I didn’t actually get that much reading done this week so if I did my normal Sunday Salon, it would look much like last week’s. Instead, I wanted to focus on one of my books specifically.
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But first, I must share with you the Wonderful Thing I received in the mail yesterday. A few days ago, I got an email from Michelle of Le Mei Muse, telling me that she found something at Goodwill for $0.75 and bought it with me in mind and that she’d send it to me if I liked. Naturally, I immediately wanted whatever it was more than anything else in the world. So I waited a few days until this showed up:
I LOVE it! The little “Reading is Sexy” mug has become my internet presence and now I can take it out into the real world (plus, Rory wore this shirt on an episode of Gilmore Girls).
So thank you, thank you, thank you, Michelle. I love it. I want to wear it immediately. Also, you should all be following Michelle’s blog – she’s hilarious and artsy and just a joy to know.
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Ok, on to the discussion.
For the past few weeks, I have been listening to the Harry Potter series. It’s my first time through the audio but certainly not my first time through the series. I find myself drawn to reread these books every few years. In fact, I am currently listening to Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter makes me feel happy. I love being back in this world that I now know so well. I miss the characters when I’m away too long. Harry Potter is officially my newest “comfort read.” I read it when I want something I know, something I love. But Harry Potter is simply the newest in a long line of comfort reads.
The first comfort read I can remember is Charlotte’s Web
When I got a little older, that book because Little Women
When I was a little older still, my comfort read became The Starlight Crystal
After that, I don’t think I had a comfort read for awhile. I was at a stage in my life when I turned to my friends or movies or music when I needed to escape and not to books. I was still reading, but I don’t remember going back to a specific book over and over again.
I’m sure there were more along the way, but those are my comfort reads that stand out. They are the books I have opened time and time again because of their familiarity.
What are/were your comfort reads?
my books. my life. 
The Little Prince.
A Wrinkle in Time.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Comfort reads are crucial.
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I’ve never read The Little Princess or Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorites but I don’t remember reading or more than once or twice.
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Stephen King is my comfort read. Is that weird?
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Of course not – whatever YOU find comfort in. 🙂
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Harry Potter is my comfort read, too. It feels like having lunch with an old friend when I pick up one of those books. 🙂
When I was a kid, my comfort read was Harriet the Spy. I read that book so many times the pages fell out, lol.
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I am a huge fan of Little Women too. I’ve probably read it 20 times in my life and every time I discover something new in it.
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I love the shirt! Hope you get to wear it soon 🙂
As for comfort reads, mine haven’t actually changed that much over the years–meaning, my comfort reads are the books I read in elementary school. In particular, The Rain Catchers by Jean Thesman, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, and anything by Roald Dahl are my comfort reads. I have read HP multiple times (and PoA is my favorite too), so I guess they could be comfort, too.
The newest comfort reads for me are, surprise surprise, Jane Austen. I can open any of them to a random page and just get sucked in. These I didn’t read until college, so they are newer comfort reads to me 😀
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Ahhh! I’m So glad you love it! I love that you love it! Yeah!! 🙂
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Holy cow, what a great treasure she found! Little Women is my comfort read.
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My comfort reads are Harry Potter as well. I’ve read Where the Heart is by Billie Letts a few times as well. I love the shirt!
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Very cute shirt!
How funny – I’m listening to the Harry Potter audio books for the first time too! I’ve started with Chamber of Secrets, because I read Sorcerer’s Stone last month. I’m really loving listening to the audio books – Jim Dale is fantastic.
When I was in Ireland I saw that Stephen Fry does the narration on the British audio books, which sounds excellent as well. 🙂
My comfort reads are:
-Harry Potter
-Betsy-Tacy books
-Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman
And while I can’t exactly call them comfort reads yet, because I’ve only read them through once, I suspect that these two will become comfort reads over the next several years:
-David Copperfield
-I Capture the Castle
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I’m so jealous of your shirt- I’ve been looking for one forever!
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I love that shirt! Yay for Rory. Also, great comfort read picks. Sometimes it’s just so wonderful to be able to pick up a book that you already love.
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That T-shirt is really awesome! Can’t wait to see the picture of you wearing that T-shirt!
Harry Potter is really wonderful – one can keep coming to it again and again. ‘Little Women’ is also wonderful!
My comfort reads for many years were Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘The Three Musketeers’ by Alexandre Dumas. Nowadays I watch movies which change my mood and make me a pleasant person after a couple of hours 🙂
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