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 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. 😍♥️🥰
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!
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!
Thanks for the rec! I'm not at all familiar with Montgomery's "adult" novels of which "The Blue Castle" is one (the other is "Kilmeny of the Orchard," I believe?) but I'm intrigued and am adding them to my TBR!
@@cleopatrickk that makes a lot of sense, I hadn’t thought about how the book is “adult” compared to Anne and her other young readers/children’s series. It definitely deals with some more adult themes, but the classic LMM whimsy is there! The overall vibe and tone, too. And the romantic interest is so lovely! There’s no beating Gilbert of course, but he’s a good 2nd 🥰
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.
😄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…
Haha that's awesome! Good luck with the Odyssey! Actually yes, I've read Seneca and I'm set to read and teach the Meditations this year too! Exciting times!
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!!
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!
Thank you for being here! Wishing you safety and peace in the new year, and I hope you had a blessed Christmas 🎄 🙏 I'm glad you've discovered Tolkien and Lewis and I hope you get the chance to read more of them this year!
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.
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.
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 👍
I love Gone With the Wind! I have been re-reading it since I was in 8th grade! It's been a few years, so maybe I'll do it this coming spring. (I don't know why, but I often would read it in spring.)
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
'No explanation needed...' when a book has you lost for words, or any chain of thought that attempts to verbalize an indescribable experience
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!
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. ✨
Very well put! ✨️
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. 😍♥️🥰
Totally agree about Rilla of Ingleside and the Emily Starr series…both of my favorites from LMM! 💗
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!
Aw thank you! Happy New Year to you too! ✨️🤍
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!
Thanks for the rec! I'm not at all familiar with Montgomery's "adult" novels of which "The Blue Castle" is one (the other is "Kilmeny of the Orchard," I believe?) but I'm intrigued and am adding them to my TBR!
Correction - her second adult novel is "A Tangled Web" (1931)
@@cleopatrickk that makes a lot of sense, I hadn’t thought about how the book is “adult” compared to Anne and her other young readers/children’s series. It definitely deals with some more adult themes, but the classic LMM whimsy is there! The overall vibe and tone, too. And the romantic interest is so lovely! There’s no beating Gilbert of course, but he’s a good 2nd 🥰
I just found your channel and it is now my ultimate favorite!!! Thank you so much for these INCREDIBLY inspiring videos. God bless you
Lovely to have you here 🤍
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.
Enjoy the Montgomery marathon!! It will be lovely. Wish I could reread them all for the first time!
Reading books- quality over quantity-always 👍🏼
😄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…
Haha that's awesome! Good luck with the Odyssey! Actually yes, I've read Seneca and I'm set to read and teach the Meditations this year too! Exciting times!
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!!
Totally agree! It's great to be challenged in our perspectives. Thanks for the rec, and have a happy new year! 🎄✨️
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!
Thank you for being here! Wishing you safety and peace in the new year, and I hope you had a blessed Christmas 🎄 🙏 I'm glad you've discovered Tolkien and Lewis and I hope you get the chance to read more of them this year!
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.
That's too bad... I don't think the Eagle and Child is what it used to be anymore. I would love to read The Alpine Path, thanks for the rec! 🎄
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.
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 👍
Awesome! Thanks for the recs! Happy new year 🎉
I love Gone With the Wind! I have been re-reading it since I was in 8th grade! It's been a few years, so maybe I'll do it this coming spring. (I don't know why, but I often would read it in spring.)
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