It’s been a year since this review, and therefore a year since your mother died. My heart goes out to you. Grief morphs and changes, ebbs and flows. But it stays. So my thoughts are with you.
Hello Rosamunde, condolences and lots of strength in this difficult time dealing with the passing of your mother. In this age of technology it's very refreshing to find a channel about books. I'm 61 and love children's books. I recently discovered the Mistmantle series, Eragon series and the wind in the willows. Just captivating and hard to put down. 😊 Loved to see your companion Tilly. I have a dog named Zoey and she helps me thru a lot too. Pets are the best. Hope you will have a nice Christmas and stay healthy. Evelyne
My son loved the Eragon books when they came out. He and my late father used to read them and talk about them. When I was decluttering, he asked me to keep them until he has a permanent place of his own. So he might be surprised, at the age of 29, to find the latest in the series among his Christmas presents!
@@Old_Scot thank you for the reply. That's a wonderful idea. I just bought the latest too. These books are very captivating. Once you start reading you can't stop Same with the mistmantle books. I'm reading the second book from Eragon now. Many more to go! Have a nice Christmas. I'm sure your son will have a very nice Christmas. 👍🥰
I usually read Little Women this time of year, also. Currently I'm going through it with my 14 year old daughter. And can you believe I've never read the Narnia books!!??!! I'll be reading A Christmas Carol soon and yes, my favorite film version is the Alastair Sim one, as well! I'm so sorry you've lost your mother. I lost my father at the beginning of 2022 and it's been a roller coaster of emotion. I'm glad you're making videos, even in the midst of it. Having this way of encouraging others really helps me process through all the "stuff". Shalom.
Thank you so much. I am sorry about your father - mine passed away suddenly in 1994, and it was the worst time, so I really feel for you. My mother was 99 - but it is still a big loss, so thank you for your kind words.
Little Women is my ALL TIME favorite book. I read it when I was 10 or 12. I re-read it every 2 yrs. I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts which was next to Concord where L.M. Alcott lived and wrote Little Women at Orchard House. I have been in that home many, many, many times. Fantastic area to live and grow up in. A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story. Thank you, enjoy your channel😊
Thank you for including Winter Solstice. I re-read it every November, and now have several family and friends doing the same. Even my husband liked it. (Despite not having explosions😅) She's an amazing writer. Her stories seem so heartwarming and simple, yet are deceptively complex. Thank you for your channel.
Jan Karon’s Mitford series has a book called Shepards Abiding. I think the whole series is awesome. This book takes place at Christmas. Maeve Binchys book A week in Winter is a good one for this season. Thank you for your recommendations. Most I have read, but there are some new ones I will try. 📖📖
Sending you light and love as you navigate the waters around the passing of your mother. This was a great video! I teach Little Women in my Women Authors course, and it's such a wonderful Christmas read. Narnia is also a wonderful collection! A favorite of mine are the recollections of Christmas and Winter in the Laura Ingalls Wilder set.
Hello! I live in Cornwall and have just stumbled across your UA-cam channel and find it utterly delightful! How wonderful that you have so many original copies of classics from your childhood, I am quite envious as I don’t have any although I mostly read Famous Five and Georgette Heyer! You are inspiring to read older books I’ve not looked at for decades! My heartfelt sympathy on the anniversary of your mother’s passing! It is the 10th anniversary of mine, thinking of you.
This is the first time I’ve came across your videos! It’s so refreshing to not see the same contemporary rom Christmas books! I think you’re lovely and a pleasure to watch and listen to. My condolences on your mother’s passing. I know how tough it is. I hope you’re able to find some peace. ❤️
So glad to see the Rosamunde Pilcher book on your list! She is my favorite author. I own every book she wrote and never tire of reading them. Her writing transports me. I’m really enjoying your channel and wish you much success. Also, please accept my condolences on the loss of your mother. I’m caring for my elderly mother, and I know it will be hard when the day comes that I lose her. Merry Christmas from Texas!❤
Hi Brenda - Thank you. I also cared for my mother in the years before she moved into a nursing home, so I feel for you too. It's not easy - and I hope you have support as well.
Hello. I am a new subscriber from south Florida. Although we do not have winter in the northern sense of the word, we definitely have a winter season if one pays attention. The wind blows differently, the birds are different, the light is different, everything is, really. So, I read wintery books too. I’m just finishing Winter Solstice and have enjoyed it very much. I am so sorry for your recent loss. I know it’s very hard. I would also like to say how much I enjoy your videos. They are cozy and warm, and I feel so happy as a viewer.
I love 'Winter Solstice'! I am reading it at the moment. I read it every year at this time, as it puts me in a 'preparing for Christmas' mood. I love Little Women too.
I just now found you. I’m very sorry you’ve lost your mother recently. My thoughts are with you as you grieve and have to attend to all the details. Winter Solstice is one of my favorite books. I haven’t seen the black and white movie of A Christmas Carol in a very long time and will look for it. Sad to say I grew up in Florida so no winter much at all. Now I live in Charlotte, North Carolina so we have a light snow every 2-3 years. I can tell you are going to be a favorite. I hope you have a good holiday with fond memories of your mother, and only brief spells of sadness. ❤
I’m sorry for the loss of your mother, Rosamund. Winter Solstice is one of my favorite books. I agree with your review of the book. Thanks for the other selections. I will check them out at my library and possibly reread Little Women. ❤️
I have read the Narnia books and all the Tolkien books, as you said “countless times” in the last sixty-five years, starting at about age 9. Currently again deep in Tolkien, actually Cristopher Tolkien’s legacy series on the history of Middle Earth. Mr. Bliss and Farmer Giles of Ham are some favorites of my grandchildren, who are our third generation of Lewis and Tolkien readers. I am looking forward to many of your suggestions. I wish you a very blessed Christmas; thank you for bringing this joy-of-reading gift to us in your own time of loss. That is true giving.
So refreshing to see a woman about my age on booktube! And I do love backlist books the younger booktubers never get into. One said “I mean old books like from the aughties” haha!
And yes to celebrating the solstices like it was done in the past 😊 I myself am living in the southern hemisphere, atm experiencing a heat wave, but the wintry recommendations are always welcome to save for July 😅
Thanks for reminding me of Little Women, I haven't read it for many years so it'll be lovely to pick that one up again (it always makes me cry too!). Every Xmas eve when I was younger, my father had a tradition of reading us all a ghost story from M. R. James. I simultaneously looked forward to it and dreaded it! But he was entertaining and theatrical enough in his delivery to make it a little less frightening and a little more fun.
I'd like to offer my condolences on behalf of your mother. I've just found you... Thank you so much for reminding me of the wonderful stories surrounding Christmas! I'll be doing a catch-up on the classics!!
What wonderful book recommendations! I love reading Agatha Christie’s stories this time of year. I live in Hawaii. Right now it’s the rainy season, our version of winter. Books with winter landscapes are as close as I’ll get to a white Christmas! I’m so sorry for your loss. Best wishes from Oahu!
I just found your channel. I really enjoyed your book suggestions. There were a couple I haven't heard of or read, so I'll be getting those. Also some that are old favorites of mine also. I'm a 73 year old woman, living in an assisted living facility in Oklhoma. I live in a one room studio apartment that is quite nice. So, I have lots of time to read. I've been an avid reader since I was a child. So I'm very happy to have come across your channel. I also wanted to tell you that I'm very sorry about your mother. I lost my 27 year old grand daughter a couple of months ago and my best friend that lived next door to me in here, died last Tuesday. It's hard to try.to do Chriistmas while you're grieving. It's hard enough at any time, but it seems especially hard at Christmas. Anyway, just wanted to say hello. I look forward to seeing more programs of yours in the future. Lynda
Hi Lynda - thank you so much for your lovely comments, and I am so sorry about your recent losses. These are really difficult, and it's very important to be kind to yourself and just be and do how you feel. I have hardly begun to think about Christmas - and I think it's going to be a very quiet and low-key one this year. And that's fine. All the best to you.
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. I'm a new viewer but I love your book reccomendations as a young English literature and history university student! I love the perspectives you bring to literature discussions! You have also helped me a bit 21:46 in my recovery process as I sort through mental health issues by just sharing your passion for reading, so I wanted to comment in support given that you are grieving right now. Please take care of yourself!
Hi Rosamunde. I've just discovered your channel, and loved your recommendations. I just got a new copy of Little Women this year, so I might take it off the shelf - I don't think I've read it since I was a wee girl. I'm currently reading Murder On The Orient Express - another winter classic. I love your two favourite filmed versions of A Christmas Carol as well. Alastair Sim's version is, of course, the classic, but in our house, we watch The Muppets Christmas Carol every year! 🌲 And finally, please accept my condolences on your bereavement. 💛
I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother. I lost my mother last Christmas Eve, almost a year ago, and it was something that affected me very deeply. Love and prayers. ❤️🙏
Thank you for your kind words. Losing your mother must have been so difficult on such a day - so sorry to hear this. I hope you can enjoy your Christmas this year with fond memories.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite also; I appreciate how much of the original text they managed to get into a muppet movie 😁 I read it every year. My mom died in May. Sending my condolences as you face the holidays without your mother.
I'm sorry for your loss. This is such a nice list of recommendations. It was nice to hear you read from Little Women. I read it so many years ago. I haven't read Kate Moss before but I have Labyrinth on my shelf. Seeing Tillie always makes me smile. Thanks for sharing.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I am reading Little Women for the first time this winter. I’m 65 and I thought it was about time. I enjoyed reading Winter Solstice last Christmas season. It was very cozy. Take care, all the best to you.
It’s so nice to see a video from you! So many wonderful recommendations, and I really liked hearing about the books you and your mother enjoyed together, I think that’s so lovely. I love that you love the Muppet’s Christmas Carol!! I do, too! Really a great video! I hope you are doing well and I’ll continue to wish peace for you during this time ❤
My sympathy on the loss of your mother. I lost my mother in 2016 at 91, my brother at 67 in 2018, my father at 97 in 2020, and my fiance last Christmas. I think I would like to read the Narnia books again, but I moved last year (can you say "stress?") and am still living out of boxes, and can't find them. I think I am going to read Rosamunde Pilcher again. The Winter Ghosts sounds like something up my alley. I loved reading books with my father, and he found Light on Snow in my TBR pile, enjoyed it, and passed it onto me. I also have other Anita Shreve books in my bookcase. That's a cool copy of A Christmas Carol. I also loved the book Heidi, talk about snow! The movie with Shirley Temple left a lot out. I love your dog. I send you wishes for a very merry Christmas from Connecticut, where we definitely DO get real winter!
Thank you. And you have had a tough few years - with a move as well. I feel for you - and I hope you will find your Narnia books - I think they would be a great comfort! Have a lovely Christmas.
I am so glad I found this channel which feels warm and comfy, just like putting on an old pair of shoes. Your discussions are quiet and intelligent, which is welcome change.
Have only just had your channel appear in my suggestions. Condolences on the loss of your mother- always think it brings a great change in your life when this happens. Agree with you about Muppet Christmas Carol. Read all the Chronicles of Narnia and another favourite for a Winter/Christmas read from childhood is A Box of Delights. Read Winter Solstice a while ago will have to revisit it. At Christmas I usually find myself re-reading the various Miss Read Fairacre books of Village Christmases when life was led in a more simple way.
Oh gosh! I remember reading A Box of Delights! Lovely book - thanks for reminding me. I've also read some of the Miss Read books - very English and genteel! Thank you for your comment.
What beautiful, gentle recommendations! Exactly what I've needed. I've just found your channel and am delighted with your suggestions. Thank you so much.
I took a 15 year break from reading I started reading again last year and read 24 books. This year I wanted to read 100 books but without disrupting my life too much and still do it with joy. I have surpassed and am at 133. Ranging in all genres. I love classics though and I have a goal to read them all. I read a Christmas carol for the first time and loved!!!!!! It. I love the film adaptation with George c Scott as scrounge. The costuming/set really sold it for me. Incredibly done with attention to detail unlike what we get now. Haha love your book recommendations.
I love the Muppet version of The Christmas Carol too! I love reading Robert Frost’s poetry during winter as well. Thank you for sharing these books! I’m going to the library today to look for Winter Solstice :)
You just popped up on my feed. How lovely to find another person who loves books as much as me! I send you my condolences at the loss of your mother. May your heart be comforted🙏🏻💖 Looking forward to seeing you here again!💐
Loved your commentary on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I first read it when I was 8 or 9 years old, and it ignited my life-long love of reading. I so wanted to live in Narnia! I also agree with your sentiment of The Muppet's Christmas Carol. One of the best adaptations, but many people look at me like I've lost my mind when I tell them that. 😂
I’m deeply sorry for your loss 💔 I hope you have room to grieve and honour your Mother the way you’d like to in the midst of all the admin. I know it can almost take over at times. While I don’t know your beliefs, I truly believe the people we love are always with us in one way or another. But at the same time the separation and loss death brings is absolutely unbearable, I hope you have the care and support you need during this time and in future. Thank you for sharing you and your Mother’s love of reading with us. It really is a privilege to hear about some of the authors and books she loved!
My condolences! Very sorry to hear this. Thanks for your lovely book suggestions. Around Christmas, I love re-reading "The Dark is Rising" series by Susan Cooper. "Little Women" and Dickens are a firm favourite, too. :)
I just found your podcast and I know I have to subscribe for a couple of reasons. Obviously, I'm a book person, so that's number one. But, number two, and very important, is that you love the Muppet Christmas Carol! It's one of the movies I have to watch every year during the Christmas season. It's the best, but to get the entire story, you have to switch back and forth on the DVD to make sure you can see the section with the beautiful and moving song that Belle sings. When Love is Gone. I always cry when Michael Caine joins in at the end. Perfection!
The Alistair Sim version is my favorite movie version. The George C. Scott version is my favorite tv movie version. The Alfred Finney version is my favorite musical version The 1971 animated version is my favorite animated version. I don't really care for the later versions.
Deepest sympathies to you. I wanted to share that after watching this recently, today I found Winter Solstice for $1 in a church thrift store. I've started it and I'm really enjoying it so far. Thank you.
So sorry for your loss! It’s not easy to lose your mother. Thank you for putting out your winter recommendations. I loved Winter Solstice. I read it 2 years ago in December for the first time. Planning on a re read this month. I love stories of found families.
The first book I ever bought for myself was Little Women. I still have it and was gifted a new copy last Christmas 💝 I love reading Rosamunde Pilcher. Winter Soltice made me hungry for sausage 😂
'The Lion,The Witch,and The Wardrobe' was the first book I ever bought for myself. I was 10yrs old. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it,and still own my copy, though it is a little worse for wear. Really enjoying your Literary videos. Thank you, Rosamunde. ❤
Thank you for your recommendations, and I wish you peace as you process your grief. I'm just getting back into reading and have always loved reading older books, so lots of your recommendations are very much my cup of tea. Thanks again x
I'm so glad you mentioned A Muppet Christmas Carol. THE BEST! It's the one I have to watch every Christmas, for sure :) I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. It's so hard, especially this time of year. Try to enjoy and Merry Christmas to you.
Lovely to find your channel! I am a huge fan of Dickens and love reading all his Christmas books this time of year, as well as his stories. I just finished reading Old Christmas, by Washington Irving, which is great fun and one you would probably enjoy! I read a few books on Krampus and Yule traditions, and Pagan Christmas! I love winter and this time of year! Little Women gets read, at some point, every year. We live near literary Concord and tour the house every year. They have a holiday special in December where they play the parts of the March Sisters and re-enact the Christmas scenes from the novel, as well as play games and sing carols with the tour! Always a wonderful time!
Thank you so please to find you. Take of yourself I lost my 94 yr old this time last year cared for him for many years. Take your time be kind to yourself ❤
Christmas won’t be Christmas without presents …reading as a child I could not forget those words and the moral dilemma involved !! An avid reader all my life recent disability has impacted my concentration but I am delighted to find your channel and lovely suggestions for reading. On my own over Christmas this will be my treat to myself to read some of this old favourites and some new adventures. Thank you for a real gift of encouragement.
I know we are kindred spirits just by the first two you mention!! This is my first time watching your channel and I'm glad to have found you! Oh my what a treasure to have the older copies of Little Women and the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!! I'm watching the rest now... Blessings a solace to you in the wake of your mom's passing. 🙏💖
This is the first time your channel has been suggested for me and I am glad the UA-cam algorithms have done so. Such a lovely vlog about books, some of my favorites. Little Women, Narnia, and I am currently reading A Christmas Carol for the first time. I think I read an abridged version as a small child and I've watched numerous movies and even cartoons with the story. I'd like to say that I am so very sorry about the loss of your mother. I lost mine six years ago at Christmas time and it is one of the hardest things I've ever gone through, so I know how much you must be hurting. I will keep you in my prayers. I am subscribed to your channel and hope to have some nice book chats in the coming year.
At times I feel so fortunate, yes, Blessed to read our first books in their original English. I' m glad I hadn't had to learn English first, it might have been a stumbling- block.
This is the first of your videos that has been recommended by UA-cam. I just watched another with books and I think that’s why. So glad they showed this to me because I enjoyed it. I’m very sorry about your mom. My condolences to you and your family. I kept saying (to myself) why hasn’t she talked about Winter Solstice and then, voila, the last book you mentioned. :) I am a huge fan of A Christmas Carol from 1951 (my birth year) with Alastair Sim. I watch it every year and still cry as if I didn’t know how it would all turn out. Thank you for your recommendations. Another pagan soul here…we are celebrating Yule next week. Be well!
Some great recommendations, thank you! I always re-read A Christmas Carol but some new suggestions there. My husband bought some Turkish delight at the weekend and all I think of when I see it is Narnia 😂 I think the TV adaptation from my childhood has seared that into my memory!
My husband and I read aloud to each other most evenings, and in 2020 we chose the Rosamunde Pilcher at Christmas. We chose it for the setting (we have visited and loved Dornoch, which inspired the setting), and what a wonderful story! This year both our young adult children will be home for Christmas, and we’re planning a family reading of Randall Jarrell’s magical little book, The Animal Family. Thanks so much for sharing your love of books! ❤
I remember The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe on Jackanory when I was a child and loving it. I don’t think I’ve actually read it myself though. I usually re read A Christmas Carol every Christmas. Dickens is a master of characterisation and plot. Alistair Sim was brilliant. I usually watch that every Christmas too 😊 I’m sorry about your loss x
What a treat you popped up for the first time on my UA-cam before work, unfortunately. I could watch you all morning. I had to return my Library copy of Winter Solstice Saturday, so was searching shops for it. I couldn't go far yest, not even the large bookstore around the corner! A wonderful selection. I see Kate Mosse everywhere, though didn't know it was Medieval France. I will check out tonite at charity shop at end of my old lane.
It’s been a year since this review, and therefore a year since your mother died. My heart goes out to you. Grief morphs and changes, ebbs and flows. But it stays. So my thoughts are with you.
How kind of you - thank you.
Hello Rosamunde, condolences and lots of strength in this difficult time dealing with the passing of your mother. In this age of technology it's very refreshing to find a channel about books. I'm 61 and love children's books. I recently discovered the Mistmantle series, Eragon series and the wind in the willows. Just captivating and hard to put down. 😊 Loved to see your companion Tilly. I have a dog named Zoey and she helps me thru a lot too. Pets are the best. Hope you will have a nice Christmas and stay healthy. Evelyne
My son loved the Eragon books when they came out. He and my late father used to read them and talk about them. When I was decluttering, he asked me to keep them until he has a permanent place of his own. So he might be surprised, at the age of 29, to find the latest in the series among his Christmas presents!
@@Old_Scot thank you for the reply. That's a wonderful idea. I just bought the latest too. These books are very captivating. Once you start reading you can't stop Same with the mistmantle books. I'm reading the second book from Eragon now. Many more to go! Have a nice Christmas. I'm sure your son will have a very nice Christmas. 👍🥰
I love that you enjoy the Muppets Christmas Carol. Christmas isn't complete without it!
I also love the original.
I usually read Little Women this time of year, also. Currently I'm going through it with my 14 year old daughter. And can you believe I've never read the Narnia books!!??!! I'll be reading A Christmas Carol soon and yes, my favorite film version is the Alastair Sim one, as well! I'm so sorry you've lost your mother. I lost my father at the beginning of 2022 and it's been a roller coaster of emotion. I'm glad you're making videos, even in the midst of it. Having this way of encouraging others really helps me process through all the "stuff". Shalom.
Thank you so much. I am sorry about your father - mine passed away suddenly in 1994, and it was the worst time, so I really feel for you. My mother was 99 - but it is still a big loss, so thank you for your kind words.
Little Women is my ALL TIME favorite book. I read it when I was 10 or 12. I re-read it every 2 yrs. I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts which was next to Concord where L.M. Alcott lived and wrote Little Women at Orchard House. I have been in that home many, many, many times. Fantastic area to live and grow up in. A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story. Thank you, enjoy your channel😊
Thank you for including Winter Solstice. I re-read it every November, and now have several family and friends doing the same. Even my husband liked it. (Despite not having explosions😅) She's an amazing writer. Her stories seem so heartwarming and simple, yet are deceptively complex. Thank you for your channel.
Thanks. Yes - that's a good description, heartwarming, yet deceptively complex!
Jan Karon’s Mitford series has a book called Shepards Abiding. I think the whole series is awesome. This book takes place at Christmas. Maeve Binchys book A week in Winter is a good one for this season. Thank you for your recommendations. Most I have read, but there are some new ones I will try. 📖📖
My favorite Christmas book, WINTER SOLSTICE!!!
I recently read Ethan Frome/ Edith Wharton, set in wintery New England. Wonderful. ❤
Sending you light and love as you navigate the waters around the passing of your mother. This was a great video! I teach Little Women in my Women Authors course, and it's such a wonderful Christmas read. Narnia is also a wonderful collection! A favorite of mine are the recollections of Christmas and Winter in the Laura Ingalls Wilder set.
Hello! I live in Cornwall and have just stumbled across your UA-cam channel and find it utterly delightful! How wonderful that you have so many original copies of classics from your childhood, I am quite envious as I don’t have any although I mostly read Famous Five and Georgette Heyer! You are inspiring to read older books I’ve not looked at for decades! My heartfelt sympathy on the anniversary of your mother’s passing! It is the 10th anniversary of mine, thinking of you.
Also, I loved hearing Little Women in your English accent, I could listen to all books in your beautiful accent!
This is the first time I’ve came across your videos! It’s so refreshing to not see the same contemporary rom Christmas books! I think you’re lovely and a pleasure to watch and listen to. My condolences on your mother’s passing. I know how tough it is. I hope you’re able to find some peace. ❤️
So glad to see the Rosamunde Pilcher book on your list! She is my favorite author. I own every book she wrote and never tire of reading them. Her writing transports me. I’m really enjoying your channel and wish you much success. Also, please accept my condolences on the loss of your mother. I’m caring for my elderly mother, and I know it will be hard when the day comes that I lose her. Merry Christmas from Texas!❤
Hi Brenda - Thank you. I also cared for my mother in the years before she moved into a nursing home, so I feel for you too. It's not easy - and I hope you have support as well.
Hello. I am a new subscriber from south Florida. Although we do not have winter in the northern sense of the word, we definitely have a winter season if one pays attention. The wind blows differently, the birds are different, the light is different, everything is, really. So, I read wintery books too. I’m just finishing Winter Solstice and have enjoyed it very much. I am so sorry for your recent loss. I know it’s very hard. I would also like to say how much I enjoy your videos. They are cozy and warm, and I feel so happy as a viewer.
Will purchase Winter Solstice. Read the Shell Seekers years ago
I love 'Winter Solstice'! I am reading it at the moment. I read it every year at this time, as it puts me in a 'preparing for Christmas' mood. I love Little Women too.
My Christmas treat is to once again read A Winter Solstice!x
I just now found you. I’m very sorry you’ve lost your mother recently. My thoughts are with you as you grieve and have to attend to all the details. Winter Solstice is one of my favorite books. I haven’t seen the black and white movie of A Christmas Carol in a very long time and will look for it. Sad to say I grew up in Florida so no winter much at all. Now I live in Charlotte, North Carolina so we have a light snow every 2-3 years. I can tell you are going to be a favorite. I hope you have a good holiday with fond memories of your mother, and only brief spells of sadness. ❤
I’m sorry for the loss of your mother, Rosamund. Winter Solstice is one of my favorite books. I agree with your review of the book. Thanks for the other selections. I will check them out at my library and possibly reread Little Women. ❤️
I am so sorry you are going through the grief of the death of your mother!
I have read the Narnia books and all the Tolkien books, as you said “countless times” in the last sixty-five years, starting at about age 9. Currently again deep in Tolkien, actually Cristopher Tolkien’s legacy series on the history of Middle Earth. Mr. Bliss and Farmer Giles of Ham are some favorites of my grandchildren, who are our third generation of Lewis and Tolkien readers.
I am looking forward to many of your suggestions. I wish you a very blessed Christmas; thank you for bringing this joy-of-reading gift to us in your own time of loss. That is true giving.
So refreshing to see a woman about my age on booktube! And I do love backlist books the younger booktubers never get into. One said “I mean old books like from the aughties” haha!
And yes to celebrating the solstices like it was done in the past 😊 I myself am living in the southern hemisphere, atm experiencing a heat wave, but the wintry recommendations are always welcome to save for July 😅
a christmas carol is my all time favourite read its just the perfect book xx
Thanks for reminding me of Little Women, I haven't read it for many years so it'll be lovely to pick that one up again (it always makes me cry too!). Every Xmas eve when I was younger, my father had a tradition of reading us all a ghost story from M. R. James. I simultaneously looked forward to it and dreaded it! But he was entertaining and theatrical enough in his delivery to make it a little less frightening and a little more fun.
I'd like to offer my condolences on behalf of your mother. I've just found you...
Thank you so much for reminding me of the wonderful stories surrounding Christmas! I'll be doing a catch-up on the classics!!
What wonderful book recommendations! I love reading Agatha Christie’s stories this time of year. I live in Hawaii. Right now it’s the rainy season, our version of winter. Books with winter landscapes are as close as I’ll get to a white Christmas! I’m so sorry for your loss. Best wishes from Oahu!
I just found your channel. I really enjoyed your book suggestions. There were a couple I haven't heard of or read, so I'll be getting those. Also some that are old favorites of mine also. I'm a 73 year old woman, living in an assisted living facility in Oklhoma. I live in a one room studio apartment that is quite nice. So, I have lots of time to read. I've been an avid reader since I was a child. So I'm very happy to have come across your channel. I also wanted to tell you that I'm very sorry about your mother. I lost my 27 year old grand daughter a couple of months ago and my best friend that lived next door to me in here, died last Tuesday. It's hard to try.to do Chriistmas while you're grieving. It's hard enough at any time, but it seems especially hard at Christmas. Anyway, just wanted to say hello. I look forward to seeing more programs of yours in the future. Lynda
Hi Lynda - thank you so much for your lovely comments, and I am so sorry about your recent losses. These are really difficult, and it's very important to be kind to yourself and just be and do how you feel. I have hardly begun to think about Christmas - and I think it's going to be a very quiet and low-key one this year. And that's fine. All the best to you.
What a lovely visit! New subscriber here. Thank you for your sweet voice, knowledge and calm presence. Bless you in your process of grieving.
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. I'm a new viewer but I love your book reccomendations as a young English literature and history university student! I love the perspectives you bring to literature discussions! You have also helped me a bit 21:46 in my recovery process as I sort through mental health issues by just sharing your passion for reading, so I wanted to comment in support given that you are grieving right now. Please take care of yourself!
Hi Rosamunde. I've just discovered your channel, and loved your recommendations. I just got a new copy of Little Women this year, so I might take it off the shelf - I don't think I've read it since I was a wee girl. I'm currently reading Murder On The Orient Express - another winter classic.
I love your two favourite filmed versions of A Christmas Carol as well. Alastair Sim's version is, of course, the classic, but in our house, we watch The Muppets Christmas Carol every year! 🌲
And finally, please accept my condolences on your bereavement. 💛
I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother. I lost my mother last Christmas Eve, almost a year ago, and it was something that affected me very deeply. Love and prayers. ❤️🙏
Thank you for your kind words. Losing your mother must have been so difficult on such a day - so sorry to hear this. I hope you can enjoy your Christmas this year with fond memories.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite also; I appreciate how much of the original text they managed to get into a muppet movie 😁 I read it every year. My mom died in May. Sending my condolences as you face the holidays without your mother.
I'm sorry for your loss. This is such a nice list of recommendations. It was nice to hear you read from Little Women. I read it so many years ago. I haven't read Kate Moss before but I have Labyrinth on my shelf. Seeing Tillie always makes me smile. Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate you showing us your old copies of the classics. They're perfect. Condolences on the loss of your mother.
So sorry about your mom. It is such a difficult time and I will pray for you
I’m so sorry for your loss. I am reading Little Women for the first time this winter. I’m 65 and I thought it was about time. I enjoyed reading Winter Solstice last Christmas season. It was very cozy. Take care, all the best to you.
I’m so happy I found your channel, but ever so sorry about the loss of your Mom. Prayers and big bear hugs.
I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. 💕
Like you, I was given a copy of Little Women as a young girl, and read it so often that the cover almost disintegrated!
It’s so nice to see a video from you! So many wonderful recommendations, and I really liked hearing about the books you and your mother enjoyed together, I think that’s so lovely. I love that you love the Muppet’s Christmas Carol!! I do, too! Really a great video! I hope you are doing well and I’ll continue to wish peace for you during this time ❤
Every year I have to watch the Alastair Sim version as well! ❤
My condolences for the loss of your mother. I so enjoy your videos. Your copy of Little Women is precious.
Thank you for your recommendations, I just ordered the Kate Mosse one. I'm so sorry for the loss of your mum.
My sympathy on the loss of your mother. I lost my mother in 2016 at 91, my brother at 67 in 2018, my father at 97 in 2020, and my fiance last Christmas. I think I would like to read the Narnia books again, but I moved last year (can you say "stress?") and am still living out of boxes, and can't find them. I think I am going to read Rosamunde Pilcher again. The Winter Ghosts sounds like something up my alley. I loved reading books with my father, and he found Light on Snow in my TBR pile, enjoyed it, and passed it onto me. I also have other Anita Shreve books in my bookcase. That's a cool copy of A Christmas Carol. I also loved the book Heidi, talk about snow! The movie with Shirley Temple left a lot out. I love your dog. I send you wishes for a very merry Christmas from Connecticut, where we definitely DO get real winter!
Thank you. And you have had a tough few years - with a move as well. I feel for you - and I hope you will find your Narnia books - I think they would be a great comfort! Have a lovely Christmas.
My condolences to you and your family.
so sorry about your loss! i lost my granddad this august so i can understand the pain and grief. lovely video as always
My condolences on your Mother’s passing. May your memories be a comfort.
I’m reading a Christmas Carol for ,the umpteen time!
Every Christmas I get almost to the end of, but this Christmas it’s it!Happy Christmas 🎄 🐾🎄🌹
I am so glad I found this channel which feels warm and comfy, just like putting on an old pair of shoes. Your discussions are quiet and intelligent, which is welcome change.
Have only just had your channel appear in my suggestions. Condolences on the loss of your mother- always think it brings a great change in your life when this happens. Agree with you about Muppet Christmas Carol. Read all the Chronicles of Narnia and another favourite for a Winter/Christmas read from childhood is A Box of Delights. Read Winter Solstice a while ago will have to revisit it. At Christmas I usually find myself re-reading the various Miss Read Fairacre books of Village Christmases when life was led in a more simple way.
Oh gosh! I remember reading A Box of Delights! Lovely book - thanks for reminding me. I've also read some of the Miss Read books - very English and genteel! Thank you for your comment.
I am so sorry about your mother. It's so very hard. Thank goodness for books which can provide solace.
What beautiful, gentle recommendations! Exactly what I've needed. I've just found your channel and am delighted with your suggestions. Thank you so much.
I was planning to read Little Women this winter. I’m so sorry for the loss of your mother. Wishing you peace during this difficult time.
I love narnia books.I missed childrens books when my children grew up but now I get them and read them because I like them.xx🐝🐝☃️
I too love The Winter Solstice. May I recommend The Winternight Trilogy by Elizabeth Arden. It's based on Russian mythology.
I took a 15 year break from reading I started reading again last year and read 24 books. This year I wanted to read 100 books but without disrupting my life too much and still do it with joy. I have surpassed and am at 133. Ranging in all genres. I love classics though and I have a goal to read them all. I read a Christmas carol for the first time and loved!!!!!! It. I love the film adaptation with George c Scott as scrounge. The costuming/set really sold it for me. Incredibly done with attention to detail unlike what we get now. Haha love your book recommendations.
Favorite Anita Shreve was The Pilots Wife- excellent
Excellent videos!!! Many thanks
Yes - that's probably her best. Thank you for your comment.
I love the Muppet version of The Christmas Carol too! I love reading Robert Frost’s poetry during winter as well. Thank you for sharing these books! I’m going to the library today to look for Winter Solstice :)
Love and strength in working through the pain of losing your mother ❤❤. My gramma read my sister and I Little Women many times. Lovely memories❤❤
The snow child by Eowyn Ivey is a really thought provoking story set in 1920s Alaska I highly recommend this.
You just popped up on my feed. How lovely to find another person who loves books as much as me! I send you my condolences at the loss of your mother. May your heart be comforted🙏🏻💖 Looking forward to seeing you here again!💐
Loved your commentary on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I first read it when I was 8 or 9 years old, and it ignited my life-long love of reading. I so wanted to live in Narnia! I also agree with your sentiment of The Muppet's Christmas Carol. One of the best adaptations, but many people look at me like I've lost my mind when I tell them that. 😂
Yes, I wanted to live in Narnia too! I did check the back of my wardrobe - just in case...!
I’m deeply sorry for your loss 💔 I hope you have room to grieve and honour your Mother the way you’d like to in the midst of all the admin. I know it can almost take over at times. While I don’t know your beliefs, I truly believe the people we love are always with us in one way or another. But at the same time the separation and loss death brings is absolutely unbearable, I hope you have the care and support you need during this time and in future. Thank you for sharing you and your Mother’s love of reading with us. It really is a privilege to hear about some of the authors and books she loved!
I’m sorry for your loss. Praying for your heart to heal ❤ please do a reading vlog when you’re ready, I would love to watch it. Cute doggo 🌸😘
My sincere condolences to you on the loss of your Mother xxx
Your channel has been recommended by UA-cam and I’m delighted to have found you. My condolences and thoughts for your loss.
My condolences! Very sorry to hear this. Thanks for your lovely book suggestions. Around Christmas, I love re-reading "The Dark is Rising" series by Susan Cooper. "Little Women" and Dickens are a firm favourite, too. :)
My condolences on the loss of your mother.
I’m planning a winter solstice celebration this year.
I just found your channel, and I’m delighted. I’m so very sorry for the loss of your mother. Your dog is wonderful!
I just found your podcast and I know I have to subscribe for a couple of reasons. Obviously, I'm a book person, so that's number one. But, number two, and very important, is that you love the Muppet Christmas Carol! It's one of the movies I have to watch every year during the Christmas season. It's the best, but to get the entire story, you have to switch back and forth on the DVD to make sure you can see the section with the beautiful and moving song that Belle sings. When Love is Gone. I always cry when Michael Caine joins in at the end. Perfection!
My favorite film versions of A Christmas Carol are the Alistair Sims version and the Albert Finney version 😊
The Alistair Sim version is my favorite movie version.
The George C. Scott version is my favorite tv movie version.
The Alfred Finney version is my favorite musical version
The 1971 animated version is my favorite animated version.
I don't really care for the later versions.
I'm so sorry for your loss ❤💐 Grief changes you but you come out as a kinder/milder person on the other end. Great recommendations!
Deepest sympathies to you. I wanted to share that after watching this recently, today I found Winter Solstice for $1 in a church thrift store. I've started it and I'm really enjoying it so far. Thank you.
So sorry for your loss! It’s not easy to lose your mother. Thank you for putting out your winter recommendations. I loved Winter Solstice. I read it 2 years ago in December for the first time. Planning on a re read this month. I love stories of found families.
The first book I ever bought for myself was Little Women. I still have it and was gifted a new copy last Christmas 💝 I love reading Rosamunde Pilcher. Winter Soltice made me hungry for sausage 😂
'The Lion,The Witch,and The Wardrobe' was the first book I ever bought for myself. I was 10yrs old. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it,and still own my copy, though it is a little worse for wear. Really enjoying your Literary videos. Thank you, Rosamunde. ❤
Just found your channel on here. Great video! I have always loved books and reading. 🙂📚
Thank you for your recommendations, and I wish you peace as you process your grief. I'm just getting back into reading and have always loved reading older books, so lots of your recommendations are very much my cup of tea. Thanks again x
I'm so glad you mentioned A Muppet Christmas Carol. THE BEST! It's the one I have to watch every Christmas, for sure :) I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. It's so hard, especially this time of year. Try to enjoy and Merry Christmas to you.
Lovely to find your channel! I am a huge fan of Dickens and love reading all his Christmas books this time of year, as well as his stories. I just finished reading Old Christmas, by Washington Irving, which is great fun and one you would probably enjoy! I read a few books on Krampus and Yule traditions, and Pagan Christmas! I love winter and this time of year! Little Women gets read, at some point, every year. We live near literary Concord and tour the house every year. They have a holiday special in December where they play the parts of the March Sisters and re-enact the Christmas scenes from the novel, as well as play games and sing carols with the tour! Always a wonderful time!
Thank you so please to find you. Take of yourself I lost my 94 yr old this time last year cared for him for many years. Take your time be kind to yourself ❤
I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you so much for the book recommendations I love them! Much love from Portugal.
Christmas won’t be Christmas without presents …reading as a child I could not forget those words and the moral dilemma involved !! An avid reader all my life recent disability has impacted my concentration but I am delighted to find your channel and lovely suggestions for reading. On my own over Christmas this will be my treat to myself to read some of this old favourites and some new adventures. Thank you for a real gift of encouragement.
I know we are kindred spirits just by the first two you mention!! This is my first time watching your channel and I'm glad to have found you! Oh my what a treasure to have the older copies of Little Women and the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!! I'm watching the rest now... Blessings a solace to you in the wake of your mom's passing. 🙏💖
This is the first time your channel has been suggested for me and I am glad the UA-cam algorithms have done so. Such a lovely vlog about books, some of my favorites. Little Women, Narnia, and I am currently reading A Christmas Carol for the first time. I think I read an abridged version as a small child and I've watched numerous movies and even cartoons with the story. I'd like to say that I am so very sorry about the loss of your mother. I lost mine six years ago at Christmas time and it is one of the hardest things I've ever gone through, so I know how much you must be hurting. I will keep you in my prayers. I am subscribed to your channel and hope to have some nice book chats in the coming year.
At times I feel so fortunate, yes, Blessed to read our first books in their original English. I' m glad I hadn't had to learn English first, it might have been a stumbling- block.
This is the first of your videos that has been recommended by UA-cam. I just watched another with books and I think that’s why. So glad they showed this to me because I enjoyed it. I’m very sorry about your mom. My condolences to you and your family. I kept saying (to myself) why hasn’t she talked about Winter Solstice and then, voila, the last book you mentioned. :) I am a huge fan of A Christmas Carol from 1951 (my birth year) with Alastair Sim. I watch it every year and still cry as if I didn’t know how it would all turn out. Thank you for your recommendations. Another pagan soul here…we are celebrating Yule next week. Be well!
Some great recommendations, thank you! I always re-read A Christmas Carol but some new suggestions there. My husband bought some Turkish delight at the weekend and all I think of when I see it is Narnia 😂 I think the TV adaptation from my childhood has seared that into my memory!
Ha ha! I've never been a big fan of Turkish Delight - perhaps because of its association with the witch of Narnia!
@@booksfrommybookshelf perhaps!
My condolences. Thank you so much for taking the time to post a video during duch a difficult time.
Lovely sharing, Rosamunde. Thank you for taking the time to post during this difficult time. I am so sorry for your loss.🫂
My husband and I read aloud to each other most evenings, and in 2020 we chose the Rosamunde Pilcher at Christmas. We chose it for the setting (we have visited and loved Dornoch, which inspired the setting), and what a wonderful story! This year both our young adult children will be home for Christmas, and we’re planning a family reading of Randall Jarrell’s magical little book, The Animal Family. Thanks so much for sharing your love of books! ❤
I remember The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe on Jackanory when I was a child and loving it. I don’t think I’ve actually read it myself though. I usually re read A Christmas Carol every Christmas. Dickens is a master of characterisation and plot. Alistair Sim was brilliant. I usually watch that every Christmas too 😊 I’m sorry about your loss x
My deepest condolences on your mum’s passing ,
Mine’s been gone 15 years but sometimes feels like it just happened
You had me at The Muppet Christmas Carol!
Sorry for your loss. I lost my mother this year and its been difficult but I'm looking forward to the solstice 👍👍
What a treat you popped up for the first time on my UA-cam before work, unfortunately. I could watch you all morning. I had to return my Library copy of Winter Solstice Saturday, so was searching shops for it. I couldn't go far yest, not even the large bookstore around the corner! A wonderful selection. I see Kate Mosse everywhere, though didn't know it was Medieval France. I will check out tonite at charity shop at end of my old lane.
Kind thoughts from Texas. I am sorry to hear of your loss🙏🏻