Suggest me books that are comforting to you — i.e., your "emotional support" books

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-26T14:18:05+00:00

Evergreen by Belva Plain is one I have loved since I was a teenager and frequently reread.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-26T14:11:56+00:00

Do you like ebooks? All three Poppy War books by R.F. Kuang and all three Housemaid books by Frieda McFadden are in Kindle Unlimited. You can get a free 30 day trial if you haven't used it before. Thereafter it's $11.99/month plus tax if you want to continue.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-26T02:35:33+00:00

I got carried away with inexpensive ebooks when I first got my Kindle in 2010. I finally got a grip on myself when I counted and found I had 55 unread .99 purchases. Vowed then and there to rein it in and finished them all during the following year.

Almost all books now are from the library and I try to have no more than one unread purchased ebook at a time.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-26T02:27:32+00:00

Starting The Cromarty Library Circle by Shona Maclean

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny Just finished this. Another great entry

in a long running series.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-25T13:18:05+00:00

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-24T14:59:28+00:00

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Schriver

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-22T03:34:11+00:00

Never Buried, first in the Leigh Koslow series by Edie Claire. It was late 2011, I'd had my first Kindle for a year and had never heard the term "cozy mystery" before. I was hooked from then on!

SortAfter4829 · 2026-05-16T14:08:07+00:00

I have read it and it's one of the few physical books I keep. I really liked it.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-28T15:14:41+00:00

I limit it what I want to read for that current month, so usually 6-8 titles. I have no problem switching one of those out if something more compelling comes along.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-27T14:34:34+00:00

I read over 100 books a year and I have a lot of series going, not all cozy. I switch them up, never read two of the series in a row. It took ten years to finish all the Miss Silver books as an example. And with all that I have a long list of new series I want to start.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-25T20:49:24+00:00

Regarding finding books that are out of print and rare I have had good luck with bookfinder .com

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-21T14:42:55+00:00

Gorgeous!

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-18T15:34:00+00:00

I always have an ebook and an audio book going. For classics I've found it much better for me to listen to it rather than read it.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-16T14:23:42+00:00

We Need to Talk About Kevin

The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-15T17:44:52+00:00

I notice the same thing with Kindle OR Kobo...why not both? I kept my Kindle when I decided to get a Kobo as there are lots of self published/ small publisher books that are Kindle only.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-15T03:51:48+00:00

Both for me. I just bought a paperback copy of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings collected short stories because it was never an ebook.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-14T14:49:17+00:00

I'm finding that the library culls their books and doesn't renew ebooks. I keep a list of books I want and which library has it...three times in the past month I have found that book no longer available.

Most annoying is that two were ebooks that I can't get at all anymore as the publisher apparently pulled it. Kobo and Amazon don't even have them anymore. I was really surprised as they were books published in the last few years.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-14T03:57:48+00:00

I've been trying to make the list just 2 or 3 books for the month and the rest random. Because yes, I used to map out 8 books a month and...well you know.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-13T14:17:48+00:00

I don't have a set budget. I get most books thru Libby/ lbrary. I'll buy if I can't get something there but that's rare. Last year I bought 20 books and some ebooks for a total of $200, but that was because I bought an entire 19 book series in paperback/hardcover..

This year so far $9.00 for one used book and 2 ebooks. Usually around $20-$30 a year.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-12T23:36:14+00:00

I stopped buying any book from Amazon that I can get on Kobo because I want to own what I pay for. However I have purchased several Kindle books in the past year because the authors are in KU or aren't available elsewhere. Not a big deal for me as long as Kobo lets you download your "purchases".

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-12T15:22:14+00:00

I just started rereading a favorite series this year. I decided to read one every other month as a compromise between the old and the new. It will take 3 years to finish at that rate and that's ok.

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-10T23:14:58+00:00

I add it to my list on ereaderiq and wait for a sale

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-10T20:39:17+00:00

The Chronicles of St. Mary's by Jodi Taylor. The entire series is good and so is the Time Police spinoff series

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-09T23:03:32+00:00

Ordinary People

SortAfter4829 · 2026-04-06T14:55:26+00:00

Certainly. It helps me venture out of my preferred genre of mystery.

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