I've found it super important for me as a crazy reader to have "comfort books". Books that you can go back and read anytime and that instantly lift the spirits. So, not War and Peace. On my shelf lately is pretty much any novel by Sharon Shinn. Her stuff is action/romance/fantasy. Her first series is called the Archangel series (about angels!) which sounds much lamer than it actually is. It takes place on another planet humans have colonized thousands of years after Earth. There's a lot of action and politics in it but in every novel she puts a love story. This is TOTALLY my favourite kind of stuff. I love action movies and I also like romantic crap, so Sharon Shinn pretty much makes up my comfort shelf. Her second series is called The Twelve Houses series and I think it's even better than the angel books. It's kind of a Lord of the Rings-type story. Point is, they're light reading and highly entertaining so I want to read them over and over again. I would recommend either of these series to my girlfriends, they're awesome. I recommended them to my mom and she can't put them down. Sucker!
Start with book 1 of Archangel at Amazon
Start with book 1 of Twelve Houses at Amazon
My comfort book is Fight Club... I don't think that's normal.
ReplyDeleteHey, as long as it's not Catcher in the Rye, it's all good :P
ReplyDeleteHi, Kiddo! I know what you mean by comfort books. Of course, my all-time comfort book is Pride and Prejudice, but these Sharon Shinn books might be a close second, you never know.
ReplyDeleteI think it does me good to change it up and read a book that's more challenging in between the light reading. The light reading is to get away from it all, but I love meatier books too. Read "Any Human Heart" by William Boyd! Fantastic!
Thanks for the suggestion ma! I myself try to alternate between genres (unless it's my first time through Twelve Houses and then I can't put them down!!!).
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