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1) Best book of 2024 so far - My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd 🐝 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Annie Ernaux!! 6) Newest favorite character - August Boatwright, from The Secret Life of Bees 7) A book that made you cry - The Perks of Being a Wallflower 8) A book that made you happy - The Man Who Knew Javanese, by Lima Barreto 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis. I read at least one of his works every year! 💗

I have just bought Emma the Puffin in Bloom edition, thanks for showing it in one of the recent videos, it's so beautiful 😍 Hopefully I'll get to it before the year is over 😂 I also can't wait for Intermezzo, will pick it up as soon as it's out in the bookshops!

Have you seen the LOtR movies?? If not it would be amazing if you did a vlog about them or something along those lines♥️🥰 they are SO good!!

Love watching everyone's mid-year check-ins. Also love all the beautiful editions you have. I think my favorite book this year so far (one of them) is Mansfield Park. Which was a surprise to me because the first time I read it I didn't love it. But it was so good on this re-read!

My top books, in no particular order, so far have been: Troy by Stephen Fry Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens The Hobbit by Tolkien Other Words for Home ( middle grade) by Jasmine Warga A Place to Hang the Moon (middle grade) by Kate Albus I am a Floridian so it’s no surprise that I have to congratulate the Florida Panthers on their Stanley Cup win! 🏒👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😃

I read Tuesdays with Morrie for my 12 grade Lit class. Usually hated reading stuff in school because it felt like work but also they would usually pick some boring stuff to read. Tuesdays with Morrie though is something that still sticks with me. It is a beautiful book and even reread it a few years ago (in my 30s now) and some stuff hit even harder with that reread.

Best book this year ? American Gods by Neil Gaiman and what I'm reading now is The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. Both highly recommended.

1) Best book of 2024 so far - Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio (please read it) 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - Vladivostok Circus by Elisa Shua Dusapin 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year - I actually have no idea what's coming out 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin - it was my first time reading anything by him 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Clarice Lispector and James Baldwin 6) Newest favorite character - Esther Greenwood. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is actually a reread, but I didn't appreciate it first time around 7) A book that made you cry - Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 8) A book that made you happy - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, a non-fiction book about physics that blew me away 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. It's the 75th anniversary edition with the cover art by Elmer Hader that was used on the first edition in 1939 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway! Love these kinds of videos from you. I've officially decided to read Sally Rooney. You have convinced me.

I just recently started Sense and Sensibility, now I'm super excited to continue reading it!!

I forgot another question! Do you think Jane Austen's book should be read in a special order?

My favourite book of the year has to be the count of monte cristo :,) I'm so excited to film this check-in aswell!

My fave so far has been The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow! It’s a sweet and reflective read perfect for my fellow Jane Austen stans 😊

1. I think my best book of the year so far has been tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle Zevin. However I'm currently in the middle of the handmaid's tale and its already taking zevin's spot 2) i'm not very up to date on new releases but i have enjoyed emily Henry's books so maybe her new one (Funny Story I think is called) 3) again, im not even sure whats coming out later this year haha 4) happy place by emily henry, im not a big romance reader but i really really enjoyed that one 5) Gabrielle Zevin or Isabel Allende, read both of them for the first time this year and loved them, also Margaret Atwood, can't choose haha 6) Clara from the House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 7) Even if this love dissapears tonight (read it because of what it did to Emma haha) 8) I reread with a friend the infernal devices trilogy and it made me really happy, it was nostalgic 9) I got a beautiful edition of a book called delirio by Laura Restrepo (colombian author) 10) I'm due for a reread of one hundred years of solitude and Hamnet (east of eden is also very high on my tbr actually) ❤ love your videos Carolyn

You and emmie are my top picks for book suggestion video

Alan Lee is a genius in his own right

My new fav author that I discovered this year is John Steinbeck😍. I bought myself 10+ books for my birthday. I’ve read Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Next read: East of Eden

I recommend the movie ‘Tolkien’ if you haven’t seen it already, as you are a fan of his work!

Currently reading East of Eden and I’m just past chapter 24 (fav chapter so far btw 😭😭😩) and it has quickly become my favorite book. I feel like how I felt when I read Wuthering Heights, I don’t know how else to explain!! Can’t wait til you read and share your thoughts. Happy reading!!

I loved Sanditon and Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility! :)

carolyn, did jrr do his own sketches/maps?

I've been able to read a few things as I recuperate, like Karin Slaughter, Anne Sexton, Claire Keegan, Amy Tan, etc but without your good fortune of finding so many fantastic reads! However, I do have high hopes for the rest of the year, with Brit Bennett, William Faulkner, Lee Child and perhaps Hiraku (sp.?) Murakami. Oh and yes, I did also have the exquisite pleasure of participating in a short Shakespeare group (4 plays), with the hope of rereading a few more. Thx, and take care.

Questions 1) Best book of 2024 so far i’ve just finished this book last night and it’s one of my all time favorite so definitely Anne of green gables. The whole lord of the rings trilogy 😭💚 thank you again for making us read this masterpiece! last one i have to say is to the lighthouse by virginia woolf 💚 fave author so this wasn’t a surprise! 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to Happy Place and Funny Story by Emily Henry, she’s my favorite contemporary romance author so i really can’t wait to read her new books! I also really want to read where the dark stands still by a.b. poranek just cause i love every book that is set in a forest especially a magical one! 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year Don’t let the forest in by c.g. drews for the same reason as the other one loll 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far TLOTR i didn’t think i would have liked it as much as i did! also Beloved by Toni Morrison cause i had no idea it was gonna be a magical realism book! 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) read so many new authors this year so Tolkien ofc, Toni Morrison and Calvino! 6) Newest favorite character Anne of Green Gables absolutely 💚 7) A book that made you cry Even if this Love disappears tonight by Misaki 😭😭😭💔 8) A book that made you happy The Tea Dragon Society by Kate O’Neil (would highly recommend this book to you btw!) 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year I just bought a copy of pinocchio from Florence and it’s the most beautiful book everrr <3 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year i really really need to read Crime and Punishment by the end of the year!

I’m reading East of Eden at the moment. It is an incredible book. I’m loving it so much more than I expected

Your video is a great way to start a long reading weekend. I would suggest reading The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Loved both. This summer I'll either be reading LOTR or Pride and Prejudice. Have a nice weekend ! ❤📚

So far this year hasn’t been so full of 4 & 5 stars, unfortunately. But I loved, loooved ‘Eugene Onegin’ by Pushkin and also ‘Ignorance’ by Milan Kundera.

So excited. I have so many TBR books lol or books I haven't even finished 😂

yay, so excited!! my fav book of the year so far is probably The Priory of the Orange Tree, with Crime and Punishment being a close second! Another book I really enjoyed (+which was unexpected) was Diary Of A Void by Emi Yagi! Went into it with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it <3

this is exactly what i needed 🥰

Sorry Sister, but You missed 'Crime and Punishment' the masterpiece.

Congratulations! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Congratulations, Carolyn and Leon! The library ceremony was perfect! What a dream setting for your most beautiful day. Wishing you both a lifetime of love, happines, and companionship. All the best to you both! ❤❤

I would love to hear the story of how you both met, where Leon is from and what are your plans for the future 😊🤗🥰 xxx

1Q84 is a mixed bag, I don't think it's to your taste...

I've read 1Q84 and East of Eden and they are nothingg alike, so if you want to read both of them at the same time it should be ok!

Hey I'm not an art student but I paint a lot and want to study about historical paintings and what they depict.Can u suggest some books pls?

i was mistaken. i thought you were to try and guess a storyline of the novel YOU NEVER READ or supposedly .... n r by the first paragraph, cause the first paragraph of a good novel is always very telling

16:16 that's what we call addiction in real life

I like Hats for Sale!

I feel like there is a 0% chance you don’t enjoy The Count of Monte Cristo. It’s so readable! Biggest book on my tbr is Ducks, Newburyport which I picked up on a whim years ago!

Brave beautiful and smart. ❤

I'm reading War and Peace for the first time and I must say Russian literature has my attention. I read the last chapter to the sound of Tchaikovsky and it was sublime. Next up is Anna Karenina. Thank you for this video

I actually getting ready to take 19th century Russian Lit in English at my college so this video is very helpful😁😁

Really appreciated your review of Middlemarch. I have started it twice and DNF.

Congratulations Carolyn and Leon🎉may God Bless you both richly🙏❤️

I am so glad that you read many Japanese literature as a Japanese❤

About Anna Karenina: I did not like Levin!

The double is about our double, our shadow. I saw the movie and loved it.

East of eden is absolutely amazing!

Oh how I missed your videos♥️ they always bring peace to my heart