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ExWhoDoesntCare

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2. I don't tend to classify murder mysteries

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Mon Nov 27, 2023, 05:45 PM

Nov 2023

As comfort reads, and that includes the mysteries with the misnomer classification of 'cosy.' I can appreciate the cosy feel of the books *outside* the murder(s), but I cannot find a way to reconcile violent death with the likes of kittens and hot cocoa. It just won't happen.

To me comfort reading would be books like Little Women, Anne of Green Gables or Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford--all those slice of old-time rural life books.

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Comfort reading: 10 great books to snuggle up with on a cold day [View all] cbabe Nov 2023 OP

Nice hermetic Nov 2023 #1

I don't tend to classify murder mysteries ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #2

Midnight at Malabar House is a very good read and I would definitely cuddle up yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #3