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[Briony]

Just finished reading The Rosie Project. It's about a university lecturer with Asperges Syndrome and his quest for love. I'd been feeling a bit down lately and this has really  helped to put a smile back on my face. What was the last 'feel good' book or film you read/saw? x

[Dancinggirl]

I do agree it is important to read uplifting books.   I can't remember any I've read at the moment as I always have a book on the go so tend to forget titles etc quite quickly afterwards. I'll have a rummage later and make a list.
Thanks for the tip about 'The Rosie Project' - I must read that one as my son in on the spectrum and he longs to find a girlfriend.   DG x

[Briony]

Oh do, DG, it will give you that warm feeling. A bit like Curious Incident Of the Dog but with a heart X

[CLKD]

I couldn't get into the 'Curious Incident' at all 
Like Dancinggirl I read really good books but can't remember titles etc., started Monsaur Bahrani's life story last night which is up-lifting! 
I likes a good novel that I can lose myself in too …….. tending to prefer real 'life' stories ……

[Briony]

Try The Rosie Project. CKLD. It's much more 'real life' than Curious Incident. Quite funny too. x

[CLKD]

 

[Rowan]

Anything by Elizabeth Jane Howard also Susan Sallis

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/137/Susan-Sallis.html


https://www.google.co.uk/#q=elizabeth+jane+howard+book+list

[libby1]

Anything by Milly Johnson is wonderful 

Libby
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[rosebud57]

Don't go in much for 'feel good fiction'.  Must admit I like crime fiction and thrillers.  Particularly like the Charlie Parker books by John Connelly.  Very well written, humour in places, but also very dark with a supernatural eliment.

If I do want something that's feel good I would read a Jane Austen or a Brontie.  Bill Bryson is always good if you need a laugh.

[Ju Ju]

I've been enjoying some of Santa Montefiore's novels.

[Rowan]

Read all hers books JuJu love them particularly her earlier ones e.g "The Butterfly Box"

http://www.santamontefiore.co.uk/

A lot of her books are set in the Argentine.

[Dorothy]

I love James Herriot, Jane Austen and Miss Read.  Also, P G Wodehouse.  And children's books like Wind in the Willows and Anne of Green Gables.

[Ju Ju]

  oh how I loved Anne of Green Gables, along with Little Women and Black beauty! I struggled to learn to read, but discovered the joy of reading with the books of Noel Streatfield, Ballet Shoes etc.

[Dulciana]

When our daughter was very little, I used to love reading the "Alfie and Annie Rose" books (Shirley Hughes) to her.  I probably liked them more than she did!  They're such cosy little stories with beautiful illustrations. 

Being an adult again (!), Rosamunde Pilcher's "The Shell Seekers" is a favourite of mine.

[purplenanny]

Ahh, the Shirley Hughes books. I agree, absolutely lovely. I still have mine (my boys, of course) in the loft. Gorgeous drawings and stories