"Om im, lend me your knife."

[rolanni]

I'm reading Hellspark again; can't remember how many times I've read it since it was first published, back in the late '80s. It's one of my comfort books, along with Pride and Prejudice, The Witches of Karres, Cotillion, and The War for the Oaks.

So -- what are your comfort books?

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[torrilin.livejournal.com]

Falcon, War for the Oaks, and Finder by Emma Bull
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean (and Much Ado About Nothing and The Lady's Not For Burning to go with)
Partners in Necessity, Plan B, I Dare etc by rolanni and kinzel
Code of Conduct, Contact Immanent, Law of Survival, Rules of Conflict by kaygo
Mirror Dance, Memory, Shards of Honor, Curse of Chalion and Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
These Old Shades and Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
Devilish by Jo Beverley
The Mage Wars series by malkingrey and James McDonald
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baronness Orczy
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Chrestomanci Quartet, Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
the Master Li and Number Ten Ox books by Barry Hughart
the Young Wizards books by Diane Duane
anything and everything I can get my grubby paws on by Janet Kagan, up to and including Star Trek
The Unsung Hero, The Defiant Hero and Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann

My god that's a list. I don't have to have *all* of those around at any given moment, but if I can't find the one I need, I'm distressed. Regrettably, my parents have a number of comfort reads that intersect with mine, so *finding* the Right One can be issueful. Even worse, a lot of 'em are in storage at the moment. Need to get them out of storage and onto shelves so they can be read, as is proper.

[malkingrey.livejournal.com]

The Mage Wars series by malkingrey and James McDonald

...fair brightens my day, that does...

Thanks!

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome :). They're on the list of "check shelves, check Dad's side of the bed, and check Mom's side of the bed" if I want to read a particular one. Parents tend to abscond with them.