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@@M-J oh haha, I had it unlisted by accident and I switched it to public this morning lol. At least it’s in the right season! 😆

@@gingerbibliophile Kat, thank you so much for your sweet comment! The baby bunny and squirrel were at a park we were at so I think that’s the only reason they weren’t running away from me 😆. Aww Clark, he’s our husky, lovey boy that is always in search of a warm lap 😍. Thank you again for watching, Kat! I’m so happy there are some of you out there that enjoy seeing the leaves and the cute animals around me. Soon most of them will have migrated or hibernated for the winter and the leaves will probably be gone in a few weeks so I’m soaking it up!

Thanks, Starla! I agree, sometimes fantasy on audio is really hard for me too. I've also had success with historical fiction on audio though. That's so interesting how different genres work better than others! I also held off on ACOTAR for ages and now that I've read the first one, I want to keep going, but I still have some other series to work on first. Once I finish my 1st read-through of the Bible, I'm also going to do a re-read and some note-taking in my journaling Bible that I purchased. It will be an ongoing process, lol, that will probably take me many more years! Thanks again and I hope you are having a wonderful Fall as well. It's starting to get a bit too cold too fast for me already though! :D

@@bookstalgic Awww, thank you! Yes, my husband gifted me so many boxed set series last year for my birthday and Christmas that I'm overwhelmed, yet grateful. 🤣 Take care, and I'm looking forward to your next video!

Haha, well once they get to know you, they will see lots of depth! :)

@@bookstalgic I appreciate it. But I kinda meant it in the the other direction. 😆

Thank you, Martine! :)

Thanks, Emily! It must be starting to warm up where you live! Both of the books you mentioned sound right up my alley too. Especially The Wildlife Year - I may have to get that one for next year! I agree, it's always a little bit better to read about seasons that match up with the ones you're actually in. Australia is such an interesting country with a great varied landscape. If you ever come across some good nature writing from there, please let me know!

@@bookstalgic It is warming up nicely. :) I have 2 books from here. One is written about a forest about 40 minutes from home. Daylesford Nature Diary by Tanya Loos. The other is written from various parts around the world but largely feature the area I come from and the area I now live. Deep Listening to Nature by Andrew Skeoch. I loved both. If I come across any more I'll let you know. :)

@@emilylee5353 thank you!

@@bookstalgic Welcome. :)

Thank you! I hope you're reading is going well!

Thanks, Clare! Us too, we have frost predicted this weekend. Always sad to see the end of the outdoor flowers. I have to try to remember to bring my mums inside!

They're beef cows. I wasn't sure if I wanted to read ACOTAR either, but was surprised how much I liked it (even with all it's issues), haha. I don't think you would like it, lol. Too Twilight-y :D Clark is a loveable husky guy, he's so sweet! Ha, maybe she is the beast, I didn't think about it that way, lol. Thanks for watching, Groz!!!

@@bookstalgic thanks for telling me that, a fantasy too twilighty, Grozz out, lol

@@krisreviews ooh nice! I’m glad there are some good ones in there! I only wish I had more time to read 🤩.

@@Already-Overbooked thank you! I know what you mean, I’ve read thr first three JD Robbs and I keep forgetting to keep going. They are really good so there’s no excuse!

@@Man-With-a-Hat-Who-Reads Haha, the more books the merrier! That’s great that you enjoyed both Frankenstein and The Night Circus and I’m excited to get to those. I also really loved Dracula when I read it last year. Such a great story! If only I had more time to read, October is definitely a fun month for reading!

@@KatJack-vl8xj I love those old LPs that used to be like audiobooks. I remember my sister and I listening to some children’s books that way back in the 80s. Loved the cracking sound as it played and that will always feel nostalgic ✨. I bet the LOTR would be great as audio! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed both Hill House and Frankenstein. Oh boy, I hope Hill House isn’t too scary! 😱😄. Ah yes, haha I think I’ve talked about Clarissa in over 75% of these videos lol. Don’t worry, there will be one more Vlog to come about it and then I should be done. 😂

Thanks Kat! I was so happy to finish Clarissa. I saw that there was a BBC Radio production of Clarissa with Richard Armitage as Lovelace and I'm dying to listen to that. :) It's definitely a book I will re-read some day, but not for a while! I've heard Candide is a mixed bag haha. I'm hopefully going to start that one in November! That's great that Garlic and the Witch is good too as I have that one on my shelf to read sooner than later. It's so funny about the cats, I never realize they are there until I edit the video! :) Thanks for watching, Kat and hope you have a great weekend!

Wow, that's crazy you mentioned Emily Dickinson! I just read my "Greatest Works of Emily Dickinson" book of poems that I thrifted last year and I really loved it. I haven't read much poetry in the past, and was so surprised how much I liked them! I also have Leaves of Grass on my shelf that I will eventually get to. Hope you are still enjoying Dante! :)

@@bookstalgic No kidding?!! I’m glad that you ended up enjoying it! I’ve heard amazing things about her style and subject handling, so I may just try one of her collected works. Robert Frost is sitting on my shelf but I may wait until January to read from him. And Dante goes well, though sometimes tough when I don’t immediately understand his references.

Wow, that's so interesting! I have Paradise Lost on my shelf to get to eventually, so I'll have to remember this when I read it. I'm glad you enjoyed Frankenstein! I think I'll hopefully be able to start it this weekend. :)

Oh awesome! I'm glad that you're inspired to listen to The Interview with a Vampire! I bet it's a fun audiobook :) I'm glad to hear you loved The Hobbit too. It seems like a great time to read that series and I think I will really like it too. :)

@@bookstalgic I hope you do :)

Thanks, Jacob! I hope you enjoy your books this month. I had to look up"Being and Nothingness" by Sartre as I hadn't heard of it before (and yes, lovely title, lol) and it sounds interesting. I got into existentialism a little bit in my early 20s. I can't remember what I read at the time, but I found it all very fascinating. Life got busy and I guess I must've moved on from it, but that was the first time I started to "think outside the box" of my Catholic upbringing. I've never read any of James Baldwin's works, but every time I've heard someone on Booktube talk about him, it's always in positive terms in regards to his writing. In regards to "rawness of the writing", a fellow Booktuber I watched recently talked about that little window in the 90s when authors seemed to feel safer being honest and raw with their writing, more so than they do today due to the lack of the internet being what it now is. Nowadays with social media and instant sharing of thoughts across a large audience, writers may feel less safe to be raw in fear of being canceled if they rely on their works to pay the bills. Definitely interesting to think about. Russian lit is absolutely something I want to dive into some day. There are a bunch of books on my Greatest Books of all Time list (the obvious Russian classics ones of course), but there are a few others I would like read too. Hope you have a great week ahead!

@@bookstalgic Existentialism is really important to me, especially as I head into my late twenties. It invites me into a whole world of possibilities and things that contend with the soul; it's a steadily beating drum that renders our lives clear, as well as my own feelings on certain subjects, or even the lack thereof. Writers definitely have to be careful with what they write about: there's a standard for the "acceptable" and "most needed" topics for one to delve into. Not only delve into them, but how they delve into them (which often times carries an agenda). I'm always hesitant with contemporary writers, because I question the intentions behind their books: who or what exactly are you trying to serve or convince?

Haha! I've been waiting on the TV show too. My sister has been trying to get me to read the books and watch the show for years now, I don't know why I kept putting it off :D

Haha, I better get reading then! ;) Thanks, Groz!

That one has been on my list, too, I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks, Ven! Yeah, there's no real reason why I keep pushing Frankenstein away for another month either. I think I sometimes do that because I'm waiting for the perfect time to read it because I think I'm really going to enjoy it. Well, I'm going to start it as soon as I'm done with my ebook I'm reading now so I will definite get to it this month! I really enjoyed The Hobbit movies, but I had never read the books so I didn't have anything to compare it too. At the very least, at least it will help me visualize some of the characters and settings. I hope you have a great October of reading!

Hi Ellis! It's so nice to hear from you, and thank you for your sweet comment, as always! I have a really good friend that lives in San Antonio and she always complains about the heat down there this time of year. She came to visit us one year in October to see the fall foliage and it was so cute to see how in awe she was and how happy she was to be wearing a sweater outside! Bowling Alone sounds really interesting. The decline of community is not something that usually pops into my thoughts, but it's so true and I'm sure very thought-provoking to read about his thoughts on why this would've happened. I hope you enjoy it as well as your Library of America collections. Thanks again for visiting and saying hi. :)

Thanks, Kat! I think from now on, I'll just make TBRs every so often, when the mood strikes and that will give me a chance to catch up with the ones I already made months before, haha. Sorry to hear you didn't like Frankenstein, I know it's a mixed bag or whether people liked it or not. Yeah, "horror" looks like we should be saying "horr - orr" but it doesn't naturally roll off the tongue like that! Lol, your grandma gave you Interview with a Vampire? That's amazing. I'm sure I read it way to young too, but I remember loving it! Of course, the Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise/Christian Bale adaptation was very easy on the eyes too, when it came out! :D I would also love to go to New Zealand to have a tour of filming locations for LOTR. I'm so excited to get to that one! Thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comments, as always :) Hope you have a great weekend!

Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one that has put off reading certain books for so long! I know, I feel so guilty to still have these books of hers. Luckily, she has two little kids and zero time to read right now anyway so she probably forgot I even have them, lol. :D

I agree, it's fun to finally read these spooky classics we've always known about but never read. Last year I read Bram Stoker's Dracula and it was fun to finally be able to chat with others about what the book was actually about! I'm glad to hear you liked The Night Circus! I started it and was intrigued, so I'm looking forward to finishing it this fall sometime. :)

I’m glad you enjoyed some of those books on my TBR! I know what you mean about Victober and I wish it was in a different month so I could fully enjoy it. I decided to try Vanity Fair as Mark from Booktime with Elvis is doing a group read of that, but it will probably take me a few months going at the rate I get through books 😂. I can see myself having similar vibes with The LOTR series over fall and Christmas too. So cozy and nostalgic. Hope you have a great upcoming weekend of reading 🍁✨📚

Thank you!

Thanks Cliff! You’re not the only one who didn’t like The Haunting of Hill House, don’t worry 😂. I’m exited for this month of reading for sure! 👻✨I also can’t wait to start The Hobbit. I’ll hope to get to it in November. 😊 Hope you like whatever you read this month!

@@bookstalgic Hey Farrah, I would still love to have a live chat with you one day. It doesn't have to be all about horror, but there is enough there to make it spooky.

@@CliffsDarkGems Yes definitely! I think it would be fun to chat now that I am actually reading some Stephen King and have some other horror lined up. Maybe sometime in the next few months when my weekends will be more free as the kids sports wind down in our winter (your summer!) haha. :)

Hi Julie! I know what you mean about the library books! There is nothing better than to pick out a book as you go and just mood read your way through the month. 😊 I think I’m going to try Vanity Fair for Victober as well. It was a last minute addition, haha! I’m sure I won’t finish it this month so it will likely be an ongoing read. I hope you enjoy your Victober choices! I’ve never read anything by Anthony Trollope, but I definitely want to!

Thanks, Pat! How fun that you used to teach about Frankenstein in your classics! I think I will really like it. I love that 70s edition of The Hobbit. I found it in a thrift store and also found The Return of the King in the same edition. I’m on the hunt for the other two as well. I’m looking forward to the Marple books too, by Agatha Christie. I know I’m going to LOVE her 😊. I hope you enjoy Oryx and Crake. I remember reading that book about 10 yrs ago and I can’t fully remember the plot, but I remember being hooked. Thank you for the reminder as I wanted to follow along on Fable to see what everyone’s thoughts were! Hope you have a great reading month, Pat ❤.

@@bookstalgic hi Farrah. I do love Miss Marple. I’ve started Oryx and Crake and started commenting in Fable. It’s a really powerful and disturbing book. I’m definitely hooked. I don’t think any books should be banned; but I don’t think this a book-or a trilogy-for kids. It’s a very adult story. Lots of really creepy, disturbing stuff in it.

@@BookChatWithPat8668 That's great! I also remember being a little surprised as the book got going as it was nothing like I had expected!

Hahaha, well glad to know there is someone here to keep me in check! Hope you enjoy Frankenstein too! Yeah, I think Hill House is one that people either love or dislike so I hope I end up liking it. Oh by the way, I saw on FB that there might be a chance to see the Northern Lights again tonight or tomorrow night in NY so if you find yourself outside, point your phone up to the Northwest sky take a pic 📸 😊

@@M-J Thanks MJ, happy spooky season to you too! 👻❤️✨📚

@@martinelanglois3158 Ooh excellent, spooky list 👻. I didn’t know Anne Rice had a witch trilogy! I haven’t read of The Road or The Penguin Book of the Undead, but I hope you enjoy them if you get to them! Yes, the fall colors are starting up here now and it’s so beautiful. I hope you have a great Autumn season too 🍁✨😊