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I remember reading about this incredible lady, how wonderful that you may be related to her in some way.

Happy you found the book, serendipity.😊

I so enjoy hearing about books like this one that are entirely new to me. Your reading of books that are off the prize winners lists keeps me returning to your channel. A prompt to add to your jar: A book with a gardener or horticulturist as a main character.

Thank you for this recommendation, I will gift it to my sister who is an architect and loves all things UK! And if she doesn’t read it, I will 😁 Frohe Weihnachten from Germany to you and your lovely family ❤👋🏻

I've just finished There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak.. Wow as always with her books. Yellowface and Babel by R.F.Kuang both brilliant though I favoured the latter. Walk the blue fields(short stories) by Claire Keegan and frankly any other book by her. The Fraud by Zadie Smith. Earth and Water by John Boyne and have fir to read from the library over Christmas. Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Merry Christmas, Louise! I hope the von Arnim novel you were reading is The Enchanted April - that's one of my favourite reads when I need a pick-me-up. So if it wasn't that one, I recommend it for future enjoyment!

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My copy of this book is no longer sitting, all dusty, on my book shelf. Thank you for chatting about it and inspiring me to take it down and add it to my 2025 Pile of Possibilities. May you have a year of joy, warmth, happiness, and many wonderful books to read.

Happy Christmas 🎄

Merry Christmas, Louise.

My prompt suggestion: A book whose cover looks very similar to another book you've read. (E.g., Michelle Tea's "Valencia" and Jessica Blank's "Almost Home".)

Thanks, Louise, and Merry Christmas to you too!🎄🎅🏻😍I haven’t participated in the prompts this year, but I’m going to in 2025. Very much looking forward to yours and Simon’s video!📚☕️😍

Upon hearing your review, I read Luckenbooth. Blew. My. Mind. I'll be picking up the shrapnel and trying to put together a bearable idea of its meanings for some time...I love it! Thank you.

Thanks as always for your videos they are a joy. My prompt I’d like to put forward is a book with your favourite animal on the front, could be anything, otter, polar bear, cat etc or mythical creature even 😊 have a wonderful Christmas

1. A book you can link to one of your favourite books. 2. Or a book translated from the Dutch.

re community interaction: sometimes I read comments, but more often than not, I don't, so while I might know what you read for a prompt, I never know what "the community" read. And of course, I'm sure for you, hearing what your community is choosing is a big part of the fun. So if you read your comments, maybe do so with a notepad and jot down the titles or the trends you see and pick say the top 5 or 10 and at some point in your next regular video, just insert the list of books that grabbed your attention that were read by your community members. I think this may also encourage other community members to join in or to stick with the prompt reading. It doesn't have to be a big deal or a stand alone video. Just a quick, "The Savidge Prompt for January was books with black and white covers: Here is a sample what you lot have been reading: ... " If you want to add a comment about the titles as you go, great, if the list is easier, I think that's enough.

So are all the book behind you ones that you have read. You've got a fantastic library, keep spotting some fantastic books. Have the loveliest Xmas and new year ❤🎄🎄🎄📚📚📚

Dear Louise, I wanted to wish you and your family Happy Christmas and say thank you for the videos. You are so relaxing to watch and have introduced me to some very good books I would not otherwise have picked up. At the moment I am reading 'The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock', and really enjoying it. You have also inspired me to read re-told Greek myths. I come to them late in life ( I am an OAP) and love them. I look forward to seeing what you recommend in 2025. Thank you.

I struggled with the name prompt because although my name is common I could only find Romance or grisly murder, neither of which are my thing. It’s also hard to search by author first name. I missed the volcano prompt too. For the honorific I read Mr Loverman that had been on my shelf for ages and I absolutely loved it. Looking forward to the next set of prompts

I think quarterly prompt videos would be a good idea. Not too onerous l hope for you and Simon, and a good reminder of the prompts for us viewers.

Merry Christmas, Louise! I came across your channel early on this year and it has fast become my favourite. I didn't read to the prompts, but found I covered all of them, except for the volcano, some several times over, just not in the given month. I might try next year, though. Prompt suggestion: A book that was longlisted for a prize, but was not shortlisted. A book set in the town or city of your favourite team.

I’m glad you liked my suggestion of a Palestinian poet. I suggested a fiction or nonfiction book with a middle eastern setting to Simon which he reacted to negatively without time to consider the importance of world events happening now. There are so many books that need reading it’s a shame to cut out one area.

Prompt suggestion: A book with a 2 or 5 word title. So not the word two or five, but a book title made up of 2 or 5 words (for 2025 obviously). And of course the word 'the' in the title counts as one of the words. I loved the 2 or 4 in the title, so I would suggest to keep that as a bonus prompt for every year you will be doing this.

I’m looking forward to getting involved in the 2025 book prompts, my suggestions are: 1. a book with the name of a food in the title, 2. A book with a bright orange cover. ☺️

Hi Louise, I couldn't fulfill the prompt to read a book with an author who has the same first name. The closest I came to was Roy Miki (People call me Miki for short). No worries though since I LOVE Roy Miki's writing :) Ideas for prompts: 1. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 65 2. A story told in vignettes ("Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants" by Mathias Enard is one of my favourites) or a novella-in-flash (I love Diane Simmons' "An Inheritance") 3. A book that has been on your TBR (physical or digital) for 5 years or longer Happy holidays to you and your loved ones!

Hi Louise! I’m excited to join the challenge next year 😊 My two i suggestions: 1. A cover with something that’s broken or falling 2. A cover with a body part or part of a body

Can I please suggest a biography And a cover with a clock on

You have a few orbs floating about around you Louise.

We read the same book for the April prompt! I’m so glad I read Prophet Song back in the spring because, living in the US, it would be too stressful to read now.. Prompt idea: a book with a bird on the cover or in the title (could be the word bird or a type of bird like crane)

I read The Twin because of your review- and it will be in my list of favourite books of 2024😊!

Read a book with a tool or implement on the cover for example a hammer, scissors, or a tractor. Read a book set on an island.

A rabbit on the cover or the word rabbit in the title. A dove or the word dove in the title, i.e. John Updike or Larry McMurtry.

I had loads of fun doing this challenge so thank you. My prompt ideas are 1. A book relating to a hobby you enjoy or would like to start. 2. Read a book with a cover you don't like.

Hello It's my first time commenting on your channel, iI did 7 of the 12 prompts this year i struggled a bit with the volcano on the cover and I was given Eruption by James Patterson and Micheal Crition so I used that 😂. My two prompts suggestions for 2025 are A book with a building on the cover and A non British classic 😊 hoping you an Simon have a lovely Christmas kind regards

1. A book about or featuring a hobby you have that is not reading 2. A book that has the vibes of your favourite time of year (e.g. favourite season, holiday, festival, tradition etc)

Hi Louise. My prompt ideas are 1) Read a Noir novel and 2) A book with dual timelines. Happy Christmas to you and your family as well!🎄

A book w a profession or trade or hustle in the title A book w an element in the title ( and/or on cover ?) 🌏 🌬️ 🔥 💦 Your Simon directed us back over here. Brilliant. I had ten typed out ten 😆 but 2 was stressful 😆 4 is good 😊 Blahdiggityblah

A book by a disabled or chronically ill author. A book by an author from a country you've never read about before.

Happy to hear you’ve enjoyed the prompts this year, Louise! 🌸 I read some great ones too and a few I probably wouldn’t have been prioritising - On the red hill for example which I’m so glad to have read. But yes, the first name prompt was a difficult one for me and I was also “full” from the retellings to be honest, but it all worked out. And I read Mr. Loverman for the honorific prompt so that was an easy choice for me 😁 My only change for myself for next year - which I’m so excited for - is to be more lenient about the order in which I read them. Bc I’ve had a few where I thought they would fit a different month bc of my mood or sth, but one a month is still my plan though 😁 -My two 2025 prompt suggestions: 1) a book set on an island or 2) a book with a one word title

A book with a kitchen utensil on the cover and/or in the title. I absolutely loved Saltwater - I don’t know anyone else who has read it until now! 😊 Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year ! 🎄

A book with a kitchen utensil on the cover and/or in the title. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year ! 🎄

A book with a vampire as a character A book that has sat on your shelf the longest

I managed to read something for all prompts this year (assuming a DNF'ed book counts...). Book with snake: Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo (DNF) Retelling: Thornedge - T. Kingfisher Book longlisted/shortlisted: Piranesi - Suzanna Clarke BookTuber's favorite: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Author with same first name: Perfect Little Monsters - Cindy R.X. He Animal/Vegetal/Mineral: The Measure - Nikki Erlick (flower bouquet) Backlist from favorite author: Us Against You - Fredrik Backman Honorific Title: The Last Mrs. Parrish - Liv Constantine Volcano: Raviver les volcans - Véronick Talbot Book set in a city you've lived in: À l'ombre de la Sainte Mafia - Claire Bergeron New author (to you): Seven Days in June - Tia Williams Connection to your personal history: Emmène-nous à La Ronde, 50 ans de plaisirs forains - Tristan Demers (Montréal) Two or Four in the title: 1984 - George Orwell Expanding my search to French titles really helped with some of the prompts, especially the volcano one. I'll be keeping that in mind when I prepare my TBR list for your 2025 prompts. Cannot wait to see what they are! 😁 The 2024 list made me try books that would not have been on my reading list for the year otherwise.

A lovely video as always. My prompt to throw into the jar is-choose a book that was first published in a country that you've never visited but would love to.

Suggestions for next year 1. A teenage author 2. Set in the swining sixties

I would highly recommend anything by Niall Williams: Four letters of love, This is Happiness, History of the rain and Time of the child ❤️

Prompt suggestion: a book by an author who has previously dissapointed you (second chance read)

Suggestions: 1. A book with a house on the cover 2. A book published or set in the Edwardian era

Oooo I love the prompts video! I managed to complete 60% of them.. studying got in the way. 2 of them were recommendations from your videos "The Rain Heron" and "The Gallows Pole" and I loved both of them. And 2 other prompts I read will be in my top 10... really looking forward to seeing the 2025 suggestions. My ideas will be 1. book where an animal plays a main character.... 2. Read a family member or friends favourite book / recommendation 3. Spin a globe and wherever your finger lands read a book from that country. I guess not everyone has a globe, so they can use a random name generator for this.

I am doubling down with two prompts to you and two to Simon! 😂 Here’s my suggestions: 1. A book by a New Zealand author. 2. A book featuring the Berlin Wall. Happy picking!