Remembering Alice and July 2024 to-be-read
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- Folks mentioned:
Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
Gemma @GemofBooks
The last plodder: Charlie @CharlieBrookReads
Jane Austen July hosts:
Katie @katiejlumsden
Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
Claudia @SpinstersLibrary
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Thank you for your kind words about my darling Alice. She would be so pleased to know you are reading some of her favourite books. She often spoke of you and loved seeing your dear little dog. Enjoy your July reading.Jane - Alice's mum💔😻
You are so welcome. Thank you for leaving this wonderful comment. I've thought of you often during these past few weeks. Sending you all the love and comfort, Jane.
Hey Shelly, Alice would be so happy that you are picking up your first Christie. I don’t think there was a month that went by these past couple of years when I wasn’t reading with or because of Alice, but still haven’t read a Poirot, so must remedy that. Lovely words about her❤. Emma has become one of my top 3 Austen books - I hope you enjoy it. Do read Fingersmith - it’s fantastic x reading has been slow going for me but currently have one of Alice’s birthday presents from last year on the go and that is bringing me comfort, as well as smiles because it’s about cats. Happy reading x
I did not know Alice but I have listened to some of the impact her passing has had on some of my favorite booktubers and you can feel the grief felt by her loss. I could hear the grief in your voice. I am sorry for you loss. I am participating in Jane Austen July and have mentioned on other channels that it will be a first for this soon to be 66 year old! I am reading Pride and Prejudice as I had it on my shelf. I mentioned previously reading All The Light We Cannot See. I did not connect with it until about half and am glad I stuck with it. I, too, have never read an Agatha Christie book. I tried to read And Then There Were None but for some reason did not get that far into the novel. Maybe I should try again in honor of your friend. Be gentle with yourself.
Lovely words as always Shelly. 💔💔Sending hugs xxx
Sending hugs back!
Booktube is truly a community and it hits hard when we lose a content creator, as well as a friend to many. Thank you for sharing a few words about Alice.
I absolutely agree!
I'm doing booktuber appreciation month in Augist and calling it Alice August.
My last communication with her was to buddyread The Sundial by Shirley Jackson with her, I finished the book and was looking forward to talking to her about it a few days before the news hit me like a truck. The Sundial ended up being my least favorite Shirley Jackson so if she read it I hope she liked it more than me and one of her last books wasn't rubbish.
I connected with her over Jack Reacher and all sorts of other random things along the way. The books I'll be reading in her honor are Case Histories by Kate Collins, Cloud Cukoo Land by Anthony Doen, a Christy book and a Reacher book.
I cried for three hours straight and every day for six days after and every time I see one of these videos.
You probably already saw it but here's my poem.
Slumber
we make true connections across the digital divide
lasting friendships even when time is not on our side
the light of a life to guide us through darkest night
when grief eclipses the sun your memory shines bright
Indelibly written in our hearts sacred journal
with sorrow pass you into the arms of slumber eternal
The passing of Alice is indeed a tremendous loss to our Booktube community. She was so erudite, witty and spirited.
Alice was so lovely.
Omg 😲 I am so surprised and shocked to find out Alice passed away 😢 , she was so lovely
She was a beautiful person.
I was shocked by the passing of Alice. I loved her channel.....I'll also be picking up an Agatha Christie mystery in her memory.
Christie is being read everywhere because of Alice. :)
Alice was such a sweet person, I was very sad to hear about her passing. 😢 I'm currently listening to Five Little Pigs, one of her favorite Hercule Poirot mysteries.
I hope you enjoy The Murder on the Orient Express. That edition looks great.
Emma is my second favorite Jane Austen book, after P&P. Lady Susan is short and snarky, I think you'll have fun with it.
Happy reading and have a great July.😊
Thanks, Lana! Alice was such a special person. ❤️
Alice’s passing is such a loss to the Booktube community. RIP. 🥀
Hi Shelly -- found your channel with some Alice tributes in my feed. This is such a devastating loss to the BookTube community. She was such a bright light and wonderful presence here.
I've also never read any Agatha Christie -- or any Jane Austen!
I love how you transitioned this video into a somewhat upbeat chat about books and reading plans. I think Alice would have loved that so much.
Love the cameo by Spiderman!
I had no idea thank you for letting us know 💔it has not been the greatest year 🤝🌺
I know. Jennifer and Alice in the same year.
She loved Cloud Cuckoo Land
Oh! You're absolutely right!
I love Emma! It's my favorite Austen novel! I haven't read Lady Susan yet, but maybe it is time.
Lady Susan is fantastic!!
Sending you love!
Thank you!
❤ What a sweet tribute to Alice. I love the idea of choosing a Christie in her honor. I have that same edition of Orient Express and haven’t read it yet either. And for Jane Austen, I have a bind up of her novels that includes Lady Susan. Now you have me interested in reading that one. I’ve read her work before and that one sounds unique. Thanks for the suggestion and so sorry for your loss of a friend. Alice will be missed.
Alice will be very missed. I think reading All the Light We Cannot See would be a lovely tribute to her and look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
Thank you so much!
I love Anthony Horowitz. He writes mysteries which are contemporary and current. He reminds me of Agatha Christie and also Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle.
I loved Magpie Murders, liked Moonflower Murders slightly less though... I have some of his other books that I look forward to reading. PBS Masterpiece theater has a series on Magpie Murders that was really good. So fun to watch. Anthony Horowtiz had a cameo in the show.
I was so shocked and sad to hear about Alice, and she will definitely be missed. I plan to listen to the first book in the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. Alice had finished the series and she said the audio are great, so I'm looking forward to that.
I am excited about Jane Austen July and I'm going all in with the prompts for the first time. I am rereading S&S and it's been years since I read it, so I am interested if I see it any differently this time around. I hope you enjoy your reading this month.
Lady Susan was written by Jane BEFORE she was 20. This work proves the young Jane was paying attention and realized that women were NOT without weapons in the patriarchy-favored structure then existing. Susan is a monster, and Jane delights in describing how she plots and maneuvers and holds sway over her playing field. Does Jane approve of her?
LS is one part of the Austen multi-gon. Apparently, it is the favorite of some readers. I'd like to think JA did not really approve of Susan, but I don't know. We have the books and stories and a scattering of letters, and a few comments from others who knew her, but much we just don't know.
If we compare her to a river, she is deep and wide and her sources are as varied as her moods and changing currents. She flows on and on.
I don't know what to say about Alice, other than shocked. I knew who she was and listened to a few of her videos. She seemed like a nice kid. The more people you know and have contact with (however tenuously), the more the news of death visits us, and it is always so sudden and final. If nothing else, such shocks ought to concentrate the mind, and make us thank our stars and our families and friends each day for the gift, as long as it lasts. At its best, BookTube offers connections and relations that used to be impossible to imagine. We are not alone unless we choose to be.
For shame! No Dame Agatha?! EVER?!!🤯 Oh my!! So glad you are fixing that.
Alice read a lot of genres and her infectious enthusiasm got a lot of us to spend money on books - lol. You connected with her with literary fiction while I share her love of mysteries. Dick Francis and Lee Child are 2 of my favorites. I never got to meet her in person, but we communicated regularly in the comments for her videos. What a treasured gift that was! 😢 I am heartbroken that she is gone. I will be reading in her memory for a long time.
Enjoy your July reads!
I too will be reading with Alice in mind.
Lovely words about Alice, such a shock for the booktube community ❤️ I just read The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier and enjoyed it so interested to hear your thoughts about The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Started The Briar Club by Kate Quinn now and really interesting as I am ashamed to say I knew next to nothing about the McCarthy era in the US. Happy reading 📚
I have Murder on the Orient Express on my July TBR in memory of Alice. I also picked up a Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child at the Tbilisi Book Fair because Alice recommended the series. Some of the best reads I've had in the past couple of years were the choices of the FOMO Book Club (Alice, Jack and Gemma).
I'm picking up Bradbury short stories for Alice.
I think she would have loved Shardlake and I am reading book 2 of that series right now too.
I connected with Alice over kid lit. Picture books, and The Dark is Rising Sequence, We have always lived in the castle ... My heart is breaking for Jack and Gemma and Charlie and Jim (hubby).💔
Alice and her love of picture books. I loved that about her. She really was so kind and sweet.
I am also reading Emma for JAJ. I didn't know about Alice till now so I need to think about that one.
I hope you love it!
I had some messaging with Alice about her planned read along the Darkness Rising series by Susan Cooper, sadly that won't happen now, I'm going to really miss her videos. So I'll probably read that and think of her and an Agatha Christie, I've got 'The Moving Finger' which I have been meaning to read.
I unfortunately didn't know Alice, but I am so sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
So sorry for your loss Shelley. Rest well, Alice!
On the subject of Agatha Christie, while the Poirot books are great, I would highly recommend And Then There Were None. It’s Christie’s magnum opus and the quintessential locked door murder mystery, with heavy psychological horror elements. It’s also one of few mystery books written that is not simply a mindless whodunnit, but has some very heavy literary themes about colonialism, Christianity, sanity and guilt. Unlike a lot of Christie’s lighter, cozy mysteries, And Then There Were None is very grim, and is as much Georgian social/religious commentary as mystery thriller.
Thank you! Weirdly, I know the twist to And Then There Were None, so I feel all sorts of feelings of it being my first Christie read. Thank you so much for recommending it to me. :)
While Alice and I were both big Agatha Christie readers, we actually connected over the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. The series is complete and I've read it all, but I'm planning to re-read at least a few books in honor of Alice.
I was looking for Elly Griffiths books because of your comment just yesterday! Thank you for sharing!
❤📚😢 Alice will be missed.
I'm glad you picked up Murder on the Orient Express. I reread it last year, and it's still a favorite Agatha Christie!
I'm going to try and fit Persuasion by Jane Austen into my July tbr. I'm definitely reading Dear Life by Alice Munro for a reading challenge and finishing up This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger.
Alice ❤️
I love Persuasion when I read it a few years ago. Enjoy, Starla!
@Shellyish Thank you Shelly!
I’m reading Emma for the first time as well! I’m not a huge Jane Austen fan but I think if any of her novels has a chance for me, it’s Emma.
I hope to really love Emma as well!
My last comment to the Alice was to say how much I enjoyed Murder On The Orient Express. I am currently reading Everyone In This Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson in memory of her because she raved about it.
How wonderful! Thank you!
I just read Demon Copperhead and wanted to comment to Alice about it 😢
Demon is great! Alice had a good reason for loving it.
Oh no, I hadn’t heard. That is very sad.
You 2 shared a "Harry" - though they be cat and dog. 💞
We did!
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Thanks.
You are Shelly if we are not new to your channel
Ha!
So sad... 😔 Much too young.
Absolutely. ❤️