The time’s traveller’s wife made me cry so loud and I remember having thrown the book at the other side of the room! My husband rushing into the room asking what was going on! 😂😂 what a book!

@WilliamsOwen-fz5zr

4 ай бұрын

Morning Julie 🌹🌹 Meet a new day, how are you feeling today, hope all is going well with you over there??

What a great list! I love Jane Austen. My favorite of hers is Persuasion. I've somehow never read Far From the Madding Crowd, and that is now on my TBR, so thank you!

@michellemurray4044

5 ай бұрын

Great movie as well.

This video feels like a warm cup of tea 🥰 thanks for the recommendations!

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

How nice - thank you!

Enjoyed Far From Madding Crowd and Tess by Thomas Hardy whilst Frenchmans Creek is my favourite Daphne Du maurier along with The Kings General if memory serves me right. On the subject of Frenchman's Creek it is a lesson on not visiting places that you have a romantic idea of as many years ago I visited said venue - it was a rainy day and of course with the Helford River being tidal the tide was out the tidal mudflats were a great disappointment 😂.

Mr Darcy put the bar too high and remains my favorite! ❤ I agree with you, we always have to keep in mind in which context a book has been written. Gone with the wind is still on my list to read…

@susannaheanes

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the only way I can manage to comment is by replying to another comment… don’t know what is up with that? Goodness, I do love most of the recommendations on this list ❤❤❤ Of course, Darcy has ruined me for many others but Heathcliff runs a close second. I honestly wish the recommendation had been for a different Southern novel rather than Margaret Mitchell’s overdone read… as a Southerner we do try to get beyond GWTW as it’s so much characterized our culture with stereotypical farce, and there simply is much better southern literature that more authentically captures the racism, poverty, passions, and ignorance. When you get the chance, try “The Wild Palms,” by William Faulkner - it’s on the short side and horrifying in its own way, but not so much with condoning the objectionable politics. It’s a very human story of two “feverishly beautiful” interwoven narratives, with one of my favorite original (and much quoted) lines about love: “Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.” Another suggestion would be “Fair and Tender Ladies,” by Lee Smith. She’s a masterful writer; this book won many awards, and you will not be able to get the voice of Ivy Rowe out of your head after laying the book down at the end. And if you ever want to try a real Southern historical romance/mystery/adventure, based on the actual failed attempt by a group of wealthy New Orleans planters to rescue Napoleon from his island prison, you cannot go wrong with Jennifer Blake’s classic “The Storm and the Splendor.” Thank you Rosamunde, as always, for your delightful video “chats,” I always love them to absolute bits! And Tilly is lovely, the two of you looking so happy together there for a moment made my afternoon ❤

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

I totally get what you say about GWTW. It's a book I was given when I was 14 and visiting America with my parents - and at that age I was probably more interested in the love story than anything else! But it's always been a special book for me because of when I first read it - but I am sure there are many books that give a more realistic picture - thanks for the recommendations!

@susannaheanes

5 ай бұрын

@@booksfrommybookshelf what a completely lovely memory to hold - thank you for sharing. I look forward to your next recommendations!

I enjoyed your video and have read a few of these books and look forward to reading many of those I haven't. Gone with the Wind is dear to my heart having grown up in Louisiana. The love story is not only between Scarlettt and Rhett Butler, but it is the story of a love for the land and a love for a way of life which disappeared after the war. I loved the beautiful scenery protayed in the movie. There are still plantation homes like Tara scattered around the Deep South.

I read Gone with the Wind when I was 16, took me ages to read because English is my second language and I wasn’t fluent at the time. Scarlet O’hara impacted me massively, she wasn’t likeable but I remember feeling in awe of her strong will, strength and resilience and she was fierce!! Loved her and Rhett Butler. I’d love to re-read it one day.

@claudiak-p3667

5 ай бұрын

Same! I read it as a teenager and loved it. Will re-read it soon.

@hadeel_K

5 ай бұрын

@@claudiak-p3667 awesome ☺️

Love Pride and Predjudice. Read it first when I was 16. Loved it so much that I walked myself to the library to find more of her books. My favorite book by Austen though is Northanger Abbey. Birdsong is on my TBR I haven’t seen anyone talk about this book. Very excited to read Birdsong.

Thank you for your video. I ❤ the Jane Austen's, and Rebecca in particular. And i think the romance in Persuasion is tops. Ive wondered about reading B Joan's Diary even tho I've seen movie more than twice, and you decided me: of course, read it! Tilly's hair looked beautifully so shiny; and adorable face!

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

Yes - love Persuasion too!

I've watched Bridget Jones's Diary like a hundred times and never thought of reading the book, but you convinced me!😝

Thank you what a great list. I love Jane Austen and also Charlotte Bronte. 'Wuthering Heights' is a bit brutal for my taste and have wondered if it is actually a love story as the characters are quite dreadful! Love Rebecca and Thomas Hardy.

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

WH can be a tough read - I get that!

I don’t think Wuthering Heights is romantic. I don’t even consider it a romantic book. It’s about obsession and revenge. I don’t read a lot of romantic books. I can’t think of a good one to be honest.

What a lovely selection of books, thank you!🌿xx

@WilliamsOwen-fz5zr

4 ай бұрын

Morning Louise 🌹🌹 Meet a new day, how are you feeling today, hope all is going well with you over there??

❤📚📚❤️ A lovely list!

Love the list! ❤

Thanks for your suggestions!

Some fabulous books there. Best wishes with your reading choices.

Loved Jane Eyre!!!!! Listening to Wuthering Heights and its a hard listen. Finally switched to Persuasion by Austin. Thomas Harding is wonderful.

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

I know - Wuthering Heights is probably not for everyone - it's quite a dense read 🙂

I love your off-beat recommendations! Keep them coming!

@leafsonata

5 ай бұрын

It's as if we hit REFRESH and got all the good stuff. Yes, keep 'em coming!

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

Thank you - what lovely comments!

I loved your discussion of Far from the Madding Crowd....I have a beautiful copy and have been wanting to read it for some time and was thinking to do so very soon! First time commenter! Thank you for your lovely video!

@WilliamsOwen-fz5zr

4 ай бұрын

Morning Beautiful 🌹🌹 Meet a new day, how are you feeling today, hope all is going well with you over there??

A wonderful selection! Might I also add Precious Bane by Mary Webb to the list? I first read it many, many years ago when it was first republished by Virago, and it has stayed in my mind ever since. A beautifully written novel about love in all its forms.

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

Thank you - I'll look out for that!

Loved this list thankyou!! I have Rebecca on my pile ready to read always been drawn to birdsong think I will take the plunge and buy it !! Tillys adorable 😊

just discovered your channel I'm glad I did

Bonjour, grâce à vous, je viens de découvrir cet auteur : Sebastian Faulks. Je vais acheter le livre que vous recommandez. Pour les autres, je suis d'accord avec certains, surtout les classiques. Mais, je préfère Persuasion à Orgueil et préjugés. Au plaisir!

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

Merci! J'aime aussi Persuasion!

Looove this! ♥️😍 Miss Austen is such a favorite. 😍

Gone with the wind trumps for me! I loved the politics in it as well and did not find it uncomfortable at all. I am only ever uncomfortable with the politics of the now as they are the only ones we can alter ...history is just history ..good or bad its in the past and we need to always be embracing what was as a a lesson of where humanity has been, where it is now and where it is should head..im tired of this whole narrative of the past being uncomfortable for us ...we have no right we werent there! Also i disagree with the notion Scarlett was unlikeable...i admired her character...she was fierce ..blinded by infatuation perhaps but firece and a stoic woman of courage in her own right!! A true survivor! I remember reading it and then watching the movie on repeat for months...magical book and movie!! I wish i could read it again for the first time!!

@booksfrommybookshelf

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this - I think your argument is very sound.

@efects7429

3 ай бұрын

@@booksfrommybookshelf great video too by way! ❤

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Great video! I read all of them, except "Far from the Madding Crowd", which is now on my list. My favourite is "Pride and Prejudice". "Jane Eyre" is wonderful, too. I preferred "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" to "Wuthering Heights". I found the latter a bit too dark/disturbing in parts. Loved the "Anne of Green Gables" books as a teen (and still do in my 40s; a great romantic comfort read). 😊

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

I've never read Anne of Green Gables - but the recent TV series was brilliant.

@claudiak-p3667

5 ай бұрын

@@booksfrommybookshelf You might like it! :) The first volume is more of a children's book, but the series follows Anne as she grows up, marries, and has her own family. It's a lovely read and told with a good sense of humour, too. (Plus an interesting insight into life in the early 1900s.) I liked both the original 80s TV series and the latest one, though the latter doesn't follow the books very closely.

I just bought far from the madding cried at a library book sale this last Saturday. I recently found a library book of gone with the wind I had checked out in high school in 1974 and I guess I forgot to return. It was in my dads things I found after he passed. Why he kept it I have no idea. I love daphne du Murier. I have never head of birdsong but I’ll look for it. I don’t read romance novels either.

Interesting video. I'm surprised that you didn't recommend Maeve Binchy. She is my favorite writer who wrote realistic romance.

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

To be honest, I've never read Maeve Binchy - but I have heard that she is a good writer and would like to try her out!

Have you read any of Allen Raine’s novels?

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

No I haven't - looks interesting 🙂

Lovely list and great books all around. I just don't believe that Wuthering Heights is a good Valentine's Day read. It's all about toxic unhealthy relationships, child abuse, and domestic violence.

@booksfrommybookshelf

5 ай бұрын

That's a very valid opinion. It is usually listed on the best romantic novels, which is why I included it, but it is certainly not a happy read.