@@Ms-Peepers-Reading-Corner Me too! I hope I can make a big dent in my physical TBR without hauling a bunch. We’ll see what happens! Thanks so much for commenting! 💛
@ nice!! I thought about doing a year, but decided to start smaller. I’ve got this used bookstore near me with a very enabling owner… they have a whole section of $1 hardbacks - I always walk out of there with 40+ books. 📚
Hi Kelly. So many wonderful books on your high-priority list. I love that you are reading Mary Oliver's THIRST. It's a beautiful book written mostly as a way of dealing with her profound grief after the death of her partner. She's one of my all-time favorites. My in-person book group is meeting tomorrow to discuss Louise Erdrich's newest novel, The Mighty Red. She is one of my favorite contemporary novelists, although The Mighty Red isn't one of her best. I'll be interested to hear what my group thinks. I gasped when you held up Farrell's TROUBLES. Would you believe that I just got that book yesterday?! It's true! I hope that you enjoy all of these books.
That's so wild that you just bought Troubles! It's also great to hear that you are familiar with Thirst. I got it at my used bookstore the one time the cashier forgot to charge me. I really like Mary Oliver as a poet so I'm hopeful to become more familiar with her. Thanks so much for sharing with me, Pat! I saw your tag as well, so I'll try to get to it soon! Happy reading!
@@razberrie Excellent! Thank you for telling me that. I don’t read most book descriptions because they often contain spoilers. I will read it in the second half of the year! 😃💛
You should come to Massachusetts and visit Edith Wharton's house in the Berkshires, and sites related to Nathaniel Hawthorne in Concord and Salem. I can give you a person tour of Concord, if you'd like. 🙂
@@binglamb2176 I know. There’s more planned ham I mentioned because I’m saving it for a special video. I doubt they’ll all be five stars, but I think some of them look really, really good. 💛
Hope you enjoy the books you read on your TBR 🤗 If you are up for it, let’s buddy read Oliver Twist. I might need a positive enforcement to try Charles Dickens again 😉 PS: Jamaica Inn is a fall book but it could be good for early spring as well 👍🏻
Berna, do you want to read it for Victober? Let me know. Thanks for the tip about when to read Jamaica Inn - clearly I didn't read anything on the book. 💛
Lots of great books for 2025, Kelly! I have enjoyed The House of 7 Gables, The Chosen, The House of Mirth (due for a re-read this year) and Some Tame Gazelle. Last year I re-read Can You Forgive Here? (even better the 2nd time around & is my 2nd favorite Palliser after The Duke's Children) and just this week finished an audio re-read of Oliver Twist, which had many more plot points, twists and characters than I remembered. I also have Evelina, The Genius of Jane Austen & Passage to India as TBR high priorities for 2025. I remember Jamaica Inn being cold & rainy in a lot of the book, if that gives you any clue as to seasonal reading. And Yes! to Thrush Green, the perfect books to read after finishing more difficult books or chunksters or just to get out of a reading slump. Happy reading!
@@kathleencraine7335 Oh, thank you for sharing some of your reading plans for 2025. I love hearing them! I hope it’s a great year for reading books, but we’ll see what happens! Happy reading! 💛
I'm planning on reading Some Tame Gazelle (my first Pym,) too. The books I'm most looking forward to on my TBR are all NF and/or memoir. Their shortened titles are: "Bluestockings," "Liberty, Equality, Fashion," "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," "The Editor," "Storm Pegs," "Shakespeare's Sisters," and "My Mama Cass." I also have "Passage to India" on my TBR and I want to begin to re-read Dickens in publication order (Pickwick first.) I have a poetry collection to recommend to you, "The Art of Drowning" by Billy Collins. If you are not a fan of Billy Collins (which is hard to imagine,) this collection is quite a departure from his other collections. They have his wry wit, but they are not funny poems. They are contemplative, full-page poems. They are smart, referencing Greek gods, history we should know, dead poets, Shakespeare, jazz greats, etc. They are puzzling about life--about what it all means. I read three or four a day til I got through the thin book and each poem felt like a little gift. I think it may be his best collection. I think you would enjoy it very much. marjorieapple.substack.com
@@marjoriedybec3450 Thank you so much for sharing your reading plans - which sound fantastic - and recommending The Art of Drowning. I confess I haven’t read anything by Billy Collins! But I will remember it! Happy reading! 💛
Hi Kelly, Hope your new year is off to a great start! Wow, you are so focused with your TBR this upcoming year, thanks for sharing! I am finishing up “Oliver Twist” today (I wished to have read at least that and “Great Expectations” before starting “Dombey and Son”). Next up is “The Chosen,” which I have begun to read, I will be interested to hear your thoughts on it! The only goals I have articulated for myself are to read “Grapes of Wrath” and to re-read two books from about 5-10 years ago that I found compelling and want to revisit: “Hunger” by Knut Hamsun and “The Violent Bear It Away” by Flannery O’Connor. There are two books of Japanese poetry I am interested in getting: “The Poems of Nakahara Chūya” and “River of Stars” by Yusano Akiko. I am also interested in the Empire Trilogy, eventually anyway (not certain if this year’s the year). Here's to a great 2025! All the best, Joe
@@gammaanteria Oh! The Grapes of Wrath! That is an amazing book. I think your reading plans sound outstanding. I wish I could reread it this year, but I have A LOT on my plate as you can partially see. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on your reading in 2025! 💛
Great list. I am looking forward to hearing more about the books. I hadn't heard about most of those mysteries, on my list now. I am so looking forward to our buddy read of Thirst, thank you for doing it.💗
@@booksimnotreading You're welcome😊 I am feeling better. My doctor gave me a spray that helped my throat. I am new to buddy reads so I am very excited about it. I look forward to hearing about all your books.
@@BooksandRadioPlays Voxer is a free app that acts like a walkie-talkie. You can leave voice or text messages for one person or a group of people - although I do think a discord is better if the group is larger. We have time though ... we'll figure it out.
As you know, I’m not planning any specific books except my buddy reads this year but I can’t deny there are a few I would like to get to this year 😉. I say if that French mystery series disappoints again, get rid of the whole set Kelly! May your reading year be a stellar one! 💚
@@MyMessyBookshelf Hello! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I have made a mental note to read it in turbulent weather! Thanks for the advice! 😃💛
God's nightgown Kelly, thats a really great mix of books for 2025. Im also going to try to finish or focus on these series, Kate Sugak (so close, im on book 20 of 23) Green Bone saga The Poppy wars trilogy The slow horses novellas from the UK. Grapes of wrath need attention as well. I really enjoyed house of Mirth, not sure if its better than Age of Innocence, but i want read the Third book in her New York novels, North of the country. Oh, You should try some Maigret, if you like mysteries set in Paris. Happy 📚 , Go well Kelly.
I’m really looking forward to reading together this summer! I don’t think I’ve ever read measure for measure or watched it! Might have to do that for Shaketember!
I hope to get to Gilead this month. Currently, I am reading James and slowly working my way through A Gentleman in Moscow. I have a year long challenge I'm doing so I need to start the book for JAnn-uary soon. I didn't know Gilead was a series. I own the 1st and if I like it I will see if I can get the rest from my library.
You have some great reads lined up for the year. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Barbara Pym because I haven’t read any of her books but have been thinking about adding her to my TBR. If you are up for it, I’d love to buddy read Jamaica Inn with you - it has been on my list for a very long time.
@@readwritecollage Thanks Loretta, dear! I will definitely let you know what I think of Barbara Pym. Let’s get a little farther into the year and then decide about Jamaica Inn. Great idea, though! 💛
It's been years since I saw 2001 A Space Odyssey. Not sure what I would think of it now. When I saw it, I did think it was an impressive movie. Maybe I'll watch it again before you and Jason discuss it
I just finished a re-read of Oliver Twist and I wouldn't call it sentimental. I felt struck with the grittiness of 19th c. London life more than anything else. Granted, there are some unbelievable coincidences and a few overly gushy scenes, but I think the movies and adaptations make it much more sentimental than the actual text.
"I lost my mind and spent it all on books" would be a good title for my autobiography! 🤣I can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of these.
@@Ms-Peepers-Reading-Corner Me too! I hope I can make a big dent in my physical TBR without hauling a bunch. We’ll see what happens! Thanks so much for commenting! 💛
@ that’s one of my goals for this year, too. I’ve got a no-buy goal for the first half of the year. We shall see…. 😇
@ I went a year where I only bought one book. You can do it! 💛
@ nice!! I thought about doing a year, but decided to start smaller. I’ve got this used bookstore near me with a very enabling owner… they have a whole section of $1 hardbacks - I always walk out of there with 40+ books. 📚
Hi Kelly. So many wonderful books on your high-priority list. I love that you are reading Mary Oliver's THIRST. It's a beautiful book written mostly as a way of dealing with her profound grief after the death of her partner. She's one of my all-time favorites. My in-person book group is meeting tomorrow to discuss Louise Erdrich's newest novel, The Mighty Red. She is one of my favorite contemporary novelists, although The Mighty Red isn't one of her best. I'll be interested to hear what my group thinks. I gasped when you held up Farrell's TROUBLES. Would you believe that I just got that book yesterday?! It's true! I hope that you enjoy all of these books.
That's so wild that you just bought Troubles! It's also great to hear that you are familiar with Thirst. I got it at my used bookstore the one time the cashier forgot to charge me. I really like Mary Oliver as a poet so I'm hopeful to become more familiar with her. Thanks so much for sharing with me, Pat! I saw your tag as well, so I'll try to get to it soon! Happy reading!
@ really-I gasped when you held up Troubles! No pressure on tags ever. I just thought this one was especially fun. 😊
hi! jamaica inn is actually set in cornwall. it's a great book for fall/winter!
@@razberrie Excellent! Thank you for telling me that. I don’t read most book descriptions because they often contain spoilers. I will read it in the second half of the year! 😃💛
You should come to Massachusetts and visit Edith Wharton's house in the Berkshires, and sites related to Nathaniel Hawthorne in Concord and Salem. I can give you a person tour of Concord, if you'd like. 🙂
Oh, how I would love that! I'm ready to go NOW. 💛
Just let me know in advance, Kelly. Any time. LOTS of author stuff to see in Massachusetts.
You certainly have a busy reading year lined up! Good luck and I hope they turn out to be 5 star books.📚
@@binglamb2176 I know. There’s more planned ham I mentioned because I’m saving it for a special video. I doubt they’ll all be five stars, but I think some of them look really, really good. 💛
Hope you enjoy the books you read on your TBR 🤗
If you are up for it, let’s buddy read Oliver Twist. I might need a positive enforcement to try Charles Dickens again 😉
PS: Jamaica Inn is a fall book but it could be good for early spring as well 👍🏻
Berna, do you want to read it for Victober? Let me know. Thanks for the tip about when to read Jamaica Inn - clearly I didn't read anything on the book. 💛
@ I am open to reading the book in Victober 🤗🤗 🎉🎉
@@BernasBookishAdventures Let's do it!
Great list Kelly!📚📚😊
@@sterlingreads547 Thank you! 💛😃😻
Lots of great books for 2025, Kelly! I have enjoyed The House of 7 Gables, The Chosen, The House of Mirth (due for a re-read this year) and Some Tame Gazelle. Last year I re-read Can You Forgive Here? (even better the 2nd time around & is my 2nd favorite Palliser after The Duke's Children) and just this week finished an audio re-read of Oliver Twist, which had many more plot points, twists and characters than I remembered. I also have Evelina, The Genius of Jane Austen & Passage to India as TBR high priorities for 2025. I remember Jamaica Inn being cold & rainy in a lot of the book, if that gives you any clue as to seasonal reading. And Yes! to Thrush Green, the perfect books to read after finishing more difficult books or chunksters or just to get out of a reading slump. Happy reading!
@@kathleencraine7335 Oh, thank you for sharing some of your reading plans for 2025. I love hearing them! I hope it’s a great year for reading books, but we’ll see what happens! Happy reading! 💛
I'm planning on reading Some Tame Gazelle (my first Pym,) too. The books I'm most looking forward to on my TBR are all NF and/or memoir. Their shortened titles are: "Bluestockings," "Liberty, Equality, Fashion," "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," "The Editor," "Storm Pegs," "Shakespeare's Sisters," and "My Mama Cass." I also have "Passage to India" on my TBR and I want to begin to re-read Dickens in publication order (Pickwick first.) I have a poetry collection to recommend to you, "The Art of Drowning" by Billy Collins. If you are not a fan of Billy Collins (which is hard to imagine,) this collection is quite a departure from his other collections. They have his wry wit, but they are not funny poems. They are contemplative, full-page poems. They are smart, referencing Greek gods, history we should know, dead poets, Shakespeare, jazz greats, etc. They are puzzling about life--about what it all means. I read three or four a day til I got through the thin book and each poem felt like a little gift. I think it may be his best collection. I think you would enjoy it very much.
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@@marjoriedybec3450 Thank you so much for sharing your reading plans - which sound fantastic - and recommending The Art of Drowning. I confess I haven’t read anything by Billy Collins! But I will remember it! Happy reading! 💛
Hi Kelly,
Hope your new year is off to a great start! Wow, you are so focused with your TBR this upcoming year, thanks for sharing! I am finishing up “Oliver Twist” today (I wished to have read at least that and “Great Expectations” before starting “Dombey and Son”). Next up is “The Chosen,” which I have begun to read, I will be interested to hear your thoughts on it! The only goals I have articulated for myself are to read “Grapes of Wrath” and to re-read two books from about 5-10 years ago that I found compelling and want to revisit: “Hunger” by Knut Hamsun and “The Violent Bear It Away” by Flannery O’Connor. There are two books of Japanese poetry I am interested in getting: “The Poems of Nakahara Chūya” and “River of Stars” by Yusano Akiko. I am also interested in the Empire Trilogy, eventually anyway (not certain if this year’s the year). Here's to a great 2025! All the best, Joe
@@gammaanteria Oh! The Grapes of Wrath! That is an amazing book. I think your reading plans sound outstanding. I wish I could reread it this year, but I have A LOT on my plate as you can partially see. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on your reading in 2025! 💛
Great list. I am looking forward to hearing more about the books. I hadn't heard about most of those mysteries, on my list now. I am so looking forward to our buddy read of Thirst, thank you for doing it.💗
@@BooksandRadioPlays Thanks Sherri! How are you feeling? I look forward to our buddy read and sharing all these books with you this year! 💛
@@booksimnotreading You're welcome😊 I am feeling better. My doctor gave me a spray that helped my throat. I am new to buddy reads so I am very excited about it. I look forward to hearing about all your books.
@ I’m sorrry, Sherri. I probably already asked you this, but are you on Voxer?
@@booksimnotreading I don't know what Voxer is. If it is a communication platform, the only one I know is Discord.
@@BooksandRadioPlays Voxer is a free app that acts like a walkie-talkie. You can leave voice or text messages for one person or a group of people - although I do think a discord is better if the group is larger. We have time though ... we'll figure it out.
I bought a really beautiful gothic looking bookshelf end of last year, so naturally i had to fill it with new books!! 😂
@@1984isnow No empty bookshelves here! Your bookcase sounds very cool. Thank you for watching and commenting! 💛
As you know, I’m not planning any specific books except my buddy reads this year but I can’t deny there are a few I would like to get to this year 😉. I say if that French mystery series disappoints again, get rid of the whole set Kelly! May your reading year be a stellar one! 💚
@@josmith5992 But we bought one of the books at Shakespeare and Co in Paris! 😂💛
More of a reason to go back and buy something else 😉
Jamaica Inn would definitely be great for winter or during a thunderstorm in summer. Hope you enjoy! You have a lot of interesting titles here!
@@MyMessyBookshelf Hello! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I have made a mental note to read it in turbulent weather! Thanks for the advice! 😃💛
Another Trollope series, nice!
@@MyCozyLittleLibrary Yes, but some of them are huge! I hope I can find a way to start it this year! 💛
God's nightgown Kelly, thats a really great mix of books for 2025.
Im also going to try to finish or focus on these series,
Kate Sugak (so close, im on book 20 of 23)
Green Bone saga
The Poppy wars trilogy
The slow horses novellas from the UK.
Grapes of wrath need attention as well.
I really enjoyed house of Mirth, not sure if its better than Age of Innocence, but i want read the Third book in her New York novels, North of the country.
Oh, You should try some Maigret, if you like mysteries set in Paris.
Happy 📚 , Go well Kelly.
@@nathanfoung2347 Thanks Nathan! I love hearing about your reading plans! Be well, friend. 💛
I’m really looking forward to reading together this summer!
I don’t think I’ve ever read measure for measure or watched it! Might have to do that for Shaketember!
I'm very excited for our buddy read as well!💛
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@@tibbarasden 💛
Looks like a great TBR! Here's to a year of wonderful books and buddy reads. 💜
@@genteelblackhole I’ll toast my coffee to that! 🥂☕️💛
I hope to get to Gilead this month. Currently, I am reading James and slowly working my way through A Gentleman in Moscow. I have a year long challenge I'm doing so I need to start the book for JAnn-uary soon. I didn't know Gilead was a series. I own the 1st and if I like it I will see if I can get the rest from my library.
@@mariasmiles68 I don’t know that it’s a series in the traditional sense, but it would be great to hear your thoughts on Gilead! 💛
You have some great reads lined up for the year. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Barbara Pym because I haven’t read any of her books but have been thinking about adding her to my TBR. If you are up for it, I’d love to buddy read Jamaica Inn with you - it has been on my list for a very long time.
@@readwritecollage Thanks Loretta, dear! I will definitely let you know what I think of Barbara Pym. Let’s get a little farther into the year and then decide about Jamaica Inn. Great idea, though! 💛
It's been years since I saw 2001 A Space Odyssey. Not sure what I would think of it now. When I saw it, I did think it was an impressive movie. Maybe I'll watch it again before you and Jason discuss it
@@stuartgriffin1001 That would be great! I don’t know when we’ll watch it, but I’ll keep you posted. 💛
If I remember correctly, Jam. Inn is kind of rainy and bleak.
@@theresas709 Yes, other people have essentially recommended I should read it when the weather is bad! 💛😂
Do you think Oliver Twist is too sentimental?
I don't know! I haven't read it yet! Ask me after I read it. Thank you!
I just finished a re-read of Oliver Twist and I wouldn't call it sentimental. I felt struck with the grittiness of 19th c. London life more than anything else. Granted, there are some unbelievable coincidences and a few overly gushy scenes, but I think the movies and adaptations make it much more sentimental than the actual text.
@ Thanks Kathleen for sharing your thoughts! 💛