The Last Bookshop in London
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2022
- #booktube #bookreview #ww2 #ration #paperback
The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
what enjoyed and a few flaws
The first paperbacks for soldiers:
www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
bits about rationing, what and when. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
![What glorious London really was like during WWII (1939-1945) in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]](/img/n.gif)
I love your hairstyle, it looks so beautiful. I would love to have some tea, hold on, while I get my cup across, lol.
When I saw the title of the video, I was a bit confused, I was like "The BookZealots had travelled to London for a book Tour, and have come to show us the last Bookshop in London" lol,
This is a great title from the author, and I love your description of it. Thanks for sharing with me. My regards to Prometheus
Prometheus gives you a bow and says hello good sir! I definitely like your thoughts of us traveling to London. 😁 Maybe one day.
Would you like cream or sugar in your tea? And would you like some cookies too?
That crazy hairstyle was a real fashion during WW2. it's called Victory rolls hairstyle.
@@BookZealots😆 I don't like to add sugar to my tea, I love it raw.
Your comment have me smiling all around, lol. It's a nice hairstyle, I loved it.
I'm going to have to look up what's going on with coffee. I can only imagine (eyeroll). It's always good when a book makes you research things! Love the victory roll!
I heard about the coffee the day before I heard about the BP fire. #101 if you're keeping track. I'm wondering if we'll be rationed. Part of KY borders Indiana so we might be affected.
@@BookZealots #101?? Wow.
Sold 😄 I have known of this book vaguely for some time, but now I want to pick it up🤗 That tidbit about the paperbacks is superinteresting, now I’m off to order extra coffee..!
How are the food options in your area? I've heard there are issues getting worse in many countries. The Last Bookshop in London was a spur of the moment read. It was mentioned to me, my library actually had a physical copy and I thought why not?! I'll be doing it again next month with this author's author ww2 book. LOL
@@BookZealots Food options are still pretty okay, but the prices are going through the roof, especially beef and butter and such (we know why) This is typically a book I would get from the library, not my typical reading either, but it’s history and books and a bit of romance for escapism which is sometimes just what I need ;) .
On a side note I haven’t own a library card in some years because it’s not easy for me to get there, but I just made a request to a service where volunteers bring and pick up books, I’m so excited about it!! Hopefully they grant my request (is that very formal to say ‘grant my request’😅?)
@@aekorfker LOL I hope they grant your request as well. =) And the program sounds similar to The Librarian of Boone's Hollow. Like you, I prefer to get these types of books from the library. I'm supposed to be reading my own books so I'm breaking my goal for the time being.
Oh yes, the meat and butter here are ridiculous as well. We have cut our food buying and it's still more than our budget. this month I went over by $66 and change. I give Prometheus the extra food. He's still growing and I don't need to eat three meals a day. I'm healthier for it, so I'm looking at it as a blessing. Sugar, flour, cooking oil, rice, have been scarce or gone when I go to the store. I've heard eggs and dairy have been scarce and expensive too. The butter has gone up about $3.00. I live in a very poor community too. I wonder if theft has increased. hmmmm 🤔
@@BookZealots I’m so sorry to hear things really (which I heard on some m sources but not on the main ones of course) have gone that far, where you live, we still can pretend like things haven’t changed so much, but I think it’s a matter of time. I understand your reasoning in how you distribute the food in the house and that it is a blessing also, its a time to tap back into old time household wisdom and doubling down on common sense I feel.
Ha yes wouldn’t that be fitting to make that the first book I borrow from the library when they ‘grant my request’ 😄
This was delightful!
ah, thank you Tanya.
I'm always kind of a sucker for books about people who become readers lol. It's such a cliche, but every time it makes me smile. Your hair looks fabulous!
I would have loved for more books to have been mentioned, but a war was happening. Thank you about the hair. LOL
I love the look setting the tone for the book- awesome!
I've never heard about or seen those paperbacks!! super interesting
Gazing deeply into his eyes in the dark. 😂wow, super vision
This was such a great book review. I do enjoy historical fiction that takes me on a research journey and I did see this one at my library, so may pick it up next time. Thanks!
Thank you Mitzi. The historical research rabbit holes I went down were so much fun. A lovely lady told me this author has another ww2 book that I've put on hold, so maybe next month there will be another review. Thank you for watching and commenting. I sure appreciate your time. 🤗
Sounds like a great book for my state of mind, and I like your creative book review style. I also like books that make me do a bit of research on the side, just for fun. 🙂
🤔 I'm not sure this would be a good book for you right now based on what you shared with me. There are some tough parts of the bombing. I wouldn't want it to add to your stress dealing with the fires. I'm currently readingThe Librarian of Boone's Hollow which is listed as Christian. This one so far is dealing with the great depression in KY and books. You are the better judge for what you can handle, but The Last Bookshop in London does have some hard hitting issues in it. I only mentioned one in the review. I wish I could help you in some way.
Love the hair today!
LOL Thank you Amy.
Really sweet review. I read the book and found it enjoyable. Your hair is a riot.
Thank you. I like it when books send me down a research rabbit hole. =)
LOL Thank you. The victory rolls were a lot easier than I thought they'd be, as my hair is fairly long. And my hairspray smells so good. LOL
This sounds really good!!! I'm going to add it to my tbr. She has another book that takes place during world War 2 that sounds really good also. I didn't know about the paperbacks for soldiers.📚😊
I hope you enjoy it. I will see what her other book is thank you for mentioning it. Hooray. I enjoy learning new things and sharing with others.
You are very welcome!!! It is called The Librarian Spy. It looks like the kylibrariesunbound system has it.😊
@@daniellethebluegrassreader1194 I put a hold on overdrive. I'm #99 out of 2 copies.
The wait on ebook looks really long too 158 people for 3 copies. It must be a popular book right now.😯
@@daniellethebluegrassreader1194 great news though! My library has a physical copy! woohoo! So I put that on hold. I should get it next week. Yay! Thank you for telling me about it. =)
Hi I really need a summary of this book for a school assignment and I don't have time to read the book. I'm asked to state the plot in detail. And I wanted to ask if you could help me, please 🙏🏻
Hello, I have so many questions. Where are you at? Why don't you have the time to read? It's an average size book and would take a day or two of solid reading. Or can you access the audio? I read this book almost two years ago and checked to see if I wrote anything about it and I have nothing written about it, not even on goodreads. I do remember snippets about it. It's a survival story during ww2 in London. Working in a bookshop with a grumpy old man. The girl didn't know much about books but she started reading and learning and appreciating them.
@BookZealots I'll explain, I have to submit the assignment next week. And that's 30% of my final grade in literature. And I don't have time to read the book because I study every day until 5pm and then I have other assignments. And it won't take me a day or two to read the book because English is not my native language 🤷🏻♀️
I tried to ask friends or people I know if they have read the book but no one has read and can't summarize for me. And I tried to ask chatgpt but it doesn't tell me the story in detail it only gives me a short summary
But still most thanks for trying to help I appreciate it 🙏🏻
@@mishelgoloshvili4022 Have you tried looking up reviews on goodreads.com? You might be able to splice together comments to get details of the story from that platform.
What types of information do you need? I looked up goodread reviews myself, because I couldn't even remember the main character's name. But Grace Bennett and her friend left a small town to get jobs in London. They stayed with a woman and her son. The son ended up going to war. I think there was a cat too. There's information about food rations. I don't have the book. I borrowed it from a library, otherwise I could flip through it to try and help you you.
What are you getting your degree in? And why was this book chosen? I gave it a generous three star rating. It did have a small romance in it. A man who was in the military and recommends books to Grace.
I love this!! You're so cute😊
LOL Thank you Stacy. Like my Victory roll?! They were bigger. I had to subdue them a bit and make them a little smaller. 😁
@@BookZealots It's pretty amazing!