Thank you for this video! I’m adding a few to my tbr!

D. E. Stevenson makes my heart happy. And when you finish her books, you don't have to be sad, because you can then read those of her Moffat neighbour (and close friend!) Molly Clavering. :) (Another lovely video, BTW. Thank you.)

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

She such a wonderful author! I've thoroughly enjoyed every book of hers I have read so far. I'm definitely going to look up Molly Clavering! 😊 And thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!!

@gerridauer9092

23 күн бұрын

I just told my husband that DES books just make me feel happy. And I’m a Molly Clavering fan as well. Torn between Near Neighbors and Dear Hugo as my favorites so far.

I am so, so glad to hear you loved Vittoria Cottage! It’s so good…I love Caroline. 🥰 And thank you for the sweet shoutout to my channel. ❤

I enjoy you. You are a lovely young woman with convictions and I applaud that in today's " book tube world" or "reader world". I also felt Enchanted April ended rather abruptly and I will also re-read it next Spring. I did enjoy it. I love Jen's channel. She certainly does recommend good bks. I have pgs. and pgs.of her recs.I love Miranda Mills also. She had a new, very fun one today about her favorite recent items. Have you ever read any of Rosamunde Pilcher's bks? She has become one of my favorite authors and I am trying to collect all her bks. Gina Stanyer got me into her. She mentioned her soooo often and especially Winter Solstice, that I had to read it last yr. Oh my!!!! FANTASTIC!! There is a series I am reading, not straight through (my library doesn't have many of them) and that is The Cottage Tales Of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert. She writes lots of " cozy mysteries"? which I've never read, but when I saw the first one on the shelf, had to borrow it! Can get a little bit boring, but I enjoy them. Gives little bits of her life also, which is one reason I enjoy them. I have a biography about her. Thank you and take good care of yourself! 🤗

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! 🥰 I have only read one of Rosamund Pilcher's books so far, but I've been able to find 5-6 more secondhand that I'm hoping to get into soon. I may even own Winter Slostice already. I'll have to check! And I've read most of the Cottage Tales books! They were good fun. I've been seeing them pop up here and there online which is making me think about re-reading one or two of them.

I've added Ngao Marsh's series and Vittoria Cottage to my TBR. Those sound wonderful!

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

Yay!! I hope you enjoy them! 💕

Yay! 😁 I’m so glad to see you! ♥️

ooh I read Quick Curtain too! strange yet interesting!

I am reading DES's Mrs Tim books right now which are sweet! Aren't we lucky DES wrote so many books!

@woldenburnreads

4 күн бұрын

Yes!! Absolutely! I started looking and didn't realize just how much she had written. I kept finding more books by her!!

I have that D. E. Stevenson trilogy waiting for me on my shelf. I have been reading a bunch of her other ones that are on kindle unlimited right now. I like how characters from her other books make appearances in her books. I have read one Molly Clavering, "Susan Settles Down", and it was so lovely. The way she describes the setting is gorgeous. Makes me think of L. M. Montgomery's descriptive writing. After that book, I have bought many more and they, too, are waiting on my shelf. I just read the first Alleyn novel, and I really enjoyed it. A lot of these authors are new to me this year, and I am glad to have discovered your channel!

@woldenburnreads

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos. ❤️ I'm even more excited about Molly Clavering now. I'm so glad you enjoyed the first Alleyn book. I've been re-reading some of the books in the series because I love them so much.

I just read the "Dering Family Trilogy" (Vittoria Cottage/Music in the Hills/Winter & Rough Weather) in April & May as well. I LOVED Mamie and Jock--two of Stevenson's very best characters. What comes through loud and clear is Stevenson's love of the Scottish landscape, country life and her love of language. I agree that, especially in the last book (aka "Shoulder the Sky"), the "secret" sub-plot was pretty easy to figure out. The one thing that bothers me about her books is that she invariably has one or two characters who are just complete bad apples--they are rotten to the core. If only she would have a "bad" character who has some redeeming qualities or actually shows some growth/change over time. Even Scrooge comes around at the end of A Christmas Carol🤣 I'll keep reading her books, though, to get that wonderful Scottish vibe. I've been reading them in publication order, so I still have a lot left to read. In the Miss Buncle series, I liked Miss Buncle's Book and The Two Mrs. Abbots the best. Other good ones are Celia's House, Listening Valley, and the Mrs Tim books.

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

Yes!! One of my favorite aspects of her books are the descriptions of the Scottish landscapes. I'd love to visit Scotland some day. 😍 I'm so glad she wrote so many books because it means I still have a bunch to read! 🤭

I loooove Vittoria Cottage! ♥️ I recommend Mrs. Lorimer’s Quiet Summer by Molly Clavering. I’d love ANYTHING video from you when you can, no pressure. 🌿🍒♥️

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much Amy!! ❤️ I have seen Molly Clavering, but haven't read anything by her yet. I'll check and see if I can find that one!

I subscribed to Jen because of your recommendation, thank you. I'm so glad you liked Enchanted April, I knew you would! Now that you've read it (Spoiler Alert for the rest of this comment) I highly recommend the movie, it sticks very closely to the book except Mr. Briggs, they make him much more likable and use a cute way of getting him together with Caroline that I prefer to the book. It also has a stellar cast, I would love to hear a book vs movie opinion from you.

@938quilt

28 күн бұрын

I bought Enchanted April (among many others LOL!) after it was mentioned either here or another channel here on youtube.

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for letting me know about the movie!! I was actually just wondering about it since I've read the book now but I was worried it might not be very good. I'm going to see if I can find it online to watch now! 🥰

I stopped after book 2 on Patricia Moyes Henry Tibbett because your video at that time gave a warming LOL! (and yep turns out I was right to stop!) just finished listening to Miss Buncle's Book maybe a week ago and last night finished The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifx (it was good but so unrealistic- I was about to bite my nails off listening to it LOL thinking of how awful it wouldn've been in real life). also read a trilogy by Pepper Basham about Izzy, Penelope, and Luke _ I wanted Luke's story but 'had' to read the other 2 and I liked them but Luke's book and their issue I just wanted to shake them! it's written with a lot of texts/emails and on kindle the texes were lighter print and that bothered me a bit but cute and light and 'christian' though not a whole lot of church - if any LOL! also read The bookish Life of Nina hill by Abbi Waxman (not a clean book but too explicit for all that's going on and I enjoyed it but realized someone mentioned that's in another book so now I'm reading that person's story in The Garden of Small Beginnings. And an ebook I bought on Jen's rcomenndation or rather an author she recommended - laurie colwin - A big Storm Knocked it Over - i've picked it up off and on - it's ok but I'm afraid she's gonna have an affair and I don't want that LOL! it's good enough to keep my interest off and on. April and early may ahd louse penny's books 2-4 I think and Anita Davison's 2 british mysteries and Mr Finchley discovers his england and Susan Hill's jacob's room is full of books (even more added to my kindle and tbr)! and 2 Henry Tibbett myteries but was reading the 2nd when you gave the heads up about book 3 and I had already seen a bit of tha tin book 2... Ireally need more time to read and better vision LOL!

@woldenburnreads

24 күн бұрын

I do agree that some aspects of the Mrs. Pollifax books are a bit unrealistic, but I think that helps me enjoy them more because I don't have to stress about what is happening as much. I've had a book by Pepper Basham on my holds list at the library for a while! I've been curious about Laurie Colwin too after hearing how much Jen loves her. I love how many books you've been reading!! I haven't heard of some of these so I'm going to go look them up. 🤭❤️

@938quilt

24 күн бұрын

@@woldenburnreads I think the unrealistic parts helped me enjoy Mrs pollifax too.. and the series being named after her indicates she lives 😂

Ugh. I don’t like cheating plot lines either. Yuck!🤢😒😑