Awww, Mary Chestnut, my old friend!! Had to read her in HS and college. Oh, it's a pain to carry around campus!!! (I still haven't seen the Burns documentary!!)
Wait. I... have a fan? I have fans? There is something terribly wrong in the world... Your check is in the mail! It won't clear, but it IS in the mail! (Thank you. That's very kind. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!)
Nice March of the Mammoths Video Peg & Martine. The Mammoth that I picked out for March is The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 by Richie Robertson! 😃
This was a wonderful video, so many good books. I have Mary Chestnut and Erasmus and hope to start them someday. Four dogs (heart)!!! Goldie (sp?) is a love! Look at them all!! Hello to Martine, so good to see her. And must find that Oceans book for sure. Brodie was very excited to hear Martine mention him.
Yes, Goldie (nickname: Golden Noodle Butt). Then we have: Boomer (nicknames: Boo Boo, Flumpy, Flumpy Man, Mr. Man, Mr. Man Balls [??!???]) Roxie (nicknames: Tuna, Tuna Wiggle [a joke from MST3K], and Juicy Boot) Daisy (nicknames: Boots, Daisy Boots, Shovelmouth)
@@martineokeeffe9326 II'm well and hope you are to. I love your long suffering face when Peg says she just had to get the book. Greetings from Scotland
I have a copy of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich from 1959. it has 1,143 pages without the index. The index brings it to 1,245. It's pretty cool, and has a map of Europe with the conquests on the end papers. Vivian
I wanted to see Martine pop open the door and be surprised you were taping. That would have just been entertaining somehow 😅😅😅. Nice to see you Martine!
Fun video! Your personal library is my dream library. ❤📚 Can you share the "honorable mention" that you didn't show, pretty, please? Inquiring minds want to know. Many good recommendations here. You've Inspired me to pick up Team of Rivals which I found second hand and in great condition last year. I think it counts for March of the Mammoths.
Great to see you all. Always interested in books about letters and diaries. I think they tell us so much. Appreciate the recommendations on audio books from Martine. I think I've been enjoying them more lately than physical books because these old eyes have problems with the print. So I listen to a book and do a jigsaw puzzle. And just so you know, I've been down the "Children" route, and there are lots of bumps there too. Lol
Oh WHAT?!?!? I'm 100% that children are 24/7 happiness and roses. Haha. I have become an absolute SUCKER for any Christie audio book done by Hugh Fraser. The man has a wonderfully soothing but dramatic voice. Suchet does a great job, too. ANYONE but Emilia Fox. The narrator for ON HALLOWED GROUND was actually the author, who did a great job. I hear you completely on being able to multitask with audio books. I painted almost the entirety of the old house to Stephen King, which made for some peculiar associations. Peggy's old office, for instance, was painted to the scene when Franny disclosed her pregnancy to her mother in THE STAND. Weird, but there you have it.
@@martineokeeffe9326 Thanks for the recommendations. For me, a narrator can make or break a book. I listen to the sample and decide. Will be checking out Hallowed Ground. I was once a child and was definitely happiness and roses 24/7
Another book recommendation with another great narrator: Matriarch by Anne Edwards. It just drew me right on. I watched season one of THE CROWN and as always, Eileen Atkins was her wonderful, fascinating self. Her portrayal of Mary of Teck interested me - and haunted me... That scene where she bows to ERII - so much that I had to check out a biography. What a weird and surreal life. What a nutty family! Such different times.
I would like to find the Sherman book. I am reading grant by Ron chernow for my mammoth read for march. I have Mary chestnuts diary. I haven’t read it yet. Love the puppies
4:20 oh! that power-user tip is so useful. I always wondered if it was possible but was too lazy to try. I can already feel my wallet getting lighter...
I love the thesis of Michael Massing’s book on Erasmus and Luther; however, I’m leary of non-specialists who write tomes in fields for which they are not scholars. Massing has a BA from Harvard & an MA from LSE, but in what? Did he get any history, philosophy, or humanities degrees? I’m not saying the book won’t be good, but we’ve all seen people with good intentions and good writing skills veer into a lane they shouldn’t have been.
There are a lot of good ones out there, but for me, I fill a 12-14 ounce mug with 3/4 boiling water, add in an Earl Grey tea bag and let steep for about 5 minutes. Then I heat up about 1/4 cup of whole milk in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Froth it. Add a few pumps of vanilla syrup or drops of extract to your tea after you've removed the tea bag, pour in the frothed milk and stir it up and voila! Tea heaven!
Bricks are great, history doorstoppers are excellent -- another great video
Ooo, I do love a BIG history book. This was a nice line up. I put several in my notebook. Thanks again, Peg.
Awww, Mary Chestnut, my old friend!! Had to read her in HS and college. Oh, it's a pain to carry around campus!!! (I still haven't seen the Burns documentary!!)
The weight of those books have made chiropractors millions, Dee. Oooof!
Great video, Peg! Love the real life moments. My dogs pipe up all the time. Makes me feel at home 😂. Hello to Martine from her adoring fans!
Wait. I... have a fan? I have fans? There is something terribly wrong in the world...
Your check is in the mail! It won't clear, but it IS in the mail!
(Thank you. That's very kind. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!)
Nice March of the Mammoths Video Peg & Martine. The Mammoth that I picked out for March is The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 by Richie Robertson! 😃
This was a wonderful video, so many good books. I have Mary Chestnut and Erasmus and hope to start them someday. Four dogs (heart)!!! Goldie (sp?) is a love! Look at them all!! Hello to Martine, so good to see her. And must find that Oceans book for sure. Brodie was very excited to hear Martine mention him.
HI BRODIE! We're here for ya, man. Butt scritches from me and butt sniffs from the gang.
Yes, Goldie (nickname: Golden Noodle Butt). Then we have:
Boomer (nicknames: Boo Boo, Flumpy, Flumpy Man, Mr. Man, Mr. Man Balls [??!???])
Roxie (nicknames: Tuna, Tuna Wiggle [a joke from MST3K], and Juicy Boot)
Daisy (nicknames: Boots, Daisy Boots, Shovelmouth)
Before watching this video I thought I would live long enough to get to read all the books on my TBR haha!
Another great haul Peg. The Age of Decadence sounds great. Greetings to you both from Scotland
Alfred, my friend. How the hell are you? 😊
@@martineokeeffe9326 II'm well and hope you are to. I love your long suffering face when Peg says she just had to get the book. Greetings from Scotland
Oooh… The Boundless Sea and The Age of Decadence both sound right up my alley. Thanks for the recs! Happy to have found a history focused reader!
I enjoy your videos so much, Peg. Good to see Martine too!
I have a copy of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich from 1959. it has 1,143 pages without the index. The index brings it to 1,245. It's pretty cool, and has a map of Europe with the conquests on the end papers.
Vivian
It's never too late to see a pile of books! 🥰 So many wonderful books! But especially that Sea one, the Kremlin book, and Black Communism one!
Just when I cleared my overdraft, ho hum.
Oh no. Peggy, you're officially a menace to society. Dang.
Ugg. I blame you for my lower checking account balance….
Don't listen to her! Be free! ;)
I wanted to see Martine pop open the door and be surprised you were taping. That would have just been entertaining somehow 😅😅😅. Nice to see you Martine!
We joke that I should open the office door and yell, "WHERE'S MY DINNER?!?"
Someday. Someday.
Yay for a Martine visit. Some great, chonky books!
They really are monsters. Moving them is a great way to shape up, but oh, the back. Haha.
Fun video! Your personal library is my dream library. ❤📚 Can you share the "honorable mention" that you didn't show, pretty, please? Inquiring minds want to know. Many good recommendations here. You've Inspired me to pick up Team of Rivals which I found second hand and in great condition last year. I think it counts for March of the Mammoths.
You bet! “The World Turned Upside Down” by Yang Jisheng.
Great to see you all. Always interested in books about letters and diaries. I think they tell us so much. Appreciate the recommendations on audio books from Martine. I think I've been enjoying them more lately than physical books because these old eyes have problems with the print. So I listen to a book and do a jigsaw puzzle. And just so you know, I've been down the "Children" route, and there are lots of bumps there too. Lol
Oh WHAT?!?!? I'm 100% that children are 24/7 happiness and roses. Haha.
I have become an absolute SUCKER for any Christie audio book done by Hugh Fraser. The man has a wonderfully soothing but dramatic voice. Suchet does a great job, too. ANYONE but Emilia Fox.
The narrator for ON HALLOWED GROUND was actually the author, who did a great job.
I hear you completely on being able to multitask with audio books. I painted almost the entirety of the old house to Stephen King, which made for some peculiar associations. Peggy's old office, for instance, was painted to the scene when Franny disclosed her pregnancy to her mother in THE STAND. Weird, but there you have it.
@@martineokeeffe9326 Thanks for the recommendations. For me, a narrator can make or break a book. I listen to the sample and decide. Will be checking out Hallowed Ground. I was once a child and was definitely happiness and roses 24/7
Another book recommendation with another great narrator: Matriarch by Anne Edwards. It just drew me right on. I watched season one of THE CROWN and as always, Eileen Atkins was her wonderful, fascinating self. Her portrayal of Mary of Teck interested me - and haunted me... That scene where she bows to ERII - so much that I had to check out a biography. What a weird and surreal life. What a nutty family! Such different times.
@@martineokeeffe9326 Thanks Martine. I picked up Hallowed Ground and Matriarch. They both sound so good.
I would like to find the Sherman book. I am reading grant by Ron chernow for my mammoth read for march. I have Mary chestnuts diary. I haven’t read it yet. Love the puppies
There is a mammoth mammoth book. I've seen one! This was fun.
But was it wooly? Ahhh! I need a Hogwarts Reading List Wooly Mammoth Mammoth book!!
Best wishes with what you choose to read.
I have the paperback edition of Mary Chesnut's Civil War published by Yale University Press
4:20 oh! that power-user tip is so useful. I always wondered if it was possible but was too lazy to try. I can already feel my wallet getting lighter...
I love the thesis of Michael Massing’s book on Erasmus and Luther; however, I’m leary of non-specialists who write tomes in fields for which they are not scholars.
Massing has a BA from Harvard & an MA from LSE, but in what? Did he get any history, philosophy, or humanities degrees?
I’m not saying the book won’t be good, but we’ve all seen people with good intentions and good writing skills veer into a lane they shouldn’t have been.
Ok I need the recipe for London fog tea. It always looks good and I'm not really a tea drinker.
There are a lot of good ones out there, but for me, I fill a 12-14 ounce mug with 3/4 boiling water, add in an Earl Grey tea bag and let steep for about 5 minutes. Then I heat up about 1/4 cup of whole milk in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Froth it. Add a few pumps of vanilla syrup or drops of extract to your tea after you've removed the tea bag, pour in the frothed milk and stir it up and voila! Tea heaven!
I'll persuade Peggy to do a short video. She gets so excited about certain stages that it's worth recording.