As a Norwegian I truly hope you will fall in love with Sigrid Undset's writing, she is a national treasure and a literary icon of ours!

@doaadikrallah

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can you recommend a book in particular?

@tine272

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@@doaadikrallah I think her debut Jenny is a nice place to start before moving onto her trilogy about Kristin Lavransdatter ☺️

@doaadikrallah

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@@tine272 thank you so much! i will certainly read that 😊😊😊

Omg yes The Name of the Rose is amazing!!!!

charmed. especially the way you said "lumpy & frumpy" I thought was cool.

Definitely checking out Simple Retro!

You look so good in this oversized shirt! :)

Katie's book reminds me a lot of the turn of the screw

Thank you for brightening my day as always. I’m so happy that you liked the books I sent you. I hope that you enjoy them!

@CarolynMarieReads

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Thank *you* for being so kind and generous 🥹 I absolutely LOVE the book you sent! Forever grateful!!

@jamesduggan7200

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Hello Lily. I'm so glad you posted bc I wanted to tell you how closely we enjoy similar tastes in reading. That was a very nice present.

Kristin lavransdatter is amazing.

Omg you're gonna LOVE Kristin Larvansdatter! One of my favorite book 😍

What a lovely community

here to once again enthusiastically agree about any praise for monte cristo!!!

@jamesduggan7200

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Yes, I really did enjoy reading that last year.

You are such a ray of beautiful sunshine

I read the count of Monte Cristo and I love it

Those soaps are beautiful!!

@CarolynMarieReads

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Aren’t they!!!

The As You Wish soap is super cool

(I’m Norwegian). Also thank you for a great channel! So fun to see someone else loving Russian Literature!

@CarolynMarieReads

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Thank *you* for watching and being so kind :)

@asteroefstathiou5407

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I adore Russian lit as well!

I absolutely LOVE the Princess Bride!! What an AWESOME gift!!!

Carolyn, this video is absolute perfection: beautiful clothes, beautiful soaps and books! You look lovely with this gorgeous cardigan!

The Kristin Lavransdatter books are my all time favorite modern classics. They made me live, breathe, hurt, love and grief together with Kristin. Very immersive and enchanting books.

Currently reading Monte Cristo! I’m on page 850! It’s a masterpiece! I’m been laughing a lot. Great dark comedy I also admit I think I’m loving it more than Anna Karenina. While I was telling my husband how much I’m loving this book, he even asked “so is it better than Anna karenina?” They’re both such incredible books and very different subjects haha

Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum are wonderful books. The Count of Monte Christo is one of the best books ever written, you'll love it, and although it's humongous it's so compelling you can breeze through it. Kinda. Okay, a slow summer breeze. The Plague by Camus is really about the doctor who chooses to stay inside the walls of a quarantined city during an outbreak of the plague. Such a good book.

@jamesduggan7200

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Yes, I"m re-reading it now, in French. Of course, at times the descriptions are of a living, thinking person in Hell. The kind of Modernist thinking impossible for someone without a classical education. And of course there is the longing -everywhere - to escape mixed with the acceptance that there is no escape. And that's life, if you're pre-disposed to look at life that way. On the other hand, you may look at life more optimistically, as I do.

19:15 oh, Kristin Lavransdotter is so good. I read them all. They are truly wonderful !

So glad you received the book Family Happiness written by Laurie Colwin that I sent! I am not sure if you saw in the author transcript that the main character identified with Anna Karenina which is why I thought of you. From the transcript. "And the novel is about her life and her family, which all seems perfect from the outside. But we, as the reader, know that, in fact, she is tormented. She is torn into. She references "Anna Karenina." I mean, she really feels like a heroine of literary proportion as she conducts this love affair." I hope you also received the Anna Karenina bookmark!

I picked up Galatea at the BN half off hard cover sale back in Dec, but I haven’t gotten to it yet! Super excited!

i also would love to read some italian literature, maybe you could do some day reading vlog with italian books?

Carolyn after you read The Name of the Rose I’d highly recommend the film adaptation in 1986, it stars Sean Connery and young Christian Slater, and it’s such a nostalgic film for me, I know you love films so it’s just a recommendation💘

@salindrab4493

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I absolutely agree to this. The film adaption of The Name of the Rose is a wonderful piece of work, with Sean Connery at its highest, probably one of his best performances, if not the best. And young Christian Slater plays his innocent and shy monk apprentice. A must see, especially in combination with reading the book. Both, movie and book, are mind-blowing.

Carolyn you are like a soft fairy, this color of the cardigan suits you so well 😊

I love the clothing. Have been on the website and fallen in love with the dresses ‐ so beautiful. But since I am living in Germany it is always a hassle with customs and customs fees when shipping comes from outside the EU, so I guess I will only admire them from afar. You've got some wonderful books, I can highly recommend The Name of the Rose (this is The Book EVERYONE talked about in the 1980's in Italy and the whole of Europe.) and the Count of Monte Christo. Also there is an award-winning (in Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain) movie from 1986 of The Name of the Rose . I highly recommend watching it if you can find it in the US. Marvelous performances from Sean Connery and young Christian Slater. I love your channel, you talking about books or your artwork is so heartwarming. Thank you! 🤩

Your pink cardigan is absolutely gorgeous!!! The color and the design, absolutely stunning 😍 The green top is also stunning. WOW.

40 minutes of pure bliss ❤️

Clothes and books are two of my favourite things ❤️

Your videos always bring joy to my day. Those soaps are beautiful! And I really want to read the Count of Monte Cristo. Maybe we’ll read it for the book club if majority of the people vote for it. 😊

@jamesduggan7200

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I read it a year or two ago but would read it again, tho it is really four books in one, so maybe a tad on the longer side for Game of Tomes. Voting that month will be hard for me.

I can't wait to hear what you think of Kristin Lavransdatter. We read it in my book club, too. On the topic of classic series - when I was young, I raced through Alexandre Dumas' series of novels about The Three Musketeers. Lots of fun. I ended up reading whatever I could find of his in English translation. Perhaps I should have paid more close attention in French class. 😉

The Sigrid Undset was one of my favourite books in my book club as well. We read it during the pandemic and I was completely taken in. I think about it all of the time and Kristen’s story is forever in my heart! You will love them. Harris is right- after the first book you will be intrigued to read on, but the real magic comes in the following two. Btw the way, to pronounce the series and the main character’s name it’s “La-VRAHNS Dah-teer) as in the daughter of Lavrans, which is a past and present tradition for family names in many Scandinavian cultures. I really hope you enjoy! Also, the Name of the Rose is EXCELLENT! It’s where to start with Umberto Eco, as he can become rather dense, but still wonderful! ❤

I was having gloomy day, and then this video came up. It is a delight from start to finish! Turned my whole day around. Thanks so very much.

Great haul 📚☕

The details, buttons and patterns in the clothes are so pretty! I love Umberto Eco's books. Hope you will too. That clothbound edition of The Count of Monte Cristo made my jaw drop. 😍 Thank you for a 40 minute video that went by too quickly. Happy reading!

You look absolutely stunning. We wish you all the best in life. God bless you, Carolyn.

@CarolynMarieReads

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Thank you so much 😊 Wishing you the best as well!

The name of the Rose is amazing, The Plague and Galatea were also great. That was a great box you got sent. I loved the little notes in the front of the books too. ❤

May I share that I love your energy and the clothe is very feminine😍💜

Ahhhh! Obsessed with the soaps! Also, you look gorgeous, as always!

@CarolynMarieReads

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Aren’t they amazing?!!! Aw thank you so much 🥰

I've found it most helpful when unsure how to pronounce words just to google them. Takes about 20 secs and the pressure off to apologize a lot. Also online dictionaries are great for this (check loudspeaker button). I love your podcast and your book choices! It always makes my day when one of your videos pops up!

You also make my day a little brighter ☀️

@CarolynMarieReads

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I’m honored! 😊🌞

How fun, I'm reading Kristin Lavransdatter ! I really love Sigrid Undset's works. In France, the novels are no longer edited and really hard to find. I hope you'll like it as well!

the tulip top is dreamy! Thank you for making me discover this brand. As a knitter, I appreciate the detail from their sweaters and how light they seem.

Been reading a lot of Undset lately. I think you will like Kristin Lavransdatter 😊

@CarolynMarieReads

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That’s wonderful to hear! I’m so glad you think so :)

Have you read The Hobbit? I read it many years ago and loved it, decided to pick up the 75th anniversary edition with illustrations and am loving it! It is very entertaining and fast paced.

when i started watching the video i though you might’ve gotten the clothbound edition of the count of monte cristo because in my head i had figured you had already read it and i know your love to buy your very favourites in clothbound, and it turned out that you actually got it!! a different twist but i can’t believe i foresaw it

I have only read 3 of those, and would rank them as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Name of the Rose and then The Plague, with TCOMC miles above the others, and for me above Anna Karenina and War and Peace as well. TCOMC is an EASY READ - it just flies by. The Name of the Rose *is* good, but requires a very deep reading and concentration. I would like to read Kristin Lavransdatter, but have yet to see a copy in my local book stores or library sales. I liked Circe by Madeline Miller, but think Achilles is next. I own Foucault's Pendulum, but it is on my ever-growing TBR pile (now over 400 books).

I'm always ready for a big ol book haul! ☺️

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset was an amazing read. My favorite book of 2022 I believe and one of my all-time favorites. I would recommend reading during the colder months of the year. Undset also has another book series set during a long ago Norway

I’ve only recently heard about Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy and I am so keen to read them.

Thank you for all your efforts with your videos! Your energy is so contagious and your videos always manage to make me smile! ♥️♥️ Alsoo Emily the strange by rieger and the stranger by camu are both amazing!!

i love madeline miller!! i'm so excited to see what you think of Galatea 💗

I'll take that as another sign for me to read The Count Of Monte Cristo 😝

The new clothing is just beautiful, I really loved that sweater and the patterning on it. In fact I love all the clothing you chose, they are just so delicate looking and the fabrics are really lovely. I can't find enough adjectives for how much I like them. 💖

@CarolynMarieReads

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Aw I’m so glad you like them!!! 😊

As a reader and illustrator, I think you should absolutely read Little by Edward Carey💟

A storm of swords is by far the best. 💖💖

@CarolynMarieReads

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Can’t wait to read it! ✨

Love your videos. Can’t believe you haven’t read Count of Monte Cristo. I am currently doing a reread of it after 7 years of when I first did. It is not as intimidating as you think. It is also very dark and heavy at some points. I love it to death. It’s my favorite classic hands down. I had to read it for college which I didn’t get to enjoy it as I do now. I hope you enjoy it! I have not read Anna Karenina yet. But I have read War and Peace and I still say - Monte Cristo is above War and Peace. ❤

I absolutely adored The Stranger by Camus. Recently (like last week), I finished it, read in two sittings, as it's written in two parts, and definitely worth the read. It's short and the writing is so compelling that it's easy to get through. Maybe I'm just obsessed with existential non-conformist literature, but I love understanding the humans/characters In the world who's identities are typically not "socially acceptable". Camus encapsulated that so perfectly in The Stranger. You are making me want to read The Plague now. I will say the ending to The Stranger was a bit underwhelming for me, but I'd like to know what you and Emma think. So PLEASE choose Camus!

@mahijoshi4476

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I absolutely relate to your experience with Camus. I also read The Outsider this week and I already want to read EVERYTHING by Camus!!!

@Cevin.

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@@mahijoshi4476 OOooooh The Outsider seems like something I WANT to takle. I recently picked up The Plague

I finished listening, on Audible, to Katie Lumsden's novel last week. I liked it very much, and am very curious to hear your opinion of it. I have about 15 pages left in Camus' La Peste (The Plague), which is a re-read for me but I won't spoil it for you. The other day i started listening to David Copperfield, and hope to have done with it before April. And last night I ordered Catcher in the Rye. Of course I've read bits and pieces of both before but this will be the first time going cover-to-cover with them. The clothing is gorgeous, and yes I did get the I Read Books sweatshirt. I like it a lot. It keeps me very warm in the morning, so thx.

It's only when I looked at the Wesley soap a second time that I realised the main design on the side is the cliff (if you know the cliff scene, you know.)

you look incredibly stunning in that pink cardigan! just came running when i saw the notification lmao. i have been studying for my test, i really needed this video. so grateful you posted. 💗

@CarolynMarieReads

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Aw thank you so much! 💖 Best of luck on your test! 😊

@badanya

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@@CarolynMarieReads thank you so much ✨

“ga-la-te-ya” ☺️

@CarolynMarieReads

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That makes much more sense 🤣🙈

@camillea.2274

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@@CarolynMarieReads glad to be of help!! 🥰 love your videos!!

Great video 😊

As you continue to excite with your amazing videos, you're going to need a taller room with a rolling ladder one day. Thank you, and happy writing.

I am reading Moby-Dick right now, and oh my is it long, but the language is lovely, and the characters are so interesting. I was wondering if you had read it or planned to? I am curious what you would think about it. Thank you for being amazing and so kind!

In Greece(it's a Greek name) we pronounce Galatea like Ga-la-tea-a I don't know if it helps or if it even makes sense but thought of letting you know Love your videos Carolyn!

@CarolynMarieReads

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That makes complete sense 😂 thank you!!! So glad 😊

@ariadni3917

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@@CarolynMarieReads 😊😊

Hi Carolyn, I can never find the links to the books you show us. Could you give us some direction about how to find the book links please? I’m still loving your videos. Thanks Claire xxxxx 🙂

Here are the books I read in February: kzread.infoLMZDcYKspzE

I have a problem with concentration. So recently i found a way that to read books along with audio book in you tube. My eyes read the physical book while i listen to the audio recording. It makes me to read focused. Could you pls pls advise regarding this.

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Caroline Mauduit appears not to be French, contrary to what her name suggests. Had she been French, you would (sort of) pronounce it Maud-wee. 🙂

That Norwegian novel sounds amazing so thanks for bringing it to my attention.

It would be so fun to see you and Emma read Name of the Rose together; I read it last year with my partner, and we had a blast.