Top Ten Tuesday #20
Comfort Reads
This week’s prompt is “Comfort Reads” and it comes with instructions. They are: Share which books or kinds of books you turn to when you need to escape; they can either be specific titles if you love to re-read or qualities of books you look for in a comfort read.
When I need a comfort read, something to get me out of a reading slump or to cheer me up when I’m feeling down, I can usually rely on: 1) rereading a favorite book, or 2) reading a book with lots of kissing. Here are my top ten 16 comfort reads:
What about you? Which books made your list this week? Do we have any in common?
I learned in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) that life is full of dialectics, or two opposing truths. In this case, the two opposing truths are: 1) I don’t agree with JKR’s stance regarding trans people, and 2) I still love Harry Potter.
I totally understand how you can escape this world by going into some other ones. Good ideas.
Thanks for visiting my TTT this week which is a little different.
Oh, no problem. I really enjoyed your pivot for this week’s topic. I often escape using TV and movies as well. In fact, if my brain needs a break, then I always choose a movie over a book.
I have books I turn to for rereads for comfort, too, but if I do reread a book I am worrying about books I could be reading for the first time. Sigh.
I understand. I don’t reread books nearly as often as I’d like to because there are too many new books I want to read. I try to balance them each year–80% new books and 20% rereads. It works quite nicely, especially on high yield reading years like this one.