Five Favorites meme

[sonjajade]

From missyquill: five favourite comfort reads: books or stories you turn to when you're sick or feeling down.


1. The Dark Tower part 3: The Wastelands by Stephen King.  I think this is my favorite because it really shows the bond that Roland and Jake share.  It's not til the last book that we find out just how much they mean to each other, but you can really see that there's some kind of emotional dependance between them at this point.  Also, the ka-tet is finally whole.  This one is the best illustrated too (imo).  So much of everything that I love about the Dark Tower is in this particular volume... It's just one of my very favorites!

2. Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin.  Sometimes you just need to laugh, especially when you stress and worry over every little thing like people with Panic Disorder do.  My most favorite parts are the ones where he talks about the dogs.  As a dog lover I'm pretty sure I've experienced every moment he has, because dogs as a whole are pretty much the same XD  I also like the parts where he breaks apart the idiosyncrasies of the English language ("How can you pre-board a plane?  How do you get on before you get on?"), and the parts where he's driving. (Ever get in the car and you got the radio playing and then it starts raining, so you flip on the wipers and then you have to turn the radio up a little?  And then there's traffic and horns are honking and engines are rumbling all around you and you got this rain and the wipers, so you turn it up a little more?  And then finally you get to your destination and you turn the car off, and when you come back and start the car the radio is THIS FUCKING LOUD!!!!?)  I did not like Brain Droppings as much, or When's Jesus bringing the Pork Chops or whatever, but this one is just a great fun read that you can pick up and just open to any page.

3. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.  I'm not sure why my sister and I love this book so much.  Maybe it's the fact these kids are closer to what we grew up with as kids, maybe it's because we could see a bit of ourselves in Ponyboy, struggling to make the right choices and still be a cool kinda dude.  It's a deeply emotional story about growing up that doesn't take forever to read, and is as comfy and cozy as cuddling up with a cup of hot chocolate, even with all the drama in it.

4. The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King.  This and Game of Thrones are a lot alike I think, and now that I'm more familiar with GoT I should reread this.  I think I love it so much because the little kid in me loves the hiding/spying place in the dragon's head.  and you really get a feel for how much the two brothers have suffered in it.  It's awful how much crap they both go through...  And I love that really, this is a part of the Dark Tower too on some level.

5. Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach.  I have a copy of this that is signed by the author and illustrator, it was my first Mother's Day present :3  I love it because it prepared me, and it's a laugh riot all the way through because it's completely TRUE.


To be honest, I don't read actual books anymore since discovering fan fiction, because the sites can be filtered to find shorter stories that don't take weeks to get through.  I'm struggling to get through Game of Thrones because I can't read it on my phone!  Clash of Kings I'm gonna buy from the app store...

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and there are some fanfics that are just freakin awesome!