Comments on: Thoughtful Books for Tough Times

By: ann

ann — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:04:22 +0000

Thank you all for sharing this with me. I appreciate hearing about books that help you get through hard time. I hope that others will benefit from your comments as much as I have.

–Ann

By: ann

ann — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:04:00 +0000

Thank you all for sharing this with me. I appreciate hearing about books that help you get through hard time. I hope that others will benefit from your comments as much as I have.

–Ann

By: debnance

debnance — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:24:56 +0000

Having had a hurricane hit my town last month, I feel I can be a reliable recommender of books for tough times.

I found I had a difficult time reading light fiction; I kept thinking, What’s she so upset about? It’s not like she’s going through a hurricane. I had trouble reading very sad stories as I would find myself deeply upset. Books others found funny struck me as cruel.

I didn’t read much. I’m just now starting to read again.

By: debnance

debnance — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:24:00 +0000

Having had a hurricane hit my town last month, I feel I can be a reliable recommender of books for tough times.

I didn’t read much. I’m just now starting to read again.

By: kc dyer

kc dyer — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:58:27 +0000

I not only do escapist reading — that’s how I do my writing, too! But my current favourite reading for tough times is really anything by PG Wodehouse. Jeeves and Wooster just do it for me, somehow…

~kc

By: kc dyer

kc dyer — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:58:00 +0000

~kc

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:52:20 +0000

OK, I’m not proud of this, but I have literally eaten a stack that size of Oreos today. You’ve nailed my stress eating to a “t”. lol

And I completely concur regarding A Walk in the Woods — it’s great as a regular book or as audio read by Bryson himself.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:52:00 +0000

OK, I’m not proud of this, but I have literally eaten a stack that size of Oreos today. You’ve nailed my stress eating to a “t”. lol

And I completely concur regarding A Walk in the Woods — it’s great as a regular book or as audio read by Bryson himself.

By: Sadelle

Sadelle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:03:04 +0000

I’m remembering back about 9 yrs ago when I was going thru some personal hard times and what I found comforting was curling up with a whole lot of fiction and non fiction set in India, believe it or not… kinda took me away for awhile. The big tome I read thru during that period was “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth. Outstanding story, but you have to not be put off by alot of history backstory and 1300 pages. I was sad when it ended, frankly.

The other kick I was on then was reading anything by Anne Lamott… I love her writing style and voice, and found her work soothing and funny at the same time.

By: Sadelle

Sadelle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:03:00 +0000

The other kick I was on then was reading anything by Anne Lamott… I love her writing style and voice, and found her work soothing and funny at the same time.