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Love the video idea and your picks except for American Dirt. It really doesn’t need any more clout than it had when it came out because it’s super problematic and exploitative. Not a good choice IMO.

Great video. Thanks.

Hi mam how are you, your video is very nice, and your books are very nice watching your video makes my heart full ❤❤❤

Oh my goodness - I LOVED Nancy Drew! 😊

That edition of Nancy Drew is amazing! 😊💙

I love re-visiting old favorites! I went to see my mother last month and it was so fun to look through the bookshelves. There were so many books that I love that I had completely forgotten

Well I will absolutely be getting a copy of Popular Magic

I love the Simon Armitage verse translation of 'Sir Gawain', yes, it is a great story. I love Arthurian literature also. Do you know the Susan Cooper 'The Dark is Rising' sequence? It is an Arthur retelling set in modern day Cornwall, YA fantasy, and brilliant!

I loved Nancy Drew when I was young. Read the ones with the blue covers - I think they were printed in the 30s and 40s. I’m now 67 and have a small collection of them. Haven’t re-read any yet..but plan to.

Nancy Drew was a childhood favorite...I have not read it since. 🫶🏽

Beautiful edition of children's poetry! Fujikawa's illustration style is enchanting.

LOVE Sir Gawain! One of my favorites in the Arthurian Myth world.

I think I read all the Nancy Drew Mysteries when I was in elementary school in the 1960s. I think Nancy Drew turned me into reader! I also think we had a copy of "A Childs Book of Poems" - surely my mom read all these to me. Thank-you for the really fond memories today.

I liked All the Light We Cannot See but DNF'd the Underground Railroad. Just couldn't get into it for some reason. My favorite book of all time is the Pillars of the Earth- about the building of a cathedral in Middle Ages.

This is such an interesting tag, thanks for tagging me 😊 I will get to it late in August after I get back from my break.

I'm trying to soak in summer before it's gone... Happy Summer Reading 🌞

Hi Katherine, lovely tag. I have had Donna Tartt in my wish list for the longest time and still haven't found the right motivation yet! I'am with you on Russian literature 😅

Anna k is a very good book. I read it years ago.

I read "The Familiar" when it came out, my first book by Leigh Bardugo, and I thought it was, alright, pretty average, I thought it was a bit confusing at time, but I'd be interested to know what you think about it ! If you like her writing, she wrote "Six of Crows", which is a duology, I can let it to you if you're interested, that is really good ! Super fast paced and great characters 👍

Silent Spring is difficult to read as it is frustrating to learn how casually we used chemicals in the environment in the post WW2 era - and how we ignored warnings from concerned scientists. Rachel Carson was so intelligent and she did make a difference before cancer took her life. This book was a slow read for me as I kept getting angry and I would have to walk away for awhile. The Secret History was well written - but honestly I did not like this book. I finished it - but I did not keep the book in my collection. I don't think I am a dark academia reader. I keep wondering if I should try Goldfinch.

I still need to read The Secret History. I like the fifth prompt. There’s a few authors for me where that’s the case. My fave is Station Eleven by Mandel too. That book is HUGE!!! 😊💙

Loved The Lincoln Highway…hope you do too!

That’s a great list of summer possibilities. The Fifth Season is amazing! Hope you like it! 😊

I hadn’t heard of Birnam Wood but I loved The Luminaries by her so I will have to check this one out. I loved The Fifth Season and the entire trilogy! I hope you enjoy it!

Great mix of books! No rush on The Wager :) The book club video stays up, so you can come chat about it whenever you get to it 😊 I loved Seven husbands, I hope you will too. I also had mixed feelings about Yellowface, and I didn't love the audiobook, but I've heard others say that they really liked it, so that might be a me thing! It's a fun book to have read either way I feel like, just because "everyone" knows it. Same with Seven husbands, but I enjoyed that one a lot more. I suddenly have a bunch of books to read, they creep up on me haha! Top priority is the book club reads, so Pachinko and Song of Achilles for August, and then I would also like to at least start Ours by Phillip B Williams. I'm not picking any more books for August though, summer is so short and there's so much to cram in! Glad to hear you're doing well, have fun gardening! :)

A Gentleman in Moscow and Solar are now on my TBR!

This is a great list I have read 3 on this list and agree they are five stars. My recco for you would be to check out “Horse” Geraldine Brook another 5 star banger

Good, interesting answers 😊 I was tagged by Bookchat w Pat but havent gottwn round to it yet 😅Congrats upon your recent British citizenship 🎉

I too want to read _Flight Behavior;_ still havent read _Demon Copperfield_ (I know!) 😮

Beloved is on my top favorite books and I've read it twice (planning to read it again). I think is absolutely brilliant, and a very important book about ptsd and trauma of the aftermath of slavery, but also of any other trauma also. I couldn't love her writing style more. I love this book all the way! I just finished James. I loved it, but I wanted more from it. Thinking about it, Beloved did for me what James didn't in terms of writing style. I think James was a great book that would have been greater if it was longer. Some significant relationships, including Huck's and Jim's I felt were undeveloped and left me wanting. I can say more about it because I don't want to spoil it. I gave it 3.75, but I still loved it. Beloved was a 10 stars for me, but I gave it 5 because that's the goodreads maximum.

What is your opinion on The Seven Dreams series by William T. Vollmann?

I loved Miss Benson's Beetle! You're the first person I've heard talk about it! It was such a surprise fun read for me. I'm in the middle of James right now. I'm hoping to finish it this month.

Haha oh no, "I fell asleep and didn't care"! 😂 I DNFd Harold Fry too I think, I can't remember why, but I guess that says something in itself. I had a pretty great reading month in terms of quality, but I would say they were pretty safe choices. Very happy about it nonetheless ^^ I didn't get to a lot of historical fiction, unfortunately, but I read that every now and then anyway. I want to get to Beloved and James at some point as well. I liked The Wager on audiobook (slightly slowed down), but there are also pictures and maps and things in the printed book which might add to it. I haven't seen them, but just wanted to say in case you like that kind of thing :)

Enjoyed hearing your perspective. I agree re: James - it's brilliant on many levels. Beloved is not an easy read, but I appreciate her dedication and creative writing style to bring the story and Sethe's perspective to life.

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I really enjoyed Covenant of Water. Kerala looks like that!

very nice video enjoying a lot thank you mam i always watch your videos your content is very nice ❤❤❤

I am only a couple chapters in to James, but I am really excited about it. Matthew from Anne of Green Gables 😭So sad!

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Food for thought. The only problem with looking at other book tubers channels is that it only increase the tbr! Best wishes with your reading choices and to your channel.

Recently read James and really thought it was great♥️ I read the Alchemist as a 20 something and liked it at the time, I don’t know how well it would hold up to a reread at 50 something 😂 Claire Keegan’s Foster made my top list last year!

I would love be quick like that 😂

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Thank you for the book reviews, especially since these are hardly spoken of on other booktubes. Added a few to my TBR!

Finally an adult that reads Literary Fiction! Thank u!

The Gentleman in Moscow and Girl, Woman, Other are both on my TBR!

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I have read a few Barbara Kingsolver books but I haven't read Flight Behavior! I am adding it to my TBR right now. Great list!

I know the first 2 you reviewed but not the others. A gentleman is one of my favorite books of all time and I think I might reread it. I so appreciate these reviews as it gives me ideas for my next reads.