The Mini-Break, episode 6: Comfort reads, bumpy landscapes and Katherine’s revelation

THE CLEARING WITH KATHERINE MAY

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Hello,

This week I’m back home, ‘on chair’, Fraggle the dog by my side and delving straight into the controversy around what constitutes a ‘comfort read’. Should that phrase even be allowed to exist?

Photo by Petar on Unsplash

Plus I give an entirely unexpected choice of Mini-Break this week. Prepare to have your assumptions tested. And Amy from Bristol in the UK is our chosen listener, whose vision of a dream retreat features flickers of water and the most excellent choice of TV Show to keep her company.

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Books mentioned in the episode (and there were many):

The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Rivers of London series in audiobook by Ben Aaronovitch

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Birds Art Life Death by Kyo Maclear

The Moomin Novels by Tove Jansson

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Brambly Hedge Collection by Jill Barklem