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hello everyone! It's been a bit of a week, so I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about some of my favourite books to read when I'm feeling sad or a little down. These are books that don't really contain harsh ~ adult themes ~ (let's just ignore the mild inclusions of murder and childnapping lmao)
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Hello everyone!! For this week's video, I wanted to speak about happy wholesome cozy books to read that don't really have adult/harsh themes. There are a few books here that I love to death and have spoken about quite a bit, so I hope you'll forgive me--I didn't want to omit those books and make the overall list shorter just because I had spoken about them before. I hope you like the video! Take care and enormous love 💛💛
The House In The Cerulean Sea made me cry so much because it felt so healing after having a bad childhood
Aww
I am reading it for the first time now, and am finding it to be a healing experience, too. 💕 It is so sweet and charming.
ah nevermind then, i'm not reading it
I didn't cry but i lowkey felt melancholic after reading the book. One of my ult fav
The Secret Garden is a beautiful book. Especially when you’re nearing the end of a long winter!
So thankful for you coming up with a list of non triggering books! So much heaviness in the world its nice to find something light and happy ❤
I had a mental breakdown yesterday so this video is perfect on time🌼
I'm so sorry. I hope you're okay 💛
@@christy-anne-jones thank you sm i love your videos🤓💅🏼
Sending love and joy your way
What happened?? Are u OK?? Plz have patience.. Good time will come.. Love nd blessing from my side
@@rl3920 yeah I just have hard few months, I have some serious healt issues and my grandpa passed away few weeks ago sooo yeah, thank you for asking
yess i had a feeling howl's moving castle would be on this list!😍😍 the graveyard book is also one of my favorites!✨
Hahaha 😊 Both of those books are so wonderful 💛
All of Diana Wynne Jones books are wonderful and so underrated! I love Howls Moving Castle but my favourite will always be The Lives of Christopher Chant.
Also, no other book has made me as happy as The House in the Cerulean Sea, but it might be a bit heavier in some parts. It's like a warm blanket and a sad hug at the same time and I never felt more comforted by any other book.
Diana Wynne Jones is so wonderful 💛 And that's understandable! I can see how the House in the Cerulean Sea could be seen as a bit heavier. But I agree, it's probably the most comforting book I've ever read 😊💛
Truee
I'm currently rereading the whole Chronicles of Narnia. Can only recommend.
Oohh I've never actually read it! I really want to 😊
That authors from Belfast, I’m from Belfast 😎
My all time favorite series!!
Yesss those books literally warmed my heart and made me cry ♥️😍
The lion the witch and the wardrobe and silver chair are my favorites. I listened the whole series on audiobooks during winter 😍
Oh I so needed this video! It's a period for me when I don't mind escaping the reality sometimes! Happy and meaningful books can make a huge difference during low times (combined with a lovely green park where the birds are singing)! Thanks Christy!
That's what we're CRAVING 🥺 I've felt down for the past couple weeks and I just want spring to come and read happy books aaahhh 💚☘
I am on the third Anne if Green Gables book. Wish I had started this series last year. So comforting.
Ooh and I'm on the fifth🥺🥺 Such pretty writing ❣
The fourth one is my favorite. And the first two movies with Megan Fellowes are delightful!
Yay! I love LM Montgomery and just constantly re-read her books. I have ever since I was a teenager. It is so wonderful that you are enjoying them for the first time! 🙂💕
I love all of your BOOKSSSS video 🥰🥰🥰 I always rewatch your books video even though I already know what books you’re going to recommend. Watching them make me love reading even more.
Awhh thank you so incredibly much 💛💛
Such a lovely idea and list to put out there! Thank you. :)
I have a little collection of books that I keep for re-reading when I am sick or just feeling glumpy. One of those is Anne of Green Gables, which I grew up with (I'm Canadian) so I can wholeheartedly second the book as heartwarming and soothing to read. If you love LMM's descriptions of nature, she also wrote a great deal of poetry and much of it is exactly that - descriptions of nature. I bought a collection of her poetry a few years ago and keep it in my bedside table, and sometimes read a few poems before sleep to fill my head with lovely imagery.
Other books I often comfort-read are Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, which is about a group of children who have wholesome outdoor adventures (mostly involving sailing) in the UK in the 1920s. They're well-written and fun, but, much like the Harry Potter series, they are wonderfully readable for adults as Ransome didn't write down to children despite keeping the themes and plot points light-hearted (no Deatheaters or Cruciatus curses here). I also love the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, a fictionalised autobiographical account of the author's childhood in the American mid-West in the 1870s, which captures her family's pioneer spirit and her love of the wild prairie.
I read the House in the Cerulean Sea because of this video! & now, im on a beautiful journey of rediscovering my love for reading. Thank you!
This video is so lovely and comforting! Thank you🐻☁️
This could not have come at a better time! Thank you for your wonderful recommendations.
Thank you so much for this video! I just read a really depressing book and don't feel so good right now (it was a bad idea). I definitely need to read something positive and cozy soon, thanks again💙
I'm not sad but constantly looking for happy books. My faves are The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Miss Pettigrew lives for a day by Winnifred Watson.
Thank you so much for your recommendations! 💛😀
I exactly needed this video! 😊 Thank you for always serving us with the best of content and recommendations! You are so beautiful inside out😊🤍❤
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My go to books are always something of Cassandra Clare’s ❤️ either the Mortal Instrument series, Infernal Devices, Dark Artifices.. I could read those books over and over again 🥰 I’m currently reading her new book Chain of Iron and am in love! I will be adding some of the books you reviewed to my reading list now as well 😊
Your hair looks pretty! Thank you for the recommendations
The President’s Hat and The Red Notebook, both by Antoine Laurain. Both are fun stories and have a really sweet, optimistic feel to them. They are easy to read and follow, not overly complicated, so good if you are in a fuzzy headspace 💫
I've just read the red notebook and reading the president's hat. I conquer with this comment really enjoying them and such lovely reads
What a nice peaceful video! Thank you
i have never felt this comforted by a video before!
I love SO many of these books!! Also, Roald Dahl always helps me when I’m down :) If you want a wintery read from Norway to cool you down (haha!) I would recommend Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr. I have only read it in Norwegian, so I can’t say if the translation is any good, but it filled my heart with so much joy. The lovely friendship between a young girl and an old man is just so FUN and beautiful. She has a lot of Pippi Longstocking and Ann Shirley in her!😀
For some reason - I’ve always pictured Anne of Green Gables looking somewhat like you do in the most beautiful way!
Such a wonderful video idea! Thank you for sharing these happy books - I’ll definitely be checking out Howl’s, the house in the cerulean sea don’t be graveyard book 😊 I recently bought the box set for Anne of Green Gables, as I’ve been meaning to read it for quite some time so I’m very excited! Thank you for sharing your recommendations!
I read The House in The Cerulean Sea last week and simply adored it and I was actually trying to find some good, happy books. Thanks for this list!
Love your videos Christy! Thank you for the joy you bring 😊
Also am currently reading The Wind in the Willows which is very gentle and cosy, would recommend!
I actually don't mind you recommending some books again at all! esp with how different this theme is from your other videos. So even though I might know of e.g. Anne of green gables, it is very helpful to hear you describe the books in relation to this theme and why you consider them happy books. I wouldn't have known to pick up some of these books for a comfort read otherwise. Also, it would be absolutely wonderful if you'd make another "happy book"-video some time! 🌷💛 or maybe your favourite comforting tv-shows? I really liked your video about your favourite tv-shows of all time! 📺
Much needed video! Thank you for all the great recommendations, I'll definitely read most of them and I can't wait to start the house at the cerulean sea!!
I'm so glad you liked it 😊💛
What wonderful book recommendations! Yay! I've either read these or have them on my TBR. This might be the motivation to finally get to some of them. I'm definitely thinking that 'The House of Wool and Steel' sounds perfect for this time of year since there's still snow here in New Hampshire. I also love Thich Nhat Hahn and, if you haven't already read the book 'Peace is Every Step', I highly highly recommend that one. It's my favorite of his. Thank you so much! :D
The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society is the best thing ever
I was wondering if I should read it. I loved the movie.
@@shanewilliams1873 the film isn't good compared to the book because it missed out so many details that are important to the story. You'll see if you read the book you'll start hating the film haha.
I definitely want to read this. I really enjoyed the movie adaptation!
This is such a sweet video, thank you for this!! 😭🧡🧡
Thank you so much for being here 💛💛
Love that edition of Anne of Green Gables. Anne is one of my favourite characters ever!
It's a really lovely copy!! 💛
Another thing that makes me feel happy when I'm going through a depressive episode is a warm cup of passionflower tea.
Thank you for these lovely recommendations!! The Forest of Wool and Steel seems really interesting so I will definitely give it a read!
Thank you so much! I was looking for such books for a long long time
Thank you for this lovely list 🐳 super random q not about reading - what red lipstick and polish do you wear?! They’re always so sharp! Love them 😻😻😻!
Thank you so much for the recommendations, i really needed this ❤
You're so welcome!! 💛
Thanks for these recs. I am grieving so this video is especially appreciated ❤
All the Miss Read books starting with The Village School. All of the Anne of Green Gables books(so good on audible too) and At Home In Mitford by Jan Karon..
This was a great video! Thanks for putting it together!!🥰
Anne of Green Gables is my favorite book!! I love you version of the book :)
After the first video you talked about the graveyard book about a year ago, I read it (it was a little bit difficult to find it here in my country) and I highly recommend it 💛💛💛 also Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite books of all times.
True.
Ahhhh!! I hoped and hoped you would make a video like this one day - I love your other recommendation videos, of course, but wholesome recommendations!?!? Yes please!! All books have been added to my reading list :) (Howl's Moving Castle too, I'm due for a reread for the millionth time 😂 It just gets better every time!)
I'm so glad you liked the video!! 😊💛
The house in the cerulean sea is my go to comfort book, it is so wholesome it gives me back my will to live
I really really recommend Bob by Wendy Mass!! It is definitely a book that belongs on this happy, sweet, and wholesome list. I adored it and I know you will too!🥰🥰🥰✨
Jane Austen always puts me in a better mood. For animal lovers, I’d also highly recommend All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. It’s so wholesome and brought me a lot of joy in 2020 ❤️
i read the graveyard book because of this video and it is now probably my favorite book ever. so i’m back for more recs!
Im not going to go into my mental health struggle, but this is v timely for me. Im just sooooo happy for this list. I cant wait to borrow all of these books.
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Ooh I really need to read The Graveyard Book, I want to get into Neil Gaiman so I think starting with one of his books that are light hearted will be good!
I'd recommend The Chronicles of Narnia (except for the last one, it made me cry) for wholesome books, but you probably already read it😂❤️
Just this list of books puts me in a better mood already 😊✨
I love reading the original Moomin books by Tove Jansson when I’m feeling down, especially ”Finn Family Moomintroll” and ”Tales from Moominvalley”. They are so wholesome and sweet and also have the most beautiful illustrations in them! 🥰
I agree. I did a Moomin character test this morning and found out I’m most similar to Snufkin 🥰
AWWWH I love Moomin!! I need to read the books 😊💛
Thank you so much for that list!💚 I am sure it will cheer me up during the Corona Lockdown
I'm so happy you liked the video 😊💛
Immediately thought of Anne of green gables when I saw the theme, I m glad you told about this gem :)
I love Thich Nhat Hahn’s books. I want to read the forest of wool and steel. My comfort read is pride and prejudice ♥️
I cried my eyes out reading The Graveyard Book, it's so beautiful!!
Actually it is
Just went through a breakup and this is exactly what I needed. Thank you. 🥺
Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim is the happiest book I’ve ever read! Four English women rent a castle in Italy and it changes their lives, so beautiful to read and uplifting!
Thank you. I am looking for books written by women with women characters that would make me happy.
Omg yessss! I’ve read all but two from this list. ❤️
I needed this🥺❤️💞 thank you💞
You're very, very welcome💛😊
Needed this thank you!!
My favorite book in this category is Away with the Penguins. It has an odd heavy moment, but it is a beautiful and heartwarming story!
Definitely want to read The House in the Cerulean Sea this year!
I love Anne of Green Gables! The 1985 movie is really good as well and very light hearted.
The Secret Garden is soooooo lovely and wholesome, it excited me to get up and live. Just live.
I reread the Anne of Green Gables series each year 💛
I absolutely adore your book reccs ! :)
Hard to find adult books that are happy, but some favorites are John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" and The Essays of E.B. White.
I love these recommendations! I really need to read The House in the Cerulean Sea. My go-to comforting read when I'm sad or sick is A Year in Provence, which is a comic memoir/travel writing about a retired couple who move to the south of France. The best parts are all of the (MANY) vivid descriptions of huge provençal meals. Truly a delight.
Are you sure A Year in Provence is about a retired couple - I thought they were fairly young and he was a writer trying to do his work, but was side tracked nearly all the time. I loved this book too.
Little house on the prairie is my favourite comfort book series it warms my soul and makes me happy.
My mom loved it❤❤❤
Since you mentioned anne of green gables & alice in wonderland I'd really really really really recommend trying the pages & co series by Anna james! I'm sure you'll love them
I've never seen better quality camera and lighting in a youtube video!!! omg! what do you use!?!?
I finished The House in the Cerulean Sea two days ago and immediately thought about it when I saw the caption on this video hahaha
So glad to find an Aussie book reviewer xx
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison! And I'll also agree with the other poster who said anything by Becky Chambers!
You should read Laura Gallego books, she’s the most famous fantasy Spanish writer, every Spanish kid had grew up reading her books, she’s amazing. Also I recommend you Fairy Oak books, now is the 15th anniversary and she’s releasing a new book. I read Fairy Oak saga every year because is amazing and the illustrations are from another world
This video couldn't have come at a better time
Exactly
Love this video!
I was so confused when you said Northern Lights. I was like “….that sounds like The Golden Compass, did he just write another His Dark Materials book?”
Didn’t know it was only The Golden Compass in America!
Whenever I'm feeling down I pick a book by Terry Pratchett, the man can make me smile in the darkest of days. Of him I'd recommend (discworld, obviously) the nomes trilogy, specially the first book because that book is utterly cute and adorable and it made me blush all the way through.
Also yes, Howl's moving castle also helped.
thank you! it came at such a suitable time. been having a hard time...
Hope you're okay 💛
True .
Great List! looking forward to starting The House in the Gerulean Sea! Question? Are those board games under your coffee? I think I see Root, one of my group's favorite games! You a gamer?
Non-fiction can be comforting, too. I would recommend everything by Dave Goulson, for example "A Sting in the Tale. My Adventures with Bumblebees."
Thanks a lot for the video. Do you have any magical realism book recommendation ? And transcendentalis book recommendation such as Walden and so on ?
Loved this video ☺️ Journey To The River Sea by Eva Ibbotson is my comforting, wholesome recommendation!
Just whats I needed! 🙂
I thought northern lights is quite dark haha. The way they treat the kids deamons. Some of the descriptions of those parts really freaked me out as a kid
Late to the party on this video but my favorite comfort book, hands down, is Silas Marner by George Eliot!
Oh l love your videos alot..l have been waiting for it eagerly😊l am so happy to see your video!!😁😄
Have a beautiful day!😊
Thank you so much!! I hope you have a beautiful day too 💛
Sometimes when im completely overwhelmed with my mental health I like to read the Twilight series. It’s just fluff that I can turn my brain off and enjoy
Book hygge is the biggest comfort book ever also loved Anne from green gables books highly recommend them and recently I read daddy long legs and it's quite nice and similar to Anne
I absolutely love the fairyland series as well as the house in the cerulean sea. Couldn't stop smiling whilst I read those
What fairy books? I love fairies there’s almost never fairies in fairy tales though
@@mare2723 'the girl who circumnavigated fairyland in a ship of her own making' although I would say there aren't loads of traditional fairys in it it is still an amazing middle grade book
You have the literal best taste in books ❤️🧋🦦🍁 (idk random assortment of adorable emojis)
Can't wait for your books some day! I'd buy and read them in a heartbeat
I don't know what exactly magic is for other readers but for me it's harry potter,I really tried to connect with other fantasy characters and would still try but harry potter has my whole I am a huge potterhead everytime I read the book I have wept so much when Sirius black,dobby,dumbledore,Fred,Remus lupin and so many others died it has ripped me everytime.
Needed this, tried listening to Persuasion yesterday but just couldn't get into it. thank you!
@Gökyüzü It's really calming and sweet but I don't know the language you wrote subtitles in, all the best with your channel!
Also, plugging your channel in the comments can be considered a bit rude to the creator so please do keep that in mind. I sub-ed though
I'm glad you liked the video, Hitika 😊💛
Wonderful video, thank you 😊
You're very welcome!! 😊
Just finished Graveyard actually, I loved it. Neverwhere also would fit here, more grownup and social commentary, etc. But just as fanciful. I loved Dark Materials, it gets even darker after the first tome. I was cackling a bit because I don’t think Roger would agree with the happy tag. Actually the whole ending (attempt at no spoilers here) may not be THAT soothing lol. But magical, ah yes.
I just finished The House on the Cerulean Sea for book club and I love, love, LOVED it. Another sweet comfort read you might like is The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly.
Which edition you have of anne of green gables?
You're getting so close to that Silver Button. Simply incredible. See you on the next video.
Yeas, her work is commendable