Britta Böhler
Britta Böhler
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I'M BACK!!
Life update & chat & reading highlights.
#amreading #bookreviews #booktube
Books Mentioned
Mona Awad, All’s Well (2021): www.goodreads.com/book/show/59582859-all-s-well
#unhinged
Emilia Pardo Bazán, The House of Ulloa, transl. from the Spanish by Paul O’Prey & Lucia Graves (original published in 1886): www.goodreads.com/book/show/17346273-the-house-of-ulloa
#1001Women #translated
Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch (2020): www.goodreads.com/book/show/59527518-the-mermaid-of-black-conch
#1001Women #caribbean #Booknaturalists
Gillian Rose, Love’s Work (1995): www.goodreads.com/book/show/7918722-love-s-work
#1001Women #nonfiction #SandysBookclub
Alexis Wright, Praiseworthy (2023): www.goodreads.com/book/show/181866973-praiseworthy
#1001Women #indigenous #AussieLit #Stellaprize #buddyreads
People & channels mentioned:
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
Doris @alldbooks9165
Sandy @MsReadsAlot
Adam @MementoMori (on Instagram): mementomoriadam?hl=en
Read along with me!
1. Three classics I want to read in the second half of 2024
July / August: Emilia Pardo Bazán, The House of Ulloa, transl. from the Spanish by Paul O’Prey (1886): www.goodreads.com/book/show/17346273-the-house-of-ulloa
September / October: George Sand, Indiana, transl. from the French by Sylvia Raphael (2001 / 1832): www.goodreads.com/book/show/104260.Indiana
November / December: Mitchitsuna no Haha, The Gossamer Years, transl. from the Japanese by Edward Seidensticker (1989 / 974): www.goodreads.com/book/show/186608.The_Gossamer_Years
2. Sandy’s 1001 Books Bookclub
January - No book
February - The Princess of Cleves by Madame Lafayette (192 pages)
March - The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (448 pages)
April - Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (192 pages)
May - The Waves by Virginia Woolf (304 pages)
June - Love’s Work by Gillian Rose (170 pages)
July - The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (383 pages)
September - The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen (320 pages)
October - The Real Charlotte by Edith Somerville and Martin Ross (415 pages)
November - Anagrams by Lorrie Moore (240 Pages)
December - Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair (86 pages)
Name of my CZcams channel:
I stole name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1
Find me elsewhere:
website: www.brittaboehler.com (hasn’t been updated in a while, sorry…)
goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: brittaboehler
X, formerly twitter: Britta_Boehler
I also wrote some books:
Fiction:
- De juiste houding (2021): www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php
available in Dutch
- The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01
also available in Dutch, French, Italian, Greek, Danish, Hebrew and Turkish
Non-fiction (available only in Dutch):
- De goede advocaat (2017): www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php
- Crisis in de rechtstaat (2004): www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/crisis-in-de-rechtstaat/
- De zwerftocht van een leider (2000): www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/de-zwerftocht-van-een-leider/
Crime novels under the pen name Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt)
The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
www.hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW
and for German readers:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
www.hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt/
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RecentReads: Sunday 17 March 2024
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Let’s chat about my recent reads. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Finished Ann Leckie, Translation State (2023): www.goodreads.com/book/show/62873999-translation-state #scifi Vita Sackville-West, All Passion Spent (1931): www.goodreads.com/book/show/4628196-all-passion-spent #1001Women #buddyread Laura Thompson, Take Six Girls (2015): www.goodreads.com/book/show/37918655-take-six-girls #nonfi...
March Book Haul
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Let’s chat about the books I bought recently! #bookhaul #booktube #books Ann Leckie, Translation State (2023): www.goodreads.com/book/show/62873999-translation-state #scifi Claire Messud, The Woman Upstairs (2013): www.goodreads.com/book/show/18209278-the-woman-upstairs #UnhingedWomen Jess Kidd, The Night Ship (2022): www.goodreads.com/book/show/59366231-the-night-ship #historicalfiction #buddy...
March Reading Plans
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Let’s chat about my (tentative) reading plans for March. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Ida B. Wells, The Light of Truth (2014): www.goodreads.com/book/show/20893307-the-light-of-truth #1001Women #poc #classics Classic #2 (March& April): Marguerite de Navarre, Heptameron, transl. from the French by Paul Chilton (1984 / 1558): www.goodreads.com/book/show/505222.The_Heptameron #1001Women #tran...
Life Update & February WrapUp
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Let’s chat about February, life & books… #lifeupdate #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Books Finished Sandy’s Bookclub: Mme de Lafayette, The Princess of Cleves, transl. from the French by (): www.goodreads.com/book/show/6040044-the-princesse-de-cl-ves #1001Women #translatedfiction RunWrightReadsBookclub: Jasmine Sealy, The Island of Forgetting (2022): www.goodreads.com/book/show/60137488-the-i...
BuzzBook: Kiley Reid, Come And Get It
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Let’s chat about Kiley Reid’s new novel! #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Kiley Reid, Come And Get It (2024): www.goodreads.com/book/show/127482608-come-and-get-it Next Up: Kristin Hannah, The Women: www.goodreads.com/book/show/203382824-the-women Read along with me! 1. Reading 6 classics in 2024 Schedule: January / February: Ida B. Wells, The Light of Truth (2014): www.goodreads.com/book/show...
RecentReads: Sunday 18 February 2024
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Let’s chat about the books I’ve finished recently. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Read: Elizabeth George, Deception on His Mind / Lynley #9 (1997): www.goodreads.com/book/show/1131896.Deception_on_His_Mind #mystery #buddyread Carolyn Finney, Black Faces, White Spaces (2014): www.goodreads.com/book/show/18640643-black-faces-white-spaces #nonfiction #blackhistorymonth #booknaturalists BTP read...
February BookHaul
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Let’s chat about the books I've bought recently. And yes, I know, this video went up on Saturday, instead of Sunday, the day I normally post. The reason is simple: I scheduled the video and I can't read a calendar... Also: it turns out 'Stolen' is not a dystopian, no clue what gave me that idea. #bookhaul #booktube #books Charlotte Gordon, Romantic Outlaws (2015): www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
RecentReads : Sunday 4 Februay 2024
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Let’s chat about the books I’ve finished recently. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Read: Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows (2023): www.goodreads.com/book/show/184584250-what-an-owl-knows #nonfiction #nature #buddyread Namita Ghokhale, The Blind Matriarch (2021): www.goodreads.com/book/show/59059211-the-blind-matriarch #PoC #GlobalSouth # buddyread Next up: Charlotte Gordon, Romantic Outlaw...
February Reading Plans
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Let's chat about my reading plans for February! #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Charlotte Gordon, Romantic Outlaws (2015): www.goodreads.com/book/show/25324105-romantic-outlaws #WeLoveJenny Jennifer’s channel: www.youtube.com/@jenniferbrooks Tiffany’s announcement: czcams.com/video/2S8eTuQLB9Y/video.html Christy’s announcement: czcams.com/video/EHgouz9iZ0k/video.html and her Febregency announ...
RecentReads: Sunday 28 January 204
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Let’s chat about the books I’ve read recently. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube P.D. James, Cover Her Face / Adam Dalgliesh #1 (1962): www.goodreads.com/book/show/41086885-cover-her-face #mystery #buddyread Kira Cochrane, Women of the Revolution (2010): www.goodreads.com/book/show/9912293-women-of-the-revolution #nonfiction #feminism Jane Rawson, From the Wreck (2017): www.goodreads.com/book/s...
BuzzBook: Hot or Not?
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Let’s talk about The Future! #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Nami Alderman, The Future (November 2023): www.goodreads.com/book/show/125351885-the-future Next Up: Kiley Reid, Come And get It (January 2024): www.goodreads.com/book/show/127482608-come-and-get-it Read along with me! 1. Reading 6 classics in 2024 Schedule: January / February: Ida B. Wells, The Light of Truth (2014): www.goodreads....
RecentReads: Sunday 21 January 2024
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Let’s chat about the books I’ve finished recently. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube Read: Eowyn Ivey, To the Bright Edge of the World (2016): www.goodreads.com/book/show/29758006-to-the-bright-edge-of-the-world-paperback-may-04-2017-ivey-eowyn #historicalfiction #buddyread Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men, transl. from the French (Belgium) by (1995): www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
The first books of 2024!
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Let’s chat about my first reads of 2024. #amreading #bookreviews #booktube 1st book of the year: Elisa Macellari, Kusama, transl. from the Italian by (2020): www.goodreads.com/book/show/51182074-kusama #graphic novel #nonfiction #translated Also finished: Joanna Scutts, Hotbed (2022): www.goodreads.com/book/show/59228220-hotbed #nonfiction #feminism Jenni Nuttall, Mother Tongue (2023): www.good...
First BookHaul of 2024!
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Let’s chat about the first books I acquired this year. #bookhaul #booktube #books Peter Frankopan, New Silk Roads (2018): www.goodreads.com/book/show/40921633-the-new-silk-roads #present #nonfiction Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows (2023): www.goodreads.com/book/show/184584250-what-an-owl-knows #present #nonfiction #nature Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Haver Never Known Men, transl. from the Fr...
2023: Best Dudes!
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2023: Best Dudes!
Tops & Flops 2023!
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Tops & Flops 2023!
Last books of 2023!
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Last books of 2023!
Plans & Goals 2024
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Plans & Goals 2024
2023 - The Reading Year Revisited
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2023 - The Reading Year Revisited
6 Classics for 2024!
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6 Classics for 2024!
RecentReads on Sunday: December 17, 2023
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RecentReads on Sunday: December 17, 2023
1001 Books: Bookclub
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1001 Books: Bookclub
BookHaul
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BookHaul
RecentReads on Wednesday (!): 6 December 2023
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RecentReads on Wednesday (!): 6 December 2023
Tops & Flops: Fall 2023
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Tops & Flops: Fall 2023
Hot or Not?
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Hot or Not?
RecentReads on Sunday: 26 November 2023
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RecentReads on Sunday: 26 November 2023
10 Favorite Underrated Nonfiction Books!
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10 Favorite Underrated Nonfiction Books!
RecentReads on Sunday: 19 November 2023
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RecentReads on Sunday: 19 November 2023

Komentáře

  • @susprime7018
    @susprime7018 Před 6 hodinami

    Good to see you.🎉

  • @kamicastillo1451
    @kamicastillo1451 Před dnem

    Hello Britta 😊 so nice to see you again! Glad your mom is better and that your backpain is better.

  • @MsTerriB
    @MsTerriB Před dnem

    Welcome back!!!! You were missed very much. 😊

  • @michellemorrill888

    So happy to see your face back on BT! And even happier that things are better for you and your dear mother! We missed you! Welcome back! 🤗🤗🤗

  • @Eldertalk
    @Eldertalk Před dnem

    I'm so glad you are back and sorry you've been having difficult times. ❤

  • @chris-wolak
    @chris-wolak Před 2 dny

    So happy you're back! It's great to hear your mom is doing well and I hope you continue to find pain relief and healing. Looking forward to hearing more about your book as it develops.

  • @AllCh123
    @AllCh123 Před 2 dny

    I was worried about you.

  • @LaughingStockfarm1
    @LaughingStockfarm1 Před 2 dny

    Yaaaay!!! Great to see you again. 😁

  • @janicemacdougall1844

    Praising God your Mother is better and is able to be in her home! ❤. Sorry about your back, Britta. Please take care of yourself! ❤️. And I feel all your viewers would agree with me in that you shouldn’t feel bad about not as many videos or books read as you were very busy and now you need to work on healing your back! 🙏❤

  • @Harriett2423
    @Harriett2423 Před 3 dny

    glad to have you back britta!

  • @SelinaAllinson
    @SelinaAllinson Před 3 dny

    Woohoo! Missed you Britta. Happy to hear things are well for you and your family ❤

  • @greensnowfall7476
    @greensnowfall7476 Před 3 dny

    How wonderful to see you back, Britta! Glad your mom is doing well and hopefully you will also recovery fully. You were missed. May the most gentle of healing winds keep blowing your way. 💖

  • @penelopegough6050
    @penelopegough6050 Před 3 dny

    So pleased to see you are back with your reading updates. Happy to hear the news of your mother’s recovery and do hope your health continues to improve. In reading the comments you can see how much you were missed. I am so relieved and happy to see you again. 💕🤗

  • @lindseyreads5450
    @lindseyreads5450 Před 3 dny

    So glad to see you back on Booktube!

  • @jillschroeder5553
    @jillschroeder5553 Před 3 dny

    Welcome home!

  • @Shelf_Improvement
    @Shelf_Improvement Před 4 dny

    3 months is nothing, I just came back after 2 years😂. Glad to see you again, glad you're mom is doing ok ❤

  • @Alfred_51
    @Alfred_51 Před 4 dny

    Lovely to see back. Love your taste in book. Look after your health Britta

  • @journalofalongpause

    so nice to see you again!

  • @anneworks
    @anneworks Před 4 dny

    Hoera! There you are! Very sorry to hear about all the pain but happy about your mother and no opioids. I maybe shouldn't count as well this year. Balancing balance and having goals, I think I need to go back to why I read. I'm happy with once a week because I'm cutting back on screens and CZcams. Interesting book selection for this week, looking forward to the freshening up of your format 🙋‍♀️

  • @gf-kh4bz
    @gf-kh4bz Před 4 dny

    So good to have you back, I've missed your videos and I'm happy to know things are getting better. On the theme of unhinged women, I loved the book Frankenstein's Mother, by the Spanish Almudena Grandes, I don't know if you've heard of it, I thought it was amazing.

  • @helenj8471
    @helenj8471 Před 4 dny

    Oh, it's lovely to see you back. I'm so glad you and your mum are on the mend (albeit slowly). My 83 year old mum is about to have a big operation next week so you have my sympathy. I don't want it to come but at the same time want it to be over. Take it carefully with your back.

  • @ReadingwithPugs
    @ReadingwithPugs Před 4 dny

    Good to see you Britta! Listen pain is no joke. I live with it daily and no one here will look down on you for talking about it. It affects your whole life. Best wishes to your continued recovery!

  • @1book1review
    @1book1review Před 4 dny

    And there I was just thinking the other day "I haven't seen you in my inbox in a while, did YouTbe unsub me?" Glad to hear your mom and you are better again.

  • @erinh7450
    @erinh7450 Před 4 dny

    So good to see you back! Glad your mom is well and you're feeling better. I have a copy here of Los Pazos de Ulloa, which I'm pretty sure I read sometime last century in a course I took on Spanish naturalism. I remember nothing, so it would be good to reread; will have to figure out how to fit it in!

  • @alldbooks9165
    @alldbooks9165 Před 4 dny

    I am loving the mermaid book, but I am anxious how it will end … 😬

  • @J0zB
    @J0zB Před 4 dny

    Welcome back.❤

  • @LaurieInTexas
    @LaurieInTexas Před 4 dny

    It's so good to see you back. I was concerned your mother wasn't doing well since you were out so long, so I am glad to hear she is. I'm so sorry you are in pain and I hope it gets better quickly. You were missed and I look forward to whatever videos you feel like making.

  • @giselaperez6746
    @giselaperez6746 Před 4 dny

    I’m so happy that you are back❤But Heath and family come first. I’m glad that your mother is better and that you are in the process of recovery, feeling better. Sometimes these experiences just teach us to slow down a bit. I have so many plan but life sometimes change them 😁 Step by step. You were missed. Take your time, slow down and we will still be here, following you. Your reviews and comments are well appreciated, always waiting for them. A big hug from the distance, it will be a warm hug since I’m in the Caribbean 🥵😂😂😂Welcome back🥰❤❤❤

  • @sarahhepworth
    @sarahhepworth Před 4 dny

    Yay!!!!!! 🎉 So happy you are back. I have missed you. Wishing you and your Mum all the best as you recover. I read Mermaid of Black Conch for Caribathon a few years ago and it was one of my favourite books of that year. Glad you enjoyed it too.

  • @bookwalk1
    @bookwalk1 Před 4 dny

    Glad both you and your mom are improving! My husband deals with a lot of back issues, so I understand what you have been going through! So good to see you back! Here’s wishing you steady improvement! We could never forget your wonderful style!

  • @rebecca.reader
    @rebecca.reader Před 4 dny

    It is so lovely to see you back!! I'm glad your mum is doing well and you are continuing to feel better. Sending healing thoughts for a swift recovery. I really need to read The Mermaid of Black Conch. I have it on my bookshelf and it just sounds wonderful. Happy reading for the summer !!

  • @LouiseReader
    @LouiseReader Před 4 dny

    Welcome back Britta! Of course you were missed, of course you're remembered. What a few months you've had, please no guilt about taking the time you needed. I'm so glad that your mother has recovered enough to be back to her own home (far from a guarantee as you know). I'm impressed that you've read Praiseworthy, I'm too intimidated to even start it.

  • @myreadinglife8816
    @myreadinglife8816 Před 4 dny

    Yay! Britta’s back! 😊❤

  • @janethansen9612
    @janethansen9612 Před 4 dny

    Welcome back Britta! Don’t put any pressure on yourself though. Wishing you healing and rest.

  • @martalupaiola
    @martalupaiola Před 4 dny

    Wonderful to see you again, Britta! Welcome back and good to know your mother is better and that you're recovering. Looking forward to your new videos!

  • @julieg_quebec-julesselivre8641

    Welcome back Britta! You’ve been missed! 🙂 Glad to hear your mom is dong better.

  • @tiffanylishan570
    @tiffanylishan570 Před 4 dny

    Welcome back Britta!! Pleased to have you back!

  • @laracroft1829
    @laracroft1829 Před 4 dny

    I’m so excited to see you back 🎉 I have been checking your channel from time to time to make sure I wasn’t missing your videos. I hope you continue recovering. Really glad to hear your mom is better. Many people recommend Emilia Pardo Bazan. I’ve never read her but I’m curious to hear what you think. Welcome back 😊

  • @melissahouse1296
    @melissahouse1296 Před 4 dny

    Just *so* good to see you Britta 🤗Glad you're taking the pressure off quite frankly any video any time is more than good enough 🙏hopefully filming can be therapeutic for you (i totally get it re pain illness blah blah). 👍💐💐💞😊

  • @suemoro
    @suemoro Před 4 dny

    Welcome back!! Sorry to hear about you and your mom’s health issues. Glad to hear you are both on the mend now. 😊

  • @readandre-read
    @readandre-read Před 4 dny

    I'm glad you're back and good news about your mom. Back pain is no fun either; hope it improves.

  • @lindaschwab8873
    @lindaschwab8873 Před 4 dny

    So glad to see you back. I hope your mother continues to do well and you are able to recover soon.

  • @Nina_DP
    @Nina_DP Před 4 dny

    Britta!! I was so very glad to see you pop up in my feed. You were missed. Happy to hear that your mom is doing well, and hope you are feeling better yourself very soon. Look on the bright side: you have a snappy new motto to relaunch your channel with - Crappiest of Crappy Co-Hosts! 😂 Welcome back!!

  • @melaniereed3494
    @melaniereed3494 Před 5 dny

    Britta - so nice to see your back, although your absence is completely understandable. No matter how hard we all try, life has it's ways of intervening. So happy to hear that your Mother has mended and still independent. I've been wanting to concentrate a bit more on classics and just taking a look at 'The House of Ulloa' (the Amazon sample) and the author was born in the same town as my grandfather - that makes me feel very interested.

  • @jamesholder13
    @jamesholder13 Před 5 dny

    Welcome back!

  • @Dreamingofthedesert17

    So glad I can look forward to your Sunday videos again!

  • @hartereads
    @hartereads Před 5 dny

    So happy to see you back, Britta! I missed you!

  • @user-xx6wn2qm2g
    @user-xx6wn2qm2g Před 5 dny

    Sorry to hear about your mother. Your bad back is not something to take lightly. Heat may help, a weight lifter's belt for support, or perhaps a little yoga. Glad to hear your reads. Missed them.

  • @Robert.Sheard
    @Robert.Sheard Před 5 dny

    It's good to see you, Britta. I haven't made a video for two months, so does this mean I get another month off? Glad to hear about you mom's recovery!

  • @BookishTexan
    @BookishTexan Před 5 dny

    Hurray!!