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

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FurryDogMother · 02/02/2014 18:53

The Once and Future King by T.H.White. I love the first part where Merlin is tutoring Wart - there's a lot of wisdom in there.

elspethmcgillicuddy · 02/02/2014 18:52

Mallory towers and St Clare's. Nothing ever goes badly wrong! It feels like a very safe world.

I was first on the scene at a fatal car accident a few years ago. It upset me a lot more than I expected (HCP so used to death etc). I felt very delicate for a few weeks afterwards and didn't want to read anything too 'real'. Mallory Towers got me through it!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 02/02/2014 18:51

Lots -
Jane Austen - especially P&P, S&S and Persuasion
Charlotte Sometimes
Ballet Shoes
The Secret Garden (Enid Blyton)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
The Little Women series and What Katy Did series
The Dark Tower series
Harry Potter books
Lord of the Rings

I read all of the above again and again. And for non-fiction, Bill Bryson.

StarsAbove · 02/02/2014 18:50

Little Women and I Capture the Castle.

MrsCakesPremonition · 02/02/2014 18:48

Cider with Rosie.

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