very serious' books for work so the tacky capering of the rich and bitch set in Jilly Cooper are great escapism. 'The Secret History' is one I reread too. Now, I know this is going to seem weird but I like to reread 'The Female Eunuch' as well, I know it is outdated but it was the very first feminist book I read (and wrote about at 15) so it has some fond memories for me. I have reread a lot of Orwell books but I'm not sure they are my 'comfort books.'

I am soooo tempted to read The Twins at St Clare's and Mallory Towers again after reading this thread, I also want to reread 'My Family and other Animals' as a result of this thread.

EmilyAlice · 12/02/2014 13:32

Nancy Mitford: Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love.

CarolineGB · 12/02/2014 13:27

Heidi :-) Anne of green gables :-) and harry potter :-) currently reading harry with my daughters and will be reading Anne with them in the next few months as we are of to price Edward island for our hold. Even writing this list made me happy!

RecipeJunkie · 12/02/2014 13:09

OOO great question - am in the middle of packing up our house and had to rescue 3 books to keep me sane through the moving process:

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Riders by Jilly Cooper
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy

emmelinelucas · 11/02/2014 23:23

I re-read all the time in winter (to make me feel warm and snug).
I always return to the Miss Read Fairacre series.
Also Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, and the Agatha Raisin mysteries by MC Beaton are always read over and over.
I am currently re-reading Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk. Bliss, absolute heaven !
I have made a list from some of the books people have recommended, some I have been meaning to read but havent yet.
Great thread Smile thankyou !

Platinumpennies · 11/02/2014 22:57

For those of you who said 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn', yes.

I can still feel that novel 35 years later.

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Ellisisland · 11/02/2014 15:16

Love Rebecca. Might have to dig that one out.

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eslteacher · 11/02/2014 10:42

Bridget Jones
Mallory Towers / St Claire's
Any Noel Streatfield
Rebecca / I Capture the Castle / Lost Art of Keeping Secrets (romantic country piles)

DevonFolk · 10/02/2014 20:06

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Any Joyce Grenfell

zenoushka · 10/02/2014 19:59

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice - love it and always return to it whenever I'm down to cheer me up!

TallulahBetty · 08/02/2014 21:58

Wifey by Judy Blume. In fact this has reminded me that I've not read it for about a year - must dig it out Smile

mimiasovitch · 08/02/2014 21:49

I have to reread the dark is rising sequence by Susan Cooper at least once a year. It is extremely galling that dd1 as yet is refusing to try it. I also hit the georgette heyers hard whenever the blues hit. Jemima J is another total comfort giver.

ProfondoRosso · 08/02/2014 21:25

Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (MR James)
The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories (HP Lovecraft)

A blanket, cup of tea and something spooky is my ideal set up! Smile

Quangle · 08/02/2014 21:23

The Well of Loneliness is devastating. Don't think I could read it again now.

WelshMoth · 08/02/2014 21:21

Terry Pratchett - any of the Discworld books, especially the earlier books.

Dromedary · 08/02/2014 21:16

Tales of the City
Little House on the Prairie series
Ballet Shoes

Cascumpec · 08/02/2014 21:12

Cross stitch - Diana Gabaldon
Anne of Green Gables series

Best1sWest · 08/02/2014 21:09

Ooh I read Forever Amber as a teenager, loved it. Might see if I can get hold of a copy.

hells456 · 08/02/2014 02:32

P&P/Emma
P&P sequels
Harry Potter
Mistborn
fan fiction Blush

Florabella22 · 07/02/2014 23:23

Jemima J by Jane Green, I have two paperback copies & a kindle version just in case!

Caitlin17 · 07/02/2014 22:48

The House at at Pooh Corner
"Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing"

Bleak House

Angela Carter's Heroes and Villains.

Mignonette · 07/02/2014 22:27

That's cool Biblio

yes Toto we were no longer in Laura Ingalls Wilder land that's for sure after reading them!

bibliomania · 07/02/2014 15:24

Oops, sorry for mangling your name, mignonette. I think I scuttled back to children's books for another few years after that. The adult world looked like an intimidating place.