30-day Challenge! - Day 5: A book that makes you happy

[Trisha]

Day 5: A book that makes you happy

-The Alchemist! Absolutely loved it!!

Who wants to play!

[Cleo]

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

A whimsical, funny, inspiring tale!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Cleo wrote: "I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

A whimsical, funny, inspiring tale!"

I just picked this book up to read! I am so ready for a happy book.

[Jenny]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Really anything by Douglas Adams except for Mostly Harmless, that last one was just depressing.

[Cindy]

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

This year Treasure Island was a fun read.

[Barbara]

Goodnight Mister Tom.

[Maddie]

The Wish List by Eoin Colfer.

[Kat]

Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor of Jordan because it's great to know that there are still those in the world that choose to use their power, influence, and resources to help others.

[Sara]

[Terri]

Three to Get Deadly

[Antonio]

Going Solo by Roald Dahl, maybe it's not the funniest book ever, but we can't deny it's full of reason to love the world we live in. That's a reason to keep you happy.

[Diana S]

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

[Tracy]

"All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot. Makes me smile just thinking of it:)

[Apoorv]

Day 5 : A Book that Makes You Happy

Oh ! There are so many !
I will try to stick to the ones I happen to read recently.. and I end up having three. I cried while reading them but that was because they were so good, eventually making me happy.

- The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

[Kristi]

Agnes and the Hitman makes me laugh every time.

[Blueberry]

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
The #1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith

[MK]

JUST finished it:

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, by Allie Brosh

... and I'm still smiling :D

[Faouzia]

Au bonheur des Dames, by Emile Zola
i don't khow why but every time i read i fel like a new, better person!! this is a book that makes me reaaly happy :D

[Kalyn]

Charlottes web

[Rachel]

May 5th Entry: A book that makes me happy, and it's part of a series too is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.

[Aprilleigh]

Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again by Roger H. Martin definitely put a smile on my face.

[Gavin]

Anne of Green Gables

[Pink]

This is a hard question for me, as I mostly read sad/ depressing books.

One book that made me laugh and smile was Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford it's a long collection of letters, but they are witty and humorous throughout.

[Lindy-Lane]

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

[Tytti]

I can't think of any book that would make me happy, I don't read them for that. The only thing that comes to mind is reading some non-fiction book and learning new things. But you can only do that once. Or maybe looking through Kotiruoka ("Home food") and thinking what I should cook next, which is what I am doing now. That's a classic, too. It first came out in 1908 and mine is the 89th edition. The recipes have of course changed some.

[MK]

How about The Secret Garden, Tytti? Have you read that one?

[Tytti]

No, it's not really my kind of a book. I didn't read that many children's books as a child, either.

[MK]

Tytti wrote: "No, it's not really my kind of a book. I didn't read that many children's books as a child, either."

It's amazing as an adult, too, I have to say. I read it & listened to it, in February. Then just listened again last month.

[Tytti]

I guess I was (and am) more of a Ronja girl, myself. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

[MK]

Tytti wrote: "I guess I was (and am) more of a Ronja girl, myself. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter"

I love that cover!

[Tytti]

I think I prefer the more original cover that most editions have.

[MK]

Tytti wrote: "I think I prefer the more original cover that most editions have."

It's also appealing to me. I like them both :)

My library even has a copy.

[Tytti]

MK wrote: "My library even has a copy."

It's one of the more well known children's books in Europe, I believe.

There is a movie, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U2YP...

[[deleted user]]

Anne of Green Gables which I read many years ago and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which is a more recent read.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

[[deleted user]]

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

[Hilary]

Three men in a boat by Jerome K Jerome

[Joseph]

As I Lay Dying

Just kidding, this question was harder than I thought it would be at first.

My answer: The Little Prince

[Kainzow]

Peter Pan!

[[deleted user]]

Most Jane Austen novels. I hate Fanny Price.

I Capture the Castle

[Moray]

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, just so much fun.

[siriusedward]

Anne of Green Gables
Heidi

[Bat-Cat]

The Lord of the Rings

[Kathleen]

Come to think of it, just looking at my bookshelf makes me happy. :-)

[Loretta]

siriusedward wrote: "Anne of Green Gables
Heidi"

Haven't read either of these books but they are definitely on my to be read list for this year. Glad to see that they make your "happy" list siriusedward! :)

[Loretta]

Kathleen wrote: "Come to think of it, just looking at my bookshelf makes me happy. :-)"

I like your way of thinking Kathleen! :)

[Bat-Cat]

Kathleen wrote: "Come to think of it, just looking at my bookshelf makes me happy. :-)"

Now that's distilling this question to it's very essence!!! ;-)

[Terris]

Anne of Green Gables

[Loretta]

I'm just the happiest when I'm reading a book! :)