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I remember the first time I read it. I was a freshman in high school and I asked the school librarian for a recommendation. She handed me the Collected Works of Jane Austen. I took it home and read them all that week. I wanted to give that librarian a hug. I should have given her one.
I'm thinking a lot of people would have Pride and Prejudice on their list of comfort reads? Let's move on...
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I had to go out and buy my own copy because I wanted to read it when I was down once and it wasn't available. I think the cover is quite pretty and I had a bit of a crush on Karsh. When he calls her 'rani' I swoon.
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Grace has a problem similar (in terms of hiding and avoiding the subject) to one of my own problems, so everytime I read it's as though I'm being told I'm not alone.
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I remember I left it on the staff room table and another co-worker asked if she could read it as well. I said OK, and she read a bit during her break. When I came back into the staff room, I saw that she'd bent the cover back and creased the spine. I stuck the book in my locker after that and she and I didn't speak about Twilight again.
It's been read its fair share of times, but sometimes I just skip to the good bits - the bits where there's tension. The magic seems to be wearing off just a little, so I haven't turned to it in awhile though!
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Anne really is a wonderful character and I feel like whenever I'm blue, she'd be able to help me. Reading the books makes me feel like I'm on Prince Edward Island and surrounded by her friends and family. I adore Diana and Matthew and Marilla and descriptions of the town and the people and Anne's over-active imagination. Just everything about it.
The Anne books are the first books that I bought for myself. I remember I was dying to find Anne's House of Dreams and couldn't find it anywhere... until someone in the neighbourhood had a garage sale and I bought it for a quarter. That made my life.
Those are my top comfort reads. Now tell me yours!
I love your post. You have such brilliant ideas for posts.
ReplyDeleteTwilight is most definately my comfort read. If I am in a book slump I trun to that and rekindle my book love ;)
lol "I stuck it in my locker and we never spoke of it again" I would have to do a smiliar thing. I get very annoyed about my stuff and have to hide it up regularly.
ReplyDeleteYou don't like the cover for twilight. I was a little freaked out by it but it was one of the reasons why I read the book in the first place. I really need to buy a copy for reading as I realised recently that mine is a first edition. Love that book
My comfort read is White Oleander by Janet Fitch. I love that book! I have read it so many times..
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