The way that Holmes will investigate anything is one of the delights of the series, you never know if things are going to take a darker turn or just inspire curiosity. I also love the few where he manages to solve the crime before it is even committed (I think the Red Headed League perhaps?) Poirot of course is a delight, and I think I had a fairly similar experience with Harry Potter in that I would rank it higher now than I ever would have done when the first books were coming out. I think there's a lot to be said for its cultural power, being able to talk to almost anyone who grew up in a similar time period about it that makes it more interesting. Likewise with His Dark Materials I also missed most of the bigger messages and just enjoyed the adventure the first time I read them. I had completely forgotten about the Bartimaeus booms but they were real favourites for my brother and me, I loved the footnotes.
Holmes is just amazing! As is Poirot. I feel like for both Harry Potter and His Dark Materials there is so much you get out on later readings, and the whole world they both create is so rewarding.
This is one of your best videos! A fascinating mix of historical fiction, fantasy, and Victorian/Edwardian literature. I am now in the mood to reread the Pullman series!
My favorite series is the Yoknapatawpha series of novels and short stories written by William Faulkner, whom I consider one of the three greatest writers of the twentieth century, the other two being Marcel Proust and James Joyce.
There are so many series I need to get to, but I think I'll have to finish the Barsetshire Chronicles first. After Victober I should get to His Dark Materials. They've been sitting on my shelf for a while now.
I love listening to you and the passion you have for your books, I wish I could read more, but I’m just happy to be reading ! I never heard of the Poriot series so see I’m still learning more. I’m so glad you loved the king killer chronicles, so do I! I’m still reading the barsetshire chronicles
Im enjoying all your recent videos. Please keep coming up with different themes and talk about classics. It's just never enough :) Of course, I watch your old videos as well
Love these! Sherlock, Poirot, Harry Potter, Kingkiller, Barsetshire, a whole bunch of my favorites too! For my own favorites, I would add LotR and Narnia to this list, as well as Anne of Green Gables. Happy Reading!
After you made a video talking about the Cicero Series, I read them and really enjoyed them. It got me into reading historical fiction written in Roman times. I also love both Trollope’s chronicles and I’m still patiently waiting for Rothfuss third book. I’m a fan of the Game of Thrones books but I have a feeling Martin will never finish the story. I read the Liveship Traders Trilogy and that’s one series that I highly recommend. Loving to see your videos every day, what a treat! :)
I'm glad you liked them - the Cicero books are so fantastic. I've recently read my first Robin Robb, so I'm looking forward to cracking on with her work.
I just acquired the audio of Sherlock Holmes read by Stephen Fry, but haven't listened to any of it yet. I can't wait to listen to it with my brother, a massive Holmes fan!
He's just the best! :) How far are you through Barsetshire? I recommend reading the Pallisers after you've finished off Barsetshire, because there are a couple of Barsetshire spoilers in the Palliser books.
Books and Things ahhh ok. I have read The Warden and Barchester Towers and have recently hauled Dr Thorne so still have a way to go. Hoping to read Dr Thorne for Victober. I have also read (and loved) The Way We Live Now 😀
I can totally understand that! I love The Name of the Wind, but Kvothe is an arrogant so-and-so, and while I love reading about him, I definitely get why he can be frustrating!
Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathan Stroud: Based on your description of it -- and how much you LOVED it --- you *must* read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I cannot stress that enough! Thanks for another great video :-)
No surprise then with your favourite. I’ll be continuing with the series in Victober and I may start a reread project for Agatha Christie in the near future too. I am enjoying rereads at the moment - I’m on the last two of PD James Dalgliesh novels that I absolutely adore too! Happy reading 🤓
Love your videos, I agree with your wonderful series list. One of my fav author; Anthony Trollope and Agatha Christie. I also love love Sherlock Holmes. I will certainly read the other books on this list, thank you another GREAT video. My bookshelf has increased quite a bit since I have been watching you, 🤣😁🤣🤣
My goal this year was to read through the Poirot series but I fell off the wagon with everything else going on. I really want to get them all read, though! I loved the ones I read.
Interesting choices. I think I should check out the Cicero Trilogy, I read "Pompeii" by Robert Harris and found he recreates the period of the Ancient Roman Empire so well, he is also an excellent storyteller. I haven't got around to Trollope yet, my Victorian reading is currently focused on Dickens (now I'm reading your favourite "Our Mutual Friend").
I’m currently reading “The Kellys and the O’Kellys” by Trollope and am enjoying it very much. This video has swayed me a bit on which series of his to try as I was torn between the two, thanks!
I highly recommend his books. I'd suggest staring with the Barsetshire Chronicles - some of the Palliser novels have characters in from the Barsetshire Chronicles and spoil some of their endings (mostly, The Prime Minister, Palliser number 5, spoils Doctor Thorne, Barsetshire book 3.)
I've just this past month picked up both those Trollope series, Dance to the Music of Time, and a nice Sherlock set. I've been looking to get into Agatha Christie as well. Have you read much PG Wodehouse? I'm building a nice collection of those novels.
I think Harry Potter does improve as you get older, especially the teenage angstyness. I've never been able to get into the Phillip Pullman books unfortunately. I'm going to try to read them one last time and I really hope I do enjoy them but the times I've tried to read the first one in the past I just found I couldn't get into it. Great video :)
This was fantastic! I loved hearing your list and your reasons. I have 4 favorite book series. My favorite adult series is of course the Barsetshire series and I just kept nodding my head through your praise and analysis of it :D. My favorite children's/sort of YA series is Harry Potter. My favorite decidedly YA series is the Principles of Love by Emily Franklin. Lastly, my favorite unique book series is the Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock, I say "unique" because each book is like a cross between an adult picture book, an epistolary work, and a work of art, plus the stories fit into multiple genres. I also have several series that I absolutely love but am not finished with yet so feel like my opinion isn't fully formed. Those series are-Miss Marple, Poirot, and Tommy and Tuppence(all by Agatha Christie of course), the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley, the Anne books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the Shades of London series by Maureen Johnson, the Glamourist Histories by Mary Robinette Kowal, the Middle Earth books by Tolkien, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Discworld by Terry Pratchett, and the Poldark books by Winston Graham (I am probably forgetting SEVERAL and may come back to edit this lol). Also this video reminds me to tell you that I am hoping to read Name of the Wind this month and I fully expect/hope it will be on my 2019 favorites list :D. Sorry for the crazy long comment, you know I can run on sometimes lol, wonderful video!
Thanks Carolyn! The Barsetshire Chronicles are just so amazing. I must try and read some of your favourites that I haven't read of - and I definitely need to read more Terry Pratchett!
@@katiejlumsden If you love bizarre art at all then definitely check out the Griffin and Sabine books! Yes Terry Pratchett's work is wonderful, I have taken a far too long break from Discworld and need to get back into it😀
I’ve never read anything by Agatha Christie. I’ve always heard there are Marple people and Poirot people. My wife is a Marple person, as was my mother back when she used to read them. I wonder what I shall be...
I haven't read many series but am trying to finish the Barchester novels this year and have also started the Palliser series (with the last novel... I need to go back to the beginning!). I also love the Poirot novels a lot, and enjoyed the later ones that are supposed to be not as good. I don't read that many series but my favorites include The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years Later and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas and historical detective mysteries such as the Nicolas Le Floch stories by Jean-François Parot (they are brilliant and beautifully written). I'm also enjoying the C.J. Sansom Tudor series.
I highly recommend all of the Barsetshire Chronicles and the Palliser books - so amazing! I really need to read some Alexandre Dumas - I've definitely been neglecting him for too long!
Among all the mentioned series, I have read Harry Potter and some of the Poirot books😅. But my favorite series is Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb. If you like character-driven storyline, then you must give it a chance.
This made me reflect that the series I have read are usually genre fiction, mostly detective novels, fantasy or favourites from childhood. The Barsetshire Chronicles and Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga are the obvious exceptions. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books are there to cheer me up when life is sad. Is a trilogy a series? If so then my current favourite has to be Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. I am itching for the final part.
Yeah, a trilogy is definitely a series. I've only read one Jeeves and Wooster book so far, but adored it :) I really must read Wolf Hall one of these days!
I absolutely love Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series and Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series (this last is absolutely brilliant for fans of literature).
@@katiejlumsden If you do give O'Brian a try, never mind the nautical lingo, just go with it! As for "The Eyre Affair," it's the weakest in the series, so I hope you can get through it and move on to the rest.
10- Love it, but haven't read it in a few years! 9- Love it and have read all except the short story collections! Love Marple too! 8- Never read it 7- Reading Can you forgive her? right now due to a read along on Bookstagram. 6- Obviously, i love it! 5- Never heard of it, but it sounds really good. 4- Hate it...Just. Could. Not. Understand. It! So neckbeardy, a/q to me. Not a fan. I love fantasy, but that book just disappointed me. 3- Haven't read it, but want to real bad!!! 2- Not read it...but again, it sounds good. 1- Can. Not. Wait!!! It's been amazing getting a video each day for my tea time! 😊 My favourite book series would be The Lord of the Rings series (included with The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin), but i am not quite sure if it qualifies. I only know fantasy book series, but the trouble with those is that the quality doesn't remain consistent (cough cough Game of Thrones)
Thanks :D Definitely fair enough on Name of the Wind - I can see why it's not for everyone! I really need to read The Long of the Rings some time. I've been meaning to for ages.
Nice book video--I look forward to each, especially this week. You don't seem to comment much on the technical quality of the writing. As a parent, I try to guide my daughter toward books which have a higher level of grammatical structure and vocabulary. When I picked up a Harry Potter book for the first time and scanned it for quality writing style, I was not impressed. Of course, my daughter still got sucked in :-)
@@katiejlumsden Sorry for being argumentative, but please indulge a quote from the Guardian website: 'Here, from page 324 of The Order of the Phoenix, to give you a typical example, are six consecutive descriptions of the way people speak. "...said Snape maliciously," "... said Harry furiously", " ... he said glumly", "... said Hermione severely", "... said Ron indignantly", " ... said Hermione loftily". Do I need to explain why that is such second-rate writing?' I try to guide my 12-year old daughter towards books with a higher level of literary quality, in the hope she will absorb better word, phrase, and sentence usage. Low quality prose can be enjoyed, just as text-speak can be profound. Technical and legal writing, with its need for clarity, benefits from low level vocabulary and short simple sentences. Still, there is surely value in higher echelons of literary craft.
@@HAL-nt6vy this is a list of Katie's favourites not educational recommendations. But if you do want advice about encouraging your daughter to grow up as a discerning reader, you may achieve your aim best by allowing her to read widely and with enjoyment. The only thing that you might want to help her avoid is getting stuck long term in a narrow genre cul de sac to the exclusion of all else.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I believe Katie is some sort of professional editor, so thought she would have some informed thoughts on the issue. Thank you for the suggestions. Much required reading in life is not for enjoyment, so we must be good at that too. The words we hear/see affect our personal vocabulary, phrases, and writing style. So, SOME parental direction seems advisable. Yeah, as a young boy I read nearly every western paperback novel in existence. My parents should have said, "for every Zane Gray or Louis L'Amour, pick one of these." Later in life I found that I rarely picked up a random fiction or non-fiction book I didn't enjoy finishing--until law school :-)
I get that this is your list of favorites and they are great suggestions for reading, but I can't personally imagine a complete list of book series that doesn't include LOTR.
sometimes I think I'm well-read....then I watch videos like these and I feel as illiterate as soup
I feel like that watching other Booktubers too! I'm very well read in a sixty-four-year period of British history, and nothing else XD
This is exactly how I feel too lol
Great video with some series I loved! - Potter, Bartimaeus, Barsetshire.
You've given me some great new ideas.
Thanks :)
The way that Holmes will investigate anything is one of the delights of the series, you never know if things are going to take a darker turn or just inspire curiosity. I also love the few where he manages to solve the crime before it is even committed (I think the Red Headed League perhaps?)
Poirot of course is a delight, and I think I had a fairly similar experience with Harry Potter in that I would rank it higher now than I ever would have done when the first books were coming out. I think there's a lot to be said for its cultural power, being able to talk to almost anyone who grew up in a similar time period about it that makes it more interesting. Likewise with His Dark Materials I also missed most of the bigger messages and just enjoyed the adventure the first time I read them.
I had completely forgotten about the Bartimaeus booms but they were real favourites for my brother and me, I loved the footnotes.
Holmes is just amazing! As is Poirot. I feel like for both Harry Potter and His Dark Materials there is so much you get out on later readings, and the whole world they both create is so rewarding.
I love Sherlock Holmes!! I can't believe I found someone who loves these stories as well!!
I love it too. My favorite detective ever
They're great books :)
This is one of your best videos! A fascinating mix of historical fiction, fantasy, and Victorian/Edwardian literature. I am now in the mood to reread the Pullman series!
Thanks so much!
My favorite series is the Yoknapatawpha series of novels and short stories written by William Faulkner, whom I consider one of the three greatest writers of the twentieth century, the other two being Marcel Proust and James Joyce.
There are so many series I need to get to, but I think I'll have to finish the Barsetshire Chronicles first. After Victober I should get to His Dark Materials. They've been sitting on my shelf for a while now.
I really do recommend His Dark Materials - I think you'd like them!
I love listening to you and the passion you have for your books, I wish I could read more, but I’m just happy to be reading ! I never heard of the Poriot series so see I’m still learning more. I’m so glad you loved the king killer chronicles, so do I! I’m still reading the barsetshire chronicles
Thanksl! I hope you enjoy the rest of the Barsetshire Chronicles :) And the King Killer Chronicles really are amazing.
Another great video!
I love Hercule Poirot and Harry Potter and I’m dying to start Sherlock Holmes!
You must - Sherlock Holmes is amazing!
Im enjoying all your recent videos. Please keep coming up with different themes and talk about classics. It's just never enough :)
Of course, I watch your old videos as well
Thanks so much :)
There's 45 Poirot books?! I knew Christie was prolific but wow! I really like how Nick is responsible for a few of these. :)
Absolutely! Christie was impressive . . .
Love these! Sherlock, Poirot, Harry Potter, Kingkiller, Barsetshire, a whole bunch of my favorites too! For my own favorites, I would add LotR and Narnia to this list, as well as Anne of Green Gables. Happy Reading!
I really must finally read Lord of the Rings one of these days!
After you made a video talking about the Cicero Series, I read them and really enjoyed them. It got me into reading historical fiction written in Roman times. I also love both Trollope’s chronicles and I’m still patiently waiting for Rothfuss third book. I’m a fan of the Game of Thrones books but I have a feeling Martin will never finish the story. I read the Liveship Traders Trilogy and that’s one series that I highly recommend. Loving to see your videos every day, what a treat! :)
I'm glad you liked them - the Cicero books are so fantastic. I've recently read my first Robin Robb, so I'm looking forward to cracking on with her work.
I just acquired the audio of Sherlock Holmes read by Stephen Fry, but haven't listened to any of it yet. I can't wait to listen to it with my brother, a massive Holmes fan!
Ooo that's a great audiobook - I highly recommend :)
Yay so glad to see Anthony Trollope in here...TWICE!!! I need to get started on the Palitser series. Loving this favourites series 👍🏻
He's just the best! :) How far are you through Barsetshire? I recommend reading the Pallisers after you've finished off Barsetshire, because there are a couple of Barsetshire spoilers in the Palliser books.
Books and Things ahhh ok. I have read The Warden and Barchester Towers and have recently hauled Dr Thorne so still have a way to go. Hoping to read Dr Thorne for Victober. I have also read (and loved) The Way We Live Now 😀
Great list
@@bibliolyra definitely do it's awesome!
I can totally understand that! I love The Name of the Wind, but Kvothe is an arrogant so-and-so, and while I love reading about him, I definitely get why he can be frustrating!
Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathan Stroud: Based on your description of it -- and how much you LOVED it --- you *must* read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I cannot stress that enough!
Thanks for another great video :-)
I really, really must read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - thanks for reminding me!
No surprise then with your favourite. I’ll be continuing with the series in Victober and I may start a reread project for Agatha Christie in the near future too. I am enjoying rereads at the moment - I’m on the last two of PD James Dalgliesh novels that I absolutely adore too! Happy reading 🤓
Thanks :) Agatha Christie really is so delightful.
Both Barsetshire and Palitser sound so good! I haven't got into Trollope yet, but I'm sure I will soon
They're both amazing. I highly recommend Trollope!
Love your videos, I agree with your wonderful series list. One of my fav author; Anthony Trollope and Agatha Christie. I also love love Sherlock Holmes. I will certainly read the other books on this list, thank you another GREAT video. My bookshelf has increased quite a bit since I have been watching you, 🤣😁🤣🤣
Thanks so much :) So many authors I love here. I highly recommend all these books!
My goal this year was to read through the Poirot series but I fell off the wagon with everything else going on. I really want to get them all read, though! I loved the ones I read.
Poirot really is amazing. I'm getting through them slowly!
The mug in the intro is so great!
Thanks :)
Interesting choices. I think I should check out the Cicero Trilogy, I read "Pompeii" by Robert Harris and found he recreates the period of the Ancient Roman Empire so well, he is also an excellent storyteller. I haven't got around to Trollope yet, my Victorian reading is currently focused on Dickens (now I'm reading your favourite "Our Mutual Friend").
Thanks! I highly recommend Trollope, after you've finished off Our Mutual Friend. And I must read Pompeii - Robert Harris is amazing!
Elementary young lady!!! The Curtain :) Harry Potter! Lord of the Rings+ The Hobbit!!! Gulag series by Solzhenitzyn!!!!!!!favorite
I’m currently reading “The Kellys and the O’Kellys” by Trollope and am enjoying it very much. This video has swayed me a bit on which series of his to try as I was torn between the two, thanks!
I highly recommend his books. I'd suggest staring with the Barsetshire Chronicles - some of the Palliser novels have characters in from the Barsetshire Chronicles and spoil some of their endings (mostly, The Prime Minister, Palliser number 5, spoils Doctor Thorne, Barsetshire book 3.)
Ah okay much appreciated thanks for clearing that up. I had no idea!
I've just this past month picked up both those Trollope series, Dance to the Music of Time, and a nice Sherlock set. I've been looking to get into Agatha Christie as well. Have you read much PG Wodehouse? I'm building a nice collection of those novels.
I hope you enjoy them :) I've only read one P.G. Wodehouse book, but I did really enjoy it.
I think Harry Potter does improve as you get older, especially the teenage angstyness. I've never been able to get into the Phillip Pullman books unfortunately. I'm going to try to read them one last time and I really hope I do enjoy them but the times I've tried to read the first one in the past I just found I couldn't get into it. Great video :)
It really does! I do recommend Phillip Pullman; he's amazing. Have you tried the audiobooks? They're fantastic.
This was fantastic! I loved hearing your list and your reasons. I have 4 favorite book series. My favorite adult series is of course the Barsetshire series and I just kept nodding my head through your praise and analysis of it :D. My favorite children's/sort of YA series is Harry Potter. My favorite decidedly YA series is the Principles of Love by Emily Franklin. Lastly, my favorite unique book series is the Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock, I say "unique" because each book is like a cross between an adult picture book, an epistolary work, and a work of art, plus the stories fit into multiple genres. I also have several series that I absolutely love but am not finished with yet so feel like my opinion isn't fully formed. Those series are-Miss Marple, Poirot, and Tommy and Tuppence(all by Agatha Christie of course), the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley, the Anne books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the Shades of London series by Maureen Johnson, the Glamourist Histories by Mary Robinette Kowal, the Middle Earth books by Tolkien, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Discworld by Terry Pratchett, and the Poldark books by Winston Graham (I am probably forgetting SEVERAL and may come back to edit this lol). Also this video reminds me to tell you that I am hoping to read Name of the Wind this month and I fully expect/hope it will be on my 2019 favorites list :D. Sorry for the crazy long comment, you know I can run on sometimes lol, wonderful video!
Thanks Carolyn! The Barsetshire Chronicles are just so amazing. I must try and read some of your favourites that I haven't read of - and I definitely need to read more Terry Pratchett!
@@katiejlumsden If you love bizarre art at all then definitely check out the Griffin and Sabine books! Yes Terry Pratchett's work is wonderful, I have taken a far too long break from Discworld and need to get back into it😀
I’ve never read anything by Agatha Christie. I’ve always heard there are Marple people and Poirot people. My wife is a Marple person, as was my mother back when she used to read them. I wonder what I shall be...
To be honest I feel like I'm probably only a Poirot person because I've read more Poirot. I'll have to read more Marple in future as well.
I haven't read many series but am trying to finish the Barchester novels this year and have also started the Palliser series (with the last novel... I need to go back to the beginning!). I also love the Poirot novels a lot, and enjoyed the later ones that are supposed to be not as good.
I don't read that many series but my favorites include The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years Later and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas and historical detective mysteries such as the Nicolas Le Floch stories by Jean-François Parot (they are brilliant and beautifully written). I'm also enjoying the C.J. Sansom Tudor series.
I highly recommend all of the Barsetshire Chronicles and the Palliser books - so amazing! I really need to read some Alexandre Dumas - I've definitely been neglecting him for too long!
Among all the mentioned series, I have read Harry Potter and some of the Poirot books😅. But my favorite series is Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb. If you like character-driven storyline, then you must give it a chance.
I've actually just read the first book in that series and loved it. I reckon that series will be on my favourites list in a few weeks time!
Books and Things I’m glad to hear it. Can you do a review video on the Realm of the Elderlings series in the near future?
I’m currently reading The Barsetshire Chronicles on your recommendation! I’m hoping to get to his Palliser novels next year 😁
I hope you like them too!
This made me reflect that the series I have read are usually genre fiction, mostly detective novels, fantasy or favourites from childhood. The Barsetshire Chronicles and Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga are the obvious exceptions. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books are there to cheer me up when life is sad. Is a trilogy a series? If so then my current favourite has to be Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. I am itching for the final part.
Yeah, a trilogy is definitely a series. I've only read one Jeeves and Wooster book so far, but adored it :) I really must read Wolf Hall one of these days!
I’m dying for the final part. Will be taking time off work to read it and so on.
Books and Things - I invite you to join in with my readalong of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light, January through March. 🙂
I absolutely love Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series and Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series (this last is absolutely brilliant for fans of literature).
I must read some Patrick O'Brian. I've read the first Thursday Next book and struggled to get into it - I ought to give them another try.
@@katiejlumsden If you do give O'Brian a try, never mind the nautical lingo, just go with it! As for "The Eyre Affair," it's the weakest in the series, so I hope you can get through it and move on to the rest.
Loved the video!!
Thanks!
I so need to read the dark materials series.. These are great 😊
It's an amazing series!
Ron is super funny in the Harry Potter series and I love A Scandal in Bohemia.
Agreed :)
I also love Poirot! But can‘t get into Miss Marple... she is just an old Lady who basically solves mysteries by accident?
I think she does it with her knowledge of human nature, I suppose? I really like Miss Marple, though I need to read more of them.
Nice compilation! My interest in Antony Trollope books is piqued!
He's amazing :)
You have very good taste!
Thank you!
Hercule Poirot💛💗
10- Love it, but haven't read it in a few years!
9- Love it and have read all except the short story collections! Love Marple too!
8- Never read it
7- Reading Can you forgive her? right now due to a read along on Bookstagram.
6- Obviously, i love it!
5- Never heard of it, but it sounds really good.
4- Hate it...Just. Could. Not. Understand. It! So neckbeardy, a/q to me. Not a fan. I love fantasy, but that book just disappointed me.
3- Haven't read it, but want to real bad!!!
2- Not read it...but again, it sounds good.
1- Can. Not. Wait!!!
It's been amazing getting a video each day for my tea time! 😊
My favourite book series would be The Lord of the Rings series (included with The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin), but i am not quite sure if it qualifies. I only know fantasy book series, but the trouble with those is that the quality doesn't remain consistent (cough cough Game of Thrones)
Thanks :D Definitely fair enough on Name of the Wind - I can see why it's not for everyone! I really need to read The Long of the Rings some time. I've been meaning to for ages.
Nice book video--I look forward to each, especially this week. You don't seem to comment much on the technical quality of the writing. As a parent, I try to guide my daughter toward books which have a higher level of grammatical structure and vocabulary. When I picked up a Harry Potter book for the first time and scanned it for quality writing style, I was not impressed. Of course, my daughter still got sucked in :-)
Personally I think Harry Potter is very well written. I find J.K. Rowling's prose hilarious and witty and well done. Each to their own :)
@@katiejlumsden Sorry for being argumentative, but please indulge a quote from the Guardian website:
'Here, from page 324 of The Order of the Phoenix, to give you a typical example, are six consecutive descriptions of the way people speak. "...said Snape maliciously," "... said Harry furiously", " ... he said glumly", "... said Hermione severely", "... said Ron indignantly", " ... said Hermione loftily". Do I need to explain why that is such second-rate writing?'
I try to guide my 12-year old daughter towards books with a higher level of literary quality, in the hope she will absorb better word, phrase, and sentence usage.
Low quality prose can be enjoyed, just as text-speak can be profound. Technical and legal writing, with its need for clarity, benefits from low level vocabulary and short simple sentences. Still, there is surely value in higher echelons of literary craft.
@@HAL-nt6vy this is a list of Katie's favourites not educational recommendations. But if you do want advice about encouraging your daughter to grow up as a discerning reader, you may achieve your aim best by allowing her to read widely and with enjoyment. The only thing that you might want to help her avoid is getting stuck long term in a narrow genre cul de sac to the exclusion of all else.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I believe Katie is some sort of professional editor, so thought she would have some informed thoughts on the issue.
Thank you for the suggestions. Much required reading in life is not for enjoyment, so we must be good at that too. The words we hear/see affect our personal vocabulary, phrases, and writing style. So, SOME parental direction seems advisable.
Yeah, as a young boy I read nearly every western paperback novel in existence. My parents should have said, "for every Zane Gray or Louis L'Amour, pick one of these." Later in life I found that I rarely picked up a random fiction or non-fiction book I didn't enjoy finishing--until law school :-)
I get that this is your list of favorites and they are great suggestions for reading, but I can't personally imagine a complete list of book series that doesn't include LOTR.
I haven't actually read Lord of the Rings. I really must!