Whats a good book to read while depressed and blue?! Suggestions!
Whats a good book to read while depressed and blue??! Suggestions!!!
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Whats a good book to read while depressed and blue??! Suggestions!!!
All of Cathy Lambs books. She never fails to cheer me up with her wonderful books.
Anything by Meredith Schorr!!! Or The Royal We!
Janet Evanovich’s numbered books about Stephanie Plum. They are a hoot & can’t help but cheer you up. There was 1 that I laughed so hard I almost had an accident.
Thank you ???
#5 did that to me- I think it’s the one where bob the dog first appeared.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/43040-stephanie-plum
I’m reading Fannie Flagg’s The whole town is talking. I love her. So far this is a very feel good book.
Anything by Cathy Lamb
One of the Ladies Detective series by Alexander Mc Call-Smith. Lovely and well-written stories.
I like Janet Evanovich when I need a good laugh. Stephanie Plum series especially! ( One for the Money )
Anything by Susan Wigg. Or any good psychological thriller
Language of Sisters by Cathy Lamb.
A happy one…anything by Cathy Lamb…well there is some real stuff…but in general!!!
The Deep End…Julie Mulhern…..1st in a series….couldnt quit laughing!
Almost anything by Janet Evanovich. Especially the Stephanie Plum series.
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon. Read the whole series. You’ll be glad you did!
Catherine Anderson, is great! She gives me hope and is a great author to read when I’m sad and upset!
I like to see the inside of my eyelids when I feel like that!!
Anything by Danielle Steel n or Allie n Bea n Wonder
Diary of a Single Wedding Planner (Tales Behind The Veils, Volume 1), by Violet Howe
I’m reading The Good Samaritan. It’s an awesome psychological thriller
Stephanie Plum…any cozy mystery from Henery Press. Anything that Sarah Morgan wrote
Janet evanovich
Janet Evanovich’sNumber Series with Stephanie Plumb
Good choice.
Totally agree! Janet Evanovich is always a fun quick read. She keeps you laughing the whole time.
A man called OVE
I’ve read it twice and I cried at the end both times!
Tony Hawks’ -Round Ireland with a Fridge.
Chet and Bernie series.
I second this suggestion.
When I am feeling down, I read one of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series. I know I get a fun read with laugh out loud story.
Any Jill Shalvis book.
Patricia Sands Provence books.
@Patricia will take you along to the coast of Paris. The scenery and food descriptions will make you feel like you are there.
Chocolate Lovers’ Club series
Anything by Laurie Notaro.
A perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber!
The Cottingley Secret by @Hazel.
Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance. When you see the extreme poverty in India at the time the book takes place, it will give you perspective and get out of the problems in your own head. It definitely made me grateful for my far from perfect life.
Any of Jen Lancaster’s older stuff (bitter is the new black, pretty in plaid, such a pretty fat, bright lights big ass)- they’re laugh out loud funny!
I second! These are hilarious.
True to the Highlander. Lots of humor, adventure, mystery, time travel and a fairy. https://www.amazon.com/True-Highlander-Novels-Loch-Moigh-ebook/dp/B00EZCY0L4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513217992&sr=8-1&keywords=true+to+the+highlander
Gift from the Sea
I love books by @Bette. Southern charm and just plain ol good books. Start off with Memory House…
Lamb by Christopher Moore. Hands down the funniest book I have ever read in my life!
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Linda Howard. Very amusing!
Catherine Ryan Hyde, all of her’s are “feel good” books.
The Wake UP by @Catherine. I just finished it last night and it was a wonderful read.
Lift and Separate by @Marilyn
The One That Got Away by @Leigh
Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’Easter and the whole Dixie series by @Lisa
The Boyfriend Swap by Meredith Schorr ???
Second on Lift and Separate!
Thank you Kristy and Tonni and happy holidays to all.
Looking forward to your next one!
“Feel good” books don’t make me feel good, especially not if they are about women in my demographic. Reading about people whose lives are drastically different from mine–even dark tales–those give me perspective, get me out of the problems in my own head, and fill me with gratitude, even when things aren’t perfect. Why just escape when you can escape and return wiser and improved?
Jan Karon’s Mitford books – first one is At Home in Mitford. I reread them because they are comforting.
Evanovich, yes, but almost anything that will take your mind off yourself. The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough, The Gathering Land Trilogy by Conrad Richter. Watch out for books that are themselves depressing and DO watch out for withdrawing from life into the printed page … Here’s another potboiler: Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons. That and Outer Banks are her best. Feel better!
If Fanny Flagg doesn’t have you laughing out loud, you are in a sad state.
@Vicki since you are a Fannie fan, check out @Haywood I ADORE her!! ????
@Kristy thank you. I’ll hit Amazon and Goodreads right now!
@Vicki also @Lisa ????
@Kristy do you have any special favorites for Haywood Smith? And, also recommendations for Lisa Patton?
@Vicki,
Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter Is 1st in @Lisa‘s trilogy Dixie series.
And as far as @Haywood , just like Lisa you can’t go wrong but the whole Red Hat series is great and then
there’s Queen Bee at Mimosa Branch and Queen Bee Goes Home Again ???
As far as stand-alones I love Ladies of the Lake Wife in Law Waking Up in Dixie snd Out of Warranty I hope you love them!!????
@Kristy Thanks. I explored Amazon before asking. I see my Everest-like reading pile getting a little bigger in the near future. I love southern fiction, by the way, so I’m excited to try these two out.
I think the answer depends on what you hope your emotional outcome to be.
For great laughs…the Rosie Project. Then the Rosie Effect. Also laughed out loud while reading Let’s Pretend This Never Happened.
I loved the Rosie books!! They were fantastic!
@Katherine don’t you think those would cheer Daniel up?
ABSOLUTELY 100%!!
The Copenhagen Affair.