Brilliant Books to Read in the Spring
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- In today's video, I'm sharing some brilliant reads for Spring. From sun-drenched Italian landscapes, to sakura in Japan and bluebells in English woods, these books capture many delights of the season.
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO:
(Affiliate links used for Blackwells & Bookshop.org)
The Cruellest Month by Hazel Holt: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge: uk.bookshop.org/a/4369/978190...
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Smoky-House by Elizabeth Goudge: www.ggbp.co.uk/product/eg-smo...
The Little Grey Men by BB: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Wanderland by Jini Reddy: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Darling Buds of May by HE Bates: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Kilmeny of the Orchard by LM Montgomery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Brief Life of Flowers by Fiona Stafford: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Walking Through Spring by Graham Hoyland: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
'Cherry' Ingram by Naoko Abe: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
A Poem for Every Spring Day, edited by Allie Esiri: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Spring Anthology, edited by Melissa Harrison: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Skylarks with Rosie by Stephen Moss: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...
OTHER LINKS:
My interview with Jini Reddy: mirandasnotebook.com/teaandta...
My interview with Naoko Abe: mirandasnotebook.com/teaandta...
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What a beautiful copy of Anne of Green Gables! I read a couple books by LM Montgomery over the prior month, Blue Castle and The Story Girl. Both were enjoyable.
So many wonderful suggestions. I loved The Little Grey Men, I read it twice in a matter of months. Brought me back to my childhood days of spending time in the ravine near our house. So glad I found your channel.
The poem is so beautiful. You've inspired me to read some of my favourite poems by T.S.Eliot. You are so well-read, eloquent and elegant. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Thank you so much! That’s so kind of you to say xxx
You might also like the books of Roger Housden. I mention him in my spring books video :)
Thank you for the lovely video! Enchanted April has been on my TBR for a while and now I’m inspired to finally pick it up :)
Such a lovely video - you have such a gift for describing books with such eloquence and warmth and enthusiasm. I now want to reread everything you mentioned I’ve already read, and rush out and get the ones I haven’t! Your story about Angela Thirkell and Ann Bridge made me giggle! And I agree with you about Kilmeny (very odd!), and about the Hobbit versus Lord of the Rings. I would like to give Lord of the Rings another chance sometime, but did find it rather hard-going, especially the last book. I think my favourite part is the very beginning with Bilbo’s birthday party!
Thank you so much, Naomi! I completely agree about the Lord of the Rings! The last book was a real struggle!! Xxx
Lovely suggestions. I too struggle with fantasy reads.
Thank you! 😊
The film of A Room with a View is great as well. Such beautiful scenery.
So glad you are feeling better! I have missed you and your mom. Looking forward to watching this on my day off! 😊
Hope you enjoy it!
So happy you are feeling better. Thank you for the recommendations. You and your mom would love springtime in Japan, the cherry blossoms are beautiful. Please take care. xo
Thank you so much! I’d love to see Japan in the spring one day 😊🌸
Labyrinth by A.C.H. Smith is a good spring read and just wonderful in itself. I also just finished reading The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Just found your lovely channel and had to subscribe, I'm a bookworm too. This video came up on my feed a few days ago but I didn't get time to watch it, then it disappeared and when I turned on youtube today I find your video again and had to watch it. I had to stop the video 2 minues in to grab a pen and my booklist as I've written down quite a few of your book suggestions. Really enjoy hearing your descriptions of the books mentioned. Can't wait to catch up on your other videos.
Thanks for subscribing! So glad you enjoyed my recommendations xxx
Thank you so much for the recommendations! 🌷📚
So good to see you back Miranda and I thoroughly enjoyed your book choices for the Spring. I vividly remember reading of the death of Cecily Watkins-Pitchford (BB's wife) in the 1970s and becoming very afraid to walk in the fields when farmers were spraying, a fear which has never left me and whenever I see fields being sprayed I think of him and her tragic death but also of his wonderful writing. Thank you for a great list of reads and re-reads. Have a wonderful week, Teresa 🌷📚🌷
Thank you, Teresa! Yes, I was shocked to learn how BB's wife's died when I was reading about his life quite recently; such a tragedy. It adds an awful sense of foreboding when reading his books. xxx
Hi Miranda. I am so happy to see you back on your channel again. All of the spring reading recommendations sound wonderful. I wish I had time to read all of them. I am very much looking forward to Tea Reads with your mom again. Take care and happy spring..... Crystal.
Thank you very much, Crystal! xxx
Enjoyed your refs so much. Thank you!
Great to see you back on your CZcams channel again! I love when you do seasonal book recommendations. There are so many I want to read, I don't know where to start.
Glad you enjoyed my recommendations! xxx
Oh! Kilmeny of the Orchard is also a favorite. You must go to PEI. It is gorgeous! xo
Have you read The Blue Castle? I remember loving that one.
Yes, I remember really loving it too; I'd like to reread it soon! It's definitely a dream to get to PEI someday! xxx
More lovely recommendations, thank you. I also found Kilmeny of the Orchard a rather strange story, somehow much more dated than any of the Anne or Emily books, which really stand the test of time. Thanks to another of your book reviews I now have a gorgeous second-hand copy of I Capture the Castle, it's a Folio Society edition, in a slipcase and is as new but was a bargain price. I now have The Enchanted April in my ABE cart and have added a few more to my own wish list!
Beautiful recommendations and wonderful to see you again 🤗
Thank you so much 💕🌸
Lovely Recommendations 🌸🌺
Glad you like them! Thank you! xx
I really like your style of sharing books. It's the perfect amount of information for me to decide if a book sounds like a good fit for me. Many on CZcams are giving inaccurate descriptions of books and it makes me wonder if they have actually read them. You're descriptions on the classics I've loved were spot on! I also thought your Bronte collection video is amazing! That copy of Jane Eyre is just stunning ❤️ I've now subscribed
When you were sharing about Montgomery's other book. Something funny struck me; in real life she took a story she'd written for a magazine and fleshed it out. In the Anne books that's exactly the opposite of what Diana did to Anne's story when she entered the baking powder contest. Anyhow, I found it amusing ☺️
Thank you very much! That's so kind of you to say xxx
LOOOOOOOVE your themed book videos! So much thought and prep goes into these and I greatly appreciate it! Thank you Miranda!
Thanks so much! Xxx
Thank you so much, Miranda for your kind comments about my book "Walking through Spring". Let's hope we can get out walking again this coming Spring!
Thank you for writing such a wonderful book, Graham! Yes, definitely!
Great to see you again! Thanks for the awesome recommendations!
So glad you enjoyed them! Thank you 📚🌸
It was grand to hear your recommendations again! I only came across your channel in March via a blog I read called Mockingbird Hill. I began following your channel and I ordered A Chelsea Concerto based on your recommendation. I am saving it and other books for my August vacation on Lake Superior. I am delighted that you are back!
Thank you very much! I hope you enjoy A Chelsea Concerto; I thought it was fabulous 😊
Delighted to see you back. Keep well.
Thank you so much 😊
So glad that you are feeling well enough to film a video - and what a great one!
I recently re-read (after MANY years) A Room With A View and it was glorious - far better than I remembered, and so humorous and witty. I often struggle with humour in books but EM’s observations are pitch-perfect.
The Little Grey Men also sounds really interesting.
Take care Miranda! 😊😊🌸🌼🌺🌱🌱
So many wonderful recommendations, I want to read or re-read them all. Thank you so much Miranda and hope you continue to stay well💕
Thank you so much, Sandy! So glad you enjoyed my recommendations xxx
it is so nice to see you again. Fabulous video, such wonderful recommendations for Spring, I want to imerse in several of these books and in the nature around. I have watched the movie Sweet Bean Paste and loved it, but I did not know about the existence of the book.Thank you very much and enjoy the Spring in your beautiful Yorkshire !
Thank you for your lovely words! I definitely recommend the book of Sweet Bean Paste; I’ll have to look out for the movie 🌸 xxx
Hey Miranda!!! I’m so happy to see you!! I love all of these recommendations💕💕🥰... “Sweet Bean Paste” is my type of book I love relationships between the generations.. that’s one of the many things that made me fall in love with Rosamunde Pilcher’s books because she really wrote relationships between the generations beautifully in “Winter Solstice” and “The Shell Seekers” Thank you so much for this video🥰💕
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Kiki! Thank you very much. You’re right: that’s something that Rosamunde Pilcher does so well & I love those cross-generational friendships in her books 😊📚💕
Lovely to ‘see’ you, great collection, as always. Whilst I like to read at least once a day, my reading mojo has waned a tad over the last few months, I’ve spent more time ordering fabric than books! However, you’ll be pleased to know I was quite inspired by your video, it gave me a bit of an oomph, so much so, I’ve added one or two to my ‘to be purchased list’ 😁. I was also very excited to see in one of your posts the new Cazalet collection, I’m so definitely buying them, they look soooo lush 😍
Thank you, Karen! I'm glad to have inspired you with some reading suggestions. You're in for a real treat with the Cazalet Chronicles, and I do love the new covers - the spines are fantastic too! xxx
So many of these I want to read, thanks so much for sharing all of these wonderful stories, have a beautiful week🐝🌼🌸🤗
So glad you like the sound of them, thank you! Enjoy your week too xxx
Really enjoyed this episode. I haven’t read any of Hazel Holt’s books so I have added this to my Must Reads. I’m a big Agatha Christie fan. Patx
I really enjoy Hazel Holt's writing and hope you do too! xxx
What a joy to see you again (and well) around here Miranda! Enjoy spring🌷xx
Thank you so much 😊
So happy to see you well and in my subscription feed again!
Yay, thank you!
Happy to see you! Hoping you are feeling 100% better. Thank you, as always, for the recommendations.
Thank you so much Julie! 🌸
Glad to see you back Miranda and hope you are doing well. I have the Cherry Ingram book on my tbr pile as I visited Japan in spring 2019 and saw the Cherry blossoms for myself. You have made me want to read it next now.
Oh how lovely! I can’t recommend the Cherry Ingram biography enough - so fascinating!
This was the perfect video after the day I've had! THANK YOU!! Of course, I've added a number of books to my wish list and already have a few of your recommendations in my basket. So glad to see you back and doing so well. :-)
Wonderful! So glad you enjoy my recommendations, thank you xxx
I am enjoying a reread of James Herriot and Elizabeth Goudge at the moment.
Glad to see you again and loved your recommendations as well:)
Thank you very much! xxx
Really enjoyed this Miranda. Some lovely recommendations. Thank you 💕!
So glad, Emma! Thank you 🌸📚
I just finished the Enchanted April read by Helen Taylor. What a witty author. I loved Mrs. Wilkinson's seeing things and that Lady Caroline is referred to as Scrap. So funny!
I read about Hazel Holt earlier this month in Slightly Foxed and made a note that I should look her up, now that you have also recommended her I have moved her to the top of my list. Lovely to see you back.
Thank you! I definitely recommend giving her books a try!
Hi Miranda! What great recommendations! In Germany spring has not come, it's rather cold for this time of the year so I am looking forward to reading about spring! Cheers.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed them. Hope your spring comes soon. We had hail yesterday so it’s definitely very fitful weather here!! Xxx
Good to seeing you on my screen and to hear your cheerful voice. Thank you for the lovely recommendations. Have a wonderful day.
Thank you for the lovely comment 💕🌸
Lovely to see you back. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Lots of interesting titles to add to my wish list. I just finished Spring Magic and loved it.
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you! I love Spring Magic too 😊💕
Wonderful recommendations! Thank you Miranda.
Glad you like them! xxx
So nice to have you back Miranda. Sp glad to see you are well. :) And I really found some of the books very interesting.
Thank you so much 😊
Lovely to see you, Miranda! So many tantalizing Spring reads 💛🌼I've read Hazel Holt's biography of Barbara Pym but not her detective books, so I will definitely take you up on that recommendation. And I liked the sound of Walking through Spring, love the cover too! I just got a copy of Richmal Crompton's Leadon Hill today, which starts in early summer, so I think I might read that quite soon, not that I want to wish the Spring away just yet! Have a good week, hope you're getting out and about in Yorkshire.
I hope you enjoy the Hazel Holt mysteries; I think they’re a lot of fun! I’ve got Leadon Hill on my TBR pile as well. Enjoy your reading 😊📚💕
So happy to see you back and yay!! So much more to add to my TBR! I so agree with you on “Kilmeny..”. Such a strange book!!
Thank you very much! It is an odd one!! xxx
Happy to see you. You were missed. Great list, I will be on the lookout for many of them. Thank you. My best wishes for you. 📚💕
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you xx
All of these sound wonderful. When you were talking about The Little Grey Men I was thinking about how well you remember everything you read. I’d be interested in learning how you do that! After a few weeks I forget a lot of details about books and could only tell you the gist of it, unless it’s a favorite. I wonder if you take notes as you read? 🤍
Thank you! Yes, the notebook I showed at the beginning is where I jot down my thoughts on the books I read 😊📚
I think The Cruelest Month may be my favorite by Hazel Holt. I’ve been watching The Darling Buds of May and have been meaning to read the books. The cover on your edition is beautiful!
I love the TV series of Darling Buds as well! Definitely worth reading the books too xxx
It’s so nice to see your videos again :) I absolutely fell in love with your description of The Cruellest Month and need it in my life! The paperback editions seem a bit hard to find but I think I will try the ebooks. Ohhh I’m so excited!
Walking Through Spring is on my list too.
The Cruellest Month is such a fabulous Spring read. I love the Oxford / Library settings. Hope you enjoy it too! xxx
Oh my TBR list has just grown yet again!!! :) Thank you, Miranda, for sharing all these lovely books. I just finished reading A Room With a View and found myself giggling at the lake scene. :) I find both A Room with a View and The Enchanted April cover a lot of things and make you think, even though the books are short.
So glad you enjoyed my recommendations 😊💕📚
Great list of books---I've added one to my TBR. Sweet Bean Paste is a gem.
Super!
Ahh two of my faves! Enchanted April and A Room with a View! Also love both of these films. So fun to see a new video from you. xo
Thanks so much, Chelsea! xxx
Oh my God ... you ruin my budget!! Thanks for all these great suggestions!! Just my kind of reading!!
Haha glad you like the sound of them! 😄📚
Dear Miranda, please read Elizabeth von Arnim's "The adventures of Elizabeth on Ruegen" and especially "Elizabeth and her German garden" which is the ultimate spring book...! She describes autobiographically her time in the garden of her house in Pomerania and it is beyond charming. Also, looking into her life story and her literary connections is fascinating. She was a very unusual woman, especially for the time. Much love and thank you for this wonderful video.🌸🌸🌸
I have read Elizabeth and Her German Garden, and it’s a favourite of mine too, although for me The Enchanted April is a better spring read, as it’s set pretty much all in Spring, and some of my favourite bits from German Garden are in the winter! She did indeed have a fascinating life, and I’ve always enjoyed the Forster connection 💫
@@MirandaMills Thank you for your answer, Miranda, and of course, these are excellent points! Elizabeth on Ruegen is more of a summer book as well, not for spring. Your channel is so charming, I can't wait to see what you will come up with next...! I wonder if you considered making a video about films related to the Brontës, for instance "To walk invisible" which seems to strive for realism... Your visit at the Brontë museum was a delight. Thank you for sharing this with us. Take care and have a lovely day.
@@MirandaMills On a different note, I have for a while admired your beautiful China, Jasperware etc... I was wondering if you are perhaps going to do a "tour" of all the lovely "Blue Italian" etc... But it might be too personal.😊
I always thought there was a good chance I would die like that too !!! Lol ! Glad to see you again on CZcams.
Happy you are feeling better. Best wishes for you and Donna.
Thank you 😊
Thank you Miranda for your review of The Little Grey Men. I think I will definitely add this to my list.
It’s such a good read! A magical story 💫
You named some of my favourites:" Wind in the Willows", "Enchanted April", "Anne of Green Gables", "A Room with a View". And also a bunch of wonderful recommends. Last night I just finished "Miss Prettigrew Lives for a Day". I enjoyed the heck out of that book! Thank you so much for the suggestion. Another one from you that I have on hold at the library is "A City of Bells" which I am picking up tomorrow. I am just so grateful to have found you. I love reading but find good books difficult to find, and we seem to have a very similar taste. Thanks to you I now have a pile to read through. Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful wealth of book love with us!
Thank you for your lovely comment; I'm so glad you're enjoying my recommendations. I hope you love A City of Bells too! xxx
I loved your recommendations Miranda. I really want to read BB's Little Grey Men and also The Darling Buds of May. Incidentally, it was my birthday 2 weeks ago and my son bought me 3 lovely books recommended by you in previous podcasts : The Country Diaries, A Bite of the Apple and Dear Reader - all were on my wish list!
That’s wonderful! Those are all such good books. Happy belated Birthday 🎂 📚😊
I'm so glad you included "Enchanted April." You have such a beautiful copy. I'm not one to own more than one copy of a particular book, but for one of my all time favorites, like this one, I'm definitely going to have to search for a more beautiful copy. 😊
I love the Virago Modern Classics editions ❤️
Have not even watched the video yet...I am so happy you are back!!! xx
Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy my recommendations 😊📚
Lovely to see you back and I really enjoyed your recommendations, some real favourites of mine in there too, Enchanted April and The Hobbit, which I particularly love. I agree LOTR is harder going, though I have read all three volumes several times, but my heart really belongs to Bilbo, and his enchanting Hobbit Hole X
Thank you very much, Penny! The Hobbit will always be my favourite! xxx
Love your recommendations, added a few to my list. There are two I read as per past recommendations on Tea and Tattle
Thank you, Valentina! xxx
You are so refreshing. So glad to have come across your channel. Love from India. ❤️
Thank you so much! xxx
Thank you for this lovely video! I love Illyrian Spring and that is such a good point about the cross-generational friendship in the book. I've been blessed with many older friends, too, and find the friendships so life-giving! That's so funny about Mrs. Rivers! I had no idea. Gosh, Angela. So snarky! The Little Grey Men sounds great. I found Kilmeny of the Orchard odd, too. It may be worth a re-listen or re-read just for those nature passages though.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! Yes, I had a good giggle when I read that about Angela Thirkell; she really couldn’t stand her by the sound of it!!! Xxx
I'm so excited about these book recommendations! Thank you for putting together the perfect list. Also, I'm in love with the notebook you showed at the beginning of the video. Where is it from?
Thank you! The notebook is from a shop called Choosing Keeping. I talk about getting it and other notebooks in this video: czcams.com/video/P8YDJRAi_CU/video.html xxx
I was actually thinking about reading The Little Grey Men, gotta give it a go now! 🌸🌸🌸
It's a fabulous read! xxx
So excited to see you back, Miranda! Hope you're feeling much better :D Loved your recommendations for spring! I especially love The Enchanted April, The Darling Buds of May, The Wind in the Willows, and Anne of Green Gables. Really looking forward to finally getting to A Room With a View, Smoky-House, Sweet Bean Paste and Illyrian Spring. Thank you for sharing some non-fiction picks, too. I'm always looking for non-fiction seasonal reads. Many hugs! xoxo :D
Thank you so much, Gina! I'm so glad you enjoyed my spring reading recommendations 😊 💖
What a coincidence, I just finished reading "A Room with a View" by Em Forster as part of my resolution to read more classic books and I thought it was really good fun! The characters were so vivid to me and I could imagine contemporary versions of them all. I imagined the Emersons as those Northerners you always seem to meet when you're on holiday, who are good natured enough but to someone from London who would prefer to not chat to strangers over breakfast, are just a bit too much. The hotel with the Cockney land lady, I imagined as one of those hotels they have in places like Benidorm were the decor is in union jacks with framed pictures of the Queen on the walls, a full English Breakfast is served every morning and a Sunday doesn't pass without a roast dinner. Miss Lavish would be a part of the "liberal elite" the type who constantly talks about her gap year travelling around Thailand and how woke she is but is secretly afraid of poor people and wishes they would leave East London so it was more "safe" and so on and so on ... I really loved the book and would recommend!
Interesting to read your thoughts. It is a classic spring read! xxx