That's so interesting! I'm not deaf, but I know sign language because I know how important it is to include everyone and have been very conscious about how life would be for a deaf person!
You: "I bought the whole giver quartet." Me: 'maybe I should read the--' You: "which I would not recommend doing. Let's treat the giver like a stand alone." Me: "oh. Okay. Done."
I never read the rest of the Giver Quartet simply because I could not fathom how or why she would extend a perfectly executed and complete story (except for the obvious 💰 reason, that is).
Merphy: so today we’re gonna be talking about old favorites that can still hold up Me: so today we’re gonna be talking about old favorites that can really get it😉 My brain: we just woke up why are u being like this
It’s been so great seeing your taste in books develop and expand to other genres! Your channel has such a wide range of genres and I love that I can get recommendations for classics, middle grade, YA, and adult all on my favorite channel!:) One book that has been a favorite of mine through the years is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It’s a historical Christian fiction, which is not a genre I read a lot anymore, but I reread it at least once a year because it’s such a powerful story!!
It's great when your reading tastes develop, especially when it leads to finding new books that you may not have loved before I but I personally hate it when I realize that something that used to mean the world to me doesn't really do anything for me anymore, which is why I find it a bit sad too.
I am SO happy that you put Frankenstein on this list! I read it in high school, then again in college. I loved it even more when I read it in college, and it is now one of my favorite books, along with The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (which I definitely recommend). The second time I read it, I just felt so much compassion towards the "monster." I need to reread it again soon!
You're sketch ads are adorable. I seem to use that word a lot in the comments on your channel, "adorable", because well the two of you are adorable! It's awesome. Love the channel.
My old favorites that are definitely classics and I will love for the rest of my life: - The Giver (Book 1) - Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Outsiders All of which meant and still mean so much to me. Not to mention the first Giver which is partly (a big part) responsible for my sense of morality and justice forming as a child.
Yes! Frankenstein! I'm planning Horror Month in October and I'll be doing both Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Looking forward to revisiting them. And Edgar Allan Poe. Also, reading the Winnie the Pooh books to my son gets awkward when I get all teary-eyed nostalgic.
An old favorite of mine is... well, basically the hole series about Myron Bolitar, by Harlan Coben. These are fun, page-turning thrillers with one of the best friendships at the center. Harlan Coben basically introduced me to my love for bigger books and I still have so much fun reading these, especially the dialogues between Win and Myron... Another one is, of course, the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery. It's a very very famous French classic and it is such a beautiful story which has a different meaning depending on your maturity, growth... It's the kind of book that ages with you I guess. Beautiful ! Also, very nice video !!
If there was ever a way to incorporate a square space sponsor that is how to do it! Absolute genius! I’m applauding to you both cause that was hilarious. 😂
A Monster Calls has to be the best book I've ever read in terms of how emotional it was. Excellent choice Murphy and I highly recommend it to anyone looking forward to experiencing an emotional rollercoaster.
I love how you'll start to get off topic and right yourself. In a fun way... you just remind me of a friend I have and I wish I knew her batter and I'm moving in like 4 weeks. So thank you.
Some of my favorites that I got into about 6-8 years ago that have stood the test of time (and I think will for a long time to come) are the Cat Royal series by Julia Golding, The False Prince (really the whole trilogy, called The Ascendance Trilogy, and TWO NEW BOOKS WERE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED so it'll now be The Ascendance Series, and I'm equal parts excited and terrified) by Jennifer Nielsen, the Tiger's Curse series by Colleen Houck, the Sphinx's Princess duology by Esther Friesner, Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, and the Heist Society trilogy by Ally Carter; I've found some new favorites in the meantime (I first read Little Women 3 years ago and still DEFINITELY consider it a favorite), but those still make the list, have been reread since their first read through, and are all begging for more rereads. Peter Pan is up for a reread soon too! I can't wait. I must admit, I don't remember all that many details from the book, since I'm more familiar with film/TV adaptations, and the copy I just picked up also has stage versions and a short story of Peter written by Barrie, so I'm excited to go back into the world; it'll probably be like reading it for the first time.
it’s actually insane how much your channel has grown. i’ve been a subscriber for a long time (mostly silent because the internet Scares Me), and i am so stinkin happy for you and the growth of your channel !
I generally read books about Non Fiction. Of late, I have been facing an issue in completing books I start. I have been watching your videos and I must say that even though I have no interest in the genres of books that you generally talk about and review, I eagerly wait for your videos and love hearing you talk and getting your energy. It inspires me to go and read :) May God Bless You and Your Loved Ones
Old Favorites That Still Hold Up: Anything written by Flannery O'Connor Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara In the gratuitously fun category would be the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
@@bossaddict08 haha I would have to be in a literature class if I wanted to discuss those books, but I do read a lot of fantasy/sci fi. Thats why I like Murph and Daniel Greene. They give me a lot of ideas for things to read.
Well I'm Danish and I live in Odense, which is where HC Andersen was born, so I have to say his fairytales. I grew up listening and reading them, and they still make me sad and happy, and filled with wonder ❤️ Story of a Mother and Ida's flowers are some of my favorites of his.
An old favorite of mine is one that we had to read in school (at two different schools in completely different areas) and I have never once heard people talk about it: Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements. The story is about a boy in Chicago named Bobby who just wakes up one day and is invisible. He has to figure out how to go through his teenager life while invisible. He, the invisible man, ends up befriending a blind girl. There *is* a bit of a romance plotline with the two of them, but it's been over a decade since I've read this book so I don't remember how much it was focused on. That aside, I really enjoyed the concept of a guy who is invisible and a person who is blind forming a connection to one another. My real complaint with the story is that the reason why he becomes invisible in the first place is... Really really stupid. Or at least I thought it was. Overall, solid choice. Would recommend. Started the sequel but never finished it so I can't really give any words there. But hey, children's novel. Can't all be perfect all the time.
My girlfriend is Chinese and wants to practice her English so we read books to each other at night. It's her turn and she's reading Peter Pan to me! Pretty good.
I've read most of the books you mentioned on your recommendation! lol I really liked them. I haven't picked up The Giver yet so thanks for the rec! I also really want to read Wonderstruck.
Love this video idea so much! I read a monster calls for the first time last year and absolutely loved it. I also remember reading the giver when I was younger and being fascinated by it. I recently reread the first book in the Hunger Games and enjoyed it even more than the first time I read it. And I LOVE Frankenstein so much that it is even inspiring the book I'm currently writing! I loved Kemmerer's fantasy novels so I need to read Letters to the Lost and some of her contemporary books. I have to admit Peter Pan wasn't for me but I'm glad you liked it. And I want to read I've Got your number. I believe I even own it and it's waiting for me 😇
I think you are my reading soul mate!!!!! Can't believe that! My 2 classics are Winnie the pooh and Peter pan!! And wonder struck is an absolute favourite as well!! No-one gets me!!!!
I'm glad you did this! It was reminded me of when you looked back at your old videos and did polls for rereads. I loved those! Also, I know you don't like when people take recommendations based on old videos, but I read The Selection Series because of one of your videos and loved it. 😊
Loved Peter Pan and The Giver!! ❤ I know I will read them again very soon. Can't wait for videos dedicated to these masterpieces! I was planning to read Frankenstein very soon, once I'm done with the last HP book I had never read in English before. 😇 I'm in love with your channel; the books you read are 100% my kind of books. I'm wondering if you've ever read The Perfume by Patrick Süskind? It was phenomenal and I got so obsessed with it that I read it a second time with a study guide. 😌
Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorite classics. I read it twice many years ago, and I loved it so much back then that I'm afraid to re-read it now, in case I don't feel the same about it anymore. And I didn't know Jason Isaacs narrates books!!! :D He has a beautiful voice!
Oh my goodness. I love almost all of those books: Frankenstein, Winnie the Pooh, The Giver, Peter Pan, and Wonderstruck. I have nearly all of them on my shelf, and I definitely want to go reread some of them now. I also love Where the Red Fern Grows, To Kill A Mockingbird, and The Goose Girl.
I read Frankenstein on our honeymoon because #romance hahaha If you liked Winnie the Pooh, you’ll probably like Wind in the Willows. One of my faves. I’m in the middle of a shelf rearrange and literally all the books you mentioned are either on my shelf of favorites or in my stack of TBR books. I’m extra excited to get to them :)
I finally read the giver and LOVED it. I was tempted to read the rest of the books but Iove heard from quite a few people not to... I read Frankenstein in High School and loved it. I used to read a lot of classics and need to get back into it
Also lol'd at "i bought it for my mom, but I read it before I gave it to her and kept it for myself" i received Winnie the Pooh in a lot of books my father in law got at a flea market. I plan to read a chapter by chapter at bedtime with my daughter!
I recently reread the hunger games and I was pleasantly surprised to find it still holds up for me and i enjoyed the characters and their growth throughout the books
I watched the play version of it last week. A spine-tingling standing ovation at the end and when lights came up, people were still sitting there quietly, either in silence, processing, or talking in low murmurs. And you could hear people crying around the theatre. I'm not sure if I could cope with a movie or book. Think I'd take it even deeper.
@@merphynapier42 Thank you for the kind words regarding me book. I'm extremely grateful to my narrator for the amazing job he did and even more grateful since watching your videos on narrating. I had no idea about all the intricate work you have to do. That level of dedication is amazing to me. And, no worries about the code. ACX gave me a bunch of new ones, so I'll happily send along another.
These are the books that I reread/listen at least once a year (tho tbh sometimes more) some aren't literary masterpieces but I still really enjoy them. A few I am still finding new details in even after several rereads/listens. They aren't in any order. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Iron Druid Series - Kevin Hearne A Fault in our Stars - John Green All Souls Trilogy - Deborah Harkness Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Host - Stephenie Meyer Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Giver is my favorite book. For some people it's Orwell's 1984, or Brave New World, or Fahrenheit 451; for me, it's The Giver because it taught me how important emotions, learning from history, and individualism is not only in a society, but a person.
I am drinking coffee from that same mug! My old favorites that still hold up: Harry Potter - not that old...but I’ve re-read them several times and they are still great Books I read in H.S. and College that I still love to re-read: Chronicles of Narnia Alice in Wonderland Dragons of Pern - all of them by Anne McCaffery (not a huge fan of the ones her son wrote) I cannot say enough how much I LOVE these books! I have read them all at least 4 times and listened to them once. Including the Harper Halls trilogy. This world is soooooo well built. No real magic involved except for dragons, but I think you would LOVE these! Dune Andromeda Strain Interview with the Vampire, Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice Of Mice and Men His Dark Materials Percy Jackson (newer but I have also read these twice and listened to them once...so good) The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
I read (I've got your number) in 2018 because of the recommendation of my aunt and I'm glad I did. It is because of this book that I discovered Booktube, which has changed my life a lot. I started reading a lot because of booktube and this book in particular.
Awesome video! Thank you for new books to read! Quick book recommendation, I think you would really like: things not seen by Andrew Clements. I would love to know what you think!
I haven’t actually read any of these books, but I’ve recently began to read Frankenstein for English Romantic Literature in University. I’m only a few chapters in so I can’t say much about it, but I’m excited to read more classics
I also really liked Frankenstein. A classic I liked in high school was Candide. I really liked the humor in it. I read Wonderstruck, but that was also in high school. I don't remember a lot about it. Maybe I should give it a re-read. I also read the Invention of Hugo Cabret around the same time, and I really liked that one too.
Have you seen the movie of Wonderstruck? It's also incredible! Frankenstein is also one the first classics I've read, it was so easy to read and I really liked it! I would recommend the Mercy Thompson series, I read a few of the books ten years ago and they still hold up to this day (I've been rereading the series and continuing on as it has grown a lot) :) Besides that, The Secret History and Cloud Atlas are books I have reread and they still hold up as my favorite books of all time!
I just re-started Peter Pan after quitting it on the 3rd chapter months ago. English is not my first language so it was very difficult to process old writing after easy modern romances (most of what I read nowadays). But then I really wanted to read Little Women before I watch the movie, and I pushed through the 1st 200 pages and then it was pretty easy! Decided to pick up Peter Pan right after, and predictably I'm having much easier time. I'm still pretty early in the book but I think I'll really enjoy it.
My favourite series of all time is Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. I still reread the books or listen to the audio books every few years. Artemis Fowl was the first book I read completely through and it's got a special place in my heart. :3
I first read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when I was about twelve and I still find it very funny. I think I like the radio series it was adapted from slightly more, though. Anyone who doesn't cry at the last chapter of The House at Pooh Corner has a heart of stone.
I haven't read A Monster Calls, but the story about the original author sadly passing due to cancer, leaving it to be completed by others stayed with me. All of Brian Selznick's books are great. I gifted Wonderstruck and others to my nephews. He also illustrated the recent Harry Potter covers.
Great video. I love peter Pan and all the book spinoffs and movies have a soft space in my heart. I don't like fairies much though but the pirates and lost boys captured my heart. Have you read Lost Boy by Christina Henry??
MC23 Charmers I did not know that their was a video game and I think the movie was decent one it’s own, but it left out a lot of story and got some things wrong
Maya Ross yeah typical I guess I was so scared of the big ogre guy when I first watched it lol and I remember liking the game as a kid but probably cause I didn't know better but it haunts me because I was so close to finishing it but couldn't cause I didn't know where tf I was supposed to go
MC23 Charmers lol... you should give the books a try. It’s been a while since I’ve read them, but the illustrations are amazing and the plot is well written along with the characters.
If you make a reread of the remenant chronicles, I will join, too. I tried to reread it on my own to read dance of thieves, but the first book is just too annoying to make it through, when there are so many other books you can pick up 😅
You recently mentioned that you wanted to write Malazan reviews on Goodreads. Will they be up soon? I‘m really interested in what you thought about Deadhouse Gates.
I started Peter Pan and put it aside for other things, but totally finishing it after Lies of Locke Lamora. I couldn't believe how much darker it was than the Disney movie i know and love. I was like wow, Tinkerbell is pretty evil 😂
Peter Pan is an awesome book, Frankenstein will always be great, but Winnie The Pooh was one of my most loved childhood books. I had all of them, including the poetry, and kept re-reading them well into my teens. I wish I knew what happened to them. I think they disappeared, along with a lot of my stuff, after I joined the Navy. Oh well, guess I'll have to get new copies. (oh, and Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are amazing!)
Few of my old favorites that still hold up really well: 5. Lord of the Flies William Golding 3/4. Lord Of The Rings 3/4. The Master and the Margarita by Michaił Bułhakow 2. Almost all of Neil Gaiman books 1. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - this book is my Peter Pan. I love it and reread it every year (there were times that I've read it two-three times a year) - I wonder if you've read it?
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I love that they’re subtitles on here, because I’m deaf and the usual subtitles just say random things
I'm not deaf but I like subtitles too since I'm not a native speaker and I just find looking at the words satisfying. :))
"Auto generated" get it wrong. Here she has uploaded the subtitle file.
That's so interesting! I'm not deaf, but I know sign language because I know how important it is to include everyone and have been very conscious about how life would be for a deaf person!
Lucius Malfoy narrated it. I laughed out loud at this.
Draco Malfoy: My Father will hear about this.
His father: *narates A Monster Calls*
Lol "Get out" That ending was great and long live Winnie the Pooh!
Oh my goodness. Those “test of time” outtakes. 😂🤣😂🤣
You: "I bought the whole giver quartet."
Me: 'maybe I should read the--'
You: "which I would not recommend doing. Let's treat the giver like a stand alone."
Me: "oh. Okay. Done."
I never read the rest of the Giver Quartet simply because I could not fathom how or why she would extend a perfectly executed and complete story (except for the obvious 💰 reason, that is).
Merphy: so today we’re gonna be talking about old favorites that can still hold up
Me: so today we’re gonna be talking about old favorites that can really get it😉
My brain: we just woke up why are u being like this
Adamaris Rosado 😂😂😂😂
I just read Letters to the Lost and OMG it was such a heart-warming and heart-breaking book all at once. Five stars from me.
Roald Dahl books hold up for me because now as an adult I get his wonderfully wicked sense of humour which went over my head as a kid.
It’s been so great seeing your taste in books develop and expand to other genres! Your channel has such a wide range of genres and I love that I can get recommendations for classics, middle grade, YA, and adult all on my favorite channel!:) One book that has been a favorite of mine through the years is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It’s a historical Christian fiction, which is not a genre I read a lot anymore, but I reread it at least once a year because it’s such a powerful story!!
I used to love Francine Rivers!
Merphy Napier that’s awesome!! I’ve only read Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece by her, but I loved them both!
I'm actually rereading A Voice in the Wind right now, for the first time in 15 years!
It's great when your reading tastes develop, especially when it leads to finding new books that you may not have loved before I but I personally hate it when I realize that something that used to mean the world to me doesn't really do anything for me anymore, which is why I find it a bit sad too.
My old favorites:
Lord of the Rings
The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
Harry Potter
Pride and Prejudice
Crazy Rich Asians
Song of the Lioness! I don't know many people who remember those. I remember loving the first two and not liking the third and fourth
I am SO happy that you put Frankenstein on this list! I read it in high school, then again in college. I loved it even more when I read it in college, and it is now one of my favorite books, along with The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (which I definitely recommend). The second time I read it, I just felt so much compassion towards the "monster." I need to reread it again soon!
The end XD 'Our love?' 'My squarespace website.' 'Get out.'
You're sketch ads are adorable. I seem to use that word a lot in the comments on your channel, "adorable", because well the two of you are adorable! It's awesome. Love the channel.
I listened to Peter Pan on a trip 4 hour trip over Christmas and I absolutely love it and listened to it again on the way back home.
My old favorites that are definitely classics and I will love for the rest of my life:
- The Giver (Book 1)
- Grimm's Fairy Tales
- The Outsiders
All of which meant and still mean so much to me. Not to mention the first Giver which is partly (a big part) responsible for my sense of morality and justice forming as a child.
Yes! Frankenstein! I'm planning Horror Month in October and I'll be doing both Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Looking forward to revisiting them. And Edgar Allan Poe. Also, reading the Winnie the Pooh books to my son gets awkward when I get all teary-eyed nostalgic.
OMG thank you so much for the tip on the narrator for A Monster Calls!!!! I have always loved the way he talked....
WINNIE THE POOH! I have such a soft spot for those stories, for the cartoons, for all of it. Now you've made me want to reread it...
A monster calls never fails to make me ugly cry- it is fantastic and so heartbreaking
An old favorite of mine is... well, basically the hole series about Myron Bolitar, by Harlan Coben. These are fun, page-turning thrillers with one of the best friendships at the center. Harlan Coben basically introduced me to my love for bigger books and I still have so much fun reading these, especially the dialogues between Win and Myron...
Another one is, of course, the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery. It's a very very famous French classic and it is such a beautiful story which has a different meaning depending on your maturity, growth... It's the kind of book that ages with you I guess. Beautiful !
Also, very nice video !!
Those bloopers I am DYING 🤣
No one talks about Wonder Struck! Just thinking about that beautiful book makes me tear up. ❤
If there was ever a way to incorporate a square space sponsor that is how to do it! Absolute genius! I’m applauding to you both cause that was hilarious. 😂
A Monster Calls has to be the best book I've ever read in terms of how emotional it was. Excellent choice Murphy and I highly recommend it to anyone looking forward to experiencing an emotional rollercoaster.
I love how you'll start to get off topic and right yourself. In a fun way... you just remind me of a friend I have and I wish I knew her batter and I'm moving in like 4 weeks. So thank you.
Some of my favorites that I got into about 6-8 years ago that have stood the test of time (and I think will for a long time to come) are the Cat Royal series by Julia Golding, The False Prince (really the whole trilogy, called The Ascendance Trilogy, and TWO NEW BOOKS WERE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED so it'll now be The Ascendance Series, and I'm equal parts excited and terrified) by Jennifer Nielsen, the Tiger's Curse series by Colleen Houck, the Sphinx's Princess duology by Esther Friesner, Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, and the Heist Society trilogy by Ally Carter; I've found some new favorites in the meantime (I first read Little Women 3 years ago and still DEFINITELY consider it a favorite), but those still make the list, have been reread since their first read through, and are all begging for more rereads.
Peter Pan is up for a reread soon too! I can't wait. I must admit, I don't remember all that many details from the book, since I'm more familiar with film/TV adaptations, and the copy I just picked up also has stage versions and a short story of Peter written by Barrie, so I'm excited to go back into the world; it'll probably be like reading it for the first time.
it’s actually insane how much your channel has grown. i’ve been a subscriber for a long time (mostly silent because the internet Scares Me), and i am so stinkin happy for you and the growth of your channel !
I generally read books about Non Fiction. Of late, I have been facing an issue in completing books I start. I have been watching your videos and I must say that even though I have no interest in the genres of books that you generally talk about and review, I eagerly wait for your videos and love hearing you talk and getting your energy. It inspires me to go and read :)
May God Bless You and Your Loved Ones
Old Favorites That Still Hold Up:
Anything written by Flannery O'Connor
Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
In the gratuitously fun category would be the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Brian Cundall great books! I think you’ll have trouble finding a BookTuber who can read/appreciate those.
@@bossaddict08 haha I would have to be in a literature class if I wanted to discuss those books, but I do read a lot of fantasy/sci fi. Thats why I like Murph and Daniel Greene. They give me a lot of ideas for things to read.
Oh, I loved the giver so much!!!!
And I do agree that it's better as a stand alone.
Once again Merph, thanks for introducing me to the Letters to the Lost! It was the best book hands down that I have read in 2019 😊
Well I'm Danish and I live in Odense, which is where HC Andersen was born, so I have to say his fairytales. I grew up listening and reading them, and they still make me sad and happy, and filled with wonder ❤️ Story of a Mother and Ida's flowers are some of my favorites of his.
An old favorite of mine is one that we had to read in school (at two different schools in completely different areas) and I have never once heard people talk about it: Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements.
The story is about a boy in Chicago named Bobby who just wakes up one day and is invisible. He has to figure out how to go through his teenager life while invisible. He, the invisible man, ends up befriending a blind girl. There *is* a bit of a romance plotline with the two of them, but it's been over a decade since I've read this book so I don't remember how much it was focused on. That aside, I really enjoyed the concept of a guy who is invisible and a person who is blind forming a connection to one another.
My real complaint with the story is that the reason why he becomes invisible in the first place is... Really really stupid. Or at least I thought it was. Overall, solid choice. Would recommend. Started the sequel but never finished it so I can't really give any words there.
But hey, children's novel. Can't all be perfect all the time.
My girlfriend is Chinese and wants to practice her English so we read books to each other at night. It's her turn and she's reading Peter Pan to me! Pretty good.
I hope you guys love it!
Merphy, I always love your hair!
I've read most of the books you mentioned on your recommendation! lol I really liked them. I haven't picked up The Giver yet so thanks for the rec! I also really want to read Wonderstruck.
Love this video idea so much! I read a monster calls for the first time last year and absolutely loved it. I also remember reading the giver when I was younger and being fascinated by it. I recently reread the first book in the Hunger Games and enjoyed it even more than the first time I read it. And I LOVE Frankenstein so much that it is even inspiring the book I'm currently writing! I loved Kemmerer's fantasy novels so I need to read Letters to the Lost and some of her contemporary books. I have to admit Peter Pan wasn't for me but I'm glad you liked it. And I want to read I've Got your number. I believe I even own it and it's waiting for me 😇
We're reading Frankenstein in school right now, and my English teacher won't let us call the creature the monster.
I think you are my reading soul mate!!!!! Can't believe that! My 2 classics are Winnie the pooh and Peter pan!! And wonder struck is an absolute favourite as well!! No-one gets me!!!!
hahaha loved your little skit at the end ^_^
“Horton Hears a Who” still holds up.
I'm glad you did this! It was reminded me of when you looked back at your old videos and did polls for rereads. I loved those! Also, I know you don't like when people take recommendations based on old videos, but I read The Selection Series because of one of your videos and loved it. 😊
Jason Issac, who did the audiobook for A Monster Calls, was also in Peter Pan(2003) as Mr. Darling/Captain Hook
Loved Peter Pan and The Giver!! ❤ I know I will read them again very soon. Can't wait for videos dedicated to these masterpieces!
I was planning to read Frankenstein very soon, once I'm done with the last HP book I had never read in English before. 😇
I'm in love with your channel; the books you read are 100% my kind of books.
I'm wondering if you've ever read The Perfume by Patrick Süskind? It was phenomenal and I got so obsessed with it that I read it a second time with a study guide. 😌
Haha your adds are so fun, I always watch them even if the actual product is not relevant for me.
Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorite classics. I read it twice many years ago, and I loved it so much back then that I'm afraid to re-read it now, in case I don't feel the same about it anymore. And I didn't know Jason Isaacs narrates books!!! :D He has a beautiful voice!
Oh my goodness. I love almost all of those books: Frankenstein, Winnie the Pooh, The Giver, Peter Pan, and Wonderstruck. I have nearly all of them on my shelf, and I definitely want to go reread some of them now. I also love Where the Red Fern Grows, To Kill A Mockingbird, and The Goose Girl.
At 10:41 I was so sure you’d say “old favourites that still hold up, that I still can’t hold up”😂
Frankenstein was the first classic I read since school! Such an amazing read 😍
I read Frankenstein on our honeymoon because #romance hahaha
If you liked Winnie the Pooh, you’ll probably like Wind in the Willows. One of my faves.
I’m in the middle of a shelf rearrange and literally all the books you mentioned are either on my shelf of favorites or in my stack of TBR books. I’m extra excited to get to them :)
I finally read the giver and LOVED it. I was tempted to read the rest of the books but Iove heard from quite a few people not to... I read Frankenstein in High School and loved it. I used to read a lot of classics and need to get back into it
Yay! Another skit! 😂😂😂😂
You two are adorable!
Winnie the Pooh was the first book I ever chose for myself with my first library card...so I visit it from time to time. I still love it.
Wow! I just found your stuff and I’m enjoying it a lot. Thanks for the great content 👍🏼
Also lol'd at "i bought it for my mom, but I read it before I gave it to her and kept it for myself" i received Winnie the Pooh in a lot of books my father in law got at a flea market. I plan to read a chapter by chapter at bedtime with my daughter!
that ending was the best thing ever
I recently reread the hunger games and I was pleasantly surprised to find it still holds up for me and i enjoyed the characters and their growth throughout the books
I would love a Frankenstein review! I'm reading it for English so hearing your thoughts would help
I listened to A Monster Calls based on your recommendation, and I absolutely loved it. It's an absolute masterpiece.
Watch the film (if you haven't already), just be warned you will almost certainly need a box of tissues nearby
I'm glad you liked it! Honestly, your audiobook is fantastic. The narrator was top notch. I'm still mad I let my promo code expire for book two.
I watched the play version of it last week. A spine-tingling standing ovation at the end and when lights came up, people were still sitting there quietly, either in silence, processing, or talking in low murmurs. And you could hear people crying around the theatre. I'm not sure if I could cope with a movie or book. Think I'd take it even deeper.
@@JennFaeAge Wow, I didn't even realize there was a film. Thank you for letting me know.
@@merphynapier42 Thank you for the kind words regarding me book. I'm extremely grateful to my narrator for the amazing job he did and even more grateful since watching your videos on narrating. I had no idea about all the intricate work you have to do. That level of dedication is amazing to me. And, no worries about the code. ACX gave me a bunch of new ones, so I'll happily send along another.
These are the books that I reread/listen at least once a year (tho tbh sometimes more) some aren't literary masterpieces but I still really enjoy them. A few I am still finding new details in even after several rereads/listens. They aren't in any order.
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Iron Druid Series - Kevin Hearne
A Fault in our Stars - John Green
All Souls Trilogy - Deborah Harkness
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Host - Stephenie Meyer
Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Mann Winnie the Pooh such a throw back! Never even thought about rereading them till now!
The Giver is my favorite book. For some people it's Orwell's 1984, or Brave New World, or Fahrenheit 451; for me, it's The Giver because it taught me how important emotions, learning from history, and individualism is not only in a society, but a person.
I am drinking coffee from that same mug!
My old favorites that still hold up:
Harry Potter - not that old...but I’ve re-read them several times and they are still great
Books I read in H.S. and College that I still love to re-read:
Chronicles of Narnia
Alice in Wonderland
Dragons of Pern - all of them by Anne McCaffery (not a huge fan of the ones her son wrote) I cannot say enough how much I LOVE these books! I have read them all at least 4 times and listened to them once. Including the Harper Halls trilogy. This world is soooooo well built. No real magic involved except for dragons, but I think you would LOVE these!
Dune
Andromeda Strain
Interview with the Vampire, Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Of Mice and Men
His Dark Materials
Percy Jackson (newer but I have also read these twice and listened to them once...so good)
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
I read (I've got your number) in 2018 because of the recommendation of my aunt and I'm glad I did. It is because of this book that I discovered Booktube, which has changed my life a lot. I started reading a lot because of booktube and this book in particular.
Awesome video! Thank you for new books to read! Quick book recommendation, I think you would really like: things not seen by Andrew Clements. I would love to know what you think!
I haven’t actually read any of these books, but I’ve recently began to read Frankenstein for English Romantic Literature in University. I’m only a few chapters in so I can’t say much about it, but I’m excited to read more classics
Yea the depth in Frankenstein surprised me too !!
I also really liked Frankenstein. A classic I liked in high school was Candide. I really liked the humor in it.
I read Wonderstruck, but that was also in high school. I don't remember a lot about it. Maybe I should give it a re-read. I also read the Invention of Hugo Cabret around the same time, and I really liked that one too.
Have you seen the movie of Wonderstruck? It's also incredible!
Frankenstein is also one the first classics I've read, it was so easy to read and I really liked it!
I would recommend the Mercy Thompson series, I read a few of the books ten years ago and they still hold up to this day (I've been rereading the series and continuing on as it has grown a lot) :)
Besides that, The Secret History and Cloud Atlas are books I have reread and they still hold up as my favorite books of all time!
YES!! Frankenstein is one of favorite novels of all time!!! The 1818 version!!
I just re-started Peter Pan after quitting it on the 3rd chapter months ago. English is not my first language so it was very difficult to process old writing after easy modern romances (most of what I read nowadays). But then I really wanted to read Little Women before I watch the movie, and I pushed through the 1st 200 pages and then it was pretty easy! Decided to pick up Peter Pan right after, and predictably I'm having much easier time. I'm still pretty early in the book but I think I'll really enjoy it.
Daniel Greene just congratulated you on his channel for finishing rage of dragons and is eager to hear your review on it :)
Dream Master yes just came from his fantasy awards😂
I saw it! Rage of Dragons is amazing!!!
My favourite series of all time is Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. I still reread the books or listen to the audio books every few years. Artemis Fowl was the first book I read completely through and it's got a special place in my heart. :3
I love The Remnant Chronicles and Frankenstein. I haven't read any of the other books you mentioned yet.
I first read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when I was about twelve and I still find it very funny. I think I like the radio series it was adapted from slightly more, though.
Anyone who doesn't cry at the last chapter of The House at Pooh Corner has a heart of stone.
LOL I got my mom that same set of Harry Potter mugs, Ravenclaw one is dope!
I read Peter Pan to my students and they accused me of ruining their childhood version of Peter Pan. However, they really did enjoy it a lot. :)
Me starting the video: She didn't start with Okay So! :(
Me 5 seconds into the video: Well, at least there's a Squarespace add! :)
Jason Issacs also played Hook/ Mr. Darling in a Peter Pan movie. It’s a classic theater thing for those two characters to be played by the same actor
Love your videos but I have a recommendation! In your thumbnails blur the books you’re holding so it’s not spoiled which books will be in the video!
The Lord of the Rings still holds up. Actually, it's been my favorite book series for eighteen years.
Same here!
I haven't read A Monster Calls, but the story about the original author sadly passing due to cancer, leaving it to be completed by others stayed with me.
All of Brian Selznick's books are great. I gifted Wonderstruck and others to my nephews. He also illustrated the recent Harry Potter covers.
Great video. I love peter Pan and all the book spinoffs and movies have a soft space in my heart. I don't like fairies much though but the pirates and lost boys captured my heart. Have you read Lost Boy by Christina Henry??
Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Kane chronicles, spiderwick series
Never actually read spiderwick remember the movie though and ps2 game which haunts me! Lol
MC23 Charmers I did not know that their was a video game and I think the movie was decent one it’s own, but it left out a lot of story and got some things wrong
Maya Ross yeah typical I guess I was so scared of the big ogre guy when I first watched it lol and I remember liking the game as a kid but probably cause I didn't know better but it haunts me because I was so close to finishing it but couldn't cause I didn't know where tf I was supposed to go
MC23 Charmers lol... you should give the books a try. It’s been a while since I’ve read them, but the illustrations are amazing and the plot is well written along with the characters.
@@mayaross7392 yeah think I will
If you make a reread of the remenant chronicles, I will join, too. I tried to reread it on my own to read dance of thieves, but the first book is just too annoying to make it through, when there are so many other books you can pick up 😅
You recently mentioned that you wanted to write Malazan reviews on Goodreads. Will they be up soon? I‘m really interested in what you thought about Deadhouse Gates.
YUUUUS you got his name right. Jason Isaacs. Well done. xxx
I started Peter Pan and put it aside for other things, but totally finishing it after Lies of Locke Lamora. I couldn't believe how much darker it was than the Disney movie i know and love. I was like wow, Tinkerbell is pretty evil 😂
Peter Pan is an awesome book, Frankenstein will always be great, but Winnie The Pooh was one of my most loved childhood books. I had all of them, including the poetry, and kept re-reading them well into my teens. I wish I knew what happened to them. I think they disappeared, along with a lot of my stuff, after I joined the Navy. Oh well, guess I'll have to get new copies. (oh, and Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are amazing!)
I agree that the giver should be seen as a single book instead of a series
Letters To The Lost is my favorite book!
Wonderstruck sounds so good!
Does the writers preferred text edition of The Giver have a pre-amp, dual monochannel amps and a tuner in place of the Receiver?
Just wondering.
Few of my old favorites that still hold up really well:
5. Lord of the Flies William Golding
3/4. Lord Of The Rings
3/4. The Master and the Margarita by Michaił Bułhakow
2. Almost all of Neil Gaiman books
1. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - this book is my Peter Pan. I love it and reread it every year (there were times that I've read it two-three times a year) - I wonder if you've read it?
His dark materials really holds up for me!
I need to reread The Little Prince. It has held up beautifully every time and I have no doubt that it will again
Isaacs is great I especially love his VA work! (ATLA , Star Wars rebels ,the DC animated stuff )
Could you please do one on friendships/relationships and things that are loved about their portrayals and things that are disliked.