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My former mother-in-law is a van Brugge, from Haarlem in the Netherlands. Her brother Leo lived in Toronto. Glad to have found your channel!

I wish she had an Etsy shop! I would buy those dolls without a second thought. ❤

Totally agree about Rilla of Ingleside and the Emily Starr series…both of my favorites from LMM! 💗

Peter Pan is also one of my all-time favorites! I love rereading it. Peter’s imperfect heroism, Wendy’s determined caretaking, Neverland’s whimsical beauty, the adult maturity we can’t escape while retaining the hopefulness of childhood…it’s all a dream that never seems to leave my heart. ✨

The book about the Inklings is now on my TBR. I went to the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford and I was disappointed, it was noisy and the table was sticky. I've loved Lucy Maud Montgomery all my life, I read The Alpine Path this year, it's short but a fascinating window into the origins of Anne, Emily and Sara Stanley and Montgomery's early life, honeymoon and publishing path. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a gem it is similar but in my opinion better than I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith although both are worth a read.

Such a good book list, what a wonderful reading year! My two favorite books of the year were both LM Montgomery: Anne of Avonlea and The Blue Castle. I highly highly recommend reading the latter if you haven’t already, it’s truly such an amazing book! Definitely one I already want to reread!

Books by Jack London too.

I've discovered your channel last week and it's so inspiring! Do you have a public instagram account which we can also follow there?

writing is a necessity , like eating...I dislike dusting chairs ,but I have no aversion to scrubbing floors. indeed I have gained much of my strength and gracefulness of body from scrubbing the kitchen floor- to say nothing of some fine points of philosophy. it brings a certain energy to ones body and to ones brain. I wish to write write write! I AWAIT THE DEVILS COMING by Mary Maclane, first published as The Story Of Mary Maclane 1902

Of Mice and Men messed me up when I read it in school. (I assume high school, but I can't recall for sure.) I have never had the heart to read it again, now as an adult.

Great list. I've read quite a few of those. I'll be reading a lot of L.M. Montgomery 's books this year with Chantel Klassen's A Year of Maud and I'm really looking forward to it. And I love your hat.

I like this summary and I love your hat 🎩 I wish we still wore things on our heads as our grandparents used to do. I would recommend Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson to your to-read list of 2025, I've finished two thirds of the first book and half of the second one, the second one is very good, and the first one os phenomenal 👍

The Emily Series has a huge place in my heart. The second in the series is my favorite! I loooove Anne’s House of Dreams, too. Gilbert and spunky Anne disappear after that book a bit. But I’m due for a straight read through, too. LM Montgomery is my heart home author. 😍♥️🥰

First off, love your hat and mug!! I was interested to hear that one of the books made you uncomfortable since it had a humanistic worldview, but that your disagreement made the book more interesting to you. Its always good to read things we disagree with and try to understand other perspectives. I have read a good amount of C.S Lewis this year even though I am agnostic, and enjoy getting to challenge my perspective. A recommendation I have for you is the way of kings by brandon sanderson. I think if you enjoy lotr you might enjoy it! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas season!!

I just found your channel and it is now my ultimate favorite!!! Thank you so much for these INCREDIBLY inspiring videos. God bless you

Reading books- quality over quantity-always 👍🏼

For me, the books of Lewis and Tolkien became a literary discovery this year. Books by these authors were given to me by a priest to read. I would like to continue reading the works of these authors next year. As for Dostoevsky, I read almost all his works even earlier. By the way, he has two books from the series "Notes...": "Notes from the underground" and "Notes from the dead house". I, like you, liked the works of Dostoyevsky, but...yesterday, on Christmas Day, the Russian army attacked the entire territory of Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles. There are dead and wounded civilians. The objects of the energy infrastructure were destroyed, so in most cities of Ukraine there was no light and heat for most of the day. Today, the Russian occupiers are shelling our community with guided aerial bombs and Shahed-type drones. Explosions vibrate the air, the ground, and the walls of buildings. As Jesus Christ said: "By their fruits you shall know them". The lights in the city were turned on at 1:00 p.m. and so far it is on, I hurry to watch your video to write a comment. Thank you for this interesting video. I received intellectual and aesthetic pleasure! Congratulations on Christmas and the coming New Year!

😄opa hat! My opa used to have one just like it! And they’re pretty popular still here in Ireland… looks good! I read the Iliad for the first time this past year too, and while I found it hard to pick up at times, I loved it when I was in it, and I still think about it… The Odyssey is on my list for 2025! Ever read any Stoics? Read Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic, and Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations this year, very thought provoking…

'No explanation needed...' when a book has you lost for words, or any chain of thought that attempts to verbalize an indescribable experience

I love your hat and it looks great on you. I really love your channel and look forward to your content in 2025 and I wish we lived near each other because we have much in common. Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas Cleo, or as my family say in Afrikaans; geseënde Christusfees (a blessed Christ festival). I hope this is a blessed time for you with friends and family full of rest and reading. Ps. I love how you say "ouma" when you talk about your grandmother, because it is also what we call our grandma in Afrikaans. But Dutch and Afrikaans are similar in a lot of ways...so it makes sense.😊

Oh my goodness, the Beatrix Potter picture book! Wow! 😍

Those crotched dolls are gorgeous!!

I don't know you, but the algorithm got it right this time cause this was the first video I saw when I opened the app.I love your video and definitely gonna subscribe Hi from Brazil

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Wow, those are such wonderful books, you have great taste! Also, I wish I could help you with your Dutch! I'm a Dutchie myself :)

Those Junior Classics are gorgeous books!

I LOVE those dolls! My son was gifted a cross stitched plastic canvas Noah's ark and many animals for his 1st birthday.

7:35 It's "yo-HA-nuh SHPEER-ee." German name.

7:27 A Little Princess is one of my favorites! I hope you enjoy reading it. In my opinion it's even better than The Secret Garden.

I'm pretty sure my city library had the Junior Classics back before they did their overhaul about five years ago. It's cool seeing those again.

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Thank you for this wonderful, pleasant, positive and very beautiful video! Thank you for such a wonderful selection of books! It doesn't just cheer me up, it ennobles my soul and makes it better. Thank you for this great video, Merry Christmas! Greetings from Ukraine!

I'm a Welsh girl now living in Scotland and hearing you say Mabinogion brought back so many memories from school days in Wales. Your pronunciation was excellent 👌 maybe you should learn Welsh this year 😂 thank you for the joy you have brought me through your quality videos this year.❤ Praying that you have a blessed and peaceful Christmas x

Well, give so that you may receive. Can't get more Christmas than that🙃

I love that old Bible! I have been toying with the idea of attempting to read the Bible, or at least the New Testament, in Spanish. I understand spoken Spanish and could get by communicating basic things if I had to. Sadly, I never practice. But I have little to no experience reading it.

I want to read For the Temple! I had no idea historical fiction had even been written about this topic. Wow! I don't think I'd heard of that Junior Classics series either. I would totally sit there and read them all. But it would drive me crazy to find all but Vol. 2. And were there only nine written? Who does that?! Edit. For the Temple is free on Kindle. You often get what you pay for for these free / scanned in things, so my hopes are not high. We'll see how it comes out when I go download it at the library. Yes, I am still living in the Dark Ages don't wifi at home.

Oh, the dolls are SO adorable! You don't usually see such detail, flexibility, ability to remove the outfits, etc.

Your books are just amazing. I really love your channel. Merry Christmas and God bless.

Beautiful books - a blessing 🙏 Merry Christmas 🎄

The vintage books are beautiful! Oh a little princess and Heidi are such sweet, lovely stories💜. Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of my faves authors, there is this other book little Lord Fauntleroy is such a delightful read, her stories are dreamy💜. Enjoy your books and read 💜

Cool that you’re learning Dutch! I’m half Dutch half Irish, and I highly suggest reading anything by Thea Beckman, she wrote a lot of historical novels (which are fantastic) but also an amazing 3 book series set in the future (first one is Kinderen van Moeder Aarde), after a third world war, where the earth has titled on its axis, Greenland is now a beautiful country run by women…. One of the best series I’ve ever read! Hope you have a lovely bookish Christmas!

I love this so much!! May I ask: how does one differentiate literature from other works? I would love to dive into more literature but find myself stumped on how to identify it.

May God continue to bless you. ❤

I wanna order the book but I don’t know if my English is good enough to understand it

This time of year can sometimes make me anxious with everyone making 2025 resolution videos - because it just reminds me of how many things I want to do and how slowly my progress is. So, I really found your video relaxing and practical in how your goals are very mindful and not necessarily focused on numbers but growth. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I hope you have a blessed time with your family and may God hold you in the hollow of His had as we cross over to the new year. Ps. My home language is Afrikaans and we also use the word "gesellig". The moment you said it, my head shot up out of recognition 😁. I love it when I hear words from the language I grew up with.

Wow it’s incredible and encouraging video you don’t know how it touched me especially the first thing you said. May god give us all the best in the new year i hope to see the changes that I wanted in my life and you too❤❤❤

I love God so much!! His grace and mercy keeps me, in awe! Thank you for sharing. New subscriber❤

new subscriber here! We have so much in common I love it, your channel feels like a treat 🥰 I’m also 23, love the Lord, and love academia!

I love how you bring the glory back to God! He is so good❤