Comfort Books

Recently I've seen a lot of discussion on books and perhaps they're just something that was buried awhile ago and someone simply resurfaced them but... well I want to know what people read for comfort when they're bored, when they're sad, when you don't have enough money to buy a new book, or just simply can't find a darn thing to read period that seems appealing.

So in answer to my own question(s), the books that I read when nothing else looks good...

Pride and Prejudice (because Mr. Darcy was one of my first loves)
Demon in my View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (woot! they've redone the cover)
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

There are other books I grab when I want to relive some good times (in my mind) but those are my favorites.

Feel free to just say one book or a whole list. Everyone needs a well stocked library.

Tags: books, comfort, favorites, read

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Permalink Reply by Alleywater on September 30, 2008 at 7:29pm: Ella Enchanted- easy read and just so charming
Tuck Everlasting- it reminds me that I only have one life to live and shouldn't spend it in a fowl mood
Pride and Prejudice- only the Elizabeth and Darcy parts...
Any Shel Silverstein book- it makes me smile every time.

There must be more, but I can't think of them right now. Oh how I love books.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Whatsername on September 30, 2008 at 7:30pm: Well, I love rereading all the Louise Rennison books. (ex. Away Laughing on a Fast Camel). They always make me smile; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Francis9105 on September 30, 2008 at 8:24pm: When my life gets really tough I read Without You:A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical, Rent by Anthony Rapp (He played Mark in the orginal broadway cast of Rent). Also, Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall (her autobiograpy).
My all-time favorite series is, of course, Harry Potter. I used to reread them all the time, but I haven't in over a year.

When I'm having a blah day I reread the chapter on wormholes in A Brief History of Time(in my pants). I'm also fond of Zits comics and Calvin and Hobbs (the comic not the religious philosephers).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by canada!!! on September 30, 2008 at 8:28pm: "its kind of a funny story" by ned vinzinni.

i love that book... whenever i go out of town i bring it with me. that is how much i love it.

another one is "feeling sorry for celia" it makes me laugh and is ALSO the story of my life.

i also think that i have read "the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy" about 20 times. my copy fell apart this summer!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by broelle on September 30, 2008 at 8:34pm: oh man! I love Its Kind of a Funny Story! such a great book!!!!
and there's even a character with my name in it to top it off! way awesome. You are actually the first person I know that has even read it! aaah I just got so excited.

wow, such a sadly high amount of exclaimation marks. I have slaughtered this post.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by canada!!! on September 30, 2008 at 8:56pm: i worship that book! it helped me get through some stuff about my friends... i realized that they weren't really my friends. it also made me slow down in life and not flip out so much.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by broelle on September 30, 2008 at 10:52pm: That is so great. I need to go buy a copy, very much so. I haven't read it recently, but I checked it out from the library two separate times, just so I could read it again.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cat on September 30, 2008 at 8:59pm: Harry Potter. I know it's unoriginal but its totally true.
That and John's books. And Twilight.

Basically all the books I have read multiple times. :D; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phineas de Romanus on September 30, 2008 at 9:04pm: -Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (always)
-Blood and Gold by Anne Rice
-The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
-The Ark by Ben Jeapes
-Complete Collection of Poems, Edgar Allen Poe
-Complete Collection of Poems, Robert Frost
-Hamlet
-Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hel on October 1, 2008 at 1:59pm: Anne Rice for the win!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Finn on October 1, 2008 at 9:19am: Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy FTW!! I have a leather ultimate guide, with gold letters on the front and the edges of the pages are also gold.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The new Mitch Bitch on September 30, 2008 at 9:15pm: An Aubundance of katherins becaus it lets me know tha the smart guy can get the girl....... in the end....... hopefuly..... cause this fiction applys to real life..........and john wouldent lie..... would he.......WOULD HE?.......right

God im going to be single the rest of my life; ▶ Reply to This