Comforts

[primroseburrows]

ari_o asks a wonderful question about our comfort books, books we read when we're needy. I'm shamelessly gacking it for my own curiosity.

So...what are your comfort books? Y'know, the ones you turn to when you're sick, or tired, or depressed, or stressed out,or just want to bury yourself in something that's not directly connected to your life? Those ones, those books that never cease to comfort.

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[starflowers.livejournal.com]

My comfort books include:

At Swim, Two Boys
Rainbow Boys
ANNND *coughs* Kiss of the Highlander. Which is a cheesy romance. *cuddles it* but I love it.
Oh and Lamb by Christopher Moore. Best Book Ever.

[robinhoo.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, yes, Lamb is fantastic! I laughed like crazy, but I also thought, 'Hey, this guy might really be on to something here....' Highly recommended.

I'd have to say my 'comfort books' are kind of weird and diverse. At the top of the list, above all else, is Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot. Also on the list are:
2. Dracula, by Bram Stoker
3. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
4. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
5. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis

You'll note that the 'comfort books' list doesn't necessarily match up perfectly with the 'favourite books' list, which is curious to me. Note the marked absence of LotR, for instance, and Catcher in the Rye, and lots of others. Can't explain it. Maybe those are just more think-y books for me. Oh, but I have to note that Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated -- which recently soared its way up the 'favourite books' chart, is also steadily making progress into the top 5 'comfort books' too. So beautiful and haunting and wonderful.... And by a Princeton boy, no less.... *sends schnoogles to J. S. Foer*

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

You've read the Dark Tower so far, yes? And Salem's Lot? Sooo, whaddya think? Er. Without giving much away. *g* Unless you haven't read it, then, um.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I've read At Swim, but not Rainbow Boys. I own Lamb, but I haven't read it yet. Never heard of the other one. :)