tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post6206687010267919128..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: Comfort BooksGail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-91010153350787161952010-04-20T18:56:10.839-04:002010-04-20T18:56:10.839-04:00Miriam--I'm late to almost every party I go to...Miriam--I'm late to almost every party I go to.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I just picked up a Fannie Flagg book today to bring to my mother. I believe she liked one of her books in the past--I hope it wasn't this one.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-1576087777782949972010-04-20T15:19:32.109-04:002010-04-20T15:19:32.109-04:00I'm coming late to the party, but just wanted ...I'm coming late to the party, but just wanted to say that I get a kick out of the Tiffany Aching books (I thought the first one lost its way a bit at the end, but loved the rest of it). Diana Wynne Jones doesn't knock my socks off, but I did like the one Chrestomanci book I read a few years ago. But if we're talking comfort books, <i>Anne of Green Gables</i> and <i>Understood Betsy</i> did it for me for years, as did Madeleine L'Engle. I don't go back and reread books as much these days, so if I need a comfort book, I usually try something along the lines of a Fannie Flagg book. The troubles her characters face are real, but there's warmth and humor surrounding them.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312691761341400873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-9900837463805846372010-02-10T22:59:52.988-05:002010-02-10T22:59:52.988-05:00Whenever someone close to me dies, I re-read A Rin...Whenever someone close to me dies, I re-read A Ring of Endless Light. You'd think that would be the last book I'd want to read when that happens, but it's weirdly comforting.Bibliovorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-1529902574902550722010-02-02T19:41:42.353-05:002010-02-02T19:41:42.353-05:00I loved Monstrous Regiment. Nation was definitely ...I <i>loved</i> <b>Monstrous Regiment</b>. <b>Nation</b> was definitely good in an elevated sort of way, but for deep down enjoyment, I probably liked <b>Monstrous Regiment</b> better. I've read at least two of the Tiffany Aching books, and, as luck would have it, I picked up <b>Thud</b> at the library yesterday.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-86465190700039274552010-02-02T11:39:12.407-05:002010-02-02T11:39:12.407-05:00Aren't those books the best -- the ones you ju...Aren't those books the best -- the ones you just pick up and think, "Okay, distract me." <br /><br />Love that. I adore the Chrestomanci series; D. even read them. I second the suggestion that you read Terry Pratchett -- if you've not read <i>Nation</i> or <i>Monstrous Regiment</i> you will be so very taken with them both. Very different, but wonderful.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-83625785016009173002010-02-01T20:53:00.510-05:002010-02-01T20:53:00.510-05:00I love the Chrestomanci books as well. I also lov...I love the Chrestomanci books as well. I also love <i>Howl's Moving Castle</i> (maybe my favorite of her books). If you haven't read Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books (<i>Wee Free Men</i>, <i>Hat Full of Sky</i>, and <i>Wintersmith</i>) that's another series you might enjoy. Noel Streatfeild's Shoes books (and my favorite, <i>The Painted Garden</i>, aka <i>Movie Shoes</i>) might be some of my favorite comfort reading, though, after Jane Austen and George Eliot.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-78717076402146894412010-02-01T20:43:32.461-05:002010-02-01T20:43:32.461-05:00I love, love, love Diana Wynne Jones! Don't ov...I love, love, love Diana Wynne Jones! Don't overlook her other novels. I read <i>Dogsbody</i> when I was in 7th grade, back in the late '70s, and I've read it many times since. Makes me cry like a baby. Jones has such a wonderful way of taking a situation which seems terrible and giving it a twist so it's wonderful in the end.Lisa Nowakhttp://lisanowak.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com