What does a comfort read mean to you? Jenn Martin and Jennifer Wong discuss what books are on their comfort shelves and explore the reasons why we read for solace, hope or reassurance. Then, Jenn shares a favourite comfort read - an absurdist love story about two people who save each other from life and death.

Authors and books mentioned in this episode

• The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron
• Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
• Tables for Two, The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/tables-for-two
• Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith
• Worstward Ho, Samuel Beckett - "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
• Mouth Full of Blood by Toni Morrison
• In the Pink, poems collected by the Raving Beauties
• Riddley Walker by Russell Hobam
• Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
• The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Reading suggestions for Nicola

Nicola loved:

• Wilderness series by Sara Donati 
• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Jenn's suggestions:

• The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
• Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
• The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
• Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

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