Books to Read in February / A Late Winter Reading List
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- Hello and happy Friday! Today, I'm sharing some brilliant books to read in February, from new releases, to classics and non-fiction reads. Do any of these books appeal to you? Do you have any seasonal reads on your February TBR pile? Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
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Miss Buncle's Book by D. E. Stevenson: persephonebooks.co.uk/collect...
Hear No Evil by Sarah Smith: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Love Marriage by Monica Ali: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly: www.bookdepository.com/Last-G...
Vita and Virginia by Sarah Gristwood: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Semi-Attached Couple by Emily Eden (out of print)
The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Sally-Ann by Susan Scarlett (out of print)
Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace (out of print)
Love Stories: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
In Love with George Eliot by Kathy O'Shaughnessy: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Parallel Lives by Phyllis Rose: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
How to be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... - Zábava
Great vlog, thank you loving Miss Buncle s book
Thanks so much, and so glad you're loving Miss Buncle!
7:19 I love these remastered editions especially the ones with floral motifs. YASSSSSS
They are beautiful!
Lovely list of books 💕
Hope you and your mom are doing well and staying warm and cozy...
Thanks so much, Mary! You too!
18:43 OBSESSED with Everyman’s Pocket Library although it costs a fortune. They have some really cool titles.
I really loved Queenie and very much recommend it! So many great books to check out as I battle these gray winter days where I am, while waiting for spring!
Yes, such a good book! Hope the recommendations help battle the winter blues!
I'm 71 this year and still remember reading Elizabeth gouge novels,amazing novels.
They are so memorable and beautifully written I think!
@@MirandaMills yes I agree miranda,I still after all these years think of the book and always buy red geraniums lol! By the way my maiden name was mills. I've just finished reading c,j,sansome books. And now my son is addicted also.x
I am in a major rereading of Rosamund Pilcher books having enjoyed again "The Shell Seekers, Winter Solstice, and September" and now dipping into her short stories and other novels I somehow missed earlier. After that "Dinner with Edward" is a priority as well as the many earlier recommendations from you that I purchased. I always love your enthusiastic recommendations of books and feel a bond with you as someone, I think, who rarely has enough shelf space for all your lovelies, and never hesitates to bring another home to stay shelf space or not. We have sunshine and 57° weather in Tualatin, Oregon, today, a celebration, indeed, in early February.🌷🌷🌷🌷 - I have sweet yellow tulips myself but your red ones on table are beautiful.
Thanks so much, Shelley! And yes always willing to squeeze in another special book! I love tulips. They’re such a treat to have indoors in February and March I think!
I am so enjoying Miss Buncle's Book! I think In love with George Eliot and Love Marriage must be my Valentine's reads, with interesting parallels between them. Thank you for the Phyllis Rose cross-reference.
That's lovely to hear, Fiona! I really like Parallel Lives so hope you do too if you haven't read it previously.
Thank you for all your recommendations. D.E Stevenson is one of my "go to" comfort female writer 👍👌
I'm so happy you enjoyed them, Elizabeth! Her books are so good!
I’m always happy to hear a Jane Austen is on someone’s TBR. 👏🏽
Hi Miranda, it has been a joy to be able to catch up with your videos after some busy weeks here. I can't tell you how happy I was to be reminded of a special book on my shelves. I rushed to find it and will now look forward to re-reading it. Emily Eden's books The Semi-attached Couple and The Semi-detached house was one of a pile of Virago books I spent my leaving gift money on (wasn't that a very Miranda thing to have done!) when I left work to have my daughter Léonie in 1982. Thank you so, so much for such lovely recommendations for February. Best wishes, Teresa 📚
I love that you bought a pile of Viragos with your leaving money, and that one of them was the Emily Eden! I hope you enjoy reading it again!
12:57 I’m not kidding when I say my mother is a huge fan of Georgette Heyer. What a fascinating writer!
Have you seen the 1993 film adaptation of The Secret Garden, Miranda? The visuals and soundtrack are stunning! The child actors are good as well, and Maggie Smith as Mrs. Medlock brings just the right amount of snippiness and exasperation.
I have, and you're so right it's a very good one!
Beautiful copy of Betsy's Wedding. I actually lived in the town Lovelace grew up in (Mankato, MN) and didn't even know it! Went and saw her and Tacys house which are restored and can be toured. There's even a little bench at the top of the hill!
I'd love to visit Mankato and see the Maud Hart Lovelace restorations one day and sit on that bench! How lovely to have lived there.
Also meant to ask you if you saw the new series 'Britain's Novel Landscapes' last night on More4. It was about Jane Austen's Hampshire and of course I thought of you!
I haven't yet, but it does sound very interesting! Thank you for reminding me, Karen!
I am really enjoying Miss Buncle’s Book! It is just delightful! Thanks for the recommendation! Can’t wait for the discussion!
Ooooo, I bought the Marjolein Bastin Classics Pride and Prejudice and Emma last year after I 'discovered' them on your Instagram. They are gorgeous! I may need the entire set.
They're gorgeous aren't they, Gina! Happy to have introduced you to them!
Great books👌🏾
Thank you, Abigail!
I’m really enjoying “Miss Buncle’s Book” Miranda, and recently reread “The Secret Garden” - somehow its Yorkshire background was lost on me as a child born there! The Vita and Virginia book looks fascinating. I read the letters between Virginia and her husband, bought on a visit to Sissinghurst, I felt envious of their very cerebral relationship, they were a wonderful read.
I can really understand that, Joy! That's wonderful you're enjoying Miss Buncle too!
Hi Miranda! As usual great recommendations. Have a nice weekend!
Thank you for the recommendations Miranda. As a big Agatha Christie fan, I love the sound of the Christie Affair. The Secret Garden was one of my favourite books as a child and I don’t think I’ve read it since then, so time for a re-read 😀 Thanks for the reminder! Hope you and your mum have a lovely weekend.
So happy they were helpful, Lucy! You too!
I love your recommendations. Always so interesting. I'm loving Miss Buncles Book. I keep a list of your recommendations in my purse just in case I get out and in a used bookstore. It's a long list, could actually be a book. 🤣 Thank you! My best wishes to you and your mother. 💐 📚👍💕
Haha! Well, I'm delighted the suggestions are appealing and hope you find an appropriate small notebook for your purse to hold them!
Who can resist anything Christie?! And Hear No Evil sounds like a wonderfully atmospheric mystery. It's always fun to discover a new bygone author, so I'm intrigued by Emily Eden, too. The plan on this icy New England evening is to curl up with a cup of tea and lose myself in Ms. Buncle's Book, which I'm very much looking forward to reading. Thank you for all of these lovely suggestions.
You're so welcome, Pamela! Hope you enjoy Miss Buncle as much as we do!
Thank you for another great video, Miranda! Do you think you will bring back any of your cooking videos? I am revisiting your “love buns” episode from last year to get in the Valentine’s Day spirit 🥰
Glad you're enjoying the "Love buns" one. No, we haven't been doing them since last Spring. As I've said many times before, I'm glad people enjoyed them over lockdown, but they're too work intensive especially for my mum so we won't be doing any more. Now I enjoy doing the Comfort Book Club with her.
Everything you recommend, Miranda, sounds like a "MUST HAVE NOW" read. I am currentlyj reading a Library: " BLIND DATE WITH A 📖" VALENTINE THEMED book read. So cute. Book is wrapped and you are given clues as to subject and genre and category. I have 2 blind "dates" btw. I have plenty to read, but like any raging BOOK JUNKIE I couldn't resist. You don't help, Miranda. You are one of my BIGGEST "PUSHERS" who care nothing about my recovery. Lol. Guess it's all downhill from here. hahaha 🤣💞 Luv from across the puddle. 🇺🇸🌍🇬🇧👑
Thank you, Victoria! That sounds like a fun Valentine's Day book project. Enjoy!
Always a great pleasure watching you and listening to your recommendations, already enjoying Miss Buncle's book and looking forward to seeing you and your mum again!!! I loved all your recommendations as usual!!!
Thank you so much, Cristina! So happy you're enjoying Miss Buncle's Book!
@@MirandaMills A lot!!!!😍😘😘😘😘😘😍
Wonderful recommendations, Miranda, thank you! You reminded me of some books I've been intending to read for awhile, including In Love w/George Eliot and Parallel Lives. I also love the idea of "galentine" book gifts. The Vita and Virginia book looks gorgeous. What a treat that one would be! Lisa xx
Thank you so much, Lisa! Glad the suggestions were useful! Yes, I love to give a bookish gift for "Galentine's Day"!
‘Miss Buncle’s Book’ sounds like my biggest nightmare: Spilling the tea without realising it has consequences 😂
I just finished an Austen re-read with that edition. The books in that series are marvelous.
Agreed! They’re gorgeous 💕
Your recommendations are absolutely lovely, yet again! I have read only about half you discussed and have been making even more library requests for the remainder. I read and reviewed The Christie Affair which was very enjoyable and The Last Garden in England which was excellent as well.
The Semi-Attached Couple caused me to giggle out loud several times...pure joy. The Nonesuch is one of my favourites by Heyer.
Thank you for such wonderfully classy content. It brings me such happiness!
Thanks so much for those very kind words! It's lovely to find others who love the same sort of books. I think The Nonesuch might have been my very first Heyer so I'm really looking forward to re-reading it!
What a lovely selection of books, Miranda- thank you for sharing! I am really looking forward to starting 'Miss Buncle's Book' next week when I have time off and I look forward to hearing you and your mum share your thoughts on it. Both overjoyed and slightly hysterical that I am going to have to add a new edition to my Jane Austen shelf, I had never seen those editions before, and now can think of nothing else!
Thanks so much, Angela! I was so excited when I saw them too! Hope you enjoy Miss Buncle's Book when you get a chance to start it!
Thank you very much, Miranda. I have added Vita and Virginia, and In Love with George Eliot to a birthday wishlist which is getting longer and longer with many of your recommendations! By the way, In today’s Guardian you can read Anthony Cummins’s review of Love Marriage by Monica Ali.
I hope the birthday fairy takes note, Emma! Thanks for the heads up! I'll remember to check it out once I've read it!
@@MirandaMills I’m blessed with a very generous birthday fairy!😊
Such great recommendations, thank you Miranda ❤️ Can't wait for the Comfort Book Club this month, it sounds like a lovely read 😉
Thank you for all your wonderful videos, they are always such a pleasure to watch.
Alexandra 🌷
Thank you so much, Alexandra!
I’m definitely joining in the comfort book club again this month. I’ve enjoyed all the club selections and so love reading all these new to me authors. The Jane Austen book is gorgeous! I’m going to make a note of the Emily Eden books to pick up during Jane Austen July as well. You always give such wonderful recommendations and I thank you for them💕
That's so kind of you to say, Sandy! The pleasure is mine!
Read Queenie this January . Enjoyed it 🥰
It's such a fun read!
Thank you for so many great recommendations! I would love to pick up The Last Garden at some point, it sounds wonderful! I recommend Salt To the Sea and Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys! :)
Thanks so much for those recommendations, Lana!
You always have the most unique recs
Thank you so much!
Hello Miranda I love all of these books… I read “The Last Garden in England” in September and LOVED it.. I gave it 5 stars ⭐️ on Goodreads….” A Single Thread of Moonlight” has a gorgeous Cover it looks like a Valentine’s Day Card… Tell Donna I said hello 🥰💕
Ah that's great to hear, Kiki! Yes, A Single Thread of Moonlight is such a pretty cover! xx
Elizabeth Goudge is one of my favorite authors. ❤️
Mine too!
I haven't heard of Emily Eden before but will definitely keep an eye out for her if she's similar to Jane Austen :) The Secret Garden was the book that started my love for reading when I was little but I tend to just re watch the film so I must get back to the book again! I'm currently enjoying Sherlock Holmes.. for some reason those stories always feels appropriate for this time of year
Yes, Sherlock Holmes stories make such great fireside reads! It's wonderful to reread the book as an adult. I was surprised by how much detail FHB puts into what is after all quite a slim read. Hope you enjoy Emily Eden too, Emma!
The Christie Affair sounds wonderfully intriguing. I'll definitely be reading this. I'm currently reading the sequel to Miss Buncle's Book, Miss Buncle Married, as I enjoyed it so much. I've also just bought the second Inspector Chopra, again as I loved the first one. Both recommended by you. Thank you! 💐
I'm so happy to hear that Sally! The Two Mrs Abbots is the third Miss Buncle one if you want to keep going!
Such a beautiful edition of "Sense and Sensibility"! I treated myself to Marjolein Bastin's "Jane Eyre" for my birthday last year and now want all of her editions. I totally agree about the 2020 adaption of "Emma". It was just visually perfect and true to the effervescence of the novel. Made we want to drink champagne and eat macarons! "The Last Garden in England" was enjoyable and a winter garden is an important part of the narrative, so a perfect February read. "The Christie Affair" is on my library list. "Agatha" is a favorite older film also about the mystery of her disappearance, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman. It inspired me to start reading Agatha Christie's books. Enjoy your weekend!💐
Jane Eyre is so lovely in Marjolein's edition too. What a lovely birthday treat to yourself, Nancy! Yes, it's definitely a champagne and macarons type of movie - love that suggestion! I really enjoyed Agatha too, but haven't seen it for years now. I must look out for it for a re-watch! You too!
Miranda another wonderful book chat full of so many choices.I read Monica Ali’s new book Love and Marriage it’s a very modern book with many shocks and surprises not an old fashioned romance.Looking forward to hearing what you think of it.Hope you&your Mom have a wonderful weekend.❤️
Thanks so much, Rhonda! You too!
Hi Miranda, do I need to register anywhere to join in with The Comfort Book Club? I'm really enjoying reading Laura Wood's books, I'm on my third one but haven't read A Single Thread of Moonlight yet. The Nonesuch is on my shelf of Georgette Heyer novels, I must have a repeat read this month. I also love The Secret Garden, one of my all time favourites. Thanks for all the other recommendations, including Emma on Netflix.
No, not at all, Karen! Just join in with comments here once the book club video is posted. If you'd like to send a recorded message with your thoughts for me to share in the episode, please see the instructions here: mirandasnotebook.com/guidelines
Thanks for the recommendations. You reminded me that I found a copy of that Everyman’s Library collection of Love Stories in a thrift store last year. I will be sure to read some of the selections in February.
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy it too!
Thank you Miranda for another fantastic set of recommendations. I so look forward to your videos . I wonder if you have ever read any Victoria Holt novels ? Sadly I think some are now out of print , but if you search you can find some . They are sort of gothic , romantic and a little ghostly , but I adored them when I was a teenager . I still have them all , and are perfect for a dark wintry evening . Many thanks again x
I loved Victoria Holt in my teens, real page turners! Sadly, I think I sent them all to a charity shop in a moment of madness.
@@karenwhite2601 oh dear , I know what you mean , I’ve done that with other books too . But somehow have managed to cling on to my VH ones although very worn now . Like you I adored them .She also wrote as Jean Plaidy and Philippa Carr .
I haven't read those, but I do see them as paperbacks in charity shops sometimes so will take a closer look now you've recommended them, Jane. Thanks so much!
Thank you for all the interesting recommendations. I am currently reading Miss Buncle’s Book and thoroughly enjoying it. I believe I will give Georgette Heyer a go next. Also, I love your new Emma Bridgewater mug. The lovebirds are so sweet. 💕
You're very welcome, Glenda! I fell completely for the Lovebirds mug, so adorable!
Ditto on your mug. My favorite is the Robins.
‘Love Marriage’ by Monica Ali sounds like a fun and frothy book despite the length. 😂
Once again, some intriguing recommendations, thank you Miranda! First on my list, I think, will be Phyllis Rose's Parallel Lives.
I must say I love your top! I used to do hand-smocking for my daughter when she was young. Is it hand-made or store-bought?
Thanks so much, Donna Marie! I can't do hand-smocking (clever you and lucky daughter!) so it's a dress from Cabbages and Roses that I've loved for years now. I was so happy when Daunt Books republished Parallel Lives. It's such an interesting book.
I just wanted to put in my own recommendation for the movie of Emma starring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller. To me anyway, she is the perfect Emma and he the perfect Mr. Knightly. I watch that one over and over. 😊 (Love your book recommendations!)
Thanks so much, Lupana!
Literature based around Agatha Christie is something I’m collecting. She, as a person, is way more intriguing than all her novels.
I love her mysteries too, but yes she was a fascinating person in her own right.
I’ve started reading Miss Buncle’s Book and looking forward to the announced mayhem 😁. I may listen to Sense and Sensibility and try How to be a heroine (why not?) All your recommendations are always so enticing! Have a great week!
That's lovely, Nadine! Two excellent choices too. Hope you enjoy them if you listen and try them. You too!
Loved the Sense and Sensibility book! I purchased it for my daughter. Who do you recommend for audio listening of the Jane Austen books? Thank you for yet another lovely video full of GOOD book suggestions🎉👏🎉👏
Thank you so much, Shanne! Isn't it a gorgeous copy? You can always rely on Juliet Stevenson's unabridged audio recordings. I love her Sense and Sensibility in particular.
I love your red lipstick.
Definitely Edward approved! Thanks so much, Janice!
Great recommendations, already picked up Hear No Evil! Looking forward to it 😊
That's wonderful! It does look like such a fascinating read.
🎯🛑Greetings Miranda Mills 👍 I discovered your channel just a few days ago & I deeply appreciate all your uploads..Love all your suggestions of new books 📚 here that You have recommended here as well..Literature
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Thank you so much for your very kind words! I'm so happy the recommendations are helpful for you! Have a good week!
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Looking forward to a book I reread every spring, "Merry HAll" by Beverly Nichols
I love those books too! It's sad they're not easy to find even secondhand. Enjoy your re-read, Christine!
I really enjoyed The Last Garden
I'm really looking forward to getting to that one.
Thank you for your recommendations. Hear no Evil and A Single Thread of Moonlight sound wonderful.
I have a question, last March you recommended a book about a wedding that took place on March 5th. The book took place in a single day - it was fiction. I wrote the name down so I could get the book this year for my birthday present, which is March 5th. However, I lost the list and cannot remember the name. Do you know which book I am describing?
Yes, that's Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey. There's a lovely Persephone Classics edition.
@@MirandaMills Yes! Thank you!
What are favorite novels with a romantic element?
Emily Eden’s book featured in this video has a hilarious title 😂
Where, where, where did you get a hard copy of Betsy’s Wedding? I have the whole series in lovely paperbacks published by William Morrow with 3 stories included in each. They are available on Amazon in the US.
I would love to know the publisher of your hard copy. Love these books.
Just paused your video to order Vita & Virginia. Photos look amazing.
Thank you! This is a vintage copy, bought secondhand I’m afraid!
Unlike the last video, I hope I don’t get confused with Reviews and TBR lmao
I’m currently reading a great book called The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett with England as the setting. So well written and quite the page turner. Check it out!
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