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Maisie Dobbs!!! Ahhh I'm so so so happy you enjoyed it! She is such a unique character... these are definitely hard-boiled mysteries but I love the 30s inter-war England setting that adds a touch of "cozy" for lack of a better word. I just adore her. These are hard-hitting books and deal with some really difficult topics.

I totally get it with Emma M Lion. The first volume was a 4 star for me, I found the second volume a lot more interesting.

SO disappointed about Sanderson's new book, I read several reviews just to see exactly what the content is. I'm not even going to bother with the Stormlight Archive anymore. I loved the original Mistborn trilogy and will still read some of his other works and standalones but I don't want to invest the time required to get through the SA books just to have to read all of that wokeness in later books. Still looking forward to hearing your thoughts though!!

Wow Sanderson too. Woke to broke have people not realized this yet. So many companies and or places tried this and have backtracked because they see it will cost them more than they want. Wow disappointing

Lol, her husband's comment about being her research assistant. 😂 that's so cute.

Ugh i have so many books languishing in my Kindle collection!

Yessss 20:19 sounds so good

In theory it’s free from nonsense 😂😂😂

Ayeeee so excited

Oooh, The Medicine Woman of Galveston would be great paired with the non-fiction book, Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson. 😬 This year, I want to finish the Six Wives series by Alison Weir which is very doable because I've only got one queen to go! I also want to finally read The Three Musketeers; I read The Count of Monte Cristo (for the first time) almost 2 years ago and LOVED it. 🤓 I also want to continue with the Barchester series from Anthony Trollope, I'm only 2 books in. 🙄 Do we have a schedule for Wolf Hall or nah? 📚

4:56 have you read any Francine Rivers books? I feel like she is one of the few Christian authors who stands out to me who doesn’t write predictable/fluffy Christian fiction books. She really hits hard topics - her books tend to be longer, too, which gives her time to really expand upon the deeper issues and complex characters in her novels.

That wanting more feeling is probably what is keeping the rest of us reading the series. 😆 I love it! Is so fantastically written and the characters are all so individual and lovable in their own way. Pamela was something else for sure! Glad i read it, though.

Loved this! I have to try out The Summer Queen.

ahh yesss The Woman in White and Dracula are amazing!!!

Live Not by Lies sounds so intriguing! Wow I need to read Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook. My dad was 15 when the communist revolution happened - he still remembers it like it was yesterday. Growing up in Romania during Ceausescu's regime seems like something so far back in history... yet my dad (who's only 50) lived it. I remember telling him about I Must Betray You and he's like "that's historical fiction? this just happened" 😅 Ruta Sepetys is such a great writer.

What you said about many Christian fiction - agreed!! It's why I'm so glad I branched out and tried different genres. I grew up only reading CF and had some guilt when I tried fantasy for the first time, but I'm so glad I got out of my comfort zone. Now I know how many incredible books are out there and no they don't need to discuss faith to tell a powerful story.

I dropped the ball on Dante myself, so I totally understand. 😐 I love Anne Elliot so much - can't wait for you to get to a certain part; I'm thinking if you did, indeed, read Persuasion in your youth, it will surely come back to you. 😬 And...you've done it again - I had to check my library to see if they had the Jean-Luc Bannalec series, which of course, they did NOT. Soooo, I grabbed it on Kindle. 🤓 😂 Thanks (?) for sharing. 🤣

Hey, Tammy! Good update.

I love the father Brown series, I have never read the book but I am very interested on those

You kept me company this AM while having breakfast and cleaning! I'm excited that you are enjoying Mishelved Magic. It's in my TBR pile- I bought it a few months ago. When I finish Persuasion it will be next 🙂

Dracula! So good! It has been SOOO long since I read Woman in White, I absolutely need to re-read it. But I remember devouring it when I did read it.

The Hidden Hearts of The Gilded Age series in wonderful.

Yesss Freddie and Grace series!

OH YEAH SHARON’S books! 🎉gotta read the do over!

Anne is PERFECT for the prompt!! How did I miss that! Great idea!

Many ways to coming home yesss

Veiled in Smoke is PERFECT for January and to start a series!

Still need to read The Well 😂

Nancy Mehl 🎉 yeah the cover is basic ain’t it 😂😂they’re very rinse and repeat sometimes. I have to take a break too from her sometimes.

LOVE that you did this video! Watching now!

The do over sounds so great 🫶🏻

Love this! I will be very interested to hear your thoughts on Redclyffe. The further removed I am from it, the more I can't understand why anybody loves it. LOL Let me be clear - there are definitely things to admire about it. I can understand reading it and being satisfied with the read. I think it's even worth discussion and analysis and some pondering. But loving it? That one I just can't wrap my brain around. What is there to love? I genuinely don't understand.

Hmmm usually people bring their favorite books to the island, but good thought to bring giant tomes you haven't read yet! Plenty of new reading material, and so much the better if it's one you've been wanting to try but haven't yet.... you'll be forced to for lack of other reading material.

I didn't even think about using Anne of Green Gables for Amanda's prompt. I'm already reading it this month so that works perfectly. Thank you.

Love Veiled in Smoke!

Anne of Green Gables - great suggestion for the coming home prompt. I love that. I will keep my eyes peeled for Marie Bostwick.

I'm crazy and trying to participate in 8 yearly challenges. 😂😂

Such a great list!! Heir of Redclyffe is so wonderful, it's really hard to find physical copies of it!

LOL nonsense happens in a cyclical nature and burns itself up. That's quotable right there! 🤭🤭This is such a great idea!

That's a pretty bind-up of Austen's lesser works! Ooooh Winnie the Pooh day! 💖💖 My oldest son was given a Pooh bear stuffy when he was a baby and he still has it. So ragged but he loves it. He's sixteen years old. 🤭🤭 Very cool cookbook. Oh my younger son would love to know that there is a hot chocolate day. Great tag idea!

Wow, that first Shirley cover is gorgeous! And I agree the one you got is.... well, not.

I wasn't familiar with Elizabeth Chadwick but as I'm sure you have guessed, I hopped onto Amazon to have a _look-see._ Two of her books, A Marriage of Lions and The King's Jewel, were only 99¢ so I purchased them. 😬 You know that thing I said about not being influenced by you in terms of purchasing? Yeah...strike that! 😆 🤣

"They're there, so I'm going to remind myself that they exist." I feel the same way about the depths of my kindle library waiting to be read. 😂

I am embarrassed to tell how many books I have on my kindle 😶 generally I only read my kindle when I get in bed and end up reading one chapter a night or less. I MUST do better. I would imagine 30 percent or more are books I got from free sites...click, click who cares what the book is about.... I mean FREEEEE 😂😂

That Ruth Winters book sounds really good and somewhat relatable. 😊

Winnie the Pooh!! Your stuffy!!🤩 Love this video so much.

I love this, as I am definitely in _my Kindle era!_ 😆 *Murder in Stained Glass* sounds really good and the 3 book series is only $2.98, so I might have to grab it. 🤓 Thanks so much for sharing! 📚

I need to re-read The Woman in White! 😬Dracula is WELL worth the read, I agree!! 👏🏻 Love in the Eternal City is on my Kindle Wishlist because you really brought the hype with that one! 😂 😉 📚

Love this video! Excited to read Love in the Eternal City. I will add on Miss Graham's Cold War Cook Book to my reading list. My parents are both Cuban and have been living in Miami since the 60s- Cold War era interests me. Happy Vigil of the Feast Day of the Epiphany ✨️

I’m glad I own Miss graham’s Cold War cookbook- will have to read