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They look the same but mirabel is 15 and snow white is 14 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

haha I had such a similar reaction, excitement for the fiction winner (well deserved!) and like 'ah yeah' for the non-fiction winner. Even though Doppelganger never really interested me, my library did get the audio so I'm going to give it a try when I get to it!

oh my god, i came for Klara...but that book, Being mortal is my current read and i like it a lot!!

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Yay!! I`m so happy you are feeling better and back! < 3 You are the first one I hear saying that The Inheritance Games is not your cup of tea. But I think I will give it a shot eventually :) This rain at the end is crazy:O

Henry IV, Part 1 is great. It’s funny! Richard II is amazing. The writing is just gorgeous!

loved the video. im a video editor and can edit for free (loved the video hated the camera shaking hehehe)

Thank you ma'am your books are very beautiful I love to read books I am sharing your videos to my friends

Hi Kier! Sorry it's taken me so long to check your video, I've been a been absent lately! Great to see your thoughts on some of the books. I was so pleased to see Elliott's book on the list and getting some hype - although I do feel that after reading the book, I thought it wasn't weaved together as well as I would have liked it, but I really appreciated what it was trying to do! I want to see what's next for Elliott! I'm so happy that you gave In Defence of the Act!! I'm finally getting back to it to finish it now :) I did love 8 Lives! Like you said the framing device was well done! Like And then she fell I thought the way it was weaved was something weird, but it made me want to keep going to figure things out.

The merchant of venice was one of my early Shakespeare plays I read and I really liked (and memorised!) a passage from Portia in there. A tale for the time being is fantastic and such a good read. It's emotionally intense but Ruth Ozeki handles the subject matter so well. Enjoy all your new book :)

Very nice video thank you I always watch your video I am subscribed to your youtube channel I love to read books

okay, going on my list!

I'm SO glad you loved Lydia Bennet! and I love the comparison you did with The Other Bennet Sister??? so brilliant - both are punished for being TOO much of what society supposedly wanted of women in 2 opposite directions: Mary = proper, religious, studious and Lydia = charming, cheerful, naive (sort of)

Yay Emma Southon! I’m so glad your talking about Pandora’s Jar made me read it sooner! The Anthropocene Reviewed even made me cry in the intro which pretty much set the tone lol 84 Charing Cross Road is so lovely!

I’m watching this so late but sending you so much love now and always ❤❤ And yes LMM has a reputation of being so fluffy but her books deal with such hard things, that moment you shared is so beautiful

Ooh, Somebody Give This Heart a Pen sounds so good! Also what a great title

Genuinely so exhausted with all the “ooooOH big muscley guy so hot, he could snap me like a twig 😍”

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on these books! I read this year's Carol Shields Prize shortlist and enjoyed the books immensely. Brotherless Night is so good, and I was thrilled to see it win. It's been interesting to hear other booktuber's thoughts on A History of Burning. It wove its way into the hearts of many readers, and yet for me that was the least engaging of the 5 shortlisted nominees. I love how we can all read the same books yet have very different reactions. ☺

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Also yes I love when a book haul matches my eclectic tastes! Lol

It’s so sad about Night Crawling that it’s misdescribed so often when that’s literally one of the harmful things it’s dealing with

i had A Tale for the Time Being on my shelves for ages as a gift from a friend, but in the end i had to let it go when i left Japan. if i'd known it was set in Vancouver/Japan - and that i would end up living in Vancouver - i would probably have read it! if you pick it i can live vicariously thru you at least =P

Also yes #teampaperback !

I absolutely would have taken multiple free books lol Yes Bloomsbury Girls is so good!!! I actually still need to read the Jane Austen Society even though that one comes first

One Hundred Years of Solitude is SO PAINFUL OMG

Yes Edwardian era is so underrated for classics and historical fiction!

yay George MacDonald!! 🥹 yes Starfish is incredible! your Grinch story is so perfect because I actually rewatched the cartoon this last Christmas for the first time in ages and was very struck by how lovely it was! I haven't heard of that Amanda Gorman picture book! definitely going to check that out Very excited to pick up Frizzy Harbor Me is so good! gosh Jacqueline Woodson is just so talented

This sounds amazing!

ooooh I really love Antigone if you're looking to read more Greek plays!

Last part of my research entirely in surprising and knowing where characters end up by time histories are re called . Theme or ordinary human failing is personal challenges of many of us face in our lives , but largely ignored obstacles that society seem to expect us to just get on - like missing parental figures , alcoholism, teen pregnancy, lost love . Points of pain that could be handled with support or prove disasterous if left unaddressed. This book to push harder at term ordinary not only suggested that human for us to struggle with things beyond our control. But really important of removing societal shames and general lack of aid , understanding stand in way of people getting needed life , altering help . Megan Nolan ( born in 1990 ) she is Irish journalist and author from county Waterford . Her debut novel acts of desperation was longlisted for Dylan Thomas prize and shortlisted for Betty trask award for debut novel . Iam so sorry to be little long but reading and writing both are great ways to improve our English as non native speakers. Best wishes for you your dearest ones .

How are you doing mrs kier . I didn’t send comments to you from long time . Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American CZcams channels. Thank you for your wonderful literary cultural channel. I gathered main theme of novel you mentioned and literary analysis I read on line elephant literary , author biography briefly here it’s ordinary human failing plot summary about ten years old child is suspected of violent crime, her family nut face truth about their past in this haunting, psychological keen story about class , trauma , family secrets from huge literary talent kanausgaard and internally best selling author Megan Nolan. This novel won women prize for fiction. Literary critic as selected key points girl aged ten is accused of heinous crime , entire family implicated behind, running parallel to this disaster .we follow slimytry hard reporter . This story goes several directions that failed to hold our interest . First own way motherhood story , offering few perspective we think are important, especially regarding woman health care issue . Book is ripping family saga , lives slotting together seamlessly and ruinously. Again we can see lot of readers appreciating this part of narrative. We can found characters backgrounds .

I loved Cinda Williams Chima’s Seven Realms series when I was in high school. Now I’m just finding out she wrote this series in the same universe! I’ll be reading these books as soon as I can. Thank you for the review!

Nobody expected Dolly 😂 I wonder if they thought, well we have all these dramatic and sad and experimental books so lets go with one that's just totally unoffensive and safe.

This is adorable!

I'm sad to not see And Then She Fell and Hangman on there, but overall not a bad list! Very excited to read Brotherless Night, very excited that Enter Ghost made it in there and curious to see others' thoughts once I read all the books before the prize is announced!!!