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Thanks for doing this!

That turning picture book is gorgeous, what a fun thing to have, and nice reminder of your past. I have plenty of these books on my tbr, and I'm obviously adding A discovery of witches ^^

Historical fiction is easily my favorite genre. I would suggest anything by Paulette Jiles. Her research is impressive and I love how her characters pop up in all her books. The Mermaid And Mrs Hancock by Imogene Hermies Gower is technically fantasy, but there is so much interesting history I could put this into the historical fiction category. This is her debut novel, and I enjoyed her style of writing so much I can’t wait for her next book. This goes in to my top ten books.

🙌🏽. I have Migrations on my TBR and hearing you talk about it reall stirred my interest in it. 🙂

Aww ☺️ Thanks, Catherine! (Or do you spell your name with a K instead?) I love the book you showed for “reminds you of your past”. Sweet indeed💞 I would love to visit Kyoto. Just Kyoto. (Friends live there) I really enjoyed the All Souls quartet. Hopefully I can get to this soon! Thanks again ❣️

I just tagged you in a very similar tag 😅 I'm interested in Birnam Wood. I've seen it in a few different places and it's piqued my curiosity for sure. Thanks for tagging me!

Wow! Look at you already 600 subs! I’m so happy to see your channel growing so fast. :) This was a fun tag! I have Migrations on my bookshelf and have been meaning to get to it. Japan was the second country I ever visited and it was amazing! 10/10 would recommend. It’s part of the reason I fell in love with traveling.

Hi Katherine, congratulations on your growing channel, well deserved! You are going to LOVE Verghese's book.. It was one of my favorite reads in 2023... The buzz on The Familiar hasn't reached Italy so I am totally in the dark about this book but the cover looks intriguing.. Atakora book sounds interesting too! Yes, the book on Cleopatra is quite intimidating! Happy reading!

Thanks for sharing your recommendations. New subscriber here. Historical Fiction is my favourite genre. Still Life sounds interesting, I’ll be adding that to my reading list. The 5 star read for me lately was The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz.

New subscriber!! I read The Covenant of Water...sweet story. I was a little leery of it at first, but the characters-most, anyway, are very admirable.

The New Wilderness sounds intriguing! I reviewed a book on my channel last winter that you might enjoy called Moon of the Crusted Snow by Wabgeshig Rice. Dystopian, set in Northern Ontario.

I have yet to read a Toni Morrison so I need to pick one up soon! I also need to read The Familiar so I do hope you enjoy it!

Great video. I will definitely check out House of Dreams. I don't know if your interested but I just read Boudica Dreaming the eagle by Manda Scott. It is an excellent read.

I recently read The Familiar and loved it!! Hope you will too! 😀

The Professor of Secrets sounds fascinating! And yayyy we already talked about The Memoirs of Cleopatra. If you don’t pick it up I also recommend the mini series based on the book. I just picked up Beloved and am a bit nervous to pick it up. Happy reading!

I love memoirs of a geisha and memoir of cleopatra - have read a few Margaret George

I read Memoirs of a Geisha a long time ago. It still is one of my all time favorite books. The movie was not very good - the book is fantastic!!! I read The Covenant of Water recently and enjoyed it very much. Also loved Verghese's book Cutting for Stone.

That is a CHUNKY memoir 😅 Maybe you could start it in June, and just read a chapter or X number of pages each week or month? And then you'll be on your way to finish it sometime 2025/2026 😂 I want to read both of those (Familiar & CoW) but I probably won't get to them in June. I mean this month. I'm so behind XD How is it June??? Anyways, I'm happy for all of the new people who have found your channel and for you of course! 😊

There is a journey in Wild Silence, so you may like to stick with it 👍

I’m loving that you have Memoirs of a Geisha in your p.o.p. I was a kid when it came out and I remember all the women in my family going “I can’t believe it was written by a MAN.” I wonder how it holds up. I’ve never read it and maybe I should. Would love to hear your thoughts if you do end up picking it up! I´m definitely participating in the readathon, I´m so excited about it!

Congrats on all the new subs!

I'm looking forward to Summer Reading! Enjoy ✨🌞. The memoirs of Cleopatra sound really interesting.

If you haven’t already read it, may I recommend The Egyptian by Mika Waltari. Originally published in Finnish in 1945 it is not only one of my favorite historical fiction books, but one of my all time favorite books in general.

Feminism is Marxist garbage. Just to register.

I don’t know if it’s late to say welcome! I just found your channel and I love British fiction and witchy women, literary and historical fiction, so I look forward to hearing about those. You reminded me I used to love the Sweet Valley High series, so nostalgic. I love Jen and Simon! And I love the term catnip! I mentioned the concept of that in my booktube newbie tag video too, I love hearing other people’s bookish catnip. I love mother/daughter relationships and themes related to art, memory, connection, and communication. Hope that fits the idea of bookish catnip. Hope you’re having a great time so far!

The horses!!! 🥹😍 this was such a refreshing and beautiful vlog!

Great picks! ❤

Hi Katherine. Your video just popped up in my feed. Welcome to BookTube! I enjoyed your newbie tag! I hope you're having a great experience here on BookTube! I will look forward to getting to know you better.

Thank you so much for sharing these recommendations. I'm particularly looking forward to picking up All the Light We Cannot See and The Underground Railroad.

Hi Katherine, what a great idea/video. Since, like you, I am a sucker for historic novels, I was checking with my library each title you mentioned. I should read Still Life since it's set in Italy.. but my library only have an eBook version (and I don't like to read eBooks at all) so I will probably get this book next time I visit USA. I watched the Netflix movie of 'All the light...' and loved it...

Hello, my name is Christina and I'm new to your chancel and the books I'm reading are. The Escape Room by Megan Coldin, Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins, The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks, The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand, the truth about forever Sarah Dessen

Fun! ✨

Looks like a lovely place to stay! Camping and reading make the perfect duo. 🏕️📚

I lovely relaxing vlog. I have this book on my TBR to read at some point.

My first time here and I have subscribed.

Fernando del Paso, "Noticias del Imperio" (Empress Marie Charlotte).

Mila 28 - Leon Uris

What about history colliding with science fiction? *1632* and *1636: Kremlin Games* by Eric Flint

Wow, I wonder why this video blew up?! Love historical fiction and welcome to booktube--the histfic folks are quiet but mighty???

noughts and crosses has been on my radar for a while, curious to hear what you think of it when you get to it 😊 I also saw Memoirs of a geisha but long ago so don’t remember a lot about it, but I would be interested in reading that too, I love that you picked up Pippi as well! Although it always hurts a little when it has the “wrong” illustrations from the original 😊 a Swedish icon! Don’t change her haha

I love how diverse your tastes in books are, always something interesting and different to look forward to from your videos

My favourites include Sunne in Splendour by Sharon K Pennman, and The Conqueror series by Conn Iggulden for a refreshing perspective on Genghis Khan

Such a variety of books! Looks like you’ve got some good ones in there. I’ll be curious to hear what you think of the Lisa Jewell book. She’s very hit and miss for me.

Hi Katherine! I just recently discussed Anne of Green Gables on my channel as well, and also discussed the values of the time period, including Marilla's comments regarding not wanting a foreign child, homeless people, disability, etc, so I totally agree with you. It's such a beautiful book in so many ways but important to acknowledge the flaws. Welcome to BookTube! I just subscribed to your channel and look forward to catching up on your videos. I live in the states but graduated from The University of Toronto, so I was interested to see that you're Canadian and living in the UK. 😊

I really liked Rober Harris's Cicero trilogy and Colleen McCullough's fall of the roman republic books grass crown and stalking horse etc. Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall War and Peace Name of the Rose Umberto Eco Shogun One Hundred Years of Solitude I enjoy a lot of military historical fiction so the Sharpe's Rifles books that deal mostly with the peninsular war appeal to me. Horatio Hornblower as well. Pauline Gedge wrote some great books about ancient Egyptians. Wilbur Smith does the same kind of thing . Lords of the two lands Books? Eagle and the Raven was required reading in junior high in Canada. The Three Musketeers I liked Slaughter House Five and Up the Line which are science fiction stories that have historical elements because they are time travel books and they deal with history that Shakespeare hasn't already done to death. That said I love Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra. I enjoy Lindsay Davis's Falco, roman detective novels set during the reign of my favourite roman emperor Vespasian.

Thanks for the tag! I would sell both new and used books in my bookshop as well. I like your idea of including artwork. 😊💙

I like this tag! I’m like you and love to read on the beach. Loved hearing about your personal library too. Books are definitely meant to be shared.

Good wrap-up! Interesting to hear about The Alchemist. I’m not much for classics, but now I’m curious about which side I’ll fall on. 😅

Great selections! I also have a couple books for Mental Health Awareness month. Excited to see Butter on your list! I’ve been eyeballing that one. :)