You could make this into a whole series, I would watch it all 😊 And like everyone says, anyone would be lucky to have you as their teacher. I’ve watched a couple of your Ulysses discussions now (which is somehow very interesting even though I haven’t read it) and I saw your reaction when one of the other members of the group had a different opinion than the rest, and you just lit up! And I thought that was so great, for anyone but especially for a teacher. Encouraging people to think for themselves and providing a safe space to express those thoughts. I can see you doing that all over the place. It makes me so happy to think that you enjoyed your career so much. And I love pasta too 😊
Oh Ellen, you do my heart such good! Thank you for this lovely comment. I have to tell you, I answered all of your questions in my Part 2 installment, and then the video disappeared! It stopped filming in mid-stream, which has never happened before, and I had to do it all over again. I picked different questions to answer and decided that I will revisit yours in Part 3. Thank you, again, for being so supportive! You are a treasure.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I’m glad you take it to heart, I mean every word! Haha oh no! How strange! Good choice to mix it up with new questions. I don’t mind waiting, everyone put in great questions! And I hope the tech plays along better next time 😊
Thank you, Greg. I think it definitely kept me on my toes teaching so many different courses, and it never became boring. I truly loved my teaching career.🥰
The reasons to like you keep piling up: you're Italian! So we not only share a love of books but a common heritage. Well, half of one anyway! I really enjoyed listening to you reminiscing about the many cucina di povera dishes on which you were raised, like I was. Really enjoyed this video and looking forward to the next. Thank you for answering my question!
Thank you for tuning in, Nina! Most of my family is Italian-Irish. My mom and her siblings and a few cousins married Irishmen, and my dad and one of his sisters married Italians. 🥰 Part 2 will go up in a few hours.😊
Love your answers. Thanks for answering my question. I quite enjoy romance novels. A good thriller to ease into the genre is The Grownup by Gillian Flynn. It is only 64 pages, but it packs a punch
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH thank you, Kim. I hope people don’t get sick of listening to me. This is going to take a little longer than I had anticipated! 🥰
Good Morning Pat. This video came up on my feed today. It is amazing how booktube really does expand a person's variety of book genre's. I chuckled when you were talking about being Irish and Italian. I worked with a nurse that was 100% Irish and her husband was 100% as well. I asked her for her best Irish recipes and she said. Marcia, Marcia... there are no good Irish recipes. 🤥I guess that is why her favorite place to order in during our shift was a local Italian restaurant! 😁
Hi Marcia! What a great story!! Yes, the Italians are surely known for their food. The Irish, not so much! 😉 Most of my extended family is this same Italian-Irish mix. It’s a good combination, actually. Funny that this video came into your feed! It took me four videos to get through the questions. Crazy! 😊
1000 subscribers, that’s ace! I have enjoyed listening to your answers in this video and getting to know you a little more. Thank you for this channel.
Great answers Pat, thanks so much for answering my two questions. I make a pretty good Lasagna dish too, and my favorite meal is Shepard's Pie :) Funny story, I didn't start cooking until 8 years ago, and now I make different dishes from different regions in the world. My most exotic dish to date has been Ethiopian Tibbs - spicy, but delicious :)
Wonderful, Pat! 😊 These were such great, thoughtful questions, from your subscribers and fellow BookTubers. I really enjoyed your lovely, heartfelt responses, (which actually made me feel as if we are kindred spirits!) Looking forward to Part 2. ☮️🧡📚
Awww thank you for this lovely comment. We are kindred spirits. Part two has been uploaded. It will drop in about two hours. On to Part 3. This is crazy! But good crazy. Thank you for watching! And for writing such lovely comments.
You are my favorite retired English teacher on BookTube! Congrats on this memorable milestone. Your videos always make me smile! Loved hearing your answers. - MJ
I enjoyed getting to know you better, Pat. I share your love for so many of the classics and other books you mentioned. I spent 19 years teaching many of them as well. So glad that we can pursue new genres and keep growing post-retirement!!
Fantastic video! I deliberately left my dinner party question ambiguous so you could decide on whether the author was still living or not so it was fun that you doubled up your answer. I also loved your answer to the time capsule. Your absolute love of teaching always shines through in your videos.
Thank you, Helen, for the lovely questions which were so thought-provoking! My friend and colleague, Juliet, whom I consulted, was answering the questions too! Thank you again! And I'm glad that my love of teaching comes through....It was a true vocation. This Q and A has taken on a life of its own. More to come soon.
Oh Debs, if not for you and our little group, I'd be abandoning ship. Joyce, I find in my older age, makes me angry. So glad to be on this journey with you!
I can't decide if I would rather you were my teacher or if you were a colleague when I was teaching. I only taught two years (middle school) but I could still see the difference in how a teacher's approach to children made all the difference. Congrats on hitting 1K subscribers. Looking forward to hearing about the books you are reading.
A science fiction elective would be so much fun. I haven't been reading as many thrillers lately but I do love a good one now and then. These are terrific questions and answers!
Congrats on 1k+ subscribers! Its nice getting to know you better, and now I'm hungry listening you talk about good Italian dishes. LOL ( That Dude's Mom )
I really like your videos Pat! Your voice is really comforting and i really like how you answer the questions you must've been an amazing english teacher keep up the good work!
I was in your class when you taught The Scarlet Letter! I remember liking it, though I can’t say I’ve ever been tempted to reread it. I do remember Hester and Dimmesdale and some of the more vivid passages. On another note, if you have an Audible subscription, I strongly recommend listening to To Kill a Mockingbird as read by Sissy Spacek! She is an exquisite reader.
@@colesquire Cole, thank you for saying that about The Scarlet Letter. You were an extraordinary student. I appreciate the book; it was just a tough one to teach-at least to 15-16-year-old kids. I have heard similar great things about Sissy Spacek’s reading of Mockingbird. I’ll have to listen! 🥰
I have recently discovered your channel and am enjoying your reviews very much! I have 3 thrillers to recommend that you might enjoy: The Quiet Game by Greg Iles The Eye of The Needle by Ken Follett Killing Floor by Lee Child Mysteries are my favorite genre with SFF a close second. The Follett is a spy thriller, but the other 2 lean very much towards a mystery. You may have read all 3, but I wanted to reciprocate. None of them is terribly graphic. Enjoy your reads!!
You could make this into a whole series, I would watch it all 😊
And like everyone says, anyone would be lucky to have you as their teacher. I’ve watched a couple of your Ulysses discussions now (which is somehow very interesting even though I haven’t read it) and I saw your reaction when one of the other members of the group had a different opinion than the rest, and you just lit up! And I thought that was so great, for anyone but especially for a teacher. Encouraging people to think for themselves and providing a safe space to express those thoughts. I can see you doing that all over the place.
It makes me so happy to think that you enjoyed your career so much.
And I love pasta too 😊
Oh Ellen, you do my heart such good! Thank you for this lovely comment. I have to tell you, I answered all of your questions in my Part 2 installment, and then the video disappeared! It stopped filming in mid-stream, which has never happened before, and I had to do it all over again. I picked different questions to answer and decided that I will revisit yours in Part 3. Thank you, again, for being so supportive! You are a treasure.
You hit the nail on the head. That's just exactly what her class was like - very special!
@@heidiblauvelt2846 Oh I love that! I can imagine, it shines through! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I’m glad you take it to heart, I mean every word!
Haha oh no! How strange! Good choice to mix it up with new questions. I don’t mind waiting, everyone put in great questions! And I hope the tech plays along better next time 😊
@@ellenmadebookclubI think I’ve solved the problem. Your questions will be in part 3. I had answered them all too!
You must have been a fantastic teacher. All those grades and books.
Thank you, Greg. I think it definitely kept me on my toes teaching so many different courses, and it never became boring. I truly loved my teaching career.🥰
The reasons to like you keep piling up: you're Italian! So we not only share a love of books but a common heritage. Well, half of one anyway! I really enjoyed listening to you reminiscing about the many cucina di povera dishes on which you were raised, like I was.
Really enjoyed this video and looking forward to the next. Thank you for answering my question!
Thank you for tuning in, Nina! Most of my family is Italian-Irish. My mom and her siblings and a few cousins married Irishmen, and my dad and one of his sisters married Italians. 🥰
Part 2 will go up in a few hours.😊
Love your answers. Thanks for answering my question. I quite enjoy romance novels. A good thriller to ease into the genre is The Grownup by Gillian Flynn. It is only 64 pages, but it packs a punch
Thanks, Stuart! Appreciate the recommendations! More questions/answers to come soon!😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 You're welcome. I look forward to seeing the next video
Thanks, Stuart.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 You're welcome
It was lovely to hear you talk about your life Pat. Thank you for being so open. 💕😊
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH thank you, Kim. I hope people don’t get sick of listening to me. This is going to take a little longer than I had anticipated! 🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668 nobody will get sick of you. I promise. 💕
You are very kind!
Lovely answers! I look forward to watching the other installments. 🙂
Thank you, Michael!
Good Morning Pat. This video came up on my feed today. It is amazing how booktube really does expand a person's variety of book genre's. I chuckled when you were talking about being Irish and Italian. I worked with a nurse that was 100% Irish and her husband was 100% as well. I asked her for her best Irish recipes and she said. Marcia, Marcia... there are no good Irish recipes. 🤥I guess that is why her favorite place to order in during our shift was a local Italian restaurant! 😁
Hi Marcia! What a great story!! Yes, the Italians are surely known for their food. The Irish, not so much! 😉 Most of my extended family is this same Italian-Irish mix. It’s a good combination, actually. Funny that this video came into your feed! It took me four videos to get through the questions. Crazy! 😊
I love it! It’s very fun to learn more about you with all these questions. Thank you for answering mine! 😊
Thank you for being here and for asking me questions. Getting ready to upload Volume 2 now...😄
1000 subscribers, that’s ace! I have enjoyed listening to your answers in this video and getting to know you a little more. Thank you for this channel.
Thank you so much. More questions and answers coming soon...Thank you for tuning in.
Great answers Pat!
Thanks, Brian. More to come....😉
Your experience with _To Kill a Mockingbird_ is incredible - how great to have such clarity of direction so early on.
The book made a very powerful impression!😊
Great answers Pat, thanks so much for answering my two questions. I make a pretty good Lasagna dish too, and my favorite meal is Shepard's Pie :) Funny story, I didn't start cooking until 8 years ago, and now I make different dishes from different regions in the world. My most exotic dish to date has been Ethiopian Tibbs - spicy, but delicious :)
@@ReadbyFred wow! Fred, that’s awesome!! Thanks for being so kind and supportive! 😊
Wonderful, Pat! 😊
These were such great, thoughtful questions, from your subscribers and fellow BookTubers.
I really enjoyed your lovely, heartfelt responses, (which actually made me feel as if we are kindred spirits!)
Looking forward to Part 2.
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Awww thank you for this lovely comment. We are kindred spirits. Part two has been uploaded. It will drop in about two hours. On to Part 3. This is crazy! But good crazy. Thank you for watching! And for writing such lovely comments.
You are my favorite retired English teacher on BookTube! Congrats on this memorable milestone. Your videos always make me smile! Loved hearing your answers. - MJ
Thank you, MJ. Your questions are in Part 2, which is scheduled for midnight. 🥰
This was great! Congratulations on growing your channel!
Thank you, Arianne! 🥰
Congratulations on the 1k subscribers! Loved learning more about you!
@@myreadinglife8816 Thanks, Heidi! It feels unreal!
Madam, you just made my day. Wonderful video! Can’t wait for the next installment.
@@penitent468 Thanks! Coming soon…
Love this video Pat! You mentioned some of my fav books such as The Kite Runner and To Kill a Mockingbird. Wonderful works! Congrats!
@@BookBuds Thank you! 🥰
I enjoyed getting to know you better, Pat. I share your love for so many of the classics and other books you mentioned. I spent 19 years teaching many of them as well. So glad that we can pursue new genres and keep growing post-retirement!!
@@PoiemaLee absolutely! Thanks so much for watching. More to come….
This is so cute! Congrats!
Thanks!
Fantastic video! I deliberately left my dinner party question ambiguous so you could decide on whether the author was still living or not so it was fun that you doubled up your answer. I also loved your answer to the time capsule. Your absolute love of teaching always shines through in your videos.
Thank you, Helen, for the lovely questions which were so thought-provoking! My friend and colleague, Juliet, whom I consulted, was answering the questions too! Thank you again! And I'm glad that my love of teaching comes through....It was a true vocation. This Q and A has taken on a life of its own. More to come soon.
This was brilliant Pat. It is so lovely to get to know you better (I’m with you on Ulysses 😂)
Oh Debs, if not for you and our little group, I'd be abandoning ship. Joyce, I find in my older age, makes me angry. So glad to be on this journey with you!
I can't decide if I would rather you were my teacher or if you were a colleague when I was teaching. I only taught two years (middle school) but I could still see the difference in how a teacher's approach to children made all the difference. Congrats on hitting 1K subscribers. Looking forward to hearing about the books you are reading.
@@readwritecollage thank you for this lovely comment! 😊
1000 is fantastic. Congrats.
@@StephanieCThoughts thanks!
A science fiction elective would be so much fun. I haven't been reading as many thrillers lately but I do love a good one now and then. These are terrific questions and answers!
Thank you, Angelia! There are some more multi-part questions coming in future installments. This thing has taken on a life of its own.
Congrats on 1k+ subscribers! Its nice getting to know you better, and now I'm hungry listening you talk about good Italian dishes. LOL ( That Dude's Mom )
Thank you! I was making my mouth water just talking about those dishes! 😊
I really like your videos Pat! Your voice is really comforting and i really like how you answer the questions you must've been an amazing english teacher keep up the good work!
@@gin8663 thank you so much for tuning in and for leaving this lovely comment! 😊
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Your questions are coming in Part 2. ❤
@@BookChatWithPat8668 🤩
I was in your class when you taught The Scarlet Letter! I remember liking it, though I can’t say I’ve ever been tempted to reread it. I do remember Hester and Dimmesdale and some of the more vivid passages. On another note, if you have an Audible subscription, I strongly recommend listening to To Kill a Mockingbird as read by Sissy Spacek! She is an exquisite reader.
@@colesquire Cole, thank you for saying that about The Scarlet Letter. You were an extraordinary student. I appreciate the book; it was just a tough one to teach-at least to 15-16-year-old kids. I have heard similar great things about Sissy Spacek’s reading of Mockingbird. I’ll have to listen! 🥰
I have recently discovered your channel and am enjoying your reviews very much! I have 3 thrillers to recommend that you might enjoy:
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
The Eye of The Needle by Ken Follett
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Mysteries are my favorite genre with SFF a close second. The Follett is a spy thriller, but the other 2 lean very much towards a mystery. You may have read all 3, but I wanted to reciprocate. None of them is terribly graphic. Enjoy your reads!!
Thank you SO MUCH for the recommendations! I really appreciate them--and you for being here!