My favorite calm anything is Enchanted April. It is a book by Elizabeth von Arnie, and a 1990s movie. But it is very calm.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Sophia Brooks - Dec 03, 2020 6:14:08 pm PST #26289 of 28175
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Sophia Brooks - Dec 03, 2020 6:14:38 pm PST #26290 of 28175
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Aargh. Von Arnim.
sj - Dec 03, 2020 6:28:57 pm PST #26291 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Anyone want to recommend calm soothing books?
I just checked goodreads to see if anything I read this year qualifies, and nope, I got nothing.
Amy - Dec 03, 2020 6:57:28 pm PST #26292 of 28175
Because books.
I usually go to childhood favorites when I'm looking for a calm read.
Atropa - Dec 03, 2020 7:30:08 pm PST #26293 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I know I am an outlier here, but I found The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires kinda soothing? In a way? I get why others don’t, tho’.
meara, if you’re ok with fluffy-sweet YA paranormal, I recommend the Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber.
meara - Dec 03, 2020 8:30:44 pm PST #26294 of 28175
I did enjoy Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking! And Goblin Emperor, though it took a while to get into it the first time I read it. Have not heard of aRed Heir!
juliana - Dec 04, 2020 11:28:26 am PST #26295 of 28175
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I found The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires kinda soothing? In a way? I get why others don’t, tho’.
I could see why you do, as the climax/ending is very cathartic, but the gender politics just Got To Me. I had to put it down a few times, I was that furious.
Beverly - Dec 04, 2020 4:36:12 pm PST #26296 of 28175
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Seconding Enchanted April, both book and film.
-t - Dec 04, 2020 4:45:13 pm PST #26297 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I tried a sample of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires because that is a really great title, but it seemed strongly not for me. I don't think I got all the way through the sample.
Amy - Dec 04, 2020 4:53:00 pm PST #26298 of 28175
Because books.
Cozy mysteries also work for me. I've been doing a lot of reading as soothing. Oooh, also Alice Hoffman, early stuff. It's something about the cadence of her language as well as the magical realism.