After giving birth, I find all books I used to enjoy reading so triggering now – either making me anxious (is this going to happen to my child), depressive (the world is doomed we are never going to get better), or sad for days when a character is mistreated or die (e.g., Klara and the sun).
I’ve been reading sooo much brainless romance fiction now I feel like my brain is rotting, but I can’t get into anything else.
I used to read a lot of biography and non-fiction, thriller, detective, survival, and some classics. Please recommend me some easy-to-read, fun and happy books that aren’t so focused on romance, also not too difficult to understand as English is not my first language and I get interrupted a lot. I can read Anna Karenina and Project Hail Mary just fine but Virginia Woolf is out of my league.
The last few books I really enjoyed are Welcome to Hyunnam-dong bookstore, Wedding People, Rebecca, Circe, 84 Charing Cross Roads. TIA!
by ulala-not-a-streamer
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If you enjoyed Circe, I highly recommend the works of Jennifer Saint. She also writes women-centered mythological retellings. Ariadne is my personal favorite! It has some emotional ups and downs but I found it easy to get through. I think I read it in two sittings the first time because the pacing was so fast I couldn’t put it down