Comfort Reads discussion
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Hi Lee,
Thanks for the response and the suggestions. I will work on adding to my book shelf or book collection on the site.
Feel free to check out my reading group, too as I'd love some feedback.
http://www.readingwithsea.wordpress.com
Thanks for the response and the suggestions. I will work on adding to my book shelf or book collection on the site.
Feel free to check out my reading group, too as I'd love some feedback.
http://www.readingwithsea.wordpress.com
Hi Sea. Welcome to both this group and to Goodreads. I hope you will enjoy the site and this group. Goodreads is a truly wonderful place for readers. Looking forward to seeing your bookshelves and your posts in this group.
Thanks Lisa. I appreciate that response.
See you around!
-Sea
See you around!
-Sea
Hi Ryan. Welcome to the group. Thanks for sharing some of your favorite comfort reads. Check out the polls and the other threads, and have fun.
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Hello! My name is Cinara and I am a Public Sworn Translator for the English Language here in Brazil. I found this wonderful group after reading "Circle of Friends" recently (which I loved) and I am looking forward to the group's suggestions. I'm afraid I won't be able to be an active participant in all discussions right now, but I'm enjoying everything you have to share here!Best regards to all from sunny Brazil!
Welcome Cinara! Right now it would be nice to be somewhere sunny and warm. *sigh*
Jeannette wrote: "Welcome Cinara! Right now it would be nice to be somewhere sunny and warm. *sigh*"Thank you, Jeannette! But I must confess I prefer cold weather. I lived in upstate New York and I really miss snow... I guess we human beings are never happy! :oD
Cinara wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "Welcome Cinara! Right now it would be nice to be somewhere sunny and warm. *sigh*"
Thank you, Jeannette! But I must confess I prefer cold weather. I lived in upstate New York an..."
I'll be happy again in May! Then I'll be crabby again by August. That's how it is living in a place with extreme seasons! :) (I would miss snow, too, but not the cold.)
Thank you, Jeannette! But I must confess I prefer cold weather. I lived in upstate New York an..."
I'll be happy again in May! Then I'll be crabby again by August. That's how it is living in a place with extreme seasons! :) (I would miss snow, too, but not the cold.)
Cinara wrote: "Hello! My name is Cinara. I'm afraid I won't be able to be an active participant in all discussions right now, but I'm enjoying everything you have to share here!"Hi Cinara, Welcome to the group. Thank you so much for posting in the introductions thread. If/when you ever feel like participating, we'd love to have your input. In the meantime, I hope you find some more books to read when you peruse the threads and bookshelves.
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Hi Cinara, welcome to the group! What an interesting sounding occupation you have. Feel free to participate as little or as much as you feel like. We love having international members!
Thank you, Lisa and Lee! Besides translating legal documents I also translate movies and shows for cable channels like HBO, A&E, VH1 and E! from English to Portuguese. I've been doing that for almost 14 years now and I love it! That's one of the reasons I prefer reading books in English: it keeps my vocabulary sharp! ;o)
Hello, My name is MsBurb.I write, read and live Murder...
Okay, everything but actually commit the stuff!
Murder, murder, murder...
Yep, that's me...MsBurb...she's murder!
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MsBurb, Welcome! I love mysteries too. Check out the threads in the mystery folder and one of our polls asks for favorite genre. I saw you vote in another poll but, if you haven't already, you can put in another vote for mysteries. (I voted for children's but mysteries would have been my second choice.)
Wellll...murder is not a mystery to the one who DID it, now is it!!! (tee hee)Thank-you for that kind welcome! You may, or may not, regret it in the future! (wink, wink)
MsBurb (The Non-Fiction Crime Novel Writer!)
Ah yes, I've enjoyed some true crime books too although none of them have been comfort reads.
Cinara wrote: "Hello! My name is Cinara and I am a Public Sworn Translator for the English Language here in Brazil. I found this wonderful group after reading "Circle of Friends" recently (which I loved) and I am..."Sounds like you have a great job, especially translating movies and cable shows! I like your "Lucy" avatar - love Charlie Brown :)
To Lisa,Comfort reads on true murder IF you are studying the Murderer in a any detail...
To know him/her better, is to feel comfort!
Being me, that's about as comfortable as Life gets!
Hi, I'm Scout. I'm in the southern US. I'm a retired teacher. My favorite comfort read is To Kill a Mockingbird. I also like to curl up with Janet Evanovich's number books and Sue Grafton's ABC books. Emerson's essays give me comfort, too. What is it that makes books and food comforting?
Hi Scout. I'm glad you joined the group. I love your screen name because I also love the book To Kill a Mockingbird!Yes, food and books are very comforting. Take a look at the group (just for fun) polls and vote if you'd like Food is the subject of one of them.
Joy wrote: "Cinara wrote: "Hello! My name is Cinara and I am a Public Sworn Translator for the English Language here in Brazil. I found this wonderful group after reading "Circle of Friends" recently (which I ..."Joy, I consider myself pretty lucky to be able to do something I really enjoy! And Lucy is really great: I have an old bookmark with Lucy saying "It´s not easy being perfect"! :oD
Hi, Scout! I'm also one of the group who love "To Kill a Mockingbird"! In addition to Janet Evanvich's number books, I've come to love her "between the numbers" books as well. I think she's developed a viable 'love quadrangle' by adding Diesel to the mix.
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Cinara wrote: "Thank you, Lisa and Lee! Besides translating legal documents I also translate movies and shows for cable channels like HBO, A&E, VH1 and E! from English to Portuguese. I've been doing that for almo..."welcome Cinara, I hope you will enjoy this great group of friends. Cheers from Sao Paulo...
Laura wrote: "Cinara wrote: "Thank you, Lisa and Lee! Besides translating legal documents I also translate movies and shows for cable channels like HBO, A&E, VH1 and E! from English to Portuguese. I've been doin..."Thanks, Laura! I am already enjoying the group a lot, I just wish I had more time to read all comments and discussions. I see you're a cat lover like me... I have two cats that keep me company while I work, read or cook. They really are wonderful companions! Cheers from Campinas,SP!
Hey Ryan, Cold Mountain and Touching the Void are two of my favorite reads as well. I just loved Cold Mountain and often think about things from it, even though I read it over 10 years ago. I am especially drawn to the touching and gentle way the old woman took the life of the kid goat when she needed to eat it. If we humans could always be as heartfelt and kind to the critters around us, even the ones we need to consume, we would have a different world, that is for sure. Remarkable moment in a remarkable book.As for Touching the Void, that book has to be the most extra-ordinary, excruciating and gripping true-life book I have ever read. I have read it probably 5 times and reread portions of it dozens more. It is an intense and astounding drama which I have recommended time and again. Definitely one of the greatest books I have ever read. Not a very 'comfort'able but I keep going back to it!
Glad to see others here that have liked these two as much as I have!
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival is an amazing book. Not a comfort read for me, but completely engrossing. It's still amazing to me that he survived.
Lisa, Lauren, Lee - Thanks for the welcome. Reading itself is comforting to me. If I have troubles and woes on my mind, I can open a good book and find some comfort. This is a great group!
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Woohoo!Cinara, I have a black and white cat named Maggie (for Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). She's keeping me company as I type. I like dogs, too, but Maggie's my bud.
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Scout, my two cats are named Cookie and Muffin (because I love baking), and they both wait till I sit down to work on the computer so they can lie by my side... I´ll try to post some pictures of them like Lee did of her cat. By the way, Jerjer is beautiful, Lee!
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Lee, what a cutie he is! Cinara, I'd like to see your photos.
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Hi! My name is Katri, I'm from Finland and 27 years old, and I've loved books all my life and I certainly can relate to turning to books for comfort and relaxation. :-) I found this book via some people on my friends list (*waves at Gundula and Abigail*) and finally decided I couldn't stay away. Some of my favourite authors include L.M. Montgomery, Patricia A. McKillip and Terry Pratchett; I want to be a novelist; and I'm crazily obsessed with European (especially Hungarian and Austrian) musical theatre, and also love both music and theatre separately.
Katri wrote: "Hi! My name is Katri, I'm from Finland and 27 years old, and I've loved books all my life and I certainly can relate to turning to books for comfort and relaxation. :-) I found this book via some p..."Hi, Katri. I know you'll love this group. It's very addictive, and will most likely cause your to-read list to swell like anything.
Hi Katri and welcome to the group! You listed 3 of my favorite authors, especially Pratchett!
Hehe, it's not like my to-read list isn't long enough already! But it's still always so nice to find more interesting books - I wonder why that is... And of course, it's particularly good to get new comfort reads recommendations! Thanks for the welcomes, I look forward to participating in this group. :-)
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Hi Katri, Welcome to the group. We're so happy that you joined us. Please check out the various threads and polls and participate when you feel like doing so. Have fun. AND, best wishes with your writing.
Hi there, I'm Tammi from Cape Town South Africa. I have joined Goodreads recently. This is the first time I am browsing the Groups section and came across this group. This is the first time I have heard of "Comfort" Reads and you will not believe how pleased I am to find that I fall in this category! (sorry I can get a bit long-winded ;-)I realised this because I used to really hoard books - I didn't even borrow them to my close friends.My excuse was because I don't get them back and they are costly. But the real excuse is that I love "browsing" through my collection and even reading passages out of them that I know made me feel good or comforted or special or or or... is that what comfort reading is?
The other reason is because I am not attracted to the 'classics' as I am supposed to be. I read them maybe because I felt I had to, to be able to call myself a book lover. But actually I am content reading and re-reading the same books or same type of books over and over again because of how they make me feel.
Anyway, wow, so this is nice.
Welcome, Tammi! So glad that you found this group AND Goodreads. Comfort reads are different for different people. There are some in this group who have some classics as their comfort reads, but the way you describe your comfort reads makes perfect sense, and I've done the same thing re reading passages out of favorite comfort read books in order to feel comforted or get a needed laugh or smile.
Have fun looking through the threads and bookshelves in this group, and feel free to post in any/all threads that appeal to you.
Also, Goodreads is a site with so much to offer and so many features, so enjoy exploring the whole site.
Glad to have you join us!
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Isn't it nice that as we mature, we have the confidence to read what we like instead of what we think we should be reading? Join in the chat and suggestion threads whenever you feel comfortable.
Tammi wrote: "Hi there, I'm Tammi from Cape Town South Africa. I have joined Goodreads recently. This is the first time I am browsing the Groups section and came across this group. This is the first time I have ..."
Welcome Tammi! I love how you explain your comfort reads! I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
Welcome Tammi! I love how you explain your comfort reads! I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
Lisa wrote: "Welcome, Tammi! So glad that you found this group AND Goodreads. Comfort reads are different for different people. There are some in this group who have some classics as their comfort reads, but ..."
Hi Lisa, thank you so much! I already love this group and have been going through all the threads the whole day!
Lee wrote: "Hi Tammi, welcome to the group!Isn't it nice that as we mature, we have the confidence to read what we like instead of what we think we should be reading?"
I couldn't have said it better :-)
Thank you for the welcome!
Christine wrote: >Thank you Christine! I look forward to get to know you too!
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