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Oh, my goodness. Thank you, Ollie. This is gold.

I am so touched. I've been a bit low of late, & then you bless me - thank you.

Can you hear me properly? I have become aware of a volume problem in my videos.

haha...

Yes, I'm so lucky to have this job with Recent Work Press. It's one of the things really keeping me well. I am very lucky.

Ah, my brand new shirts, I am such a dork.

Is the volume ok?

Are you serious? The Lovecraft is set in NZ? I am astounded. Thanks for sharing this. Another reason to give this a go.

Ah, I love 'Frankenstein', can't wait to read it again.

Thanks for stopping by, Mark - much appreciated!

Is the volume ok?

@@apoetreadstowrite A tad low, but I managed to hear it... I use headphones so they help.

Ah, my addiction to The folio Society from London. These treasures feature in many of my videos.

Oh, thank you for stopping by, & always being so encouraging & affirmative. I am loving Shirley Jackson.

And, I think I've got my volume problem sorted, so all good for my next video. Hope you have a great year end & new year.

Alright, wonderful. I don't do a lot of tags, just when they catch my fancy, I suppose. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

I am a confessional poet, & I started this BookTube channel to keep my publisher happy, but I have been ambushed with joy & community. I am loving it. Do you have any exciting reading plans to end out the year? How are you finding UA-cam?

@ Great!!

@@Bookishtravels1: That is wonderful. I really look forward to continuing this bookish connection.

@@apoetreadstowrite I have been on booktube for many many years, i had another channel about books and was quite successful but i had a ‘moment’ shall i say and deleted the whole lot. I took a break and then came back with Bookish Travels and am really enjoying my time here, getting to meet many new people from across the globe, yourself included ☺️

No, I haven't, it's good? I am very new to horror. I have always loved Neo-Romanticism & the Gothic Imagination, but I've never read or watched horror. I won't get into gore, but am really enjoying this classic horror.

Thank you. Yes, I thought it added to the 'Gothic' scene. Scobby-Doo, & my Billy-Blue, two of the loves of my life.

Yes, I like to be very positive & appreciative, I am loving my journey into horror, & I have many to thank. I am really enjoying the sense of community on BookTube. What about you? How are you finding UA-cam?

I love your channel, & our bookish adventure, so it was a great joy to acknowledge the inspiration you have given me to begin my adventure into the world of horror. Thank you, Stuart.

I am loving my adventure with Shirley Jackson. And, yes, I also often use book receipts as bookmarks as well - quirky, isn't it?

@@apoetreadstowrite You're welcome

@@apoetreadstowrite I think we just go for what's easily available

@@stuartgriffin1001: True.

Ah, I do love a good book!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed my video. Any exciting reading plans to end out your year?

Shirley Jackson is certainly brilliant - terrific mood books. Thanks for the encouragement, Ollie.

Yes, enthusiasm is great, but I need to fix my volume problem. I hope I've got it fixed now. Thanks for staying with me.

Ah, you are a gem, Albert!

The old Scooby Doo is such fun, isn't it?

Do you have some exciting reading plans to end out your year? I hope you have a wonderful festive season.

@apoetreadstowrite Indeed I do. One is historical fiction about a young woman becoming a Radio City Rockette (Christmas related). The other is Peter Pan. The tragic backstory of author JM Barrie had a clear influence 😥

@@AlbertTheConjugator: Ah, they sound great. I look forward to your video review of them both. Have a wonderful festive season, Albert!

You're a gem, Seanin. Thanks for sticking with me, & encouraging me. I know I can be indiscreet with my views on things at times, I am working on it.

Yes, & who would have thought of a tag focussed on bookmarks? It was so whimsical I couldn't resist.

Ah, so lovely to meet you, & thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it.

The hieroglyph book is also a Folio Society wonder. It is Howard Carter's journals of his discovery of the Tutankhamen tomb, with an accompanying book with full page spread colour photos of artefacts found in the tomb. It is a miraculous thing. This two-volume treat features in one of my videos on 'my beautiful books'. I am addicted to The Folio Society. They feature in many of my videos.

I really look forward to more engagement with you as you watch more videos. I am very proud of my little corner of BookTube.

@ it was my pleasure!!

@ omg! That sounds fantastic! What a treasure 🥳

Thanks for always being so affirmative & encouraging. Yes, I am really enjoying this adventure into the world of horror. It has really surprised me. It's not a genre I ever expected to get into. I won't read gore, but I am enjoying this classic gothic & psychological thriller.

Thanks for stopping by, Jenny. Have you some interesting reading plans to end out the year? Some exciting project?

@apoetreadstowrite Maybe. I don't know. I am trying not to burn out. Making these videos this past month has kind of made me very tired. I am just piecing things together. But will have some time off around the holidays to regroup or power up or something.

@@jennyjaybles: Hope you find that space to recharge. Look after yourself, & stay strong & creative

Thanks, Mark. I'll work on the volume problem. I think I have a faulty connection lead. I am so non-techy, it worries me.

Oh, & thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate your encouragement.

Ah, you are so encouraging, Emily - thank you. Yes, I think I have a faulty connection lead. I'll get it fixed before my next video.

And, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind encouragement. Glad you enjoyed the video content.

My videos won't go viral for a little while, I suspect, I have been too forthright about my politics, and battles with religion & mental health. It's ok though, I'll carry on, my publisher is happyish with my video viewer numbers, so I think I'm safe for my next book. Ah, it's all fun & games. I don't know why I have to be so indiscreet, it's a pickle, anyway...

​@@apoetreadstowriteThe fact that your publisher is happy-ish shows you're on the right track, and I'm sure your authenticity resonates with your audience in ways that really matter. Plus, you've grown faster and bigger than 99% of UA-cam will ever get to, especially with such niche subjects. You should be incredibly proud of that. Keep doing what you're doing-you’ve got this! Viral moments might come later, but building a loyal and engaged community is a solid foundation for our work. Keep doing what you’re doing-you’ve got this! Saying this to myself as well since my channel is not so hot right now either....

@@TheLinguistsLibrary: You are a gem, Emily. Thanks you. I love how affirmative & generous you always are. Yes, I will certainly carry on, I sill get goosebumps, every time I load a video, that I'm actually making the technology 'work' for me. I love it!

Thanks, Ted. Yes, I think I have a faulty lead. I'll get it fixed before my next video. The tech stuff always brings me undone. Thanks for your encouragement.

Any exciting books or projects in your immediate plans to end out the year? Hope you have a really wonderful festive season, Ted.

@@apoetreadstowrite Not a lot, really. Just wanted to hopefully finish the Words of Radiance and maybe start a smaller book. :) Merry Christmas to you, Phillip! :)

@@TedReadInstead: You're a gem, Ted - thank you!

It's a marvellous mood read. Jackson has just knocked my socks off.

Thanks for stopping by, Reney. I really appreciate your kind support.

@apoetreadstowrite that's great! So glad to hear you are enjoying your reading!

@@BeyondBooks-wt5il: I am feeling so good. BookTube has been really good for me. I almost feel like I'm getting back to the old Phillip, recovering some of my old dynamic energy. Thanks for checking in with me.

Oh, Meg, you are a marvel. Thank you for the wonderful affirmation & encouragement.

Yes, this little bookmark is very important to me. I haven't really thought about it in ages, so your tag has been a poignant reminder - thanks again.

Hope you have some exciting reading projects planned to end out the year, & to start the next. Any great ideas?

Do you think my audio issues were a big problem for this video?

@ I’m going to do a few more Slice of Life videos and get back into my vintage reads again, but no real plans or goals. What about you?

You are a marvel, Joshua - thank you.

Yes, the 'Mark Your Place' tag was such whimsical, quirky little tag, I couldn't resist. I had a blast taking part in this.

Do you have any reading adventures planned to end out the year, or to start next year? It's such an interesting time of year, isn't it?

Do you think my audio issues were a big problem for this video?

Your voice was a little quiet, but all I had to do was turn up the volume and it was fine.

Ah, yes, I think I'm becoming even more pedantic about my books as I fall deeper in love with my grandkids, hoping to leave them something special after I've gone.

I keep searching for signs that they might enter into this bookish life in the way that I have - such quirky, whimsy...

Do you have anything exciting planned for the end of this year, or the start of next? Hope you have a lovely festive season.

Do you think my audio issues were a big problem for this video?

Thank you, Phillip. I wish you a lovely festive season too. It will be quiet here. You cannot predict, or possibly even influence very much, what course your grandkids will take. Who wants to be a reader anymore?

Ah, my Billy-Blue, he really is the love of my life. I've been lucky then, perhaps, I am totally seduced by Jackson's writing style, I think her writing is utterly majestic. I am so thankful of the inspiration of fellow BookTubers, like yourself, to get into this genre. It is my joyful discovery of the past year.

And, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your support & inspiration to try new things.

Happy reading to end out 2024. Hope you have some exciting projects to look forward to.

Do you think my audio issues were a big problem for this video?

@@apoetreadstowriteit was a bit low but I turned up my volume.

I have published three books of poetry. I would love to be on your show. You create great videos. I love your work.

Yes, I am really proud of my plasma donation journey, it means a lot to me.

Yes, it's truly shocking, isn't it? My beard, that is.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed the video.

Yes, Billy really is the love of my life. I am so lucky to share my life with him. Hope you are feeling strong & creative. How's everything going?

@@apoetreadstowrite If I'm not tuning in for anything else again, it should be your beards, like me stopping by to see how far it has grown again and see how shining it is this time around. I am doing great and I hope you are preparing for the upcoming festive season.

@@P.EnglishLiterature: Stay strong & creative. Thanks for watching my video. I appreciate you stopping by.

I adore BookTube. I love subscribing to channels that focus on genres that I rarely, if ever, read. It's so ennobling.

Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate your encouragement.

Thanks for smiling & kind emoji - much appreciated.

@apoetreadstowrite you're welcome

@@Jelinofficial-sr1vf: Cheers!

@@Jelinofficial-sr1vf: Hope you're interested in more of my videos. Really appreciate you stopping by.

@@apoetreadstowritesure 🥰🤝

No, I don't know about SEO. What is it?

@@apoetreadstowrite SEO means Search Engine Optimization. You need to find high search volume and low competition keywords and implement them in the title, description, and tag section of each video. Then you will see that your video's reach is gradually increasing. That's basically SEO.

Thanks for this lovely response to my video, & thanks for stopping by, I feel very encouraged.

Thanks for this wonderful & encouraging response to my video - much appreciated. Really glad you stopped by.

Yes, I'm really enjoying 'We Have Always Lived In The Castle', & can't wait to get to Stephen King. I have 'Misery' to start with. I will certainly watch the other Flanagan tele series, if it's anything like Hill House it will be a remarkable treat. I am so enjoying this adventure into Gothic. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks for sharing this, & stopping by, I really appreciate our bookish adventure.

Yes, achieving good mental health is a pickle, isn't it? Sorry you've had struggles too. Hope you're still doing better now? And are getting good help? My Billy-Blue is a life saviour, I couldn't live without him, & this BookTube is now becoming important also. Funny what holds us together...

@@apoetreadstowrite Yes, I'm much better now, thank you, I've come a very long way from where I was. I'm able to do all kinds of things now that once felt impossible, including making videos and having conversations like this one. Knowing that there's such a positive, bookish community here has helped relieve a lot of the pessimistic, negative thoughts which used to overwhelm me

@@MustReadMore: Very glad you are going better now. Yes, BookTube has been great for me. Maybe we should follow one anther's bookish adventures & look out for each other. BookTube is great. It's lovely to feel a little stronger & creative.

I'm so excited for you. Puddles will be such joy. I love my Billy to bits. He's so perfect for me.

I really hope you find the same joy & love in Puddles. I'm really excited for you & Puddles.

Yes, I love how BookTube is enlarging my reading tastes, it's wonderful. I won't read gore, but I'm so glad I've been inspired to try classic Gothic. It's great, & allows me new ways to meditate on death & bereavement.

Thanks for stoping by, Ollie. So glad you're back on BookTube. I look forward to these exchanges.

@@apoetreadstowrite No nor me, gore isn't for me. I do quite like dark thrillers from time to time.

@@ollielikes2sing: I haven't read any dark thrillers. Do you have some favourites?

Ah, thanks for this added motivation to get to it, I can't wait - how glorious!

And thanks for stopping by - very, very nice.

@ no problem at all 💙

@@NicolesBookishNook: Thanks, Nicole.

I won't read gore, but am enjoying this classic Gothic, It's fun - very interesting.

Thanks for this lovely & encouraging response to my video, & thanks for stopping by, really appreciate this bookish connection.

Thanks for sharing these insights, Pat. Yes, it took me a little time to tune my ear to James' writing style, but I came to like it. It's a complex novella of remarkable ambience, isn't it? I'm so glad that I've come to it, & Gothic. This BookTube is a wonderful lark.

Thanks for stopping by, Pat - this BookTube is so enlarging & emboldening. I'm really enjoying it.

@@apoetreadstowrite I’m so glad.

@@apoetreadstowrite it’s interesting how interpretations of this novella have changed over time, too. When it was first published, I think it was generally read as a straightforward ghost story. But later interpretations began to look at the state of mind of the governess.

@@BookChatWithPat8668: Yes, I haven't looked at that, the reception of certain books over time is interesting, isn't it? Spiritualism was such a big thing in the time of James.

It took me a little while to get into 'The Turn of the Screw', always loved the title, but the writing style is a little odd at times, but once I tuned my ear to the rhythms, I fell in love with it.

Yes, I'm looking forward to reading more Shirley Jackson, & making more videos on her. I won't read gore, & will get back to my poetry soon, but a little more on Gothic will be fun.

I’m rather curious now to experience James’ prose style. I’ve heard it said that he influenced James Baldwin, whom I am reading now.

@@joshuacreboreads: you have me very Baldwin curious, must get to him. Once you tune your ear to James' prose style, it is a remarkable novel of compression & ambience. Not sure I'd want to read everything he ever wrote, but I'm glad I discovered this novel.

It's a lot of fun - very interesting.

Thanks for stopping by. Really glad you enjoyed the video.

I can't believe how much I'm enjoying it. It is so much fun.

Thanks for the inspiration, Stuart.

Oh, thank you, Meg. You are always so affirming & generous. Yes, I'm having a blast with this adventure into horror.

Have you see the teleseries adaptation of 'Hill House'?

@@apoetreadstowrite Wonderful!

@@apoetreadstowrite No , I haven’t, however both of my sons watched it and loved it and it prompted one of them to read the original novel, so yea!

@@booksoffthebeatenpath: thought you would have seen it. It’s remarkable, isn’t it?

You are marvellous, Margaret. Thank you in advance. My backlog would love your company.

Yes, I've never read horror before, but I'm really enjoying it now. I won't read gore, but am engrossed with these classics of the Gothic. They are so richly evocative & dramatic. What are you reading at the moment? And how's the poetry collection going?

@@apoetreadstowrite I have a bunch of books going on...all Irish writers at this time. My poetry book is going well. I am currently preparing the next manuscript. I hope to get it to the editor before he goes on Retreat in February. It is difficult to remain cocooned and write, in these strange times that we are living through. I hope you are doing well Phillip. Weatherwise, it is a silver and blue morning here in Ireland. Heavy frost and bright sun. ☘

@: I’m so happy for you. Is your new manuscript a change in style, or a fulfilment of your current approaches? It’s a question I’m always curious about.

@@apoetreadstowrite well what I'm talking about is my poetry collection. But, yes I do have some prospects out there awaiting a reply to my short story query. I will let you know the outcomes.

Yes, 'The Turn of the Screw' is quite remarkable, & King's insights on its impact are brilliant. He is such a supple literary critic.

I am so enjoying this journey into horror. I can't believe, now, that it's taken me so long to come to the party.

@@apoetreadstowrite I'm intrigued with 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle.'

@@book-ramble: Yes, I'm really looking forward to reading it next. Shirley Jackson is quite a revelation. This BookTube is so enlarging & emboldening. I love it.

@@book-ramble You still reading Plato? Or have you moved onto Aristotle now?

Haha thanks, David.

It is a remarkable novel, isn't it? Quite unforgettable - such a triumph of ambience.

It is quite remarkable. I think, I quite love it - unforgettable.

Thanks for stopping by, Ted. It is a terrific read, if you wish to get to it one day. I don't find it 'scary' at all, but it is unforgettable.

Billy really has saved my life. I feel so lucky to share my life with him.

Especially in these uncertain times, when indecency seems to be the main currency, we need to find affirmative experiences of community wherever we can. I find society & reassurance in BookTube.

Thanks for sharing this & for stopping by. I really appreciate this bookish connection.

I'm really glad you have support, & are going better today, mental health is a pickle. Yes, I love The Blood Bank. It's so important to me. Hope you now stay strong & creative. Keep well.

You need to look after yourself first, Ollie. That is so exciting about your puppy. Billy has literally saved my life, I am so besotted with him, he is a miracle. I hope your Puddles foes the same for you. A dog is just so brimful with love & affection - amazing creatures. Really glad you are getting mental health help, & now feel strong enough me up & about, & thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate it.

I look forward to some new videos by you when you feel up to it also. Stay strong & creative.