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I’ll be reading Wives and Daughters in April! I’ve been reassured that though Gaskell died before the book was done, she was really just a few pages away from being done so it’s not too bad.

My mom loved Victoria Holt when I was a kid. I have a few now to try.

Thanks for the tag! Loved playing Civ!

Thank you for the tag!! I really love these questions.

Great responses and thanks for your thoughtful consideration of the prompts.

Thanks for your video ! I really loved Fanny Price from Mansfield Park, I admired how rational, contained, still sensitive she was. On the other hand I have read two books from Elizabeth Gaskell and haven't loved them, they were OK for me (Cranford and North & South). So... this opens a real nice opportunity, all opposite and thanks to your video I already downloaded (for free) the Audible version on Wives & Daughters and wish to start it and to enjoy it a lot. Good luck with your channel. Saludos from Mexico City.

I always love hearing you talk about the importance of books and reading for you growing up. I think it’s such a needed reminder for us all. And it’s not cheesy. I don’t know what success means to you, but from where I’m watching, you seem to have a stable life, a loving family, snoring pets, and more books than you could get through, and time to spend on your hobbies and passions. That’s what I would call success, and a great achievement for anyone starting out with less. And I’m always more inspired to support my local library, so that others can have access to it too, after hearing stories like yours.

❤📚❤️ It sounds like books were a very beneficial thing in your life. I'm glad they were there for you and that you enjoyed them. I love reading most too, but I create junk journals, and I get so involved in the creative process that I'm totally absorbed and so relaxed. Great video.

It’s not cheesy at all, Nicky. I really appreciate hearing about your background and the ways in which your love of reading helped you to get an education and change your circumstances. Thanks for such a thoughtful video!

Great video! I read Pachinko and loved the first 2/3 of the book. However, I felt the author rushed the last part and she could have done a better job with the ending. Let us know your thoughts when you read it.

Shogun is on my lost as well to get to this year!

Age of innocence was a pleasant surprise to me when I read it last year, I hope you will like it. I'm also hoping to read Hardy this year. I have a video eith 25 books for 2025 coming in a couple of weeks.

❤🎉 Age of Innocence!!🎉🎉 i love it!

A more realistic number, love it! Good luck in 2025 getting these read. I liked Pachinko, but it's another one I listened to on audio, and I am positive I would have loved it even more with the physical book. I read The Great Gatsby in my twenties and loved it. It's been so long. I'm not sure how I'd feel now. 😂

My Moby Dick seems to be Ours 😂 which makes no sense to me, but I still have hope! I’m confident you can get through Moby Dick if you set your mind to it. Maybe to that one first (/ next) and give yourself a time limit of say a month, and if you’re not through or not enjoying it by then, skip to the next one, but then maybe you’ll have some motivation to get it done. I might read Gatsby this year too, we’ll see. And Pachinko was a book club read last year! I think you’d like it. It has a lot of day to day, but spans decades and follows different members of a family, and their relationships and fates, in Korea and Japan. And when you’re done you can join in on the discussion video for it 😊 Good luck with all of these! I think 10 is very sensible! 😊

I have read three of these books. I have tried and tried to get through Moby Dick - I am fine after the first chapter, and there is much to enjoy in this novel, but about mid way through it becomes dull as dirt and is a hard stop for me. Thank you for the video.

The Wizard’s Giide to Defensive Baking was my first Kingfisher and it made me a fan. I’ve owned Wives and Daughters and Sophie’s World and left them unread for longer than I’d like to admit 😂 Maybe 2025 is the year. You have some great books!

Wives and daughters is on my top 10 books of 2024, I loved it so much 😊 So many interesting books in that haul.

How lovely to be so sucked into a book! The best feeling! 😊 I hope it holds up, even the ending might be a bit open. Great plans!

I'll be reading Wives and Daughters this year sometime. I'm so glad you love it!!!🎉🎉🎉

Wives and Daughters sounds intriguing! I hope you enjoy the whole book. I anxiously await your review, as I own the book and didn't realize it was an unfinished work. Edit: Oh wow, Sophie's World, as well! I enjoyed A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking. Sweet gift!

Sober Diaries sounds like it would be a good read. I am really interested in the Wives and Daughters book now although I would have never picked it based on the cover lol. Oh I have seen Dr Mindy too.. fasting has really helped me along with the book Fast Feast Repeat. Sophie’s World sounds very intriguing… you have quite a good book haul.

Endurance!! One of my fav nonfic books of all time.

I’m also going on a book buying ban, want to read more non-fiction, and read more classics.

Hi. This is C-10’s wife 😊 I follow Pigbay on Twitch now too 😂

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You did so well on your 2024 goals! I think you’re smart to keep the numbers the same. The number goal is always weird to me since a short story and a big chunkster both can count as one. So having a higher number could just make you shy away from longer books, which is silly if that’s what you want to read. I also think you’re smart to not focus on the limitations, but in the abundance of your shelves and your library. You have so many options already and definitely make an experience of it! I love that you can read at the library and no one will look at you sideways because you haven’t paid for it 😂 And it’s quiet 😊 I also want to use my library more, I’ve started to and there’s so much more to choose from than I had thought, even in English, so I’m going to continue using it to show that it’s appreciated and needed! 😊 I was also thinking contemporary doesn’t have to be set where you live! You can around the world 😊 Reading should be fun as well, so keep it fun! I think the only way to fail is to read books you’re not enjoying for the sake of some arbitrary goal that no one will reward you for. I have no doubt you’ll have a great reading year!

I really want to read The Wager, Endurance and The Pickwick Papers this year!

❤📚🎉❤️ Good luck with your goals for 2025! I'll be here for support. 😁

You have done a great job with your goals, and you have some very reasonable goals for the new year. I’d love to hear what classics you are hoping to read in 2025.

Congrats on reading the Bible!! I’m currently in ACTS and hope to finish soon. 🙏🏻

I still need to read The Wager and Endurance. My favorite book of 2024 was The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley. A short read that was just super fun from start to finish.

I loved The moonstone and Middlemarch and now I'm very excited to get to the Pickwick papers 😊

I will share my favorite books next week so you are not late 😀 I also loved the POV of the butler in the Moonstone 🙂 Not really liking Dickens, I think I will try Pickwick Papers 😉

Middlemarch is on my tbr for this year. Well, it was for last year but I didn’t get to it. lol I’ve read the Bible all the way through twice. I’ve only read the KJV. Which versions have you read and which one are you reading now? I read The Time Machine years ago and really enjoyed it. The War of the Worlds is on my tbr for this year. I loved The Lost City of Z by David Grann and loved it. I love books about real life lost cities and lost treasure. I might read The Wager but not sure if it’ll be this year or not. I have The Moonstone and was going to read it. But decided not to. Now I’ll have to put it back on my tbr because of your review. 😊 And I love books written through letters and journals.

Hi! My favorites were Mrs. Pollifax (I read 3) and Caravan by Dorothy Gilman. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy is traumatic but beautiful writing. I got caught up with the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). Mala's Cat, a Memoir of Survival in WWII, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, Madam Fourcade's Secret War by Lynne Olson, My Antonia by Willa Cather and The Seedkeeper by Diane Wilson. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (I love all her books). It was a good reading year! I own a copies of The Wager and Pickwick Papers, and I want to read them sometime soon.

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❤📚🎉❤️ Happy New Year! I hope 2025 brings you much happiness and many, many enjoyable reads. I enjoyed seeing what brought you joy in 2024.😊 I listened to The Ogress and the Orphans on Libby. I wish I'd read the physical copy because though I enjoyed it, I think I would have loved it even more! I still need to read my copy of The Wager. I know I'll love it. I added The Moonstone and The Pickwick Papers to my Goodreads "want to read" as soon as you talked about them first time. 👍 What?!? A miniseries of Endurance? Yes, please.

I have re-read some books and plan to do some more re-reading. Have you seen or listened to the soundtrack for the musical Six? You might enjoy it!

Cranford is so good!! 🎉

Hi Nicky. Love hearing you talking about Cranford. That is a book that I plan to read this year. Happy New Year, my friend. Wishing you all that is good in the coming year.

Those sound like good plans! I'm also thinking about my goals for the year, I'm looking forward to hearing yours. Happy New Year! Let's hope it's a good one.

❤📚🎉 Happy New Year.

Don't apologize for dog snores. It's ambiance. 😆

Oh yay I’m so happy you enjoyed The Answer Is No, and you also chuckled just talking about it 😂 I’m glad I’m not alone in relating to the story, a knock on the door is so stress inducing to me haha 😂 Love your cozy Christmas sweater, and the dog snoring just adds to the festive vibe 😊 🎄

❄️📚❤️🎄 I just love Fredrik Backman books. I am just a couple of chapters (will finish today) from finishing Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. A perfect atmospheric and descriptive winter/Christmas book!

I’m currently waiting for The Christmas Pig from my library! It might available in time for Christmas. I have not read it yet.

Ahah, there's really no need to apologize for being cheerful! That's just great, we want you to be cheerful and happy ^^

I'm not sure how old your daughter is, but I'd love to hear your recommendations on books you've read together (especially festive ones)!

Sounds like a good week of reading.