Dragaera

Comfort Books

nikki m. pill stvitus at flash.net
Thu Jul 18 11:24:53 PDT 2002

Stacy wrote:
> > And another book question:  Do you have "comfort" books?  Sometimes, if
I'm

And Jose wrote:

> Mmm. Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence comes to mind.

OOOOOH, I LOVED THOSE!!!!

My comfort books -- particularly when I'm under stress:

1. Steven's books. All of them. All in a row. I used to read them
back-to-back as soon as I finished my finals in college. I often re-read one
at random when I've nothing new to read, because I always notice something
new that changes my perspective when I read it. I go through them all at
least once a year.

2. Neil Gaiman books. See above.

3. David Eddings' *Mallorean* and *Belgariad.* I got hooked on them when I
was 13 and haven't been able to kick the habit.

4. The Harry Potter books


My nostalgia books:

1. Hickman and Weis's *Dragonlance Lengends* Series -- Raistlin Majere was
my first real character obsession.

2. The Chronicles of Narnia

3. The Oz Books

4. The "Anne" and "Emily" serieses by L.M. Montgomery

5. The Phantom Tollbooth

I stilll have most of my childrens' books. I like to flip through them for
deja vu purposes.

Nikki