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The Cottage Library

I just thought it would be neat to have a list of book recommendations with a sort of mild cottagecore vibe or books that would fit into it, despite not specifically being about these things – this is all about the right feeling after all, not specific elements, etc. 

Everyone can add to that list – that’s the point, actually – and maybe we can all find quite some good, fitting books.

The point is nice fiction and even non-fiction of any genre, can be country-life related, but doesn’t have to be, ideally of the more uplifting and cosy sort, but that doesn’t have to be either, there’s no strict rules, if you think it fits, it surely will fit, we all have our own tastes and ideas, after all. 

So, I’ll make a start:

The books of Elizabeth Goudge, especially

Linnets and Valerians – an enchanting children’s novel; the most cottagecore a book could ever be

The Little White Horse – a more famous children’s novel; also very cottagecore, but in a different way

The Eliots of Damerosay Trilogy: The Bird in the Tree, The Herb of Grace, The Heart of the Family – Extremely uplifting, lovely adult novels; especially the second book, The Herb of Grace (known as Pilgrim’s Inn in the US) is marvelously warm and wholesome, and often thought to be a single novel. If you’re not interested in the entire series, you might still give this one a try!

The Rosemary Tree – also a warm and sweet and wholesome adult novel

her other books, too, I suppose, but these in particular!

James Herriot’s books

His All Creatures Great and Small series of memoirs – A less sweet or cute, but in its own way enchanting recollection of stories from his life as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 30s-50s; lovely stories of animals and even more intriguing stories of people

His children’s books – often simplified, sweet stories that also appeared in his adult novels

James Herriot’s Yorkshire – with photos by Derry Brabbs; non-fiction, a lovely photo book about Yorkshire and the Dales

I cannot stress enough how lovely to read his books are and what a lovely picture of a hard, but wonderful way of life and a great many different and complex people in paints in such a light and quick manner that one doesn’t even notices it at first. If you want to read some country-fiction that is absolutely positive, but not entirely cottagecore-sweet, read Herriot!

Other adult novels, such as

The Blandings books by P. G. Wodehouse – or any other of his books, for the light and sunny energy and great fun, though the Blandings series is more…country.

The Green Thrush and Fairacre series by Miss Read

Classic romances and comedies of manners (Jane Austen, or Georgette Heyer, for example)

Cosy mysteries and classic detectvie stories (Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton)

Some more gothic novels and romances as well, I suppose? Yes, I guess those do fit in there too, for dark and stormy nights and the smell of wet heather, isn’t it? And classic mystery novels as well!

A lot of what is apparantly called “the feminine middlebrow”. Some of the books I have mentioned fall in that category, it seems, and it has many good fitting picks, I suppose.

Some adult fantasy novels, such as The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, are, I think good fits as well.

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees – another adult fantasy, that I nearly forgot about, and though very melancholy also very intriguing and I think it does belong in this list in some way

Phantastes by George MacDonald – I remembered alongside with Lud; ah, well, I does belong in this list too, I think. Very faerie.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and a lot of the very warm of what is called classic literature (I call it warm, and think that fits)

Other children’s literature, such as

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis – I cannot not include them in a list of recommendations, and they really do fit into this one, which is good

C. S. Lewis’ Letters to Children – Perhaps even lovelier for adults, but I cannot take them out of the children’s list. Lovely, sort, and inspiring.

The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper – These enchanting books really do transport one to their settings and their seasons, whether it’s a hot summer in Cornwall, Christmas in the Thames’ Valley or autumn in Wales; very, very atmospheric and lovely

All that has lovely critters in clothes and things of that sort, whether it’s Winnie the Pooh, Wind in the Willows, the stories of Beatrix Potter, The Great Mouse Detective. You know what sort I mean.

The Happy Prince & Other Tales and The House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde – I was unsure whether to put them here or with the adult books, but as they started out as stories for his own children, here they are; absolutely lovely fairy tales that I cannot recommend enough

Generally classic retelltings for children

Generally fairy tales

I must admit, I am unfamiliar with the Green Knowe books, but I do think they fit in this list, from what I know about them (I need to get around to them) and from the lovely movie I saw

All Anne of Green Gables books by L. M. Montgomery

All Little Women books by Louisa May Alcott

The books of Frances Hodgson Burnett, especially The Secret Garden

Also the books of E. Nesbit

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien – I nearly forgot such an obvious one!

Speaking of Tolkien, his Father Christmas Letters

Also generally classic children’s books

I’m excited to see your additions!

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If you're an ACTIVE ED account in JANUARY 2020 . reblog this, and I'll follow you!

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We’re all in this together 🖤

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Just another hand body check kind of thing(? Idk

Btw I'm obsessed with Melanie Martinez new album k12 is just so gooooooooood

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24/08 Cw:unknown

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summer fucking sucks.

summer fucking sucks being around parents all the time fucking sucks not having total control over what i eat fucking sucks not losing but maintaining fucking sucks having mental breakdowns over food while on vacation fucking sucks not being in school and not being able to skip meals easy fucking sucks getting fatter fucking sucks wearing summer clothes fucking sucks being expected to wear a bikini fucking sucks friends wanting to go get ice cream everyday fucking sucks everyone else being happy cause it’s summer fucking sucks people feeling entitled to comment on your body fucking sucks not being able to enjoy the hot weather fucking sucks summer fucking sucks.

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I dont wanna trigger anyone even less make you all feel uncomfortable but thought this was necessary for people that are going through an ed to know. SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU THROW UP WAAAAAY TOO MUCH. The corners of my mouth literally teared apart, I can't barely talk neither eat cos it hurts when I open my mouth even the slightly movement is painful af (which my anorexic ass is happy with even though i SHOULDN'T and I know that...) So yeah please everyone be careful and seek for help! This ain't cute and is one of the many consequences of purging, probably the less dangerous cos when u fuck up your intern organs ooof that's barely fixable man.

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New body check

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Just dropping this kind of body check thing here I guess. I've gained so much weight over the summer so now that I'm back at living alone I've been fasting A LOT. haven't eaten in a week tbh just running on coffee and gum. PLEASE DO NOT BE LIKE ME, be safe and get some help having an eating disorder sucks

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i need $$$$$ not feelings

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Bodycheck. I hate how fat I’ve gotten after recovery, I used to be literally underweight and now I’ve got skin and fatness hanging out my body and It just disgusts me even tho I know my weight is now healthy and all that crap but still hate it. Btw let’s ignore chandler in the back pls haha

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An anorexic's mind

I'm watching a "my 600lb life" and its so weird how this woman is saying how much she hates her body and how disguisted she is by it because I feel the same way even tho I weight like way less than her and I've never been obese but this is what anorexia does to you, it makes you hate yourself even when you are perfectly fine, my weight is pretty "normal" for my height even almost hitting the underweight but still hate it. This sucks, I'm sure a lot of ppl can relate to this and that's just so sad.

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Wishing my hunger would let me sleep.

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Came back from Christmas, gained so much weight its gross so I fasted for a whole week. Feeling super dizzy and weak but happy too smh. I wish I wasn't like this.

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I don’t really know if someone even reads this but I’ve been eating kinda “normally ” after been restricting so much to the point I’d fast for a week an then eat just half of an apple or binge but throw it all up and I’m feeling so grossly disgusting.. I honestly feel like the most fat cow ever

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If your gay and have an ED please raise your hands 🙋‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️

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Those pink cigs are gay asf x)