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Do you have a favorite book or two on your keeper shelf you always come back to when you're feeling bad? You know the 'I feel sick and miserable' book that makes the flu less intrusive as you're whisked away. Or the pick me up book you inevitably return to when you're bumming and down. I ask because I just spent the weekend feeling lousy with the flu. Besides the fact that this was a really bad time to get sick (I mean really is there ever a good time?) I had commitments I couldn't blow off so ended up here at the computer trying to work on articles and a newsletter I edit for my local chapter as well as writing a lesson plan for the coming week. The whole time all I wanted to do was go to bed. Sarah suggested I do just that and read a good book.. thats when it clicked. Thats what I was missing. My feel-better comfort read. I was so busy worrying that I couldn't be sick. I skipped right over the perfect cure. An afternoon laying in bed with a great book. I swear it really does help heal!! If I'm feeling really lousy (like more than a day or two) I pull out my dog-eared falling apart copies of David Eddings Belgariad & Mallorean series. I've had them since high school and there is something about falling into those stories that is almost medicinally hypnotic. If I'm just feeling punky short term. I inevitably grab a Nora Roberts book. They always do the trick. Oddly enough. I rarely reach for a rom-com or Blaze when I'm sick. Probably because whenever I get to a hot love scene. I'd be tempted to say 'not right now. I have a headache" *g*. How about you? Do you have books you read when you're needing a pick-me-up? What about another traditional read.. something you automatically grab the first of the year or at the beginning of summer? Hi. Tawny - I love the Belgariad. Love it. I still remember buying the books when I was in high school and they've stayed with me through about a dozen moves and at least two dozen book purges since then. Let's see.. my Linda Howards her early SIMs and STs. Early Janet Evanovichs. My sister introduced me to Laurie R King who writes an incredible series about Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell and to Lois McMaster Bujold and Miles Vorkosigan although my favorite is Cordelia's Honor. When I'm sick I usually choose a few of these and cherry-pick my favorite scenes. I hope you feel better soon! When I'm sick or feeling really down the first books I turn to are Nora Roberts collection of the Donovan family books. I always get a feel good chuckle from the Donovan parents and to me those books always leave me with a really good feeling when I read them. I've reread them so much that the covers are a bit worn. Mads Like you my books have survived multiple moves shelf-cleanouts and reading shifts. They've had to be dug out of my oldest daughter's room once or twice too since she's hooked on the series as well LOL. I can't do just scenes though - I am bad... I tend to have to start at book one and end at book 5 or 10... I have a couple of favourite books I pull off the shelf when I'm not feeling well. Some of these are out of print but I'll tell you about them anyway: Heart of the Night by Barbara Delinsky. He's the late night DJ with the sexy voice that makes you want to stay awake to listen OR have him talk you to sleep. Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. This is a short little who-dunnit. Scotland Yard's Allen Grant is laid up in hospital. He decides to unravel the mystery concerning the young Princes in the Tower and Richard III. Absolutely fascinating. Dave's Song by Robert McKay. This is a YA novel that I've owned for (ahem) 30+ years. First love and the song mentioned is Suzanne by Leonard Cohen which is one of my favourites. This is going to sound strange but I love Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. My brother gave this to me as a gift(complete with a stinky scratch and sniff sticker on the cover) when I was very young and I've loved it ever since. It just cracks me up and reminds me of younger days when life was worry free. Plus kid and young adult books have alittle larger words and less pages so easy on sicky eyes;) I've had the headache from he#% the last few days. I should just dig out some junior high books. It's fun to feel young and carefree during the story:) I love that you return to the YA's and kids books when you're feeling icky. That makes me think of really being taken care of. You know when mom fluffs the pillows and brings in soup and popcicles (really all illness requires cherry popcicles.. it does!!) and you just know you'll get better. I hope your headache goes away soon. Jibby!!! I little rest and reading session sounds like just the ticket. Mine is Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer. I have read that book a dozen times and picked up favorite passages from time to time. I LOVE that book. It's just one of those books that always makes me cry and I do love a tear-jerker. I'm also a fan of the feel-good movie like "Pretty Woman" if I'm too sick to read but if I can read. I always turn to those romances that first made me fall in love with the genre. New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorComing this fall: MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE (Harlequin Romance) and REALLY SOMETHING another Hot Romantic Comedy from Zebra Bookswww shirleyjump com or read “Eating my Words” Don't you love those first love books and movies? The whole big sigh feeling of just clicking with them and realizing you've found the best thing in the world LOL. I rarely do tear-jerker books or movies mostly because I'm such a pansy. I cry over certain MASH episodes and Hallmark commersials so tear-jerkers tend to send me into a stuffy-nosed cryfest LOL. Depends on how sick -- really sick. I'm laying on the couch and just want to watch TV probably Buffy or whatever's on nothing that takes too much energy to think about. If I'm just feeling crappy or depressed still mobile then I like to read but you're right not typically anything too sexy more light-hearted or paranormal -- always in the mood for paranormal. Maybe read about a heroine who's suffering more than I am. LOL. I don't have any tried and true comfort reads though -- maybe once upon a time I would have said Nora but I rarely re-read these days... Great topic. Tawny! When I'm sick or feeling blue I alway pick up Shana by Kathleen Woodwiss or Lisa Kleypas' Dreaming of You or Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsay. Love love love them. Actually. I don't have to be sick to get them out and read them again. A rainy day will do the trick too. :-) Oooh blues books are definitely different than sick books for me (isn't it wild. I have categories LOL). Nora does it always. Blues might bring out Jenny Crusie or Vicki Lewis Thompson maybe a few of my fave Blazes. Pick me ups that I know will include smiles. "When I Fall in Love" by Iris Rainer Dart (who also wrote "Beaches") It's such a positive uplifting book on keeping life joyful even with tragedy. It makes me cry and laugh out loud. I read it first after a family death and it lifted my spirits. Now it's my comfort read. Whenever I find extra copies. I buy them to give to others. Funny thing is that I'll pick up favorite books but I won't read them start to finish. I'll flip through to my favorite parts and just reread those. Mostly though if I'm feeling sick or down my favorite thing to do is read a NEW book. It's certainly something I don't do often enough! but I don't read when I am sick or depressed. I just want to be left alone in a quiet dark room. If I live I will venture out in a couple days and if not you might just check on me to make sure. I do however have a couple books I have read at least half a dozen times each. They are "The Walking Drum" or "Last of the Breed" by Louis L'Amour and surprisingly enough neither are westerns. I love these books and always get lost in the story just like it was the first time I read them When I am sick that is about the only time I DON'T read can't concentrate. Someone can be so sweet as to bring me medicine and liquids but otherwise I just want to be left alone in the dark and quiet drifting in and out of consciousness. But my comfort read when I'm just feeling down is A Cowboy's Secret by Anne McAllister. It never fails to renew my faith in humankind's basic goodness and the power that love has to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems. Corny sounding I know but that's how it makes me feel. My husband does the cave sick thing. Alphakitty. Leave him alone let him sleep keep the door shut and check for pulse every half-day or so *g* Me. I want cuddles. btw. I had no idea Louis L'Amour wrote non-westerns! Have to check that out.... I hope you feel better soon. I have a bunch of keepers but I've never gone back to re-read them. I always say I will but there are too many other books out there I want to read. I'm worried too that I'd be disappointed the second time around lol My favorite "comfort" reads are1) Dark Desire by Christine Feehan - I adore this book.2) Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase3) Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas4) Flowers in the Storm by Laura Kinsale5) Candle in the Window by Christina Dodd6) Shield's Lady by Amanda Glass (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)7) Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey8) Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind I will never get tired of reading these books. I just wish I had more time to read! Great question. Tawny. I have so many books to read that I don't have time for re-reads. I have books on my keepers shelf just in case *grin*. I tend to read category books from my subscriptions normally and save the bigger books for when we're travelling or on holiday. When I'm feeling poorly. I will treat myself to one of the bigger books - usually the rom coms or the light-hearted ones (no head for maurder and gore when my nose is stuffed up!). Funnily enough that's how I got into Shirley Jump's books. The Bride Wore Chocolate was the perfect flu antidote! Anything by Susan Mallery works too. The only thing I reread are books in series that are so far inbetween publishing that I have to go back to remember everything lol. All my books are keepers but I just have too much in my tbr pile - there are so many new books I always want to read. I don't really read much when I'm not feeling well either. When I'm sick. I'm more of a visual entertainment or just sleep kind of person. I do have a few books that I've kept through the years just because they inspire me though - and every now and then I get them out and thumb through and read some of my favorite scenes just to remind myself of the feelings I hope to inspire in readers some day. I have the whole set of Nora Robers. McKade brothers series. I LOVE those brothers and the woman that caught them. There was also a Royally Wed series that Silhouette did several years ago. Usually. I'm not into the whole made up countries and royalty but these were great books! My favorite. I think. Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann. Especially the desk scene if it's the one I'm thinking of. The Belgariad is a fun re-read (it was fun the first time around too!) Hmm... There are a couple of Jennifer Crusies I like to reread (parts of generally--I don't always re-read the entire book)--Welcome to Temptation and The Cinderella Deal. I also like SEP's Ain't She Sweet. It Had to Be You and Heaven. Texas. I've also enjoyed rereading The Princess Bride a couple times... I'd never thought about it until now! When I need something familiar and comforting whether I'm sick or just down. I usually pick up either The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher- I love the way the main character has such a positive grounded sense of herself or Madam. Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart- the chase through southern France literally fills your senses and the suspense is wonderful! Hugs on the ickies. I know that feeling. I've never given your question any thought but when I'm feeling under the weather I don't have a particular book I re-read. I will usually choose one I've never read before and if I can't get into it I'll switch to another one. Lindsey. I think you hit on the comfort aspect. A new book doesn't always click or appeal so where you'd switch. I'm too lazy LOL. I'd either get frustrated or feel like I had to finish it. But a comfort book is one I know will make me feel good. No surprises but then when I'm feeling lousy I'm not looking for Wows. Just hugs ;-) Welcome to Exploding Cigars! No we're not cigar smokers we're just a group of authors discussing reading writing and whatever matters to us in any given moment. We'll talk about what we do how we do it what we love about it and maybe even what we don't.

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Do you have a favorite book or two on your keeper shelf you always come back to when you're feeling bad? You know the 'I feel sick and miserable' book that makes the flu less intrusive as you're whisked away. Or the pick me up book you inevitably return to when you're bumming and down. I ask because I just spent the weekend feeling lousy with the flu. Besides the fact that this was a really bad time to get sick (I mean really is there ever a good time?) I had commitments I couldn't blow off so ended up here at the computer trying to work on articles and a newsletter I edit for my local chapter as well as writing a lesson plan for the coming week. The whole time all I wanted to do was go to bed. Sarah suggested I do just that and read a good book.. thats when it clicked. Thats what I was missing. My feel-better comfort read. I was so busy worrying that I couldn't be sick. I skipped right over the perfect cure. An afternoon laying in bed with a great book. I swear it really does help heal!! If I'm feeling really lousy (like more than a day or two) I pull out my dog-eared falling apart copies of David Eddings Belgariad & Mallorean series. I've had them since high school and there is something about falling into those stories that is almost medicinally hypnotic. If I'm just feeling punky short term. I inevitably grab a Nora Roberts book. They always do the trick. Oddly enough. I rarely reach for a rom-com or Blaze when I'm sick. Probably because whenever I get to a hot love scene. I'd be tempted to say 'not right now. I have a headache" *g*. How about you? Do you have books you read when you're needing a pick-me-up? What about another traditional read.. something you automatically grab the first of the year or at the beginning of summer? Hi. Tawny - I love the Belgariad. Love it. I still remember buying the books when I was in high school and they've stayed with me through about a dozen moves and at least two dozen book purges since then. Let's see.. my Linda Howards her early SIMs and STs. Early Janet Evanovichs. My sister introduced me to Laurie R King who writes an incredible series about Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell and to Lois McMaster Bujold and Miles Vorkosigan although my favorite is Cordelia's Honor. When I'm sick I usually choose a few of these and cherry-pick my favorite scenes. I hope you feel better soon! When I'm sick or feeling really down the first books I turn to are Nora Roberts collection of the Donovan family books. I always get a feel good chuckle from the Donovan parents and to me those books always leave me with a really good feeling when I read them. I've reread them so much that the covers are a bit worn. Mads Like you my books have survived multiple moves shelf-cleanouts and reading shifts. They've had to be dug out of my oldest daughter's room once or twice too since she's hooked on the series as well LOL. I can't do just scenes though - I am bad... I tend to have to start at book one and end at book 5 or 10... I have a couple of favourite books I pull off the shelf when I'm not feeling well. Some of these are out of print but I'll tell you about them anyway: Heart of the Night by Barbara Delinsky. He's the late night DJ with the sexy voice that makes you want to stay awake to listen OR have him talk you to sleep. Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. This is a short little who-dunnit. Scotland Yard's Allen Grant is laid up in hospital. He decides to unravel the mystery concerning the young Princes in the Tower and Richard III. Absolutely fascinating. Dave's Song by Robert McKay. This is a YA novel that I've owned for (ahem) 30+ years. First love and the song mentioned is Suzanne by Leonard Cohen which is one of my favourites. This is going to sound strange but I love Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. My brother gave this to me as a gift(complete with a stinky scratch and sniff sticker on the cover) when I was very young and I've loved it ever since. It just cracks me up and reminds me of younger days when life was worry free. Plus kid and young adult books have alittle larger words and less pages so easy on sicky eyes;) I've had the headache from he#% the last few days. I should just dig out some junior high books. It's fun to feel young and carefree during the story:) I love that you return to the YA's and kids books when you're feeling icky. That makes me think of really being taken care of. You know when mom fluffs the pillows and brings in soup and popcicles (really all illness requires cherry popcicles.. it does!!) and you just know you'll get better. I hope your headache goes away soon. Jibby!!! I little rest and reading session sounds like just the ticket. Mine is Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer. I have read that book a dozen times and picked up favorite passages from time to time. I LOVE that book. It's just one of those books that always makes me cry and I do love a tear-jerker. I'm also a fan of the feel-good movie like "Pretty Woman" if I'm too sick to read but if I can read. I always turn to those romances that first made me fall in love with the genre. New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorComing this fall: MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE (Harlequin Romance) and REALLY SOMETHING another Hot Romantic Comedy from Zebra Bookswww shirleyjump com or read “Eating my Words” Don't you love those first love books and movies? The whole big sigh feeling of just clicking with them and realizing you've found the best thing in the world LOL. I rarely do tear-jerker books or movies mostly because I'm such a pansy. I cry over certain MASH episodes and Hallmark commersials so tear-jerkers tend to send me into a stuffy-nosed cryfest LOL. Depends on how sick -- really sick. I'm laying on the couch and just want to watch TV probably Buffy or whatever's on nothing that takes too much energy to think about. If I'm just feeling crappy or depressed still mobile then I like to read but you're right not typically anything too sexy more light-hearted or paranormal -- always in the mood for paranormal. Maybe read about a heroine who's suffering more than I am. LOL. I don't have any tried and true comfort reads though -- maybe once upon a time I would have said Nora but I rarely re-read these days... Great topic. Tawny! When I'm sick or feeling blue I alway pick up Shana by Kathleen Woodwiss or Lisa Kleypas' Dreaming of You or Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsay. Love love love them. Actually. I don't have to be sick to get them out and read them again. A rainy day will do the trick too. :-) Oooh blues books are definitely different than sick books for me (isn't it wild. I have categories LOL). Nora does it always. Blues might bring out Jenny Crusie or Vicki Lewis Thompson maybe a few of my fave Blazes. Pick me ups that I know will include smiles. "When I Fall in Love" by Iris Rainer Dart (who also wrote "Beaches") It's such a positive uplifting book on keeping life joyful even with tragedy. It makes me cry and laugh out loud. I read it first after a family death and it lifted my spirits. Now it's my comfort read. Whenever I find extra copies. I buy them to give to others. Funny thing is that I'll pick up favorite books but I won't read them start to finish. I'll flip through to my favorite parts and just reread those. Mostly though if I'm feeling sick or down my favorite thing to do is read a NEW book. It's certainly something I don't do often enough! but I don't read when I am sick or depressed. I just want to be left alone in a quiet dark room. If I live I will venture out in a couple days and if not you might just check on me to make sure. I do however have a couple books I have read at least half a dozen times each. They are "The Walking Drum" or "Last of the Breed" by Louis L'Amour and surprisingly enough neither are westerns. I love these books and always get lost in the story just like it was the first time I read them When I am sick that is about the only time I DON'T read can't concentrate. Someone can be so sweet as to bring me medicine and liquids but otherwise I just want to be left alone in the dark and quiet drifting in and out of consciousness. But my comfort read when I'm just feeling down is A Cowboy's Secret by Anne McAllister. It never fails to renew my faith in humankind's basic goodness and the power that love has to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems. Corny sounding I know but that's how it makes me feel. My husband does the cave sick thing. Alphakitty. Leave him alone let him sleep keep the door shut and check for pulse every half-day or so *g* Me. I want cuddles. btw. I had no idea Louis L'Amour wrote non-westerns! Have to check that out.... I hope you feel better soon. I have a bunch of keepers but I've never gone back to re-read them. I always say I will but there are too many other books out there I want to read. I'm worried too that I'd be disappointed the second time around lol My favorite "comfort" reads are1) Dark Desire by Christine Feehan - I adore this book.2) Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase3) Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas4) Flowers in the Storm by Laura Kinsale5) Candle in the Window by Christina Dodd6) Shield's Lady by Amanda Glass (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)7) Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey8) Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind I will never get tired of reading these books. I just wish I had more time to read! Great question. Tawny. I have so many books to read that I don't have time for re-reads. I have books on my keepers shelf just in case *grin*. I tend to read category books from my subscriptions normally and save the bigger books for when we're travelling or on holiday. When I'm feeling poorly. I will treat myself to one of the bigger books - usually the rom coms or the light-hearted ones (no head for maurder and gore when my nose is stuffed up!). Funnily enough that's how I got into Shirley Jump's books. The Bride Wore Chocolate was the perfect flu antidote! Anything by Susan Mallery works too. The only thing I reread are books in series that are so far inbetween publishing that I have to go back to remember everything lol. All my books are keepers but I just have too much in my tbr pile - there are so many new books I always want to read. I don't really read much when I'm not feeling well either. When I'm sick. I'm more of a visual entertainment or just sleep kind of person. I do have a few books that I've kept through the years just because they inspire me though - and every now and then I get them out and thumb through and read some of my favorite scenes just to remind myself of the feelings I hope to inspire in readers some day. I have the whole set of Nora Robers. McKade brothers series. I LOVE those brothers and the woman that caught them. There was also a Royally Wed series that Silhouette did several years ago. Usually. I'm not into the whole made up countries and royalty but these were great books! My favorite. I think. Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann. Especially the desk scene if it's the one I'm thinking of. The Belgariad is a fun re-read (it was fun the first time around too!) Hmm... There are a couple of Jennifer Crusies I like to reread (parts of generally--I don't always re-read the entire book)--Welcome to Temptation and The Cinderella Deal. I also like SEP's Ain't She Sweet. It Had to Be You and Heaven. Texas. I've also enjoyed rereading The Princess Bride a couple times... I'd never thought about it until now! When I need something familiar and comforting whether I'm sick or just down. I usually pick up either The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher- I love the way the main character has such a positive grounded sense of herself or Madam. Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart- the chase through southern France literally fills your senses and the suspense is wonderful! Hugs on the ickies. I know that feeling. I've never given your question any thought but when I'm feeling under the weather I don't have a particular book I re-read. I will usually choose one I've never read before and if I can't get into it I'll switch to another one. Lindsey. I think you hit on the comfort aspect. A new book doesn't always click or appeal so where you'd switch. I'm too lazy LOL. I'd either get frustrated or feel like I had to finish it. But a comfort book is one I know will make me feel good. No surprises but then when I'm feeling lousy I'm not looking for Wows. Just hugs ;-) Welcome to Exploding Cigars! No we're not cigar smokers we're just a group of authors discussing reading writing and whatever matters to us in any given moment. We'll talk about what we do how we do it what we love about it and maybe even what we don't.

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Do you have a favorite book or two on your keeper shelf you always come back to when you're feeling bad? You know the 'I feel sick and miserable' book that makes the flu less intrusive as you're whisked away. Or the pick me up book you inevitably return to when you're bumming and down. I ask because I just spent the weekend feeling lousy with the flu. Besides the fact that this was a really bad time to get sick (I mean really is there ever a good time?) I had commitments I couldn't blow off so ended up here at the computer trying to work on articles and a newsletter I edit for my local chapter as well as writing a lesson plan for the coming week. The whole time all I wanted to do was go to bed. Sarah suggested I do just that and read a good book.. thats when it clicked. Thats what I was missing. My feel-better comfort read. I was so busy worrying that I couldn't be sick. I skipped right over the perfect cure. An afternoon laying in bed with a great book. I swear it really does help heal!! If I'm feeling really lousy (like more than a day or two) I pull out my dog-eared falling apart copies of David Eddings Belgariad & Mallorean series. I've had them since high school and there is something about falling into those stories that is almost medicinally hypnotic. If I'm just feeling punky short term. I inevitably grab a Nora Roberts book. They always do the trick. Oddly enough. I rarely reach for a rom-com or Blaze when I'm sick. Probably because whenever I get to a hot love scene. I'd be tempted to say 'not right now. I have a headache" *g*. How about you? Do you have books you read when you're needing a pick-me-up? What about another traditional read.. something you automatically grab the first of the year or at the beginning of summer? Hi. Tawny - I love the Belgariad. Love it. I still remember buying the books when I was in high school and they've stayed with me through about a dozen moves and at least two dozen book purges since then. Let's see.. my Linda Howards her early SIMs and STs. Early Janet Evanovichs. My sister introduced me to Laurie R King who writes an incredible series about Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell and to Lois McMaster Bujold and Miles Vorkosigan although my favorite is Cordelia's Honor. When I'm sick I usually choose a few of these and cherry-pick my favorite scenes. I hope you feel better soon! When I'm sick or feeling really down the first books I turn to are Nora Roberts collection of the Donovan family books. I always get a feel good chuckle from the Donovan parents and to me those books always leave me with a really good feeling when I read them. I've reread them so much that the covers are a bit worn. Mads Like you my books have survived multiple moves shelf-cleanouts and reading shifts. They've had to be dug out of my oldest daughter's room once or twice too since she's hooked on the series as well LOL. I can't do just scenes though - I am bad... I tend to have to start at book one and end at book 5 or 10... I have a couple of favourite books I pull off the shelf when I'm not feeling well. Some of these are out of print but I'll tell you about them anyway: Heart of the Night by Barbara Delinsky. He's the late night DJ with the sexy voice that makes you want to stay awake to listen OR have him talk you to sleep. Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. This is a short little who-dunnit. Scotland Yard's Allen Grant is laid up in hospital. He decides to unravel the mystery concerning the young Princes in the Tower and Richard III. Absolutely fascinating. Dave's Song by Robert McKay. This is a YA novel that I've owned for (ahem) 30+ years. First love and the song mentioned is Suzanne by Leonard Cohen which is one of my favourites. This is going to sound strange but I love Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. My brother gave this to me as a gift(complete with a stinky scratch and sniff sticker on the cover) when I was very young and I've loved it ever since. It just cracks me up and reminds me of younger days when life was worry free. Plus kid and young adult books have alittle larger words and less pages so easy on sicky eyes;) I've had the headache from he#% the last few days. I should just dig out some junior high books. It's fun to feel young and carefree during the story:) I love that you return to the YA's and kids books when you're feeling icky. That makes me think of really being taken care of. You know when mom fluffs the pillows and brings in soup and popcicles (really all illness requires cherry popcicles.. it does!!) and you just know you'll get better. I hope your headache goes away soon. Jibby!!! I little rest and reading session sounds like just the ticket. Mine is Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer. I have read that book a dozen times and picked up favorite passages from time to time. I LOVE that book. It's just one of those books that always makes me cry and I do love a tear-jerker. I'm also a fan of the feel-good movie like "Pretty Woman" if I'm too sick to read but if I can read. I always turn to those romances that first made me fall in love with the genre. New York Times and USA Today Bestselling AuthorComing this fall: MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE (Harlequin Romance) and REALLY SOMETHING another Hot Romantic Comedy from Zebra Bookswww shirleyjump com or read “Eating my Words” Don't you love those first love books and movies? The whole big sigh feeling of just clicking with them and realizing you've found the best thing in the world LOL. I rarely do tear-jerker books or movies mostly because I'm such a pansy. I cry over certain MASH episodes and Hallmark commersials so tear-jerkers tend to send me into a stuffy-nosed cryfest LOL. Depends on how sick -- really sick. I'm laying on the couch and just want to watch TV probably Buffy or whatever's on nothing that takes too much energy to think about. If I'm just feeling crappy or depressed still mobile then I like to read but you're right not typically anything too sexy more light-hearted or paranormal -- always in the mood for paranormal. Maybe read about a heroine who's suffering more than I am. LOL. I don't have any tried and true comfort reads though -- maybe once upon a time I would have said Nora but I rarely re-read these days... Great topic. Tawny! When I'm sick or feeling blue I alway pick up Shana by Kathleen Woodwiss or Lisa Kleypas' Dreaming of You or Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsay. Love love love them. Actually. I don't have to be sick to get them out and read them again. A rainy day will do the trick too. :-) Oooh blues books are definitely different than sick books for me (isn't it wild. I have categories LOL). Nora does it always. Blues might bring out Jenny Crusie or Vicki Lewis Thompson maybe a few of my fave Blazes. Pick me ups that I know will include smiles. "When I Fall in Love" by Iris Rainer Dart (who also wrote "Beaches") It's such a positive uplifting book on keeping life joyful even with tragedy. It makes me cry and laugh out loud. I read it first after a family death and it lifted my spirits. Now it's my comfort read. Whenever I find extra copies. I buy them to give to others. Funny thing is that I'll pick up favorite books but I won't read them start to finish. I'll flip through to my favorite parts and just reread those. Mostly though if I'm feeling sick or down my favorite thing to do is read a NEW book. It's certainly something I don't do often enough! but I don't read when I am sick or depressed. I just want to be left alone in a quiet dark room. If I live I will venture out in a couple days and if not you might just check on me to make sure. I do however have a couple books I have read at least half a dozen times each. They are "The Walking Drum" or "Last of the Breed" by Louis L'Amour and surprisingly enough neither are westerns. I love these books and always get lost in the story just like it was the first time I read them When I am sick that is about the only time I DON'T read can't concentrate. Someone can be so sweet as to bring me medicine and liquids but otherwise I just want to be left alone in the dark and quiet drifting in and out of consciousness. But my comfort read when I'm just feeling down is A Cowboy's Secret by Anne McAllister. It never fails to renew my faith in humankind's basic goodness and the power that love has to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems. Corny sounding I know but that's how it makes me feel. My husband does the cave sick thing. Alphakitty. Leave him alone let him sleep keep the door shut and check for pulse every half-day or so *g* Me. I want cuddles. btw. I had no idea Louis L'Amour wrote non-westerns! Have to check that out.... I hope you feel better soon. I have a bunch of keepers but I've never gone back to re-read them. I always say I will but there are too many other books out there I want to read. I'm worried too that I'd be disappointed the second time around lol My favorite "comfort" reads are1) Dark Desire by Christine Feehan - I adore this book.2) Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase3) Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas4) Flowers in the Storm by Laura Kinsale5) Candle in the Window by Christina Dodd6) Shield's Lady by Amanda Glass (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)7) Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey8) Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind I will never get tired of reading these books. I just wish I had more time to read! Great question. Tawny. I have so many books to read that I don't have time for re-reads. I have books on my keepers shelf just in case *grin*. I tend to read category books from my subscriptions normally and save the bigger books for when we're travelling or on holiday. When I'm feeling poorly. I will treat myself to one of the bigger books - usually the rom coms or the light-hearted ones (no head for maurder and gore when my nose is stuffed up!). Funnily enough that's how I got into Shirley Jump's books. The Bride Wore Chocolate was the perfect flu antidote! Anything by Susan Mallery works too. The only thing I reread are books in series that are so far inbetween publishing that I have to go back to remember everything lol. All my books are keepers but I just have too much in my tbr pile - there are so many new books I always want to read. I don't really read much when I'm not feeling well either. When I'm sick. I'm more of a visual entertainment or just sleep kind of person. I do have a few books that I've kept through the years just because they inspire me though - and every now and then I get them out and thumb through and read some of my favorite scenes just to remind myself of the feelings I hope to inspire in readers some day. I have the whole set of Nora Robers. McKade brothers series. I LOVE those brothers and the woman that caught them. There was also a Royally Wed series that Silhouette did several years ago. Usually. I'm not into the whole made up countries and royalty but these were great books! My favorite. I think. Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann. Especially the desk scene if it's the one I'm thinking of. The Belgariad is a fun re-read (it was fun the first time around too!) Hmm... There are a couple of Jennifer Crusies I like to reread (parts of generally--I don't always re-read the entire book)--Welcome to Temptation and The Cinderella Deal. I also like SEP's Ain't She Sweet. It Had to Be You and Heaven. Texas. I've also enjoyed rereading The Princess Bride a couple times... I'd never thought about it until now! When I need something familiar and comforting whether I'm sick or just down. I usually pick up either The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher- I love the way the main character has such a positive grounded sense of herself or Madam. Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart- the chase through southern France literally fills your senses and the suspense is wonderful! Hugs on the ickies. I know that feeling. I've never given your question any thought but when I'm feeling under the weather I don't have a particular book I re-read. I will usually choose one I've never read before and if I can't get into it I'll switch to another one. Lindsey. I think you hit on the comfort aspect. A new book doesn't always click or appeal so where you'd switch. I'm too lazy LOL. I'd either get frustrated or feel like I had to finish it. But a comfort book is one I know will make me feel good. No surprises but then when I'm feeling lousy I'm not looking for Wows. Just hugs ;-) Welcome to Exploding Cigars! No we're not cigar smokers we're just a group of authors discussing reading writing and whatever matters to us in any given moment. We'll talk about what we do how we do it what we love about it and maybe even what we don't.

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