Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
What we're reading

Find your new favourite book or recommend one on our Book forum.

Original poster

Bed-bound and bored

62 replies

LadyHester · 06/03/2023 09:24

Have just had a fairly major operation (successfully) and will be confined to barracks for some time. I’d organised lots of Improving Literature to keep me entertained but am now in pain, fed up, and just don’t fancy anything I’d planned.
I need recommendations for well written trash - please come to my aid!

OP posts:
EmmaGrundyForPM · 06/03/2023 18:04

Beyond Black - very funny
Still Life - brilliant
A Town Called Solace - easy read but thought provoking

CiaoBellisima · 06/03/2023 18:00

Manda Scott Boudicca series. There’s 4 so should keep you occupied for a while.

Brunelofbrio · 06/03/2023 17:59

Have you read the Rivera of London series by Ben Aaronovich. Or anything by Lindsey Davis - especially The Course of Honour.

America12 · 06/03/2023 17:56

What about Audible if you don't particularly feel like reading ?

Original poster
LadyHester · 06/03/2023 17:55

Thank you for all these suggestions! Love the Jackson Brodie books so will try @highlandcoo ‘s recommendations.
Have never tried Terry Pratchett - perhaps now is the moment. And not heard of Nora Roberts or Mimi Matthews so will investigate.
Currently ploughing my way through The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris. Tedious, anachronistic, and I don’t believe in the characters.

OP posts:
SadCelticBunny · 06/03/2023 16:15

You might hate my suggestions but I will share my comfort reads.

Nora Roberts
Her stand alone books are great
Anything in the list from 2000 onwards.

Terry Pratchett
These fantasy novels are funny, compassionate and wonderful
Read the Guards trilogy or the Witches first.

Rose Tremain
Stevie Davies

Jane Austen
Robin Hobb

I love Audible when I am poorly too or audio books from the library

I hope you heal well soon.

PrimroseLane · 06/03/2023 16:14

Mimi Matthews Siren of Sussex, Victorian romance, fun book to distract you, well written. This is book 1 in a series of 4 I think. I had problems sleeping a few months ago and this was just the ticket. I also reread Malory Towers at one point to get through some long nights.

iwantawisteriathisyear · 06/03/2023 16:11

I've just finished The Midwife' by Tricia Cresswell. I really enjoyed it. Easy to read, well written and absorbing. I too read it when I was confined to bed.

highlandcoo · 06/03/2023 16:06

Does it need to be romantic?

If you like crime, with an edge of black humour and great dialogue, I'd recommend Christopher Brookmyre. One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night is my favourite.

Belinda Bauer is also entertaining. Exit is very good.

And Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie books are an easy read but well written too.

Evidently when I want something easy to read and entertaining I turn to crime rather than romance or chick-lit ..

Best wishes for your recovery

Original poster
LadyHester · 06/03/2023 15:25

Bumping in the hope of further suggestions.

OP posts:
Original poster
LadyHester · 06/03/2023 09:30

Thanks for that. I haven’t read any Eva Ibbotson but she’s been hovering about the penumbra for a while. Will download forthwith.

OP posts:
rachelagain · 06/03/2023 09:27

When I was bed bound for ages last year a friend sent me Eva Ibbotson's The Morning Gift and I adored it. It was exactly the thing. Romantic, well written, not trash at all but incredibly readable.
Hope your recovery goes well!

Swipe left for the next trending thread