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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[peacey.livejournal.com]

1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. My favorite book of all time. It instantly gets me giggling and snorting and will turn any gray day bright.

2. LA Confidential & White Jazz by James Ellroy. Incredibly irresistible hard boiled dectective novels that immerse you in a world where people have much worse problems than you do.

3. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. A great novel that showcases my heroes, Alan Shepard in particular.

4. Any compilation of the old cartoon strip, "Bloom County". The best comic strip this side of "Peanuts", it never fails to make me smile.

5. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. Truly inspirational.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

5. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. Truly inspirational

I need to read this, as everyone keeps saying I should.