Give me so happy easy reading please

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My friend died this weekend and I'm so sad. I've just gorged on a couple of kindle free romances but need a slight chance. Either something more thriller or something with a twist or indeed another cheesy book but not as formulaic. Although credit where it's due, the fluffy warm hearted tale of a dog sanctuary was just what I needed. No illness in it please. Reading is my escape when not watching master chef and reading the threads that accompanied it. Thank you 🙏

Ditto to all the Mapp and Lucia. And another by E. F. Benson - Paying Guests, a great comic read - cheap via my Kindle.

Those are all fabulous. I'd forgotten about Laurie Colwin. They're so lovely, possibly due a re-read.

The word is murder by Anthony HOrowitz - a crime book for adults, possibly his first, but quite light hearted and amusing, I was not so keen on the follow up.

Barbara Pym or Molly Keane maybe?

Her novels are in the process of being made available on Kindle, incidentally. Not all of them yet.

Yes, agree that Barbara Pym is a good shout - especially Crampton Hodnet.

I like the Shopaholic books for mindless distraction, I'm in my 50s and very low maintenance, they are complete escapism.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I think I mostly laid in bed and started at the ceiling after one of best friends died.

I would second the Shopaholic books for fun escapism. Many years ago my DS was in PICU (he's fine now) and I remember lying next to him reading Shopaholic Ties the Knot. It was laugh out loud funny and what I needed to take myself out of myself. Weirdly when I revisited the book later it took me back to that time and I couldn't bring myself to reread it.