My comfort reads are books that make me smile or laugh out loud. Books I return to regularly are the ones in the E.F. Benson Mapp & Lucia series, wherein two matrons vie for supremacy in a little town. The length they go to to best each other is absurd and always very funny. "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons is another favourite. It is about this family which seems to like being miserable until "Robert Post's child" makes an appearance and helps each of them to become much happier.
The first book that came to my for me is TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. My partner buys extra copies often to gift to people. Someone described it during the pandemic as "the hug we all need."
I don't _think_ there's anything intense in there but it has been a while since I read it and, obviously, that's a pretty subjective thing.
My comfort reads are books that make me smile or laugh out loud. Books I return to regularly are the ones in the E.F. Benson Mapp & Lucia series, wherein two matrons vie for supremacy in a little town. The length they go to to best each other is absurd and always very funny. "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons is another favourite. It is about this family which seems to like being miserable until "Robert Post's child" makes an appearance and helps each of them to become much happier.
These sound delightful!
They are. Gentle humour about people's foibles. Perfect for a nice summer evening or if you have the flu, because these novels are quite soothing.
The first book that came to my for me is TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. My partner buys extra copies often to gift to people. Someone described it during the pandemic as "the hug we all need."
I don't _think_ there's anything intense in there but it has been a while since I read it and, obviously, that's a pretty subjective thing.
I have read it! I have a friend who described it as a Hallmark movie but a book and Very Gay. *laughs* So yeah, cozy reading for sure.