Dear All,
this time a short and sweet post. I need your help, recently I have been reading a lot of books about loss and death and grief, probably too many for my own good. Because of that I wanted to ask you for recommendations of something more positive, cheerful, lighter. Anything that you consider a pick-me-up read, anything you read when world is far from perfect, anything that made you smile or laugh or grow or believe in people more, please share in comments.
Yours sincerely,
Jo @bookskeptic.com (currently a tad too world-skeptic)
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Stella Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm works every time for me!
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PG Wodehouse always brightens my day (Right Ho, Jeeves, maybe), or a Georgette Heyer Regency romance – Cotillion is my favourite. 🙂
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Ha! Thank you! Luckily I have a PG Wodehouse on my shelf, just waiting. I guess the time has come 🙂
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I checked my “Life Affirming” shelf on Goodreads, and I recommend Anne Lamott,’s Traveling Mercies, The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, The Humans by Matt Haig, and Alexander McCall Smith’s Scotland Street series.
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Thank you so much! All added to my wishlist! I feel like my book buying ban won’t last much longer 😉 I have to stock up on posiive books
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I was talking to another blogger about this last week! Seems like every book on every prize shortlist is about death and grief.
I recommend you hit up some of the ‘classics’ – Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, some Nancy Mitford, Nora Ephron… I loved Shirley Barrett’s Rush Oh!; Sloane Crosley’s essay collections made me laugh out loud; Jonathan Grimwood’s The Last Banquet was fast paced and completely mad; Addition by Toni Jordan is very, very light and funny. Good luck!
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Thanks so much! I had my eye on Miss Pettigrew Loves or a Day for a while now, a lot of people like that one 🙂
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I’m not sure if it made me believe in people more, but Tempst-Tost by Robertson Davies sure made me chuckle. Another one that I remember making me snicker the whole way through is The Woefield Poultry Collective by Susan Juby.
I’m loving the recommendations you’re getting!
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Thank you! I read your reviw of Tempest-Toast and it sounds great! 🙂 The Woefield Poultry Collective certainly sounds intriguing.
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“The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend” by Katerina Bivald
https://mikefinnsfiction.wordpress.com/2015/08/30/the-readers-of-broken-wheel-recommend-by-katarina-bivald-a-must-read-book-for-anyone-who-loves-books-or-life-and-especially-for-those-who-love-both/
“The Stupidist Angel” by Christopher Moore
https://mikefinnsfiction.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/the-stupidest-angel-a-heartwarming-tale-of-christmas-terror-by-christopher-moore-twisted-christmas-cheer/
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