Okay . . . picture this (really) worst-case scenario: It’s cold and raining, your boyfriend/girlfriend has just dumped you, you’ve just been fired, the pile of unpaid bills is sky-high, your beloved pet has recently died, and you think you’re coming down with a cold. All you want to do (other than hiding under the covers) is to curl up with a good book, something warm and comforting that will make you feel better.
What do you read?
(Any bets on how quickly somebody says the Bible or some other religious text? A good choice, to be sure, but to be honest, I was thinking more along the lines of fiction…. Unless I laid it on a little strong in the string of catastrophes? Maybe I should have just stuck to catching a cold on a rainy day….)
I would without doubt be grabbing a historical romance novel, but I can't really be any more specific from that because I don't actually reread books very often, and so it isn't any one book that I grab but rather a book from a particular genre. Occasionally I might go for a nice cozy mystery as well, but it really just depends! Of course, I would also be comforting myself with some chocolate as well!
I would head directly for my Jayne Ann Krentz / Amanda Quick shelf. Totally a comfort author for me.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably re-read SHADES OF TWILIGHT by Linda Howard. Or one of Brockmann's where the man is nice, noble and stands by his woman.
ReplyDeleteChocolate! The ultimate comfort food! Haha Book wise, I am not a rereader either, at least not often. I do have particular types of books I turn to when I want comfort. It can be anything from an intense thriller to a light and funny book.
ReplyDeleteI'd pick from several options. Most likely, I'd read something by L.M. Montgomery (an Anne book, or "Blue Castle.") Otherwise, it would be a Regency romance novel that just seemed to "click" for me at that depressing moment.
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