Comments on: Comfort Reading

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 02:39:00 +0000

Oooo…cornbread with butter! Now, I’m hungry. Isn’t it lovely to have authors you can trust with your emotional wellbeing?!

By: Megan -- booksandcarbs

Megan -- booksandcarbs — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:29:50 +0000

Maeve Binchy is my mac and cheese. D.E. Stevenson is my cornbread with butter. Great topic!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:51:46 +0000

In reply to susan. I just put this on hold at the library- I love the Boss!

By: susan

susan — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:41:14 +0000

Yes I find the whole election campaign very discouraging. I finally had to ban CNN and all other TV news networks, though I still listen to NPR. I just can’t take it anymore. All the dirt, and crap. All the death threats by Trump supporters, what the hell?! Anyways I don’t know if it’s affected my reading, but all the bad news is stressful. I say turn off the TV and maybe I will entice myself with the new Bruce biography!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:32:28 +0000

In reply to Karen Newfield. I do the binge watching as well. I just tore through Bloodline on Netflix. I'll have to check out Younger. Hopefully, this will get better once the election is over!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:30:57 +0000

In reply to Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf. Isn't it fun?! It's like a warm bath for the brain- relaxing and soothing!

By: Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf

Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:01:35 +0000

I haven’t read Sophie Kinsella, but that looks like a great comfort read! I usually reach for chick lit when I need something easy on the mind.

By: Karen Newfield

Karen Newfield — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:23:58 +0000

Could not agree with you more!! My comfort reading for the last week was trying something new – which is the opposite of what comforts most people! I read Paris For One by Jojo Moyes, which is her new book of short stories, easy and delightful. I could read these all day long! Now, The Bitch is Back edited by Cathi Hanauer which is a collection of essays that I am (to my surprise) really enjoying! And when I am tired at night and all else fails I am binge watching Younger (TV Land) which is just adorable and fun! Happy Fall reader friend!!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:08:35 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Book Shelves. Don't worry- I didn't re-read it! I just used the photo because it was the first DeMille book I ever read! I haven't read all the Coreys so am reading The Lion's Game right now.

By: Lauren O'Brien

Lauren O'Brien — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:06:20 +0000

Comfort reading is so important. I call them palate-cleansers, those tried and true books that you know will clear out any cobwebs from a slog of a read or the mess of synapse firings from a great thinker. Robert B. Parker used to be my favorite comfort author. I knew his characters so well, picking up a Spenser book felt like pulling up into the driveway at home after a long trip away. I find I now have little time for comfort reading, though there are “types” of books I try and cram in every once in a while. My “comfort” reads have become more series reads that aren’t always comforting in content – Lee Child’s Reacher, John Sandford’s Davenport or Virgil. I do love the lightness in David Rosenfelt’s Andy Carpenter series. Man, I need to get on one of those. There is NOTHING wrong with comfort reading, glad you’ve got some good go-to folks in your lineup.