Episode 101 - Comfort Reads

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

This episode we’re talking about Comfort Reads! We discuss what makes something a comfort read, re-reading books, Animal Crossing, nostalgia, horror movies, problematic faves, listening to music on repeat, and more! Plus: Special guest stars galore!

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Comfort Reads Discussed

• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• Dear Prudence (and the other Slate advice columns)
• Captain Awkward
• Carolyn Hax
• Ask A Manager
• Dear Sugar
• Dumbing of Age by David Willis
• Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran
• YU + ME = Dream by Megan Rose Gedris
• Books by Tamora Pierce
• Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling
• The Others series by Anne Bishop
• Books by Mary Roach
• Books by Sarah Vowell
• Books by David Sedaris
• Get Fuzzy series by Darby Conley
• • Read online
• Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson
• • Read online
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
• Tales from Another Mother Runner: Triumphs, Trials, Tips, and Tricks from the Road edited by Sarah Bowen Shea and Dimity McDowell
• Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
• • Desert Island Discworld podcast
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Comfort Reads Mentioned by Our Guests

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean
• Mountains and Rivers Without End by Gary Snyder
• • Includes Night Highway 99
• Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
• Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
• Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni
• The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
• The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series by Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Derek Charm, Rico Renzi, and others.
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• Pastwatch series by Orson Scott Card
• Homecoming Saga by Orson Scott Card

• (Thank you to Inti, Kelsey, Helen, Jean, and Sam!)

Other Media we Mentioned

• Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake
• Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) (Wikipedia)
• Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
• Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
• Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
• Diablo (Wikipedia)
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Wikipedia)

Books We Discovered Because of the Podcast

• Red Spider White Web by Misha
• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
• Your Republic Is Calling You by Young-Ha Kim
• The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Links, Articles, and Things

• ASMR (Autonomous sensory meridian response) (Wikipedia)
• HEA stands for “Happily Ever After”
• Audio Cassette Tape Open Close Play Stop by Bertrof
• Episode 089 - Other People’s Faves (that we do not like)
• The Besties Podcast: Animal Crossing New Horizons will save us all!

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Join us again on Tuesday, June 2nd we’ll be discussing the genre of Literary Fiction.

Then on Tuesday, June 16th we’ll each be pitching a book we think all of us should read and discuss on the podcast! You get to vote!