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Do you have a comfort book?

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MarieJeanne · 08/03/2014 19:07

Do you have a book that you regularly reread or is your literary comfort blanket?
Mine is The secret diary of Adrian Mole - the first one

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thesaurusgirl · 08/03/2014 20:19

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It's one of the Little House on the Prairie books and the theme of endurance is really comforting.

Persuasion by Jane Austen. It's the only Austen where both the heroine and the love interest are attractive characters throughout.

Just William, just about any PG Wodehouse, and any Georgette Heyer also great.

Slidingintoindifference · 08/03/2014 20:14

If I need cheering up Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (and if I'm feeling too stressed to read an actual book, listening to the audiobook works wonders).

Other favourites to re-read - Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson, all of the Harry Potter books and anything by the much missed Iain Banks.

magimedi · 08/03/2014 20:10

The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy.

I don't know how many times I have read this since my first read (1976) but I always feel taken away from whatever shite I am in & always find something new within it.

RedPencils · 08/03/2014 19:54

Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes. I've read it a million times and I still cry when she goes back to NY.

Little women was my first proper book, so always had a soft spot for it. Might get it on my kindle to re read.

JonSnowKnowsNothing · 08/03/2014 19:49

Literally ANY Bill Bryson. His humour is absolutely sport on and cheer a me up instantly. Tragically, I know them all off by heart. Current favourites are Thunderbolt Kid and A Walk in the Woods.

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MarieJeanne · 08/03/2014 19:47

I was expecting more children's literature

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Amiawake · 08/03/2014 19:45

American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

JodieGarberJacob · 08/03/2014 19:41

Gone with the Windsors by Laurie Graham. A humorous diary by a fictitious friend of the Duchess of Windsor about events leading up to the abdication and beyond.

AuntieBrenda · 08/03/2014 19:29

Marian Keyes - anything but particularly 'this charming man'. It's about Dv but parts of it are really funny, especially the countryside transvestites
Wuthering heights
Pride and prejudice

CMOTDibbler · 08/03/2014 19:26

In times of stress, its Terry Pratchett, or The Grand Sophy/Henrietta/ or Frederica by Georgette Heyer that comfort me and are guaranteed to distract.

YarnyStasher · 08/03/2014 19:18

The Chronicles of Narnia
Much of discworld

Badvoc · 08/03/2014 19:17

Pg Wodehouse
Bill Bryson
Lindsay Davis

Valpollicella · 08/03/2014 19:12

The Big Stone Gap books by Adriana Trigliani are my hunker down and ignore the world books

MyNameIsKenAdams · 08/03/2014 19:09

The Harry Potter Series.

Little Women.

Bridget Jones Diary