God bless you and your family, Kate. Prayers for Peter. I admire your strength and positive attitude. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and book reviews. You are so interesting to listen to. You inspire my reading.
I 💗💗 Rilla of Ingleside, and agree with you that it is my favorite after the first book. I've loved it since I was a girl Rilla's age - I felt like LMM really captured a girl coming of age perfectly, because although my life was very different from Rilla's, I could very much identify with her thoughts, feelings, emotions, and struggles. It still resonates with me, reading it as an adult. And I just love the character of Rilla. She's just as charming as Anne, but in a very different way. I also just want to say that I really appreciate your enthusiasm for every book you read, whether it's a deep non-fiction, a literary classic, or a contemporary fluff read. I feel like it can be difficult to find people who are widely and well read but who are not elitist or snobbish in their reading, and that's my favorite thing about you - you are exactly that! #goals
I added so many of the picture books to my hold list! Aw, that's so sweet that Peter still wants the picture books wrapped and that you still did it for him. Continuing to pray for him. ❤
I think as prolific as CMY was it's normal to be hit and miss...i feel that Trollope can be the same way. And i guess some would say Dickens is. I look forward to reading more with our group next year!🎉
I love Rilla of Ingleside, and know so few people who read it. I also love Green Rider! I've read up to book 7 and will read that this month. Karigan does improve as the series goes on.
@@tennille9dawn Rilla was such an absolute delight! I already can't wait to reread it. Yay for Green Rider! So glad to hear the series has kept you reading.
If you can, I highly recommend reading Dan Jones' The Plantagenets before Henry V, because he wrote the latter as a sort of gap filler in what's now basically his Plantagenet trilogy (The Plantagenets, Henry V, The Wars of the Roses), and I think knowing more about the founding and development of the dynasty up until the early 15th century will make the reading experience of Henry V more enjoyable and worthwhile Also, every time you mention the SevenWaters series, I'm like "ok, this has to be the time I FINALLY get to it" and it never happens 😂 Tenth time's a charm maybe? 😂 It's high on my 2025 TBR priority list
@@NadaOQ96 Nada, I acknowledge that you are probably 100% right about this but I just can not resist starting Henry V when it's waiting for me at the library! It's just too tempting for me 🤣💃 Once I read the other two books I'll come to you telling you how right you were. You just have to read Sevenwaters!!! It will change your life.
@katehowereads Can't argue with that 😂 I probably wouldn't have been able to resist either 😂 I think the RUclips documentary or the author's podcast could be great and quick ways to get some context if you want 🤔 I hope you enjoy the book 😃 The Plantagenet family history is quite the entertaining ride! I got the Daughter of the Forest audiobook a few months ago so hopefully I'll start it sometime in the next couple of months 🤞🏻🤞🏻
@NadaOQ96 Great suggestion! It's the Timeline series, right? Should I watch all the episodes in it? The audiobook narrator of Daughter of the Forest sounds like she was hand crafted for the role!
@@katehowereads Yep. The one called "Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty". It has four 45 minute long episodes and the last one concludes with the end of Richard II's reign which is where The Plantagenets book ends and Henry V starts I assume (I've yet to start the Henry V audiobook so I can't be 100% sure, but that's the impression I got from one of the author's interviews) I'm even more excited to listen to Daughter of The Forest now!!
@@jenrutherford9172 That makes me so happy that you watch with your 15 year old! I was just looking at what other John Hendrix the library has and there's a lot. The Mythmakers particularly interests me.
Pre-fame Tom Cruise looks silly, but the fairy tale world of "Legend" is one of the best realizations of one ever put on screen. Since you seem to be on a run of vintage 1980s fantasy movies, I recommend John Boorman's "Excalibur." The beauty and brutality, love and lust, and, most of all, the Other World Celtic strangeness that's usually lost in King Arthur stories is splendidly on display there. A great cast, with Helen Mirren wonderful as Morgan Le Fey (how I wish she had played H. Rider Haggard's Ayesha, She Who Must Be Obeyed in her prime), and a supporting cast that includes unknowns Patrick Stewart and Liam Nelson! It's not for everybody, definitely adult, but it's gorgeous, true to Malory and Arthur's Celtic origins and is my favorite movie about "the matter of Britain." Excalibur's art director is a super nice guy who once took it on himself to do me an incredible favor to jumpstart an article I had been trying to get going for years. Turns out, he's also related to Boris Karloff!
It was interesting to hear your thoughts Taken at the Flood. That was actually the first Christie I read several years ago now. I do not remember the questionable ending, but it made me think of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd which I feel like I had similar feelings about.
@@katehowereads It's going to be a long time before I get to that one again. I've only been managing one Christie a year recently. It is nice to have books waiting for you on hold at the library. Sometimes I feel a little bad for making the librarians pull so many books for me, but I'm sure they are happy to do it.
Hi Kate! I hope all is well with you and your family. You said at the beginning that you enjoy narrative poems, have you ever read Robert Service? His poems take place in The Klondike Gold Rush. They are really great, especially the Shooting of Dangerous Dan MaGrew; and The Cremation of Sam Magee. Check him out as I think you would enjoy him. Great video and I look forward to your next one. Have a great day!
Love all the books!
Praying you and yours stay strong and well this Christmas, particularly as Peter fights cancer!
God bless you and your family, Kate. Prayers for Peter. I admire your strength and positive attitude. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and book reviews. You are so interesting to listen to. You inspire my reading.
@@JaniceAnsel7730 Thanks so much, Janice!
Prayers for Peter and for all who care for him 🙏❤️
I 💗💗 Rilla of Ingleside, and agree with you that it is my favorite after the first book. I've loved it since I was a girl Rilla's age - I felt like LMM really captured a girl coming of age perfectly, because although my life was very different from Rilla's, I could very much identify with her thoughts, feelings, emotions, and struggles. It still resonates with me, reading it as an adult. And I just love the character of Rilla. She's just as charming as Anne, but in a very different way.
I also just want to say that I really appreciate your enthusiasm for every book you read, whether it's a deep non-fiction, a literary classic, or a contemporary fluff read. I feel like it can be difficult to find people who are widely and well read but who are not elitist or snobbish in their reading, and that's my favorite thing about you - you are exactly that! #goals
I'm so glad Rilla was a 5 star read for you. Such an amazing book!
Well now I want all my Christmas reads wrapped up before I read them! 😍 i love how you’ve got your very own Cloak and Dagger Christmas going on Kate!
@@josmith5992 Jo, you should totally wrap up your books! I am having so much fun surrounded by murder and mayhem.
Mafia is also a turnoff for me in mysteries. You got some great books.
I added so many of the picture books to my hold list! Aw, that's so sweet that Peter still wants the picture books wrapped and that you still did it for him. Continuing to pray for him. ❤
Dan Jones is very accessible. I loved his Magna Carta and The Plantagenets.
@@BorderCollieInALibrary Yay! If I enjoy this one I would love to read more by him.
I think as prolific as CMY was it's normal to be hit and miss...i feel that Trollope can be the same way. And i guess some would say Dickens is. I look forward to reading more with our group next year!🎉
@@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD Yes! It would be pretty impossible to have every single book be wonderful. So glad you're a part of the group!
There is nothing that matches the delight of being inside a Victorian novel. 🥰
@@deblawrence8341 Truly!
"Hyper December Reading Energy" made me smile. I love these vloggy updates. Thanks for sharing your life with us!
Christmas Hostage sounds so fun!! I just found a Christian romantic suspense novel through my job and I'm low key excited to check it out haha
@@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace I'm so glad you are enjoying them!! I hope your romantic suspense novel as well!
Prayers for Peter health
So many great books, Kate! I always add at least 1 book to my TBR after watching your videos.
@@SharonReads 😄
Prayers for you son, and you 🙏🏻❤️
Enjoyable as always and loved the picture books! I just tracked down Plaid and Plagarism it looks so good. Thanks for the heads up. 😊
@@protagonistspub Thank you!...Oooh - enjoy Plaid and Plagiarism!
Praying for Peter and your family. Hang in there.
I love Rilla of Ingleside, and know so few people who read it.
I also love Green Rider! I've read up to book 7 and will read that this month. Karigan does improve as the series goes on.
@@tennille9dawn Rilla was such an absolute delight! I already can't wait to reread it.
Yay for Green Rider! So glad to hear the series has kept you reading.
If you can, I highly recommend reading Dan Jones' The Plantagenets before Henry V, because he wrote the latter as a sort of gap filler in what's now basically his Plantagenet trilogy (The Plantagenets, Henry V, The Wars of the Roses), and I think knowing more about the founding and development of the dynasty up until the early 15th century will make the reading experience of Henry V more enjoyable and worthwhile
Also, every time you mention the SevenWaters series, I'm like "ok, this has to be the time I FINALLY get to it" and it never happens 😂 Tenth time's a charm maybe? 😂 It's high on my 2025 TBR priority list
@@NadaOQ96 Nada, I acknowledge that you are probably 100% right about this but I just can not resist starting Henry V when it's waiting for me at the library! It's just too tempting for me 🤣💃
Once I read the other two books I'll come to you telling you how right you were.
You just have to read Sevenwaters!!! It will change your life.
@katehowereads Can't argue with that 😂 I probably wouldn't have been able to resist either 😂 I think the RUclips documentary or the author's podcast could be great and quick ways to get some context if you want 🤔 I hope you enjoy the book 😃 The Plantagenet family history is quite the entertaining ride!
I got the Daughter of the Forest audiobook a few months ago so hopefully I'll start it sometime in the next couple of months 🤞🏻🤞🏻
@NadaOQ96 Great suggestion! It's the Timeline series, right? Should I watch all the episodes in it?
The audiobook narrator of Daughter of the Forest sounds like she was hand crafted for the role!
@@katehowereads Yep. The one called "Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty". It has four 45 minute long episodes and the last one concludes with the end of Richard II's reign which is where The Plantagenets book ends and Henry V starts I assume (I've yet to start the Henry V audiobook so I can't be 100% sure, but that's the impression I got from one of the author's interviews)
I'm even more excited to listen to Daughter of The Forest now!!
@NadaOQ96 Cool! Thank you, Nada! I think I might be able to talk my husband into watching with me!
My 15 year old loves to watch your videos with me on Tuesdays. We see huge John Hendrix fans!
@@jenrutherford9172 That makes me so happy that you watch with your 15 year old! I was just looking at what other John Hendrix the library has and there's a lot. The Mythmakers particularly interests me.
@katehowereads we got to go to his book launch for Mythmakers and meet him!
Mythmakers is great. We got to go to the book launch and meet John Hendrix!
@jenrutherford9172 That is so cool!
These are such wonderful videos Kate🙏💟
@@jodihowe7274 Thanks so much, Jodi!
Pre-fame Tom Cruise looks silly, but the fairy tale world of "Legend" is one of the best realizations of one ever put on screen. Since you seem to be on a run of vintage 1980s fantasy movies, I recommend John Boorman's "Excalibur." The beauty and brutality, love and lust, and, most of all, the Other World Celtic strangeness that's usually lost in King Arthur stories is splendidly on display there. A great cast, with Helen Mirren wonderful as Morgan Le Fey (how I wish she had played H. Rider Haggard's Ayesha, She Who Must Be Obeyed in her prime), and a supporting cast that includes unknowns Patrick Stewart and Liam Nelson! It's not for everybody, definitely adult, but it's gorgeous, true to Malory and Arthur's Celtic origins and is my favorite movie about "the matter of Britain." Excalibur's art director is a super nice guy who once took it on himself to do me an incredible favor to jumpstart an article I had been trying to get going for years. Turns out, he's also related to Boris Karloff!
@@MicahHarris-k9m Thanks for the recommendation!
Said a prayer for your son Peter
It was interesting to hear your thoughts Taken at the Flood. That was actually the first Christie I read several years ago now. I do not remember the questionable ending, but it made me think of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd which I feel like I had similar feelings about.
@@AmandaJHMorton ooooh I would be curious what you thought of the epilogue if you read it again!
@@katehowereads It's going to be a long time before I get to that one again. I've only been managing one Christie a year recently. It is nice to have books waiting for you on hold at the library. Sometimes I feel a little bad for making the librarians pull so many books for me, but I'm sure they are happy to do it.
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Hi Kate! I hope all is well with you and your family. You said at the beginning that you enjoy narrative poems, have you ever read Robert Service? His poems take place in The Klondike Gold Rush. They are really great, especially the Shooting of Dangerous Dan MaGrew; and The Cremation of Sam Magee. Check him out as I think you would enjoy him. Great video and I look forward to your next one. Have a great day!
@@davidmccalip5759 Thanks for the recommendation! I haven't read him but keep hearing good things about him.
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