Comfort Food

By --Deb on

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Okay . . . picture this (really) worst-case scenario: It’s cold and raining, your boyfriend/girlfriend has just dumped you, you’ve just been fired, the pile of unpaid bills is sky-high, your beloved pet has recently died, and you think you’re coming down with a cold. All you want to do (other than hiding under the covers) is to curl up with a good book, something warm and comforting that will make you feel better.

What do you read?

(Any bets on how quickly somebody says the Bible or some other religious text? A good choice, to be sure, but to be honest, I was thinking more along the lines of fiction…. Unless I laid it on a little strong in the string of catastrophes? Maybe I should have just stuck to catching a cold on a rainy day….)


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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112 responses

  1. Melody

    Hi everyone! Here’s mine.

    Happy BTT! 🙂

  2. Marianne

    Wow… it’s so quiet in here!

    Mine’s up here: http://reading-writing.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-it-through-plague-pestilence.html

  3. gautami

    Hello all,

    This is the second time I am posting here. I look forward to read you all.

    Mine is up now:
    Booking Through Troubled Times

  4. Rhinoa

    Here is mine at Rhinoa’s Ramblings

  5. valentina

    Here is mine too!:http://valentinasroom.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  6. BooksPlease

    Mine is at http://booksplease.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday.html

  7. Angela Young

    Here’s mine: http://writinglifeandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday.html

  8. Maria

    Hi all, here’s mine: http://kiwiria.livejournal.com/356943.html

  9. BooksPlease

    Here’s mine (hope this gets there – the other comments I tried don’t seem to have!)

    http://www.booksplease.blogspot.com

  10. Debi

    Here’s mine.

    Fun question!

  11. Mei

    Mine is here.

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  13. superfastreader

    As always a great question!!

    http://superfastreader.com/comfort-food-booking-through-thursday.htm

  14. Trish

    Also applies to rainy days: http://trishsbooks.blogspot.com/2007/09/comfort-food-booking-through-thursday.html

  15. Kiki

    Mine is up! Thanks!

  16. 3m

    http://1morechapter.com/2007/09/13/btt-comfort-food/

  17. pam

    Great question!

    http://pamr.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  18. Alice Teh

    Love this week’s topic! Here’s mine…

  19. Cass

    http://www.midlifemusings.com/2007/09/13/booking-through-thursday-9131007/

  20. Judy

    Wow…. when I started my post there were only two comments. Okay, so I got distracted 🙂

    Anyway, it’s up.

  21. Chris@bookarama

    That’s a good question!

    Here’s my answer:

    http://chris-book-a-rama.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  22. Barbara H.

    Literary comfort food — I like it. I agree with Trish that this applies to rainy-day reading, too. My answer is here:

    http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food/

  23. Natasha

    My first ever BTT answer is up here:
    http://natashajudd.com/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food/

  24. --Deb

    Hey folks–for whatever reason, we’re having the same spam-filter problems we had last week. Lots of valid comments are getting caught in the filters. I’m checking periodically, so . . . if your comment doesn’t show up right away, chances are you’ve been filtered out but will be “released” just as soon as I can!

  25. sprite

    Old friend kiddie-lit. Probably Little Women or Anne of Green Gables.

  26. betty

    My curl up on a sad rainy day books

  27. Christine

    Finally on time for a change.

    http://xinef.livejournal.com/152501.html

    I have a lot of “comfort reading” books, and yes, that is exactly what I call them. Books I’ve read so many times, I could recite the plot easily, but that I still love to read. Anne McCaffrey’s Crystal Singer trilogy (all three books), the first three books in her Pern series (Dragonflight, Dragonquest, White Dragon), also her Harper Hall trilogy (DragonSong, DragonSinger, DragonDrums). Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Liaden Series, esp the novels in Pilot’s Choice.

  28. sam

    I tried to do the trackback thing, but it doesn’t seem to be showing up. In any case, my post is here.

  29. melanie

    http://teareads.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday_13.html

  30. melanie

    I don’t read fiction when I need Emily…

  31. CoversGirl

    Mine is here. And it’s still Thursday! Just.

  32. Julie K. Rose

    Good one!

    Here’s mine.

  33. CoversGirl

    I have posted, but – filtered out again!

  34. melanie

    I’ve posted, too – and been filtered out…

  35. Stephanie

    Mine up! Come visit me at http://stephaniesbooks.blogspot.com/

  36. Heather (errantdreams)

    Dang… now that’s a painful list of catastrophes! Here’s my reply.

  37. Stacy

    I played along this week! Check it out here. 🙂

    Have a great day and Happy Reading!!!

  38. Janicu

    HEA is what I need. Really, who needs to feel even more down with what they read?

    http://janicu.vox.com/library/post/btt-comfort-food.html

  39. sya

    I’m up.

    http://www.gamalei.net/syaffolee/2007/09/memes-booking-through-thursday-comfort.html

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  41. island editions

    Here’s mine… http://islandeditions.wordpress.com/

  42. Florinda

    Happy BTT to all! Good question this week. Here’s my answer: http://pendvasq-readingritingandrandomness.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  43. GeraniumCat

    Here’s mine – my first Booking through Thursday and I managed to get it wrong. Memo to self, you need to provide a title before you publish!

    http://geraniumcat.blogspot.com/2007/09/okay.html

  44. Pooch

    http://yarnknitreadlit.blogspot.com/2007/09/dogs-n-books-on-thursday.html

  45. Amy

    Happy Thursday! Here’s mine!
    http://thesleepyreader.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food/

  46. gautami

    After reading through BTT few entries, I see that we all have our favourites. In a way, books are very personal. Something works for one and does not do a thing for another. Reading poetry, braincandy, romance, comics or anything else depends on the particular mood at that time.

    To each his own. We all have our own coping mechanisms. We all develop overnight skills to deal with the catastrophic situation… Books or no books.

  47. gentle reader

    Here’s my first BTT:

    http://shelflifeblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  48. Marsha

    (Funny that this turns up on Booking through Thursday just days after I posted about my blog-birthday contest, which has a similar “what would you pick when you can choose only a few things?” theme.)

    For comfort reading, I would probably turn to The Fellowship of the Ring trilogy, which I’ve read a gazillion times. It’s a black-and-white world with no moral ambiguity. The good guys get to be heroes, and the bad guys get their just desserts. It’s a feel-good, happy ending. Well, until you get to the part where Frodo is miserable and still in pain years after the ring is destroyed. Maybe I’d just stop with the scourging of the Shire.

    This reading would, of course, be accompanied by my favorite nonliterary comfort food: instant macaroni-and-cheese (yes, with the packet of cheese powder)–eaten straight out of the pot. (Because I know I’m going to eat all of it anyway, so why dirty up another dish that needs to be cleaned, right?)

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  50. gina

    Break at the university and so I’m back: http://gullybrookpress.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  51. Julia

    Happy Booking Through Thursday Everyone & Deb! Hope everyone have a nice day!

    Here is mine!

  52. Angela

    http://theknittingdiva.com/?p=193

    Love it! Happy BTT everyone

  53. The Sleepy Reader

    Here’s mine!
    http://thesleepyreader.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food/

  54. Mervi

    Here’s mine:
    http://bright-lilim.livejournal.com/71652.html

  55. Elizabeth

    My answer: http://fajrdrako.livejournal.com/761459.html

  56. morsie

    Here’s mine!

  57. Matthew

    Here’s mine:

    http://writewrotewritten.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/comfort-food/

  58. alisonwonderland

    fun question! my answer is here.

  59. CeeCee

    Hello! Mine’s up here: http://booksplurge.blogspot.com/

  60. pussreboots

    The short answer is: I don’t read in times of crisis. For a longer explanation, please see my blog entry.

  61. Anne

    Gone With the Wind – it covers everything, and really, the Civil War can make anyone’s personal tragedies look pretty good!

  62. Tracie

    This was a tough one for me. I’d probably crochet instead of read, but here’s my answer: BTT-Comfort Food

  63. Bridget

    Here is what I wrote on my summer vacation:

    http://the-ravelld-sleave.blogspot.com/2007/09/comfort-food-booking-through-thursday.html

  64. mo

    I’m late but I’m here!
    http://mosmind.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-thru-pain.html

  65. mo

    I’m late, but I’m here

    This was a thought provoking one for me; I’m interested in reading everyone else’s responses.

    Have a good weekend, y’all!

  66. Susan Helene Gottfried

    Perfect timing with this question!

    http://westofmars.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html#4314970279621151752

  67. Becca

    Books have been comforting me quite a bit lately 🙂

    Here’s my answer:

    http://beccasbyline.blogspot.com/2007/09/comfort-reading.html

  68. Susan

    Mine are here:

    http://pagesturned.blogspot.com/2007/09/comfort-food.html

  69. Lillian

    Mine’s #2 here

  70. Lillian

    Let’s try that link again

  71. Athena

    Bit late today, but here it is: Comfort Food

  72. kmberrien

    http://www.feedingboogie.blogspot.com

  73. Cassie

    Mine’s up, have to go check out everyone else’s to see their answers! 🙂 Happy BTT!

  74. Jennyellen

    Here is my post! http://ajenslife.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  75. BookGal

    It is still Thursday and mine’s up. Happy BTT.

  76. raidergirl3

    hi, here’s mine: http://raidergirl3-anadventureinreading.blogspot.com/2007/09/meme-booking-through-thursday.html

  77. aki_diwata

    Here’s my answer.

  78. Kat

    Woah. It’s Friday where I am now, so from my POV, I’m late! 😀 But here it is!

  79. --Deb

    Mine is up here. Just scroll down a bit….

  80. Ching

    Mine’s posted at Home Ground

    Happy reading!

  81. Literary Feline

    a href=”http://literaryfeline.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html”>Mine’s up.

  82. Melissa

    Late, I know, though it’s still technically Thursday in my time zone, but with no less appreciation. Great question this week.

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  84. Brad K

    Here is the post on my blog
    http://www.itsaboutmakingbabies.com/2007/09/13/comfort-food-a-booking-through-thursday-post/

  85. Cereal Box Reader

    Robert Asprin’s “Myth” series is where I want to go for laughs when I’m down. Too bad he isn’t writing them anymore. (He has co-written some, the first of which wasn’t quite funny enough) Christopher Moore is a good, newer, author who tickes my funny bone. I also read the scripts for Blackadder and Red Dwarf etc. If I’m down, comedy is my best friend.

    BTW You guys really get up at 5:00 am to do this? Night shift? Time zone shift? Mind shift? As you can see, I’m only a day late so I didn’t bother to post something on my own blog.

  86. mjpuzzlemom

    Here is my list

    MJ

  87. Mark Penix

    When I’m down and I feel like reading… I actually tend to read books of non-fiction. It helps me take my mind off the things that are bothering me.

  88. Marg

    A bit late today…..Mine’s up at the following link:

    http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/2007/09/comfort-food.html

  89. Literary Feline

    Let me try this again since I seem to have forgotten how to link properly. Haha
    Mine’s up.

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  91. aaronsmusic

    Mine’s late, but here it is:

    http://aaronsmusic.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/booking-through-thursday-9132007/

  92. Suey

    A day late and at the end of an amazingly huge list, but here you go anyway!

    http://sueysbooks.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  93. tinylibrarian

    Here’s mine! http://tinyreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-comfort-food.html

  94. Ginny

    I’m late in replying, but I blogged about this topic. http://scrappyd.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday.html

  95. momof2ballerinas

    http://scrappyd.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday.html

  96. Jeane

    Here is my answer, a few days late. it’s brief, but simple.

  97. Dewey

    Mine is here:
    http://deweymonster.com/?p=380

  98. Janiejane

    Better late than never! 🙂
    http://somanybookreviews.blogspot.com/2007/09/btt-comfort-food.html

  99. Karen (mommy of three)

    I’m late, but mine is up:-)

  100. Merri

    http://merrimerri.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/booking-through-thursday-6/

  101. Merri

    http://merrimerri.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/booking-through-thursday-6/
    Here’s mine(only a few days late!)

  102. Carla Nikol

    not sure if doing this right but my answer is on following blog…

    http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&friendID=114364426

  103. Matt

    The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco–it’s intriguing and literary, and I can get lost in it.

    The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry–it’s just the cutest book I ever read.

    Chekov and Poe.

  104. Erin

    http://thepaperbackstash.blogspot.com/2007/09/booking-through-thursday-sept-13-2007.html

  105. Gracie

    And here I am, sneaking in at the last minute: http://web.mac.com/akagracie

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  109. Josette

    Here’s mine!

  110. janiejane

    Mine is up: http://somanybookreviews.blogspot.com/2007/11/btt-volume.html

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