*Hello! Thanks for stopping by for this little vlog about a trip to Bath to do a spot of book shopping, and a reading chat* 📚 *There's nothing like book browsing :)* *Would love to hear if you've read any of the books seen in this vlog!* *Ali xx* ✨ *(Ps. I had all manner of technical issues with this vlog, so I hope there's no weird blips or funny edits* 😄 *)*

@rosemcgregor-yx3en

4 ай бұрын

Thanks to your vlog I thought to check out ‘Tuesday evenings with the Copeton craft resistance’ . Being from Australia and a crocheter I was intrigued. I am loving it! Thank you ❤

I think Jane Austin was the greatest writer of the ‘boring’ and ‘mundane’, and just think of the insights (as well as the sheer entertainment value) that she provides into the human character. Never trivialize what you are doing, Ali, as it is both supremely entertaining and also calming, warming and comforting. It reminds us of the fact that we are all the same in many ways in a world that seems to be seeking to alienate us from each other.

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Jane Austen really was good at that! I need to read more Austen. Thank you for saying that, I cut out a whole ramble saying something similar about how we are all just normal people and how lucky we are to find connections 🥰

@daniellereid01

4 ай бұрын

@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife You are so welcome ❤. I’m wondering if you’ve ever read any of the fine Canadian books that are some of my favourites? The Shipping News by E.Annie Proulx, for example? I have a vast list, but I won’t write it down here. Thank you for your lovely vlogs xox

Hi Ali, I popped back to see if I’d missed you posting but to no avail. I hope you and the family are well as we journey into Spring I’m sure I’m not the only one who misses you and the family updates! ❤

I enjoy all your hours of "nonsense"! I watch regularly or binge watch if I have missed a few! Sending sunshine and good wishes and wonderful reading and crafting time from California!

Your impression of a secret service agent was hysterical!!! I Love your videos. I live in Virginia,US and I love listening and learning about life in the UK and especially all the books you read and recommendations. Hope you have a great week ahead!

Hope all is well, miss your vlogs!!! Spring is finally starting here in Quebec, Canada :) It must be so nice in the UK, you must be well into the season. The chickens and backyard a great place to hang out a bit! Happy Easter to you, Dan and your beautiful girls :)

Thank you for the tour of Bath. Such a beautiful and historic city. Loved the bookshop footage! You're so lucky to have independent bookstores in England. And to echo what has already been written in the comments, you are never boring and your videos are never too long. I so enjoyed this with my cup of tea.😊

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Ah thank you! I wasn’t fishing I promise 😅 but thanks so much! The bookshops were so lovely to mooch around, I could do that every day ☺️

Ps your podcast is not nonsense, it is you and others like you that give people like me a feeling of community in this world, just saying… 😊

Sending love and hopes that you and your lovely family are all doing well. ❤

I really enjoyed seeing your day in Bath Have been following your vlogs for a long time now. Live seeing your daily life.

Just rewatching your awesome vlogs again my dear Ali as I missed your vlogs ❤. Thanks for returning with your April Vlogs🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉much love from a fave sub here in dubai 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Thoroughly enjoyed your trip to Bath ,my daughter and I visited Bath twice on 2 of the trips to the Uk….we loved it.Brought back so many wonderful memories.TFS

I have been to Bath years ago although I never went to the bookshops. I read The Cat Who Saved Books last year and quite enjoyed it at the time . I then passed it on to a friend.

Oh I loved Bath and those book shops! I'm surprised Lillia let you go without her! 😅

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

She wasn’t happy 😄 I promised her that I’d take her back soon, maybe at Easter 🤞🏻

I realize it's a very British thing to apologize for everything... however, when I am completely invested in your video and pausing and going back so I don't miss a second if I get distracted, I feel a slight bit of shame at the end when you apologize for it being "boring" or "nonsense". Because I thoroughly enjoy watching the shopping, book talk, cooking, talking, knitting, "whittering". Sending you "Good Enough" vibes from the US, and hoping you never feel that you're not, in fact, good enough. 😘

Oh how beautiful Bath looks. Thank you for taking me there.

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

It was such a lovely place, definitely going to take Lillia back for some book shopping! 😃x

I do enjoy your "ordinary nonsense" ♥ Thank you for taking us along with you to Bath! I hope that L's audition went well. Cheers, Bethany

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Bethany! Audition went well 🤗

Hi Ali! First off, I would not call what you do with this podcast nonsense. You show a slice of life from the UK, in an informative, interesting, and peaceful manner. I'll never get to that part of the world ( though my family comes from both the highlands in Scotland and the other side from the south of England) so I love your travels both near your home and your vacations. I am a reader, knitter, crocheter, and more. So it is all interesting to me. I was able to order both Tuesday Evenings with the Copeland Craft Resistance and The Cat That Saved Books from the library. And I agree, listening to a book adds a demension to the story. I also sometimes read along. I find I retain more by listening and reading along. I personally think Mia thinks she has two homes, with you and her owners, each providing for all of her needs. She is a smart and sweet kitty. Thank you, Ali for the many enjoyable hours sharing your life and family with all of us. I'll close with I also enjoy books in translation from Japan. Check out Cranes at Dusk by Hisako Matsubara. Hi to Dan, Lillia, and Phoebe.

Love all your vlogs and full episodes! Love your family updates ❤❤❤❤

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! x

Love you chatting about books, life, walks, English culture! If you are coming to Denmark, please consider visiting my town - Køge - which is about 45 km from Copenhagen. I will love to show you all around, and you are so welcome in our home. I would LOVE that, Ali!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Aw that is the loveliest offer! We will definitely...hopefully...be visiting again. When we came for a week in 2018 we stayed North - in Tisvilde, it was gorgeous and we were able to travel all around visiting Museums and towns, it was the most memorable holiday 🇩🇰

Love your BOOKSHOP TRIPS. And Bath woooooo. I wish I could have made it to the UK in this lifetime.. not to be sadly. Hugs Ali

Hi from Falmouth Massachusetts! Absolutely love your vlogs. Reminds me of home as I grew up in Faversham, Kent. It was lovely watching this one as I remember visiting Bath when I was a teenager as my Uncle lives in Coombedown, up the hill from Bath. It is such a beautiful city. I love to knit, though I’m not a fancy one and one of these days I’ll learn to crochet! I love to checkout local bookstores and knitting stores whenever I travel too. I don’t know if you have read Pachinko but it is a wonderful story of a Korean girl that ends up in Japan. It’s one of my all time favorites. My son also has been working in Korea and Japan since 2008 and has been in Shanghai for the past year. We are going to visit next month. Can’t wait, he has twin 3 year olds! We have been lucky to visit both Japan and korea and the people, food and cultures are lovely! Anyway sorry to ramble on! Keep up the vlogs they are one of my favorites and good luck with the university tours! Jane

Hello from Connecticut, USA. I’m enjoying your videos, knitting, and sometimes sewing, and love seeing parts of the UK I’ve never been to. I don’t crochet..my mother was a big crocheter and wanted to teach me how, but I didn’t want to. I regret that now. She did teach me how to sew, and knit, at age 10, and been doing it ever since!, I now have grandchildren I’m sewing & knitting for!! Keep your videos coming!, You might get me to become a crocheter too!!

What a lovely day! Thanks for sharing!!❤

Thank you for sharing your books. I almost bought a book (because of the cover) then had second thoughts because of your review. Re reading the blurb because of what you said I’m glad I didn’t . Thanks.x . Please carry on ‘waffling’. It’s very entertaining and brightens my days. 😁🌻

Thank you I loved that. I loved seeing the streets of Bath. So cool! (Not nonsense by the way. If it is , then I love nonsense ❤️)

Love this, i am going this summer on holliday to bath so now i am more exited to go! Thank you aly to take me with you ❤

I've recently finished Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and it was wonderful, am now starting Everything you Need is in the Library

Enjoyed following along with your trip to Bath! Love book shops!

Wonderful tour of Bath. Thank you for taking us along with you Ali. It was a joy❤

Recently discovered both your channels, and absolutely loving your content! Bath is such a lovely city!

A lovely vlog as always Ali. I love these type of vlogs showing life as it is and wandering around a beautiful place as Bath is. Thank you for taking us along with you. It's always a highlight of my day to see there's a new vlog or podcast from you on here or your other knitting channel. xxx

I started listening to the lost bookshop, really enjoying it. Hi from Bangkok 😀

As always, thank you for sharing the little joys of daily life and the simple, if only online, connection. I enjoy seeing and hearing about your activities and the areas you visit. It inspires me to look for my own local activities and local places to explore and to find the beauty in what is around us, where ever we are. And, it also helps to hear, sometimes, that life can be hectic and that is ok. So, I appreciate the, what you termed, 'nonsense' because that's life, really. I think. Wishing you and your family well! And oh, yes, I really need to find some time for reading - actual reading or audio books.

Lovely vlog, loved seeing Bath what a wonderful city. I always enjoy listening to you talk about books. Thank you

So lovely to see you enjoying Bath. I live here and feel very lucky to have fabulous independent bookshops AND gorgeous yarn shops.

I did enjoy this half hour of nonsense! Thanks for taking us along. The cathedral and architecture were amazing and the little garden a true treasure. 🤗

“The cat who saved books” reminds me of a bookshop in Seattle in the neighborhood called Fremont. There is a bookshop, called Ophelia’s. It is tiny, very small, but packed with books, and also was the home of a tiny cat named Ophelia, who looked very similar to your Mia (not your cat), But with a flatter slightly flatter face. I am convinced that the bookshop has stayed in business for well over 30 years now because of the magic that was Ophelia. My heart warms every time I enter with the memory of her.

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Well that sounds utterly wonderful, a tiny bookshop with a resident cat, I love that ❤️

@Woollykindknits

4 ай бұрын

@@ThisLittleWonderfulLife should your travels ever take you this way, it would be my delight to give you a grand book, yarn and walk tour. 🩷

I loved this vlog Ali. I visited Bath for a day over 20 years ago on a trip from NZ and I remember it as if it was yesterday. I still have my Roman Baths mug 😊 so lovely to see the town again. I also love old bookshops. Sitting here knitting watching vlogs this morning, having a lovely time. Sending love from New Zealand xx

Thank you for the tour. We are coming to the UK in May and Bath is on the list - have added the book shops etc to the list of things to see.

I had a lovely solo day browsing book shops in beautiful Bath about 40 years ago and was so delighted to revisit it with you today. It's so British here (west coast Canada) really, I think you'd find that amusing, but also we have a lot of American cultural references in our day-to-day, of course, mixed in with Canadian ones (Indigenous and settler ones) that it's a wonderful rich mix like you referenced. Makes life that much more interesting! And reading is such a fabulous way to visit the world. Thank you for all the book chats!

Enjoyed so much!❤

Hello! US Viewer here. I just absolutely love your channels. I found you on a search for project bag tutorials and have been a faithful viewer of both channels ever since. ❤ I absolutely loved that you took us along to Bath and 3 bookshops! I also enjoy your family interaction as I have two daughters near the ages of yours. Thank you for all the work you put in, can't wait for the next. Take care, Ali!

i love book shopping.... especially in an actual book shop.... miss doing that... so i do not think it is nonsense... I liked your walk about the town too... very kind of you to take us along. Have a great week!!

Lovely to see Bath again! Somerset is my birth county and I lived fairly near to Bath for many years and visited often! Beautiful city and loads to see! Never remember seeing the river like that though! Hope Lilia got on well at her audition. Always love a good book shop! Take care x

Love your vlogs! Thanks for taking us to Bath, so interesting. Plus the book stores and book talk. At the end you say your vlogs are nonsense and I have to say NO! They are fun and lighthearted and I love seeing your family and local nature. And your chickens! But most of all I love you chatting about this and that so naturally. Your vlogs are relaxing and always make me smile. 😊

I’m so glad you had such a wonderful day and thank you for sharing it with us ☺️💛

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the parking tips 😂 Honestly loved Bath, I’m going to take Lillia for a day out there this year too x

Thank you for your lovely vlogs and podcasts. I too love reading, especially a wide variety of different subject matter and also visited Bath but many years ago and would love to return. We visited the Roman spa and it was fascinating. Hope your daughter had fun with her audition. Take care, Katharine 😊

"The Cat Who Saved Books" sounds right up my street. Richard Armitage I absolutely LOVE...❤ He's a fantastic actor, brilliant narrator and now author. I have his book "Geneva" and I'm listening to it on Audible. I was listening to it on the bus the other day and between his voice and Nicola Walker, who played alongside him in "Spooks", I was falling asleep. Try shopping in Tesco after fighting a dozing attack on the bus...😂😂😂 Hope Lilia's audition went well. Give Mia a snuggle from me please...😊 See you in the next vlog. 😊

Hi Allie, I'm from Malaysia. I followed your videos from the very first day . Thank you for bringing me along to so many places in UK. Sharing your passion for books and crafts . Thank you again for making videos for us . 😊

I recommend Wintering it’s a fabulous book 📖

Hi Ali, I so enjoyed your outing to Bath! I'm from the US and when I visit my daughter who lives in Bristol we always take a day to go to Bath and it brought such good memories to mind. We are visiting again in just 3 weeks time and now I will definitely check out those book stores. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life & please don't sell yourself short. With every one of your vlogs I come away with inspiration & that is a gift.

Exactly, a great pleasure,humongous fun, Ali! Thanks sooo much ❤ Good week to you and yours

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😃 xx

Thanks Ali for the lovely tour of Bath, loved the bookstores!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🌸xx

Such a wonderfully cozy vlog as always ☺️ thank you for sharing your trip to Bath.

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Aw thank you! Love your username 💕

The scenery is beautiful. Great vlog. Always enjoy.

I loved it. I loved Bath and the book shopping. You are never boring.

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I so enjoyed Bath, it was beautiful :)

Thank you for keeping me company while I sit for a bit and crochet. I would love to visit Bath someday. 💕💕

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

I’d recommend it! I can’t believe I haven’t been before, beautiful place. Enjoy your crochet! 😃

Love your videos Ali. As an Aussie, the fact you can go to Denmark for a weekend is mind blowing. And makes me green with envy. 😊

Just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos! I found you recently and been watching a lot of your vlogs. They are very relaxing!! I am from a small town in North Carolina in the USA. So love to see what your life is like there. I do think the book covers are more beautiful over there!

Ali, thank you for the tour of Bath and its bookshops, it’s beautiful, and not at all nonsense!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thank you - I loved Bath, will definitely go back 😃

Wow a treat! I used to live in Britsol. Went to Bath a lot. The park there was wonderful but this is 30 years ago. 😮, in my twenties 😢 You could also take a boat ride! 😊 Thankyou ❤

Thank you for the trip to Bath & the book review one or two for my list 🫂

I absolutely love watching and listening to your nonsense and everyday life. I find incredibly comforting and sometimes it even makes me a bit homesick - your visit to Bath for instance. I have read some great books thanks to yours and your viewers recommendation too so I’m grateful for that. Like a lot of others I feel a connection that I know is a bit strange for someone I have only ever known through KZread and who doesn’t know me at all except for a few comments and emails haha. Please keep recording and uploading your nonsense and every day life because I know I’m not the only one to whom it brings a lot of joy 🤩

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Leanne - I feel I do know you too from emails and comments, I definitely know you are a kind, funny, clever and supportive person 🩷 I am glad you enjoy the nonsense! xx

I started my day with laughter after misreading your title as spending the day in the bath, which seemed a bit excessive even for someone who enjoys a bath!!!

Hi Ali. I love your vlogs. I live in Australia and have read your new book your reading. It is a great read. It was lovely to take a small look at Bath with you. All the best. Cheers Carol.

I love this podcast , Bath is such a beautiful place ❤

Thank you Ali .your purple nails look lovely 💜

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Aaaw! Thank you so much! I wasn’t sure at first but now I rather like them 💜

Eek....cannot wait to watch this one! Bath. My favourite city. Books my favourite past time. You. My favourite vlogger! 💫🍄

@NatalieWilliams-rx3ze

4 ай бұрын

All The Lovers In the Night is one of my favourite contemporary novels. Well done for a brilliant book choice!

Oh I love the yellow door story, I’d never heard that before 🥹

Just started watching your vlogs as recommend by Gayna. Loved your trip to Bath and you fantastic reading list 😊

Awesome!

I do hope Lillia's audition went well, then there may be more trips to Bath in your future. It's a wonderful place. I love tuning in to ordinary life vlogs, especially yours, I find them especially comforting when life is a bit stressful, they are a good antidote to difficult news reports especially, they sort of help to restore some balance and normality. I was going to mention Persephone Books too! Have a great week ahead x

Ali, I love how you mention looking things up that people say or reference from other countries...I'm in the US and I've had fun doing that with your channel, during vlogmas Bubble and Squeak & Was it Toad in mud? I had never heard of those dishes in my life! I love the differences in UK English (and Australian English) and American English words and sayings!!

Oh…. Now I need to add Bath to my list of places to visit next time I’m in the UK. Lovely as always Ali. Cosy and gentle - just what we need in this crazy scary world.

Before the Coffee gets Cold. That is a book I read a couple of years ago now that I still think about from time to time. That is the mark of a great story if you ask me! Thanks for sharing!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Me too! I listened to it on audio and can still hear the greeting of "hello, welcome!" in my head sometimes ☺️ And I often think of the story. There are more in the series I believe so I need to listen to those too :)

Oh, Mr. B's is my favorite book shop in the world! I'm glad you got to go there even if you didn't buy anything!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

I really wanted to support them and buy something, I now have a great excuse to go back 😃 Lillia was very jealous so I’ll take her next time 📚

I bought the Tuesday bookshop book on kindle and also the audio. I'm so excited! I shall join the impromptu book club. Im currently listening to the lost bookshop as well I got it for 🎄. It’s not nonsense at all! Thank you for sharing your vlog!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Ah thanks Clarisabeth! Hope you enjoy them, I love an audiobook for keeping me company through the boring life bits like dusting 😅 xx

I recently spent a two night break in Bath & found it a wonderful place. We went for a walk along the river & it was interesting to see the river so high. X

Enjoyed the views of Bath and the review of your books. Thank you for inviting us, your viewers, into your world. So, "Hello" to all of you out there, the viewers, from North Carolina, USA. Be safe...

Really enjoyed this video and the book The cat that saved books is a wonderful book I loved it ❤ … and the way you feel about Copenhagen is the way I feel about England … i loved England before I even went there and I did get over to England well a few years ago now but it was my dream come true and would love to be get back over there but I love England and I loved the Cotswolds where I had always wanted to go and I got to stay in a village and I love reading books set in the Cotswolds and England and Scotland ….loved Scotland when I was there especially Edinburgh ……📚💞📚

So glad you did visit the wool shop! Watched the whole trip thinking, how did she miss the fab wool shop!?😮

Loved seeing bath.Id love to go to Demark to Enjoyed want to read the Cat book sounds so cute...Take care..

❤a fun day around Bath!!!!🎉🎉 Thanks ali!!! Elaine🤩🏠

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

It was lovely, thank you so much Elaine for coming with me xx

I love Japanese books about Cats esp. A book I recommend for you 'What You're Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama trans by Alison Watts

Hi Ali, I'm so glad that you are enjoying Tuesday Evenings with the Copeland Craft Resistance, when I read it I just knew that you like it too. Thanks for the tour of Bath very pretty. And I hope that Lillia went well with her audition. 🙂🌻💕🦘 Tiffany

Your vlogs are always lovely! I get to experience a completely different country, culture, lifestyle, etc. The Cat Who Saved Books sounds interesting. You find and share such a diversity of reads that I otherwise would never have heard of, which I love. I am also going to check out Legends and Lattes after I finish my current book.

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Ah thank you so much lovely 🥰 I very much enjoyed Legends and Lattes, very different to my usual reads, and I only found it because of watching What Victoria Read 😃

I love watching your vlogs definitely not nonsense 😊

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Haha, thank you! I wasn’t fishing I promise 🫣😄

Thanks Ali!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Vanessa xx

Loved connecting with you, your reading and the tour of Bath. 🇬🇧

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Elaine! xx

I got the audio book of the Australian book and loved it. I am in Canada and got it from the library.

Just yummy xxx Am a big Dickens fan so I recognise the passion for the re-experiencing of David Copperfield. What a storyteller Mr Dickens was! x

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Honestly just brilliant - listening to them read is such a different experience! I was actually laughing out loud listening to Richard Armitage (who I am now in love with 😂) reading David Copperfield, it was a delight from start to finish :)

You seem to feel about Denmark the way I feel about England! If I could convince my children and grandchildren to move to England, I would be there in the time it takes to pack up. The fact that you could just go spend the day in Bath is incredible. We've visited Bath twice but missed the bookshops, guess we'll have to go back I think people either love or hate Jane Eyre, or haven't even read it! I'm definitely in the love group and read it every few years just to renew those feelings. Thanks for the bookshops tour!

Bath 😍 a true gem of a city, so glad you enjoyed it too! And I’m also glad you picked a book by Kawakami Mieko: she’s a truly brilliant writer! thank you for another lovely vlog ❤ hugs from Sardinia❤

Your Late father's and step mom's house is so pretty! Thanks for the vlog!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

It really is lovely, the village is pretty too with lots of lovely old houses :) x

Definitely enjoyed this episode, Ali. The trip to Bath sure took me back to all those years ago when I went there for a Uni interview. But I didn't end up in Bath though for my tertiary studies.I hope Lillia had a successful audition. I do have a few copies of Japanese translated books which I can't remember off-hand what all of them are called except for Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa. Maybe you could give that a try. I love all your book choices. Happy reading and a happy new week ❤

I’ve just finished the Copeton craft resistance and enjoyed it so much!

@ThisLittleWonderfulLife

4 ай бұрын

Me too! 😃

I think you will enjoy "The Cat who Saved books" I read it last month and when you mentioned Japanese books, I was almost shouting that you should read that one. Just a delightful little read.

A great bookish vlog. I really enjoyed The Lost Bookshop when I listened to it too. I've recently finished The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly, which I recommend 📚

I loved your hlf hr of nonsense never apologise your nonsense is too long the longer the better lol Huge reader here so book vlog right up my alley, I've seen a few youtubers go to Bath I feel like i know it even tho I've never been there, its beautiful . Thank you for taking me lol x