The Comfort Reading Tag

In which I share my first original BookTube tag! I'd love to hear your answers to the questions, either in a video or in the comments below! Here's to cozy comfort reading and plenty of warm drinks and delicious snacks to go with it. :)

Books Mentioned:
Martha's Vineyard: Isle of Dreams by Susan Branch
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Children's Letters to God compiled by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall
The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp
A Thousand Mornings and Red Bird by Mary Oliver
Romancing the Ordinary by Sarah Ban Breathnach
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sense and Sensibility Screenplay Diaries by Emma Thompson
Comfort Food by Maxine Clark
Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel

Tag Prompts:

1. The Kettle's On: A book of steadfast comfort, always there for you, makes any day better, like a cup of tea (or your favorite warm drink).

2. Grandmother's Quilt: A book that reminds you of a loved one, or a comforting book that was given to you or read aloud to you by someone dear.

3. Warm Spices: A book with particularly vivid prose or imagery. A story comforting in its richness, depth, or vibrance.

4. Candlelight: A book that keeps you going or encourages you when things feel dark.

5. Laugh-Medicine: A book that makes you laugh out loud or grin widely, coming to the rescue on the gloomiest days.

6. In Bed All Day: You've got your warm drink, a cozy blanket (maybe grandmother's quilt.) What do you read when you're curled up in bed all day? (Or for a couple of hours, anyway.)

7. Endless Comfort: A book that brings you solace no matter how many times you reread it.

8. Portable Hope: A book that restores your faith in humanity, faith in life, faith in yourself. A book that says, "It's going to be okay. The world is full of good things, and tomorrow will be better."

9. A Basket for Your Neighbor: Just as it's lovely to be comforted by books, it can be lovely to pass the comfort along. Imagining you were putting together a cozy comfort basket for your neighbor (or friend, loved one, take your pick), which book(s) would you include?

10. A Walk in the Woods: Though we'd like to stay curled up indoors with our books forever (or, at least, I would), we've got to venture into the world again sometime. A walk in the woods always helps me feel refreshed (unless I happen upon a spider or something, but let's not think about that). Tell us about a book with beautiful nature writing, or a book that restores your peace.

Happy comfort-reading, everyone!

[LauraRodriguez-Peace]

So lovely, and inspiring.
Thank you! 🌸🌼🌺

[Lovelee]

I have come back to this video to thank you for recommending the book by Susan Branch. I bought it right after I first watched this but I’m just now getting around to reading it. I’m about halfway through it and I’m realizing what a positive impact it’s going to have on my life. I now intend to buy all of her books. Thanks again!

[aekorfker]

This tag is a comfort read in itself 🥰 I’m definitely going to try to do this one. I love Susan Branch. Rebecca is high on my tbr.

[MarilynMayaMendoza]

Aloha. Just found your channel recently through another book tuber and I really enjoyed your original tag. As a person who suffered trauma and anxiety issues I often read for comfort and escapism. Although I am 70 years old, I still am putting some of the middle grade books on my TBR which I call pile of possibilities for a pop. Nice to meet you and I’m subscribing.

[elizabethbrink]

I love this tag idea! I don't have a BookTube channel, but I like to write out tags and my book ideas in my reading journal. Thanks for the food for thought! You have so many good books on the list. I see on their website that my local used bookstore has a $2 copy of Sense and Sensibility Screenplay Diaries. Definitely going to snatch that up! Two of my favorite comfort read authors are P.G. Wodehouse (Jeeves and Wooster) and D.E. Stevenson.

[aekorfker]

Have you read Last Christmas in Paris? I think you’ll like it, it’s epistolary too

[meghanthestorygirl]

This is such a great tag! I love Guernsey so much too. That S&S screenplay diary sounds amazing.

[ADuchessInside]

What a fun tag! I love that you’re such a fan of Susan Branch. I just adore her. 😊

[hyacinthh]

Enjoyed! 🌸 Your grey colored wall is way comforting. Would you by chance have color and paint company?

[breezyannreads]

I love this tag so much! I'm hoping to film my own. Your choices are so great. Reading just equals comfort to me ❤️