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.
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Amy - Dec 04, 2020 4:53:00 pm PST #26298 of 28175
Because books.
Dana - Dec 04, 2020 5:17:37 pm PST #26299 of 28175
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Robin McKinley.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 05, 2020 12:00:22 am PST #26300 of 28175
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I second the cozy mysteries and early Alice Hoffman. I agree that her language seems magical. My favorite childhood reread is The Old Fashioned Girl, but I also find The Boxcar Chilren and The Five Little Peppers very soothing. Although thinking about it as an adult the Boxcar Children and The Five Little Peppers has terrible trauma in their lives and the older children had too many adult responsibilities! And the gender roles are very heteronormative. But sometimes I just want to live in a Boxcar and make it pretty with a cracked cup I found in the dump, and eat baked potatoes cooked in a fire with not enough utensils!
meara - Dec 05, 2020 9:16:59 am PST #26301 of 28175
Aww, yes I loved the boxcar children as a kid. Any story about kids managing to fend for themselves—my side of the mountain was another fave.
DavidS - Dec 05, 2020 9:41:00 am PST #26302 of 28175
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Any story about kids managing to fend for themselves—my side of the mountain was another fave.
I love that genre too. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was one I read and re-read.
megan walker - Dec 05, 2020 6:17:38 pm PST #26303 of 28175
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was one I read and re-read.
One of my faves. I think that is why I love the film Easy Living so much. There's an automat!
meara - Dec 05, 2020 7:31:35 pm PST #26304 of 28175
Oh yes, Mixed Up Files was definitely a favorite!!!
Sophia Brooks - Dec 06, 2020 7:15:04 am PST #26305 of 28175
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I somehow did not get to mixed up files until I was an adult. I think maybe I didn’t care for the cover? I also started reading from the adult section at a fairly young age, although it was a lot of mysteries and non-fiction (I was obsessed with a book that examined whether Napoleon died of arsenic poisoning and also Lucy about the discovery of Australopithecus). mostly until I was older. I also once had an idea that I would start with “A” authors and just read all the books. I am pretty sure I fizzled out a Louis Auchincloss, which is why I didn’t read Austen until I was an adult.
Volans - Dec 06, 2020 9:41:53 am PST #26306 of 28175
move out and draw fire
Any story about kids managing to fend for themselves
Yes this!
I second Dana's rec for Robin McKinley. Very calm soothing.
My comfort reading is The Name of the Rose (it just is, I don't know why), any Lloyd Alexander, any Rosemary Sutcliffe.
-t - Dec 06, 2020 10:41:30 am PST #26307 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Taking note of the Robin McKinley recs! I have somehow never read her