Wow, yet another fantastic summary of your reads! I always have to add to my TBR list after watching your videos! After I read Piranesi I was obsessed with Susanna Clarke and I read JS & MN. Really enjoyed it and will check out the series. Happy 2025!
Happy new year Gretchen, I’m looking forward to hear what your favourite books from last year were. If you’re still keen on reading War and Peace it’s not too late to join the slow read hosted by Simon Haisell at Footnotes and Tangents. It’s in its third and final year and I’m enjoying it immensely so far. It has just under 365 chapters, and they’re much shorter then Les Mis 😅
I too really enjoyed The Most. As you mentioned, it packed a lot into a small book. So well done! I didn’t enjoy The Empusium as much as her book Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. And, Mrs. Caliban was such a touching story and a real delight to read. I’m planning to read The Snow Child this winter. Really looking forward to it! ❄️. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell piques my interest but I am intimidated by long books. Maybe I’ll pick it up one day. As always, I am a big fan of your channel!
Happy new year! Another wonderful video, Gretchen. Like other comments have stated, I love listening to you talk about your recent reads. The way you talk about books is so invigorating and exciting. Unrelated, I always find myself looking at the bookshelves behind you and wondering what books you’ve collected. If you’d be interested in doing a bookshelf tour, I’m sure it would be a lovely video! But also, that seems like it would be a huge task so no pressure if that idea doesn’t interest you 😅
I'm so glad you enjoyed Mrs. Caliban! It's a favorite of mine and I've read reviews that call it "close to perfect". Rachel Ingalls was born in the US and moved to the UK which is where she wrote and published. I also enjoyed her book Binstead's Safari. TheBookchemist does a nice review of Mrs. Caliban.
I love the way you speak about books! Thank you for sharing. I listened to The Life Impossible and while it wasn’t a 5 star for me… it really stuck with me since I read it….. it’s always about those books! ❤
Also really enjoyed Empusium and The Snow Child this year. Waiting anxiously for Ivey's new book in Feb! I came to read Jonathan Strange after seeing the mini series. It is a book that I find myself rereading with excitement every 5 years or so and I rarely reread books. Love and cherish Piranesi as well. I enjoyed the tv adaptation of J Strange mostly because of the actors, but approach it as different than the book to not be disappointed. The story is shortened, but still good. It cannot compare though because no adaptation of a Susanna Clark novel can transport you into a magical world the way she does with her amazing prose. Here's to lots of amazing reads in 2025!🥳
Happy new year 🎉 The two books I’ve read from your list that I’ve read Intermezzo The Snow Child Are there any new book releases you are looking forward in 2025?
I appreciated the epusium and I am not sorry I read it. however, obviously, my taste is literary not literature. it would be a great lit class but as a read it was work. I felt like I should have written a paper. it is easily recognizable as a tribute to mann.
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I agree with the comments recommending Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead. Happy new year of reading, Gretchen!
Wow, yet another fantastic summary of your reads! I always have to add to my TBR list after watching your videos! After I read Piranesi I was obsessed with Susanna Clarke and I read JS & MN. Really enjoyed it and will check out the series. Happy 2025!
Happy new year Gretchen, I’m looking forward to hear what your favourite books from last year were. If you’re still keen on reading War and Peace it’s not too late to join the slow read hosted by Simon Haisell at Footnotes and Tangents. It’s in its third and final year and I’m enjoying it immensely so far. It has just under 365 chapters, and they’re much shorter then Les Mis 😅
I too really enjoyed The Most. As you mentioned, it packed a lot into a small book. So well done! I didn’t enjoy The Empusium as much as her book Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. And, Mrs. Caliban was such a touching story and a real delight to read. I’m planning to read The Snow Child this winter. Really looking forward to it! ❄️. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell piques my interest but I am intimidated by long books. Maybe I’ll pick it up one day. As always, I am a big fan of your channel!
Happy new year! Another wonderful video, Gretchen. Like other comments have stated, I love listening to you talk about your recent reads. The way you talk about books is so invigorating and exciting.
Unrelated, I always find myself looking at the bookshelves behind you and wondering what books you’ve collected. If you’d be interested in doing a bookshelf tour, I’m sure it would be a lovely video! But also, that seems like it would be a huge task so no pressure if that idea doesn’t interest you 😅
Thank you, Gretchen, and Happy New Year!!🎉🥳
Love your channel! I read Snow Child years ago and I can’t wait for her new book in February!
I'm so glad you enjoyed Mrs. Caliban! It's a favorite of mine and I've read reviews that call it "close to perfect". Rachel Ingalls was born in the US and moved to the UK which is where she wrote and published. I also enjoyed her book Binstead's Safari. TheBookchemist does a nice review of Mrs. Caliban.
Thank you for your thoughtful descriptions of these books. It helps guide me to books I will enjoy.
Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉 I read Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead earlier this year and loved it. Looking forward to trying the Snow Child.
I love the way you speak about books! Thank you for sharing. I listened to The Life Impossible and while it wasn’t a 5 star for me… it really stuck with me since I read it….. it’s always about those books! ❤
I read snow child years ago and still remember it. very enjoyable
Also really enjoyed Empusium and The Snow Child this year. Waiting anxiously for Ivey's new book in Feb! I came to read Jonathan Strange after seeing the mini series. It is a book that I find myself rereading with excitement every 5 years or so and I rarely reread books. Love and cherish Piranesi as well. I enjoyed the tv adaptation of J Strange mostly because of the actors, but approach it as different than the book to not be disappointed. The story is shortened, but still good. It cannot compare though because no adaptation of a Susanna Clark novel can transport you into a magical world the way she does with her amazing prose. Here's to lots of amazing reads in 2025!🥳
I’m 25% in Les Misérables and half way through Middlemarch… 😅 2025 is the year I finish these two bricks! 🙃
Happy new year 🎉 The two books I’ve read from your list that I’ve read
Intermezzo
The Snow Child
Are there any new book releases you are looking forward in 2025?
I appreciated the epusium and I am not sorry I read it. however, obviously, my taste is literary not literature. it would be a great lit class but as a read it was work. I felt like I should have written a paper. it is easily recognizable as a tribute to mann.
if you like snow child and want winter read memories of sweden sven
Hi Gretchen....
I have made some stunning thumbnails for your videos which i have emailed you at the email address given here at your channel. Please have a look at them.
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