I'm so happy your back and that you like the birthday box I made for you ❤️

@Mariela4444

8 ай бұрын

That was so sweet and cute Phoebe, you're such a thoughtful person 😊

@hollyc4624

8 ай бұрын

Beautiful editions ❤. Such a lovely thing to do. 😊 Happy birthday to both of you!

@kurlykaitlyn

8 ай бұрын

I'm hugging you for your sweetness lol ❤

@jeevratankaur

8 ай бұрын

This was such an amazing and thoughtful present 🌼

@mariaplesar

8 ай бұрын

YOU ARE AMAZING ❤❤❤❤❤

If only we all had a wonderful friend like Phoebe 🥺

@Mariela4444

8 ай бұрын

I wish that too 😂😂😢😢😢

@gailjackson910

7 ай бұрын

Hey, Phoebe. I'll be your friend!

@ChanyeolsHaneul

7 ай бұрын

Me too

@racheldemain1940

6 ай бұрын

She would be skint!!!

15:50 Thank you so much for showing off my book, The Christmas Ogre. I really hope you like it. BTW, Pecanic is pronounced to rhyme with “mechanic”. Also, you’re right, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is excellent.

@eugeniekruijt2853

8 ай бұрын

congrats on your first book being published, thats so cool!!😊

@storiedworlds6261

8 ай бұрын

@@eugeniekruijt2853 Thank you. 😊

@books_and_baubles8329

7 ай бұрын

Beautiful book! Congratulations on publishing your first book!

@storiedworlds6261

7 ай бұрын

@@books_and_baubles8329 Thank you.

The cupcake card was sold at the post office from which I sent it. When I saw it, I couldn't believe my good fortune Thank you, missed you!

I am a life-long book lover. Just found your channel, and must say that I have enjoyed it tremendously. Thank you for many ideas for future book hunts. I live in Canada and do grin and bear the high cost of shipping, from the US Thriftbooks especially.

I don't know why,but your videos really make me feel motivated to want to read books again, every time I feel like I don't have the desire to read I always go back to watching your videos, thank you Carolyn❤

@CarolynMarieReads

8 ай бұрын

I’m so glad!! Thank *you* for watching and being incredibly kind 🤍

Welcome back, hun! It’s so nice to have you back into the space! 🥹♥️

@CarolynMarieReads

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🤍

Phoebe is a dear! (she should think about being a professional gift shopper) That was truly lovely what she did for you and it was so much fun watching you go through the package with the rest of us! Such amazing titles -- you will LOVE "The Enchanted April" (definitely a spring time read) and "House of Mirth" is good for the winter months; amazing writing (it's Wharton after all) but it gets dreary towards the end. Lily is a very sad character but one you cheer for throughout the book. Happy reading my dear!!!

Ever since I found your channel I’ve been reading more classic books then usual like Emma David coperfield and a tale of two cities so thank you oh and the catcher and the rye

@CarolynMarieReads

8 ай бұрын

That makes me so happy to hear!!!

the christmas ogre looks so so nice!

Exactly, if only we had a wonderful friend like Phoebe. I may decide to be that friend to myself in 2024. 😀 xxxxx ❤

Phoebe im giving you a sweet hug for your thoughtful and generous kindness ❤❤❤

Lovely gifts! Good to have you back, Carolyn

Always love your videos, Carolyn! 😊

you are so gorgeous both inside and out, your videos always bring me peace 🤍

Foster is my favorite book so far by Claire Keegan. And the movie adaptation is wonderful as well.

Welcome back! Happy Belated Birthday! 🎉

I'm glad you back, darling! Your videos always cheer me up! 💖😊

just thank you a dozen times for existing finding you in this ocean of content creators was like finding land in sight! 💛

Glad you enjoyed your travels, Carolyn. What an amazing box to come home to! Wow Pheobe! 😍

A Town Like Alice is one of my all time favourite 📚📚📚books

We went travelling around the same time so honestly you’re back at such convenient timing for me✨ love you and hope you had a great time

Happy belated birthday Phoebe!

@Phoebe_934

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤️

Welcome back Carolyn ✨ looking forward to all the wintery books ahead

The Enchanted April was a beautiful story. I just read it this year and I highly recommend it.

I just have to say, what beautiful hair you have!! love your content!

Welcome back and thanks for all the book highlights/recommendations. I picked up "Chess" and "Small things like these" after watching your previous video and they are both great. Will definitely look out for some of the ones here too!

So happy you’re back! I hope you had the best time travelling ❤

Phoebe you are the sweetest ever, happy belated birthday to you and to our dear Carolyn

Welcome home ❤ this video was everything. People are so kind. How beautiful and thoughtful ❤

What an incredible book haul!

Glad you are back even though it didn't show you were away with your pre- filmed videos. Hope you enjoyed your trip. And happy birthday ! 🥳

Happy Birthday Carolyn!!

We will always support you no matter what. Keep working hard.

North and South is such a great story!! You must read it. I just read it in the beginning of this year and I loved it❤️ My Antonia is really good too!

‘Foster’ blew me away! One of her best stories.

My Antonía is such a great book, and perfect for winter ! I remember studying it at uni and loving it ! The main theme of idealising people from childhood really spoke to me. I highly recommend. I discovered those gorgeous Pan Macmillan éditions thanks to you and I'm hooked ! I read A room of one's own in this edition earlier this year and it really improved my reading experience ! I wish I could buy all my favourite classics in this edition now :p

My jaw dropped when I saw the books Phoebe sent. I'm so excited for you! Welcome back!

Absolutely loved this video! Neil Gaiman is a gem, and I couldn't agree more with your admiration for his work. Your recommendations never disappoint, just like Gaiman's storytelling. Your influence has even led me to explore more classics, thanks to your insightful reviews. Looking forward to more content from you, Carolyn! ❤️✨🥂

SHE’S BAAACKKK 🥹🫶🏽 missed you so much carolyn 💕

I hope you had a great trip! Welcome back! I am reading "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall " By Anne Bronte and I am really loving it! I am so glad to have discovered Anne recently, since I loved Charlotte Bronte so much.

Long time No see! Welcome back! Thanks Much !.......

Wow! Today I just received the same box set of Pan Macmillan American classics that I ordered a few weeks back. I felt just giddy opening the package. I love those editions too, Carolyn. Happy reading :)

Haha omg the opening ! So cute

Wow, some very kind, generous friends! Heart of Darkness is haunting and brilliant. North and South (or anything by Elizabeth Gaskell really) is wonderful. Wives and Daughters is my favourite Gaskell, with North and South and Sylvia's Lovers a tie for second. Such lovely editions. Enjoy!

Tigana is a wonderful book Carolyn. It's one of my favourites ever. The prose is amazing and I'm sure you'll love it

@liamwhalen

8 ай бұрын

It is my favourite Kay. He signed it for me in Ontario, and he had a brief discussion about cover art with the other author at the table. It turns out authors do not get a lot of say about the covers chosen for their works. I have a copy I purchased on the American side of Niagara Falls that features the original artwork, which he was very pleased with.

Carolyn, you are going to love The Enchanted April.

What an amazing gift.

You inspired me to read The Graveyard Book. Finished it today, and really enjoyed it.

That edition of Peter Pan made me go and look for my sons girlfriends favorite book from that publisher and they had a beautiful copy so that's going to be her Christmas gift! Thank you for the timely idea!!! I looked last year for a beautiful copy of the book (i don't want to say which book in case they find this LOL) and couldn't find a gorgeous one like this publisher has!! So thank you thank you thank you!!!

@books_and_baubles8329

7 ай бұрын

Ooo good idea I might have to do that!

The house of mirth is one of my favorite books of the year!❤

@anurlailika

8 ай бұрын

Same 🥹 I fell in love with Edith Wharton's writing style 💚

The Call of the Wild is my favorite book, it’s so good!

The Les Mis that you got is the best translation, so much better than anything existing.

excited for you to read house of mirth! it’s one of my fave reads of the year, just prepare the tissues when you do read it 😭

What a great selection of artistically rendered and high quality manufacture books you've shared with us here. I would just note I adore the Red Birds version of 'Les Miserables,' one of the longer tomes I or anyone has read in entirety being well over a thousand pages, and entertaining and profound. I got my first copy from my esteemed and erudite friend Aaron Ashurst who long operated an expansive used book store, a center of our town, which due to Aaron's warmth was like a second home and school to me.

I had read Foster and it's so good 💖

Ah I live in London and Breasts and Eggs is one of my favourite books. I was lucky the copy I found initially was from a charity shop and it was an ARC copy. I treasure it dearly

Can you believe that Conrad didn't become fluent in English until his 20s? I love how The Graveyard Book is a reimagining of The Jungle Book. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Eugene Onegin; a favorite! Foster is such a great little story. I need her new one. I love that Enchanted April has seen a resurgence. Henry James is one of my favorite writers. I hope you've read Portrait of a Lady. Speaking of, Edith Wharton was something of a disciple of his. You should look up Gustave Dore's illustrations for Don Quixote. North and South was one of my favorite reads last year. Like a Jane Austen with a Dickens story.

Love heart of darkness, the story is amazing and haunting.

@thisisjeff9845

8 ай бұрын

I was going to say something similar. I read it in a colonial lit class and really liked it.

I just found your channel and subscribed as a new subscriber.

In the introduction to Eugene Onegin, it says that "Anna Karenina describes what might have happened to Tatiana had she given in to Onegin." I immediately remembered you. Two of your favourite Russian books.

Cervantes and Pushkin are the most important. I do recommend De Quincey, Conrad and think you now have the most important books they wrote -Opium eater and Hart of Darkness. Own the physical copy of Nevil Shute, Mieko Kawakami, Elif Shafak and they are in my TBR. But the first will be Edith Wharton. Phoebe, you are such an inspiration!

Theres a movie based on Foster called The Quiet Girl, highly recommend watching after you read it!

Enchanted April is a beautiful book, a favorite of mine I read it every year, April is the best time, I think you will love it. Malice of Forethought is actually by Anthony Berkeley a very famous mystery writer, one of the founders of the Detective Club with Dorothy L Sayers. He wrote it under a pen name because he was breaking tradition that had never been broken before this is the very first How Done It. The Beautiful And The Damned is my second favorite Fitzgerald book after Gatsby. Your friend has great taste, enjoy your birthday presents. This should get close to completing your collection, doesn't it?

I’m gonna sound like a crazy person, but I always loved your channel and relate to you because you are an artist as well (I am an artist, too, and I love reading), and I can’t believe that our birthday are just a day apart.( my bday is oct 16)

WELCOME BACK CAROLYN. NOW GET TO REVIEWING BOOKS FOR US. LOL!

Willa Cather and Elizabeth Von Arnum are both very worth reading!

I’ve started collecting Pan Macmillan Collector’s Library books since watching your channel, I buy them for gifts for people I love including my grandchildren. You should be on commission 😂 they must get so many new collectors form people who follow you. Keep up the great work. Glad you had a great trip. Where did you go I’d love to hear about it in one of your videos. Xxxxx 😊

@Phoebe_934

8 ай бұрын

I didn't start collecting pan macmillans until Carolyn's video last year! I can't imagine how many other people have too!

Phoebe, my birthday is in August and I live in London. 😊

Hi Carolyn! I just wanted to ask if you and Emma will continue the game of tomes book club in 2024 too?

One of the most widely known books by Nevil Shute is On The Beach, depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war, which was made into a movie. But A Town Like Alice is one of my favorites. I have read almost all Nevil Shute books; they are just pleasant stories.

Carolyn: it's a little strange getting older. Me: I turn 37 tomorrow and yes it does and yes the older you get, the worse it gets lol 😅😂

A town like alice is amazing. The turn of the screw is creepy... Read them both as soon as possible, Even though they're very different one from the other, you won't regret it.

This video appeared in my recommendations 57 seconds after it was uploaded. 😆

@CarolynMarieReads

8 ай бұрын

Feeling the love 🥹🤍

she's back not only with books, she brought a man along, thats a nice change :)

A Town Like Alice is one of my favorite books by Shute

I volunteer to be Phoebe’s friend 🥹🥹🥹

@Phoebe_934

8 ай бұрын

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You are so lucky . Do you read the Pan McMillans or do younhave separate reading copies? I find the print quite small for reading but i AM old at 53!! At 25 you are a youngster!! Happy Reading and collecting.

Read any Dorothy Whipple book-one of the interwar year authors. Miranda Mills another great book “recommendeaur ‘ introduced me to Whipple’s books📚, also Slightly Foxed books and accompaniments.

@deborahracette9755

7 ай бұрын

Yes! Carolyn and Miranda are the only two literary vlogs I listen to. They're both so calming. Glad to read that you enjoy them too!

@catholicpeaces6257

7 ай бұрын

@@deborahracette9755 Merry Christmas and enjoy reading in '24!

All your followers seem so nice and sweet, I want to be friends with yall

Very random but when I saw the thumbnail I thought you had some type of artistic diorama of a stack of elf hydrating camo concealers.

Hi Carolyn. I sent you a package quite some time ago and I’m wondering if it didn’t get to you? I had books in for you and some for Emma. Does that sound familiar?

😍😍😍

❤📚❤️ Such lovely books! I recently read The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff and I will never look at nature and life in the same way. Have you read it?

Hello . If you want read another new authors you can try ELiF SHAFAK all her books are interesting .It is turkish litterature .😊😊😊and happy reading!📚📚📚

Are we going to see the face of the guest sooner or later? ;)

Actually i also peter pan in that edition

How do you join the game of tomes book club?

@Phoebe_934

8 ай бұрын

Carolyn and Emma both made videos earlier this year detailing what books they will be reading each month and then every other month they host a live show here on KZread to discuss their thoughts and everyone can read along and talk in the comments! It's completely free too! Hope that helps 😊

how does one join the game of tomes bookclub?! :)

@Phoebe_934

8 ай бұрын

Carolyn and Emma both made videos earlier this year detailing what books they will be reading each month and then every other month they host a live show here on KZread to discuss their thoughts and everyone can read along and talk in the comments! It's completely free too! Hope that helps 😊

@letterscreative

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Phoebe! If that was you giving her these extraordinary gifts, I had a great time watching this! The presents were very inspiring and it was amazing to watch Carolyn's reaction! @@Phoebe_934

I sent you les mis x

In need of some pheobes in my life

How is Moby Dick not in the American Classics??? Insanity at its height.

God its funny seeing 25 year olds thinking they are even remotely old

Carolyn🥹 Thank you for letting me know about Eugene Onegin🥹 it's such a joy and a wonder and I'm so happy to have had the absolute pleasure of listening to it. The book is on its way! A whole novel in poetry that ryhmes I still can't believe it exists🥹

You don't deserve all this kindness???!!! I hope you don't truly believe that!🫶🏼