A room with a view, absaloute classic i can imagine you on a beach reading that, the fifth season is written in a refreshing style, thanks for the link to Olivia's catastrophe, your face looks lovley cleansed and fresh.
I'm in the middle of listening to the audiobook of 'Only Human' to wrap up the Themis Files series 🎉 I love the way the audiobooks has a different voice actor for each person in the book. So great to read either physically or audibly 💛
Loved your recommendations video! A Room With A View is actually one I really want to try now? I knew of it but not really what it was about or like. Sleeping Giants is on my kindle but I haven't been reading on my kindle for a while :') Hopefully one for when I'm in the mood for ebooks again! Kingdom of souls is on my tbr as you know, and I just hauled in the fifth season so I am excited to read it! Loved Illuminae and should probably get to the rest of that series at some point!
Oh my gosh, Illuminae is amazing! I listened to the audiobook, I also finished the Gemina, and I started listening to Obsidio 😁 I'll have to physically read them soon because I didn't realize how unique the format is ❤ Also, since you like plants so much, you may like Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart. That book is so cool! I thoroughly enjoyed it, quick read, very informative and fun 🌱
Why did it not surprise me at all that you mentioned plants? Lol. I had no idea Christa Wolf had written a retelling. I learned about her at uni as an author of books that deal with German reunification (I'm assuming it's the same Christa Wolf anyway).
I loved this video! I was surprised about your choice for plants because I immediately thought of The Raven cycle. I adore that you love academia, I am the same, I am currently doing a PhD and whenever I say that I can't imagine my life without studying people always look at me funny 🤣
OK, I loved your vid, and decided, as you suggested, to try recs based on your faves! Here goes: Skincare - Saltwater by Jessica Andrews Contemporary fiction, set between Sunderland, London and remote Ireland. Her writing can be described as "bodily". It focuses a lot on the experiences of the protagonist from her own body as she comes of age. Academia - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa Japanese contemporary fiction with street food, the passing of seasons, and a shop owner who learns more than the just perfect dorayaki recipe (sweet bean paste donuts) from an old woman with knotted hands. It's really lovely, slow paced, but real touching. Moon (on your mugs) - I'm going with the symbolism attached to the moon card in the tarot, which would be the dark side, fears and the invisible. If you speak French: L'Epouvantable Peur d'Epiphanie Frayeur by Severine Gauthier, a beautiful graphic novel all about facing your fears. Else, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson has a lot of these themes of confronting the darkness, within and without! Having seen the Netflix show isn't spoilery, in fact the book has a slightly different tone. Plants - Gossip from the forest by Sara Maitland My current read because no other idea! A bunch of essays linked up forests and where fairy tales come from. Folklore - Eleanor Mandragore; Daughter of Merlin by Severine Gauthier and Thomas Labourot A French comics series focusing on Merlin's daughter and bringing together a lot of the lores from the Arthurian Legends. Translated from French, the graphics are very much reminiscent of another staple of belgo-french comics: Asterix!) Coffee - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Great YA coming of age story, about a black puerto rican teen mom in the US, whose dream is to join the kitchen of a restaurant. It's like coffee and a pastry: mouth watering, fluffy (it's an easy read) with a bit of crunch (it deals with tricky topics (teen relationships, family bonds, mourning) very cleverly), it leaves you uplifted. Autumn - Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Vermont in the fall is everything, + a nice dose of creepy, and the lovely and crisp writing of Katherine Arden Musicals - The Golem and The Jinni by Helene Wecker. A real-life golem meets a real-life jinni in late 19th century New York. Really lovely, atmospheric, and an unexpected side of NY. I thought the characters where a little too one-dimensional, but then I feel that's a bit how it works in musicals anyway? Wow that was very long! But real fun to do! I'd really like to read Christa Wolf. I think I did a class where we mentioned Medea, and I've seen an opera based on that book, but I don't remember much, except that I love this new angle of the story.
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As someone who loves skincare and wants to read more classics, I need to read A Room with a View!
I love this concept! I need to read all of these (apart from Priory which I’ve already read and love!) Also I love your choices of what you love. I’m with you on the musicals. I’m hoping to start working in the musical world as an Assistant Stage Manager (backstage person) so I’m hoping shows will start up again so I can start working on them. I’m really intrigued by Illuminae!
This was a fun video Ashleigh!. I'm a big fan of musicals one of my favourites being wicked. I'm going to be reading The Priory of the orange tree for my november TBR- slightly excited.
Ooooh I love musicals too they’re like the best thing! Are you taking part in musical-a-thon on Twitter in November? It’s a musical themed readathon this round is Wicked themed and I can’t wait
This was such an interesting video!! I had the same process with getting to like coffee, but I still prefer to add lots of milk and sugar, instead of drinking it dark XD
Ok I loved this video, trying to guess what kind of book you'd link to each favorite. Let's say I failed xD But Cassandra is going on my retellings tbr!!! Also an unrelated question, but what lipstick are you wearing? It's gorgeous!!!
Ahaha I love that! Hope you enjoy Cassandra 🙌🏻 the lipstick is from Bourjois, but I’m away from home right now for a little while so can’t say which shade 🤦🏻♀️
Ok, I have a book recommendation that doesn't exactly fit any of these categories, but I just feel like you'd enjoy it. 🙈 The Strange and Beautifil Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton follows I think 3 generations of a family all cursed to be doomed in love. The main character is Ava, obviously, who has been born with wings into a very insular, overprotective family whose stories and romantic histories are all intertwined throughout the book. It's very lyrically written and simultaneously super beautiful and super sad. CW: rape
In A Room with A View George is not Italian. She meets him while they are both on holiday. The film is great too, though quite different than the book. 😁
I actually think Illuminae and musicals wasn’t that tenuous a link. It made sense to me entirely, especially since I’ve read it and know how intense it is.
@@AFrolicThroughFiction I love Wicked too, that's my all-time favorite! I've never gotten into Kinky Boots but there's still time, I find that it sounds quite similar to Everybody's Talking About Jamie which is another musical I like.
Loving the recommendations and how you have linked them to some of your favourite things. Absolutely cracking, loved this video and a great way to show some of the things you like the most
I looooooove the Christmas vibes in your outfit!!! 🎄🎄🎄
A room with a view, absaloute classic i can imagine you on a beach reading that, the fifth season is written in a refreshing style, thanks for the link to Olivia's catastrophe, your face looks lovley cleansed and fresh.
Ooh super interesting video! Loved A Room with a View too! Makes me wanna fly to Italy haha
Oh god I feel that ahaha
Cool video, Ashleigh!
completely agree with that description for A Room With A View!
yesss plants/mugs/autumn are the perfect combination 🌿💗
I love a room with a view. One of my favorites. I saw the movie too.
Ooooh fun!!😍 Always so happy to hear the E M Forster love xxx
I'm in the middle of listening to the audiobook of 'Only Human' to wrap up the Themis Files series 🎉 I love the way the audiobooks has a different voice actor for each person in the book. So great to read either physically or audibly 💛
I love your celestial mugs! It’s inspired me to pick up Sleeping Giants which has been on my shelf forever! 💙
Aw yay! I hope you love it!
Loved your recommendations video! A Room With A View is actually one I really want to try now? I knew of it but not really what it was about or like. Sleeping Giants is on my kindle but I haven't been reading on my kindle for a while :') Hopefully one for when I'm in the mood for ebooks again! Kingdom of souls is on my tbr as you know, and I just hauled in the fifth season so I am excited to read it! Loved Illuminae and should probably get to the rest of that series at some point!
Oh my gosh, Illuminae is amazing! I listened to the audiobook, I also finished the Gemina, and I started listening to Obsidio 😁 I'll have to physically read them soon because I didn't realize how unique the format is ❤ Also, since you like plants so much, you may like Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart. That book is so cool! I thoroughly enjoyed it, quick read, very informative and fun 🌱
I’ll check it out! Thank you!
I love this! Honestly I want to steal all of Olivia's video ideas😂
Ahaha her videos are fab 🙌🏻
MUSICALS!!! They comprise 90% of the music I listen to, not gonna lie!! I think I'm going to make a video linking books to musicals!
OMG please do! That is such a great idea!
Why did it not surprise me at all that you mentioned plants? Lol.
I had no idea Christa Wolf had written a retelling. I learned about her at uni as an author of books that deal with German reunification (I'm assuming it's the same Christa Wolf anyway).
Aha it’s to be expected now 😂
She’s written a couple! There’s Cassandra and Medea
This video put a smile on my face like always
I REALLY need to pick up Priory of the Orange Tree... I have it, but just haven't gotten to it yet. IT sounds fantastic though!
I loved this video! I was surprised about your choice for plants because I immediately thought of The Raven cycle. I adore that you love academia, I am the same, I am currently doing a PhD and whenever I say that I can't imagine my life without studying people always look at me funny 🤣
Aha there’s not many things I associate with the raven boys, but that one would be for my favourite song! Which I should’ve put in this video 😂
OK, I loved your vid, and decided, as you suggested, to try recs based on your faves! Here goes:
Skincare - Saltwater by Jessica Andrews
Contemporary fiction, set between Sunderland, London and remote Ireland. Her writing can be described as "bodily". It focuses a lot on the experiences of the protagonist from her own body as she comes of age.
Academia - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
Japanese contemporary fiction with street food, the passing of seasons, and a shop owner who learns more than the just perfect dorayaki recipe (sweet bean paste donuts) from an old woman with knotted hands. It's really lovely, slow paced, but real touching.
Moon (on your mugs) - I'm going with the symbolism attached to the moon card in the tarot, which would be the dark side, fears and the invisible.
If you speak French: L'Epouvantable Peur d'Epiphanie Frayeur by Severine Gauthier, a beautiful graphic novel all about facing your fears.
Else, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson has a lot of these themes of confronting the darkness, within and without! Having seen the Netflix show isn't spoilery, in fact the book has a slightly different tone.
Plants - Gossip from the forest by Sara Maitland
My current read because no other idea! A bunch of essays linked up forests and where fairy tales come from.
Folklore - Eleanor Mandragore; Daughter of Merlin by Severine Gauthier and Thomas Labourot
A French comics series focusing on Merlin's daughter and bringing together a lot of the lores from the Arthurian Legends. Translated from French, the graphics are very much reminiscent of another staple of belgo-french comics: Asterix!)
Coffee - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Great YA coming of age story, about a black puerto rican teen mom in the US, whose dream is to join the kitchen of a restaurant. It's like coffee and a pastry: mouth watering, fluffy (it's an easy read) with a bit of crunch (it deals with tricky topics (teen relationships, family bonds, mourning) very cleverly), it leaves you uplifted.
Autumn - Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Vermont in the fall is everything, + a nice dose of creepy, and the lovely and crisp writing of Katherine Arden
Musicals - The Golem and The Jinni by Helene Wecker.
A real-life golem meets a real-life jinni in late 19th century New York. Really lovely, atmospheric, and an unexpected side of NY. I thought the characters where a little too one-dimensional, but then I feel that's a bit how it works in musicals anyway?
Wow that was very long! But real fun to do!
I'd really like to read Christa Wolf. I think I did a class where we mentioned Medea, and I've seen an opera based on that book, but I don't remember much, except that I love this new angle of the story.
As someone who loves skincare and wants to read more classics, I need to read A Room with a View!
I love this video idea!
I love those mugs! I love mugs and coffee too. My husband just bought me the cutest unicorn mug. It even has a compartment for a cookie.
Im so excited to read The Priory of The Orange Tree, just not ready yet to tackle that monster of a book 😂
OMG that intro is so cool! really cool video x
I love this concept! I need to read all of these (apart from Priory which I’ve already read and love!) Also I love your choices of what you love. I’m with you on the musicals. I’m hoping to start working in the musical world as an Assistant Stage Manager (backstage person) so I’m hoping shows will start up again so I can start working on them.
I’m really intrigued by Illuminae!
This was a fun video Ashleigh!. I'm a big fan of musicals one of my favourites being wicked. I'm going to be reading The Priory of the orange tree for my november TBR- slightly excited.
What a great video idea. This is so much fun and perfectly random.
♡Your videos always put a smile on my face ♡ thank you!
P.s. anyone have a recommendation for books about English/Welsh folklore?
I love your lipstick 😍😍
I heard Illuminae's audiobook as I read the book. What an AMAZING experience!
This is a fab idea!!
Your accent is so calming. Weird. I’m sorry but it is 💕
Love love love Priory of the orange tree🧡🧡
Ooooh I love musicals too they’re like the best thing! Are you taking part in musical-a-thon on Twitter in November? It’s a musical themed readathon this round is Wicked themed and I can’t wait
I’m not, but it sounds fab!
wow i literally just finished reading sleeping giants like an hour ago, just to see it pop up in your video😲😂 but i really loved it!
This was such an interesting video!! I had the same process with getting to like coffee, but I still prefer to add lots of milk and sugar, instead of drinking it dark XD
Ahaha I’m the exact same!
Loved this! 🥰🥰🥰
The audiobook of sleeping giants is amazing!
We have university in the US but we use college and university interchangeable, unlike the U.K. and Canada where they are used differently.
Ok I loved this video, trying to guess what kind of book you'd link to each favorite. Let's say I failed xD But Cassandra is going on my retellings tbr!!!
Also an unrelated question, but what lipstick are you wearing? It's gorgeous!!!
Ahaha I love that! Hope you enjoy Cassandra 🙌🏻 the lipstick is from Bourjois, but I’m away from home right now for a little while so can’t say which shade 🤦🏻♀️
@@AFrolicThroughFiction Brand should be enough ^_^ Thanks!!!
Ok, I have a book recommendation that doesn't exactly fit any of these categories, but I just feel like you'd enjoy it. 🙈 The Strange and Beautifil Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton follows I think 3 generations of a family all cursed to be doomed in love. The main character is Ava, obviously, who has been born with wings into a very insular, overprotective family whose stories and romantic histories are all intertwined throughout the book. It's very lyrically written and simultaneously super beautiful and super sad.
CW: rape
I’m curious if you’ll feel the same way about The Fifth Season after you finish the series. :)
i would have never guessed youre into musicals!! what are your favorites?
In A Room with A View George is not Italian. She meets him while they are both on holiday. The film is great too, though quite different than the book. 😁
I actually think Illuminae and musicals wasn’t that tenuous a link. It made sense to me entirely, especially since I’ve read it and know how intense it is.
I’m so glad it makes sense 😂
I love musicals so much! What are some of your favourites?
Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked, Mamma Mia are the ones that come to mind!
@@AFrolicThroughFiction I love Wicked too, that's my all-time favorite! I've never gotten into Kinky Boots but there's still time, I find that it sounds quite similar to Everybody's Talking About Jamie which is another musical I like.
YES I LOVE MUGS 😭
Hey my lovely 😊
Loving the recommendations and how you have linked them to some of your favourite things. Absolutely cracking, loved this video and a great way to show some of the things you like the most