What are you reading to combat S.A.D.?

anamardoll · 11-28-2011, 05:46 PM

For those of you with Seasonal Affective Disorder and for those of you currently heading into a dark, dank, damp, depressing winter, what are you reading to beat the blues?

Phogg · 11-28-2011, 06:10 PM

I'm reading a lot right now, not focused on one genre.
You did leave out mystery as a category.

abookreader · 11-28-2011, 06:16 PM

My SAD doesn't really kick in until mid-January but it could go one of two ways

1. Only read that which is set in tropical climates so I can at least be warm in my brain
or
2. Pull down The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls - just to remind me that at least I don't have to twist hay

ScalyFreak · 11-28-2011, 06:28 PM

These polls need to allow picking more than one option... or one of the options needs to be "all of the above"

JSWolf · 11-28-2011, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phogg

I'm reading a lot right now, not focused on one genre.
You did leave out mystery as a category.

And thriller is also left out.

Purple Lady · 11-28-2011, 06:35 PM

It let me pick more than one

DustyDisks · 11-28-2011, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

These polls need to allow picking more than one option... or one of the options needs to be "all of the above"

Or a choice of, whatever suits my fancy at the moment!

JSWolf · 11-28-2011, 06:41 PM

I didn't know there was such a thing as Seasonal Affective Disorder. I thought it was depression due to the holidays.

I don't have S.A.D. But I am reading a really engrossing story that might help to take someone mind off of the season. I am reading Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.

Quote:

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.

Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.

khalleron · 11-28-2011, 06:45 PM

I read the label on my Vitamin D bottle before I pop a couple.

Really, it helps - you should try it!

RainingLemur · 11-28-2011, 06:51 PM

The Alphabet of Manliness followed by I Am Better Than Your Kids. Laughing keeps the SAD away.

dwig · 11-28-2011, 07:43 PM

I tend to gravitate toward older pulp science fiction and "space opera", though SAD doesn't impact me to any real degree now that I live in the tropics*. It did do a number on me years back when I linved in Dallas,TX and was worse during the short time I lived outside of Philadelphia.

In Big D I had rather bright full spectrum lighting in the den, kitchen, bedroom, and my computer room which I would always use until late evening to stretch the feeling of daylight.

* OK, Key West is not technically in the tropics as they start a degree or so south of here, but with a 12 month growing season (there are blooming flowers all year), decent day length (~10.5 hours today), and temp warm enough to walk outside in light shorts and a T-shirt (today's high was 81F/27C and its currently 74F/23C some 2 hrs after sunset as I get ready to go for an alfter dinner walk with the wife) I get plenty of real sunlight.

Nyssa · 11-28-2011, 07:53 PM

I do not suffer from S.A.D. but the holidays can be emotionally difficult at times. A good Fantasy/Supernatural novel will always be my top pick.

SistahGolden · 11-28-2011, 08:36 PM

Romance, primarily. Must have guaranteed happy ending to combat my SAD.

So far *knock wood* so good this year. Hasn't hit me yet and usually I'm starting to turn sluggish by now.

xg4bx · 11-28-2011, 08:47 PM

i've gotten heavily into space opera lately. i used to read tons of horror but it just gets....draining and unhealthy after awhile. i'm much more excited and enthused by ship to ship combat in space than more friggin zombies and extreme gore

especially this time of year.

anamardoll · 11-28-2011, 08:50 PM

Can't believe I forgot Mystery and Thriller!

Well, actually, I can because I rarely read either. Ya'll are lucky I remembered to put Romance, actually.

Well, that's what the last option is for.

View Poll Results: Reading choices?
Horror makes me feel better -- at least I'm not being eaten by aliens.	10	10.87%
Romance lets me escape to a prettier place.	9	9.78%
Fantasy lets me escape to a magic place. And then I shoot arrows at orcs.	30	32.61%
Science Fiction, so I can blast off to a new world.	28	30.43%
Historical Fiction, bring on the greasy food and the court intrigue!	14	15.22%
I'm too much in a funk to read.	4	4.35%
Other, or Once Again Your Poll Does Not Reflect My Choices And I'm About To Take It Personally, I Mean How Hard Is This?	44	47.83%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll

11-28-2011, 05:46 PM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	What are you reading to combat S.A.D.? For those of you with Seasonal Affective Disorder and for those of you currently heading into a dark, dank, damp, depressing winter, what are you reading to beat the blues?

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11-28-2011, 06:10 PM	#2
Phogg PHD in Horribleness Posts: 2,320 Karma: 23599604 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the ironbound section, near avenue L Device: Just a whole bunch. I guess I am a collector now.	I'm reading a lot right now, not focused on one genre. You did leave out mystery as a category.

11-28-2011, 06:16 PM	#3
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	My SAD doesn't really kick in until mid-January but it could go one of two ways 1. Only read that which is set in tropical climates so I can at least be warm in my brain or 2. Pull down The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls - just to remind me that at least I don't have to twist hay

11-28-2011, 06:28 PM	#4
ScalyFreak Sith Wannabe Posts: 2,034 Karma: 8017430 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I'm not sure... it's kind of dark. Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Fire HD, Aluratek Libre	These polls need to allow picking more than one option... or one of the options needs to be "all of the above"

11-28-2011, 06:35 PM	#6
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	It let me pick more than one

11-28-2011, 06:45 PM	#9
khalleron Kate Posts: 1,683 Karma: 3165009 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: Nexus 7 2013, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	I read the label on my Vitamin D bottle before I pop a couple. Really, it helps - you should try it!

11-28-2011, 06:51 PM	#10
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	The Alphabet of Manliness followed by I Am Better Than Your Kids. Laughing keeps the SAD away.

11-28-2011, 07:43 PM	#11
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718479 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	I tend to gravitate toward older pulp science fiction and "space opera", though SAD doesn't impact me to any real degree now that I live in the tropics. It did do a number on me years back when I linved in Dallas,TX and was worse during the short time I lived outside of Philadelphia. In Big D I had rather bright full spectrum lighting in the den, kitchen, bedroom, and my computer room which I would always use until late evening to stretch the feeling of daylight. OK, Key West is not technically in the tropics as they start a degree or so south of here, but with a 12 month growing season (there are blooming flowers all year), decent day length (~10.5 hours today), and temp warm enough to walk outside in light shorts and a T-shirt (today's high was 81F/27C and its currently 74F/23C some 2 hrs after sunset as I get ready to go for an alfter dinner walk with the wife) I get plenty of real sunlight.

11-28-2011, 07:53 PM	#12
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 6,180 Karma: 167189477 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)	I do not suffer from S.A.D. but the holidays can be emotionally difficult at times. A good Fantasy/Supernatural novel will always be my top pick.

11-28-2011, 08:36 PM	#13
SistahGolden Member Posts: 15 Karma: 20000 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: K3, KFire, nookST	Romance, primarily. Must have guaranteed happy ending to combat my SAD. So far knock wood so good this year. Hasn't hit me yet and usually I'm starting to turn sluggish by now.

11-28-2011, 08:47 PM	#14
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	i've gotten heavily into space opera lately. i used to read tons of horror but it just gets....draining and unhealthy after awhile. i'm much more excited and enthused by ship to ship combat in space than more friggin zombies and extreme gore especially this time of year.

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11-28-2011, 08:50 PM	#15
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Can't believe I forgot Mystery and Thriller! Well, actually, I can because I rarely read either. Ya'll are lucky I remembered to put Romance, actually. Well, that's what the last option is for.