Comfort Reads discussion

Last year on holiday I read Black-out and All Clear. I try to save something really special for holidays because I always remember it. Can anyone recommend something fantastic for a seaside getaway? Thanks in advance!

I LOVED Blackout and All Clear. And I knew to read them one right after the other, fortunately.

I'm basically offline for a couple weeks and can't think of any other books offhand, except maybe more Connie Willis ones. But I hope you find great book/s. Please let us know if you find winners.

Lisa wrote: "I LOVED Blackout and All Clear. And I knew to read them one right after the other, fortunately.

I'm basically offline for a couple weeks and can't think of any other books offhand, except maybe mo..."

I would agree with Lisa, if you like Connie Willis, try more of the same. I just loved Doomsday Book (which is actually part of the same series as Blackout and All Clear).

And if you like time travel novels (and like baseball, especially the history of the sport), I strongly recommend If I Never Get Back (there is a sequel as well, Two in the Field, but I have not read this).

I also loved Doomsday Book and I've heard To Say Nothing of the Dog is excellent and really funny.

Alysa, I would second Gundula's and Lisa's suggestions. What other genres do you enjoy?

I do love all her work, I started with To Say Nothing, then Doomsday. Her Christmas short stories are brilliant. And Winds of Marble Arch. Not as keen on Lincoln, or Passages.
Hmm, I love Austen, PGWodehouse, Bronte, James Herriot, JKRowlin, JRRTolkien, Georgette Heyer, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Josephine Tey, Douglas Adams. Witty, British, happy endings.
Thank you!!!

Alysa wrote: "I do love all her work, I started with To Say Nothing, then Doomsday. Her Christmas short stories are brilliant. And Winds of Marble Arch. Not as keen on Lincoln, or Passages.
Hmm, I love Austen, ..."

Have you read James Herriot's biography (not the gossip rag by Graham Lord, but The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father penned by his son, not as well written as his father's stories, but a lovely and heartfelt homage).

Gundula, I'll bet that book is wonderful. I have about 3 of James Herriot's books that I've read.

Diane D. wrote: "Gundula, I'll bet that book is wonderful. I have about 3 of James Herriot's books that I've read."

Jim Wright is not the wordsmith that his father was, but his memoir is interesting and heartfelt. You should read all of the James Herriot books though before reading Jim Wright's biography.

Some good authors to try for a beach read are Elin Hilderbrand, Monica McInerney, and James Patterson.