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Hi Miranda…. I've been chortling my way through August's Comfort Book Club choice - loving All Creatures Great and Small. So many hysterical, laugh out loud moments. A delightful summer read. Thank you for all the work you do to share these great videos with us. Hello to your mom, Donna. Happy Sunday! Bren xo
Dear Miranda, I just finished "The Greengage Summer" and now I would like to read more of Rumer Godden. I am currently reading "A House for all Seasons", the Comfort Book Club Choice for November. I am truly enjoying it and learning a lot of new vocabulary. In September I will read "A Fortnight in September" which I just purchased at Persephones Books in Bath which was a lovely experience. All these reads were of course inspired by you and I am very grateful for that. I'm having a wonderful time in London right now and therefore didn't have time to watch your video until now, which was strange because usually I watch it as soon as it is published. I would like to thank you again for all of your fabulous work, you have had a profound impact on my reading life since I've found your channel. I hope you will have a quieter time this week and I'm excited for all the upcoming things in September and October. Have a lovely week!🤩
Thank you so much for your very generous support, Inga! It's so sweet of you, and I really appreciate it!! ❤️ I'm so happy to hear you're having a lovely time book shopping around the UK! The Fortnight in September is such a special book and a perfect late summer / early autumn holiday read. Enjoy the rest of your time in the UK! 📚 🌟
Miranda, I adore your out and about videos, but I could listen to you talk about books for ever. So eloquent and knowledgeable, I, one hundred percent trust your recommendations. You're always spot on. Dear me, talk about pressure.... None intended. After giving your new blog post a read, I bought a copy of The Agency for Scandal which I can't wait to begin later. I think I shall try and get to The Swiss Summer by Stella Gibbons next.
I had heard a lot about James Herriot but never read him. I started All creatures great and small last week and am absolutely loving it. Each chapter end finds me chuckling with the denouement of each little story. So much humour! ❤
Miranda, your website is, like all things Miranda, beautiful and beautifully curated. An excellent resource for all things English countryside and slow living. Do look after yourself, you seem to be working a tad too hard at the minute. Easier said than fine I know. Much love from🇨🇦 - Isabel
Miranda, What a wonderfully eclectic selection of books you presented. I'm 20 pages away from finishing "The Thread Collectors" which takes place during the American Civil War. It is beautifully written story of the friendship between a runaway slave and a Jewish musician who have joined the Union Army and the women they love during this very difficult time in US history. I have both "The Greengage Summer" and "All Creatures Great and Small" lined up as my next reads (very excited about reading both). Hope you are enjoying a calmer week and some sunshine in Yorkshire! 🌞
What a great list of recommendations! The Jane and May Morris biography sounds really intriguing. Several years ago I saw an exhibit at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh called May Morris Art & Life. Her art was gorgeous and I’m really glad I got to see the exhibit. It is surprising sometimes to reread a book and have a completely different reaction to it the second time around. There is a really good quote about this from Clifton Fadiman. He is specifically referring to classics, but I think it could really apply to just any book: “When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”
I remember sharing that exhibition with my audience when it was announced, wishing I could go (then ofc lockdown happened!!): instagram.com/p/B7dLn8tnFcM/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== I love May Morris’ work. 💚
So happy and grateful you still found time in your busy week to chat with us - thank you ❤ hope the upcoming one will turn out much, much calmer for you 🏞️ my next reads include Uncle Paul and An Agency for Scandal, your recommendations naturally 😊 absolutely adore listening to you, so charming and relaxing 🥰 All the best to you and your mum 💕🌼 Julia
Thanks so much, Julia, for the lovely comments and very kind support: I appreciate them all so much! I hope you enjoy those two books as much as I did! I wish you a great start to the week ❤️📚💐
So many wonderful recommendations, Miranda. The Owl Service had a huge impact on me when I first read it, time for a re-read. I’ve just started E.C.R. Lorac’s Post after Post-Mortem which has some gorgeous descriptions in the opening pages of summer flowers and a garden. I’m looking forward to the family drama and crimes that will ensue!
Hello Miranda….I am currently rereading James Herriot’s books. Tristan’s antics are laugh out loud hysterical. Such a delight to read this summer. You did such a wonderful job resigning your site. It is a comfort read in its self. Thank you for including my Comfort Book Club comment. That was quite a surprise. Enjoy your late summer week ahead.🌸
So happy you’re enjoying your reread, Glenda! And thanks so much for your kind words about the blog redesign and your lovely comment on the CBC! Have a great week ahead! ❤️📚💐
Miranda, I just love listening to you! It’s so calming and relaxing, thank you! It amazes me how quickly you read! I cannot keep up, but I am encouraged and striving to do better! Take care! 🥰🇨🇦
Jane Gardam based 'A Long Way from Verona' on her own school days in Saltburn . Her other book 'Bilgewater' is based on the school her dad was a teacher at in Redcar (Coatham School ) My dad's old school .
Hi Miranda😃 I just ordered the August book of the month for the book club. My mom used to have the whole series, she loved it too. I visited your blog and it is so beautiful. I’m American from California, but I’m such an Anglophile. I love everything English, especially the countryside. Thank you for this little getaway.❤️
Hi Miranda, I bought Four French Holidays on your recommendation and also because I've long loved The Greenage Summer. All of this inspired me to suggest The Greengage Summer for a little book group I'm in with friends. We had a great discussion about it and enjoyed looking at the picture of the 'real' Eliot in Hall's book! Thank you for such a good recommendation. x
Hi, Miranda! So many books to add to my TBR; I have had Four French Holidays on my wishlist for awhile now, so I’ll pair that with Greengage Summer. There’s not a book in your presentation that I wouldn’t anticipate, and I’m heading over to your blog right now to read your interview with Laura Wood. Thank you for starting out my Sundays in such a lovely way (11 AM in New York State)…enjoy the rest of your Sunday, along with a more relaxing week ahead!!🌻☕️📚📖❤️
@@MirandaMillsIt’s 78 right now (with a high of 84 later this afternoon), but only 55% humidity, so it’s comfortable. Windows open for some fresh air, so that’s a good thing!! Hope you get more days of sunshine through the rest of the season, and the rain stays at bay for awhile!🌞😘
Hello Miranda! Thank you for this wonderful video ❤ Upon your recommandation I have just started The Twilight Garden and it is delightful, really looking forward to reading more of this book! At the moment I am also reading a book called “The girl who speaks bear” by Sophie Anderson and “Kiki’s Delivery service” by Eiko Kadono. Absolutely in love with those two books so far! Take care ❤💐
I read TOM LAKE and enjoyed it very much. Ann Patchett is a wonderful writer. TOM LAKE does mainly take place during a summer on a Michigan cherry farm. Covid has resulted in the owners' three daughters returning home. The girls want the full scoop on their mother's stint playing Emily in Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN opposite a man who later becomes a famous movie star. I've never been disappointed by Patchett, and this book is no exception. I had planned to read THUNDERCLAP next, but I've decided on THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE instead.
Hi Miranda! We are reading Thimble Summer and so far, it is lovely. I am also really enjoying All Creatures Great and Small. I read Daughter of the Moon Goddess and actually got Heart of the Sun Warrior from the library so hoping to get to that one soon too! The River School series looks amazing - as does the Eva Ibbotson - I love the artwork on those covers! OOOh The Owl Service sounds amazing! Fair Rosaline also sounds very interesting! Thank you for all the amazing book ideas!!!! 🌼
I'm so glad you were able to post even though you've had a busy week! I do look forward to your Sunday videos. Great interview with Laura Wood! I was surprised by how young she is considering all she has written. I've started reading Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn and am really enjoying it so far. Thank you for the recommendations! I have to read Greengage Summer. I love that you seem to reread it every summer.
Thanks so very much for your very kind words and support, Faith! I’m so grateful and so pleased you enjoyed reading the interview with Laura Wood! I read some historical mysteries by Deanna Rayburn quite awhile ago now, but I found them a bit too gory for me. I’m better with a cosy mystery😂. You’re right , I do love that Rumer Godden and find it the perfect summer read. Have a great reading week! ❤️📚xxx
It is a bit gory. If it were any more, I would have to put it down but so far am going on with it because I really like the premise, and it is a page turner. Happy reading as well!
Just discovered your Vlog. Very delightful. I am going to get The Owl Service ad I own a paperback by Alan Garner, historical novel; hes great, tho I forget title now. Tried Requesting Thunderclap now and have already! Week or 2 ago, at Library. I am Enjoying Parfit, the new David Edmonds biography of the late English moral philosopher Derek Parfit. It is So readable + he had an interesting childhood. It spins along. Thank you for citing Eva Ibbotson! Have heard of her. Will order that Summer book too.
Thank you for all your recommendations! For those interested in unusual food books I would like to recommend one of my all time favourite books “Lilla’s feast” by Frances Osborne. “Lilla’s Feast spans the world from China to India and finally to England over a hundred years, and blends together personal history, world events, period atmosphere and family anecdotes into a brilliantly vibrant and poignant story.” While in a Japanese civilian camp in China during WW2 Lilla compiled a book about food - now in possession of the Imperial War Museum. Frances Osborne, the author is Lilla’s great granddaughter. Fiona
I'm reading a biography of Christina Rossetti by Jan Marsh right now and really enjoying it. I'm intrigued by the biography you have! Sounds like some great upcoming reading plans! I just started Tea and Hot Bombs yesterday, so thank you for the recommendation!
A vlog full of book recommendations is such a treat !!! It’s like a visit to my dream bookshop! I think I’ll buy Thunderclap, I adore Dutch art, (especially Vermeer) and I had the huge privilege of seeing The Goldfinch on the occasion of a beautiful exhibition in Italy “The Myth of the Golden Age, from Vermeer to Rembrandt” a few years ago, a thrilling experience…
Thanks so much for your very kind words, Laura! How wonderful to have seen The Goldfinch in person too. I'm certainly enjoying Thunderclap and, in fact, am about to go pick it up again! 😁❤️📚🧑🎨
I just found your channel and subscribed straight away. I’ve watched a few booktube channels, but yours really focuses on books that l absolutely love. Thank you for the wonderful content and sharing these wonderful books and pdfs with seasonal book selections with others :)
Lovely video with some tempting recommendations 😊 My favourite recent read which you may enjoy (if you haven't already read it) is The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods.
My first 3 reads for August are catching up on my fantasy. I started the month with The Burning God, which is the final book in The Poppy War trilogy. As of today, I just finished Stephen King's Bag of Bones, which is a ghost story set at a lake house in Maine, and I'm currently reading The Sapphire Altar, the sequel to The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish. I plan to also read John Adams by David McCullough and maybe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
I know fantasy isn't your go-to, but you may really enjoy "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. It's very short, and just makes you feel good, and the fantasy elements aren't the thrust of the story; it is very much a character-based story.
So many great recommendations, thank you, Miranda! I am definitively going to read Thunderclap. (When I was working in The Hague, I would go to the Mauritshuis museum in between lessons just to take a look at the Goldfinch painting and a few other paintings.) Wishing you a happy Sunday!
That cookbook sounds fascinating. It's right up my alley in terms of how I usually cook. Give me a formula that I can substitute whatever I have on hand, and I'm good!
Years ago, I was given a copy of Old Filth by Jane Gardam. Not knowing anything about her as an author, it has remained on my shelf. Hearing your recommendation on one of her other books today is just the inspiration I need to read the one I have! Thanks for your vlogs, and your new website is just beautiful!
Hi Miranda, the next book on my reading list is All Creatures Great & Small. I read this book many years ago, but it will be lovely to revisit it and I’m looking forward to a cosy summer read.
Love your video, as always! I'll never be able to keep up with you on book reading-- you must be a speed reader--but I try my best. So, I just finished reading "Beautiful Star." I'm starting on "Uncle Paul," and then on to "Hotel du Lac" (all your recommendations, of course). Then, I move on to "A Home For All Season" and "Marple" once my Blackwell's order arrives. Thank you again!
Thanks so much, Myriam! I have gradually got faster with my reading it's true, but I only hope to read all of those in August / September- in the end, I almost certainly won't manage them all, though I'd love to do so 😂 I hope you enjoy your new reads 😊❤️📚
I'm looking forward to reading "All Creatures Great and Small" this month for the Comfort Book Club, I haven't started yet but I'll be sure to read it before the 27th. I hope I'll make the most out of my days off from work, so many books to read I've been saving up! It's always a good time to reread (or listen to) "The Murder at the Vicarage", a favourite of mine when it comes to Agatha Christie's novels. "The Owl Service" sounds really interesting, I'm surprised I've never heard of it. Thank you so much for the lovely video, as usual!
Hope you have a great few days off with time for reading some of the books you’ve saved up and rereading some old favourites! So looking forward to the Herriot discussion with the CBC too ❤️📚
All the best for your ongoing work plans. Some interesting books there I'm tempted to read too. Long train journey to London soon so I think your suggestion for audio books are perfect. Looking forward to reading your updated blog and the next Comfort Book Club. Thank you for this lovely episode, best wishes to you and your Mum x
I enjoy your book vlogs so much! I've been wanting to read Tom Lake too. I am currently reading and enjoying a Bridgerton book, and I loved The Owl Service when I read it a few years back. Happy Sunday, and I am looking forward to the CBC discussion at the end of the month! 😊
Hello Miranda. Thank you so much for sharing what you want to read for the rest of summer. I really love Natasha Solomon's books so I will definitely be looking for her new one. Please say hello to your lovely mother and I hope you both have a wonderful week.
Ann Pachette was at Iowa Writers Group. My sister was there too. She just published a book. Mountain Lion Rises. I like all the books you have on here. My only downfall is I do not like thick books! I am now reading, Graditude in Motion, by Colleen Kelly Alexander
Hope you will have a calmer week ahead and find some time to dip into your August stack of books. The Everlasting Meal Cookbooks sound like my kind of cookbooks so will definitely look at those. And thank you for highlighting Fair Rosaline, had missed it but agree that Natasha Solomons is such a good writer. A very interesting take on Romeo and Juliet! I plan to read Laura Purcell's latest novel, The Whispering Muse. To me books and films with a gothic atmosphere go so well with the darker evenings in August.
A Long Way to Verona. There's a bit in the last quarter or so of the book (I think! It's been a whille! 🙂) when the young protagonist is going through the books on the shelves of the library that is genuinely hilarious - the bit about George Eliot! 😂 And I'm someone who often struggles with humour in book. Gardam does a good job in this one. ☺ Hope you enjoy it. I remember watching the All Creatures Big and Small television series as a child - I used to love it! I've read the first book in the series many moons ago - maybe I should revisit it on audiobook. Happy Reading!
I love the James Herriot audiobooks read by Christopher Timothy (who was James in the original tv series) so can highly recommend them if you decide to give them a go on audio 📚❤️😊
Hello Miranda... Greengage Summer has to be in my top ten favourite books. I have the story in paperback, kindle, audiobook and a DVD of the old movie starring Kenneth More and Susannah York, both sadly now deceased. I enjoy all your videos and your new website. Thank you. I am hoping to participate in the next but one Comfort Book Club and have recently read Goodbye Mr Chips. Although I have not read the James Herriot books for many years, I recently bought (yet to read) "The Wonderful World of James Herriott" a collection of classic stories with an introduction by his children Jim Wright and Rosie Page
I just finished the James Herriot book .I liked it so much I purchased the other 4 in that series.Right now I am reading The complete chronicles of narnia some how I seemed to have missed out on that one as a child. I am also reading Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
I’m loving All Creatures Great and Small, I can’t wait for the discussion 😊. I am definitely going to have a look at The Owl Service as well. Have a good week!
Funny coincidence Miranda dearest. I'm reading "Song of Summer" too, I needed a light read and a summer book for this last month (or so) of the summer and Eva Ibbotson is always a comfort to read so, yes, let's share our thoughts when we finish it, shall we? Lots of love to you and Donna!
Lovely to see and hear about your summer reading plans. Jane Gardam and Ann Patchett are two of my favorites. Since I'm new to your videos I don't know if you've mentioned Angela Thirkell in the past, but I think of her August Folly now, another one of her witty Barsetshire series. Right now I'm reading The Past by Tessa Hadley, set in summer in the Somerset countryside and liking it very much. Thank you for all your excellent presentations.
Definitely going to seek out The Everlasting Meal Cookbooks, Tom Lake, and Four French Holidays plus I am sure a couple more will work their way onto my Blackwell 's list. 💙 They will need to wait though until I get my last order! Hope you and Donna have a lovely week. We could use some of your rain here in Western Oregon, USA. Pretty dry and worries about forest fires starting up this month.🙏
Sincerely hope you do get some rain soon, Shelley, so any risk is greatly lessened! Fingers crossed for speedy arrival of your Blackwell's order, and so happy you enjoyed the recommendations! ❤️📚
Happy Sunday, Miranda! Excellent recs, as always. Based upon your rec, I read The Owl Service last month (as well as watched the old mini series here on YT) and found it to be such a unique read. Very immersive of time and place, and I can see how it inspired future middle grade and YA stories with similar themes. I'm currently still working on some of my Christmas in July reads such as the nonfiction Christmas in America and Valancourt's Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (I just love a spooky ghost story on a hot Summer night by candlelight!). Also read The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier, which certainly fit the creepy gothic vibe as well. Hope you have a wonderful, less chaotic (I can certainly relate, as it's been a hectic time my way as well) week ahead with lots of reading with Ms.Donna and cozy cups of tea (coffee for Donna haha!) 📚🫖🩶
Thanks so much for your kind words and support, Shawna! I so appreciate them both. Wishing you a calm reading week too and so pleased you enjoyed your read (and watch) of The Owl Service ❤️📚🌺
Hi Miranda! Always a pleasure to see you every Sunday, regardless if there is lot's of content or not. I'm presently reading The Reading List (both in audible and physical form) and loving it!!! So I got SO excited when you showed the new book ,The Twilight Garden, by the same author. It's an automatic buy for me LOL. Except it will only be out in April 2024 where I live (Montreal, Canada). So a long time to wait. 🙂 Enjoyed all your book recommendations! Have a wonderful week!
Thank you Miranda for your very interesting talk on books for an August read. I too will be listening to 'The Murder at the Vicarage' that I have just ordered from audible via your link, it sounds like a good tale. I decided this month to reread Mary Queen of Scots by Eric Linklater which is non fiction. I have read a few books about Queen Mary in the past and bought this one from my local bookshop. Eric Linklater details the trails and tribulation of Mary's life with illustrative precision. It is just one hundred and twelve pages long yet it really is interesting with words from Bothwell and a French poem by Mary, I am looking forward to revisiting this wee gem of a book. Your blog is beautiful!
I'm very much looking forward to reading Fair Rosaline and The Twilight Garden. I don't know if that's a top or dress you're wear but it's very pretty and you look lovely in it. X
Lovely video and book recommendations! Loved reading James Herriot this summer (all his books)!!! I have also been reading George Eliot, Alexandre Dumas, and Thomas Hardy.
Thank you, Miranda. I love the sound of Four French Holidays. The seasonal reading is trickier in the southern hemisphere -- I find it hard to decide whether to go with the calendar or the sun! I am reading Spam Tomorrow by Verily Anderson ( a good follow on from Tea and Hot Bombs and Mr Bunting At War) but will launch into All Creatures Great and Small for the umpteenth time before the CBC date. Meredith
I always look forward watching what you put on your reading lists. I love adding to my list as a result of that. Tho, my husband still gets nervous when I watch you.🤣. See you next time. 📚💐👍🤗💕
Beautiful cover on the Everlasting Meal Cookbook. I had hoped to find Greengage Summer but couldn't so I'll buy it next year. (Have to move this year so no book buying)
Thank you, Miranda for all these amazing recommendations. I am going to have to buy The Twilight Garden for starters - the cover is gorgeous! It was good to be reminded that I must read All Creatures Great and Small this month. The Everlasting Cookbook sounds wonderful, as does Four French Holidays. I loved Greengage Summer when I read it in my early teens but haven't read it since. I want to find a second hand copy of The Dud Avocado, and also The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, which Laura Wood mentioned in the interview, and which I very much enjoyed reading. Thanks for the link in your newsletter to the Mary Oliver poem, by coincidence, about ten minutes before I looked at your email, I had been dipping into her 'Dog Songs'. I love her evocative poetry and prose. I hope you have a good week.
Hi Miranda - you have an ambitious reading list, especially as you are so busy right now! I have Tom Lake on my August reading list too. Ann Patchett is one of my favourite authors and I can't wait to read my signed special edition! Currently on book 2 of Jane Gardam's trilogy about 'Old Filth' and so interested in the title you shared by Jane Gardam. It's ages since I read the Greengage Summer but maybe I should reread, especially as I will be making greengage jam from our bumper crop this year! You've inspired me and I've just found my copy.
Hello. I love the book cover of Rosaline (& the plot idea). I watched* the 2022 film, Rosaline and LOVED it. It is the story of Romeo & Juliet also told from Rosaline's perspective. Mini Driver plays a memorable and entertaining Nurse. The lead, Kaitlyn Dever, is excellent in the role of Rosaline. I hope you and Donna will try it, if you have not already! Happy August to you both. * on HULU
You are amazing for doing all this work! Thank you!!! I have started to listen to the audio of the James Herriot book - it is so well done. I have read "The owl service" due to your recommendation, and I was very impressed. Best regards to you and your mother!
So many wonderful books🥰if I only pick up one, it would have to be Greengage Summer, and then followed up with Four French Holidays. One of the most wonderful things to happen to me has been learning about Rumer Godden and reading her books thanks to you and the comfort book club. I immediately fell in love with her writing and I would most likely have never heard of her without you. I don’t have any special reading plans for August but I am starting to feel the pull to dark academia for September. I have four books lined up already and will try and fill in with a few more likely. I’m on the fence with James Herriot. While I’m sure I would love the writing, I avoid most animal books because there’s almost always the sad parts, part of nature and all that, but they rip my heart out. Especially dogs and horses. I guess I have to list this as a content warning for myself. So most likely I’ll have to skip the read, but not the book club chat with you and Donna. No trigger warning there😊. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
Thanks so much, Sandy! And I do understand about the James Herriot! I think he's a wonderful writer and the books are lovely and with so much humour, but I of course you're so right to be aware of your own sensitivities and respect them. Mum and I completely understand! Hope you're having a lovely start to the week! ❤️📚
Great selection for the rest of Summer, Miranda, thank you for sharing with us. I am looking forward to hearing how you find your re-reads! Enjoy your reading, Teresa 📚♥
Thank you Miranda for your lovely content which I always enjoy Have you read Alan Garners The Weirdstone of Brisingamen? Based on the myths around Alderney Edge, Cheshire. Have loved both of those books
I read Elidor when I was young I know, Claire, and we have TWOB on the shelves so I might have, but can't remember the story now. The Owl Service was the one that really stuck with me, but I'd like to try them both again now. He's such a good writer! ❤️📚
The gin I made in January was delicious! Would definitely make it again. I actually wrote about it and shared a picture in a newsletter at Easter - do sign up to my newsletter (it's free!) if you'd like some of these behind the scenes updates: www.mirandajanemills.com/newsletter
Good morning, I as well like all think Agatha Christie . I just started a new book by Andrew Wilson , A Talent For Murder . It has been so far lots of fun . The book is about when Mrs. Christie disappeared during her marriage problems with Colonel Christie. It is mix with truth and fiction. A Dr. kidnaps her and threatens to hurt her daughter physically and her husband’s reputation. He wants her to Murder his wife . The Doctor chooses her because of her expertise on poisons from her time as a nurse in the military. He also is the Doctor to the woman that her husband is having an affair with. I am not finished yet but I am enjoying it so far. Maybe you might like it as well. Thank you for all your suggestions of other books to read .
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Hi Miranda…. I've been chortling my way through August's Comfort Book Club choice - loving All Creatures Great and Small. So many hysterical, laugh out loud moments. A delightful summer read. Thank you for all the work you do to share these great videos with us. Hello to your mom, Donna. Happy Sunday! Bren xo
That's wonderful! I'm so happy you're enjoying it! xxx
@@MirandaMills I'm hoping my copy of All Creatures Great and Small comes in time to join in for the book club!
Dear Miranda, I just finished "The Greengage Summer" and now I would like to read more of Rumer Godden. I am currently reading "A House for all Seasons", the Comfort Book Club Choice for November. I am truly enjoying it and learning a lot of new vocabulary. In September I will read "A Fortnight in September" which I just purchased at Persephones Books in Bath which was a lovely experience. All these reads were of course inspired by you and I am very grateful for that. I'm having a wonderful time in London right now and therefore didn't have time to watch your video until now, which was strange because usually I watch it as soon as it is published. I would like to thank you again for all of your fabulous work, you have had a profound impact on my reading life since I've found your channel. I hope you will have a quieter time this week and I'm excited for all the upcoming things in September and October. Have a lovely week!🤩
Thank you so much for your very generous support, Inga! It's so sweet of you, and I really appreciate it!! ❤️ I'm so happy to hear you're having a lovely time book shopping around the UK! The Fortnight in September is such a special book and a perfect late summer / early autumn holiday read. Enjoy the rest of your time in the UK! 📚 🌟
Miranda, I adore your out and about videos, but I could listen to you talk about books for ever. So eloquent and knowledgeable, I, one hundred percent trust your recommendations. You're always spot on. Dear me, talk about pressure.... None intended. After giving your new blog post a read, I bought a copy of The Agency for Scandal which I can't wait to begin later. I think I shall try and get to The Swiss Summer by Stella Gibbons next.
That’s so kind of you to say, Sally! It’s lovely to hear you like my recommendations. Those are two great reads - enjoy! 🌹❤️📚
I had heard a lot about James Herriot but never read him. I started All creatures great and small last week and am absolutely loving it. Each chapter end finds me chuckling with the denouement of each little story. So much humour! ❤
So happy you’re enjoying James Herriot’s writing, Nadine! Love his sense of humour too 😄❤️📚
Miranda, your website is, like all things Miranda, beautiful and beautifully curated. An excellent resource for all things English countryside and slow living. Do look after yourself, you seem to be working a tad too hard at the minute. Easier said than fine I know. Much love from🇨🇦 - Isabel
Thank you so much, Isabel!
Miranda, What a wonderfully eclectic selection of books you presented. I'm 20 pages away from finishing "The Thread Collectors" which takes place during the American Civil War. It is beautifully written story of the friendship between a runaway slave and a Jewish musician who have joined the Union Army and the women they love during this very difficult time in US history. I have both "The Greengage Summer" and "All Creatures Great and Small" lined up as my next reads (very excited about reading both). Hope you are enjoying a calmer week and some sunshine in Yorkshire! 🌞
What an amazing collection of books. Always so good to see your videos.
What a great list of recommendations! The Jane and May Morris biography sounds really intriguing. Several years ago I saw an exhibit at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh called May Morris Art & Life. Her art was gorgeous and I’m really glad I got to see the exhibit. It is surprising sometimes to reread a book and have a completely different reaction to it the second time around. There is a really good quote about this from Clifton Fadiman. He is specifically referring to classics, but I think it could really apply to just any book: “When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”
I remember sharing that exhibition with my audience when it was announced, wishing I could go (then ofc lockdown happened!!): instagram.com/p/B7dLn8tnFcM/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I love May Morris’ work. 💚
James Herriot and Pat Conroy are my favourite authors. I am really looking forward to the Comfort Book Club video discussion!
Thanks so much, Catherine! ❤️📚
So happy and grateful you still found time in your busy week to chat with us - thank you ❤ hope the upcoming one will turn out much, much calmer for you 🏞️ my next reads include Uncle Paul and An Agency for Scandal, your recommendations naturally 😊 absolutely adore listening to you, so charming and relaxing 🥰 All the best to you and your mum 💕🌼 Julia
Thanks so much, Julia, for the lovely comments and very kind support: I appreciate them all so much! I hope you enjoy those two books as much as I did! I wish you a great start to the week ❤️📚💐
So many wonderful recommendations, Miranda. The Owl Service had a huge impact on me when I first read it, time for a re-read. I’ve just started E.C.R. Lorac’s Post after Post-Mortem which has some gorgeous descriptions in the opening pages of summer flowers and a garden. I’m looking forward to the family drama and crimes that will ensue!
I enjoyed that mystery, and I loved the opening descriptions of a garden in summer too! 💐💚
Hello Miranda….I am currently rereading James Herriot’s books. Tristan’s antics are laugh out loud hysterical. Such a delight to read this summer. You did such a wonderful job resigning your site. It is a comfort read in its self. Thank you for including my Comfort Book Club comment. That was quite a surprise. Enjoy your late summer week ahead.🌸
So happy you’re enjoying your reread, Glenda! And thanks so much for your kind words about the blog redesign and your lovely comment on the CBC! Have a great week ahead! ❤️📚💐
Miranda, I just love listening to you! It’s so calming and relaxing, thank you! It amazes me how quickly you read! I cannot keep up, but I am encouraged and striving to do better! Take care! 🥰🇨🇦
Thank you so much, Elizabeth! Have a great reading week! 📚❤️📚
Jane Gardam based 'A Long Way from Verona' on her own school days in Saltburn . Her other book 'Bilgewater' is based on the school her dad was a teacher at in Redcar (Coatham School ) My dad's old school .
Hi Miranda😃 I just ordered the August book of the month for the book club. My mom used to have the whole series, she loved it too. I visited your blog and it is so beautiful. I’m American from California, but I’m such an Anglophile. I love everything English, especially the countryside. Thank you for this little getaway.❤️
Thanks so much! ❤️
Hi Miranda, I bought Four French Holidays on your recommendation and also because I've long loved The Greenage Summer. All of this inspired me to suggest The Greengage Summer for a little book group I'm in with friends. We had a great discussion about it and enjoyed looking at the picture of the 'real' Eliot in Hall's book! Thank you for such a good recommendation. x
I'm so happy to hear that Dianne! I agree The Greengage Summer would make for a great book club discussion! ❤️📚
Hi, Miranda! So many books to add to my TBR; I have had Four French Holidays on my wishlist for awhile now, so I’ll pair that with Greengage Summer. There’s not a book in your presentation that I wouldn’t anticipate, and I’m heading over to your blog right now to read your interview with Laura Wood. Thank you for starting out my Sundays in such a lovely way (11 AM in New York State)…enjoy the rest of your Sunday, along with a more relaxing week ahead!!🌻☕️📚📖❤️
Thank you so much! Enjoy a relaxed Sunday afternoon! I hope it’s not too hot and humid there 📚❤️
@@MirandaMillsIt’s 78 right now (with a high of 84 later this afternoon), but only 55% humidity, so it’s comfortable. Windows open for some fresh air, so that’s a good thing!! Hope you get more days of sunshine through the rest of the season, and the rain stays at bay for awhile!🌞😘
Hello Miranda! Thank you for this wonderful video ❤ Upon your recommandation I have just started The Twilight Garden and it is delightful, really looking forward to reading more of this book! At the moment I am also reading a book called “The girl who speaks bear” by Sophie Anderson and “Kiki’s Delivery service” by Eiko Kadono. Absolutely in love with those two books so far! Take care ❤💐
I read TOM LAKE and enjoyed it very much. Ann Patchett is a wonderful writer. TOM LAKE does mainly take place during a summer on a Michigan cherry farm. Covid has resulted in the owners' three daughters returning home. The girls want the full scoop on their mother's stint playing Emily in Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN opposite a man who later becomes a famous movie star. I've never been disappointed by Patchett, and this book is no exception. I had planned to read THUNDERCLAP next, but I've decided on THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE instead.
Hi Miranda! We are reading Thimble Summer and so far, it is lovely. I am also really enjoying All Creatures Great and Small. I read Daughter of the Moon Goddess and actually got Heart of the Sun Warrior from the library so hoping to get to that one soon too! The River School series looks amazing - as does the Eva Ibbotson - I love the artwork on those covers! OOOh The Owl Service sounds amazing! Fair Rosaline also sounds very interesting! Thank you for all the amazing book ideas!!!! 🌼
You’re so welcome! Thank you - those are all such lovely reads! ❤️📚
Hi Miranda,
Thanks you for the vlog😀
Great suggestions as always 📚
Take Care🌹
Thank you! You too! 😊
I'm so glad you were able to post even though you've had a busy week! I do look forward to your Sunday videos. Great interview with Laura Wood! I was surprised by how young she is considering all she has written. I've started reading Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn and am really enjoying it so far. Thank you for the recommendations! I have to read Greengage Summer. I love that you seem to reread it every summer.
Thanks so very much for your very kind words and support, Faith! I’m so grateful and so pleased you enjoyed reading the interview with Laura Wood! I read some historical mysteries by Deanna Rayburn quite awhile ago now, but I found them a bit too gory for me. I’m better with a cosy mystery😂. You’re right , I do love that Rumer Godden and find it the perfect summer read. Have a great reading week! ❤️📚xxx
It is a bit gory. If it were any more, I would have to put it down but so far am going on with it because I really like the premise, and it is a page turner. Happy reading as well!
Love a page turner too, enjoy! X
Just discovered your Vlog. Very delightful. I am going to get The Owl Service ad I own a paperback by Alan Garner, historical novel; hes great, tho I forget title now. Tried Requesting Thunderclap now and have already! Week or 2 ago, at Library. I am Enjoying Parfit, the new David Edmonds biography of the late English moral philosopher Derek Parfit. It is So readable + he had an interesting childhood. It spins along. Thank you for citing Eva Ibbotson! Have heard of her. Will order that Summer book too.
Thank you for all your recommendations! For those interested in unusual food books I would like to recommend one of my all time favourite books “Lilla’s feast” by Frances Osborne. “Lilla’s Feast spans the world from China to India and finally to England over a hundred years, and blends together personal history, world events, period atmosphere and family anecdotes into a brilliantly vibrant and poignant story.” While in a Japanese civilian camp in China during WW2 Lilla compiled a book about food - now in possession of the Imperial War Museum. Frances Osborne, the author is Lilla’s great granddaughter. Fiona
I'm reading a biography of Christina Rossetti by Jan Marsh right now and really enjoying it. I'm intrigued by the biography you have! Sounds like some great upcoming reading plans! I just started Tea and Hot Bombs yesterday, so thank you for the recommendation!
Oh wonderful! Happy reading!
A vlog full of book recommendations is such a treat !!! It’s like a visit to my dream bookshop! I think I’ll buy Thunderclap, I adore Dutch art, (especially Vermeer) and I had the huge privilege of seeing The Goldfinch on the occasion of a beautiful exhibition in Italy “The Myth of the Golden Age, from Vermeer to Rembrandt” a few years ago, a thrilling experience…
Thanks so much for your very kind words, Laura! How wonderful to have seen The Goldfinch in person too. I'm certainly enjoying Thunderclap and, in fact, am about to go pick it up again! 😁❤️📚🧑🎨
Another wonderful video. I ordered Thunderclap from Blackwell's. Can't wait to read it!
Thank you so much for your lovely support! I really appreciate it 😊❤️ Thunderclap is an amazing read - I hope you enjoy it too! Xxx
I just found your channel and subscribed straight away. I’ve watched a few booktube channels, but yours really focuses on books that l absolutely love. Thank you for the wonderful content and sharing these wonderful books and pdfs with seasonal book selections with others :)
Welcome! So glad you found me, and thank you for your lovely words 😊💕
Lovely video with some tempting recommendations 😊
My favourite recent read which you may enjoy (if you haven't already read it) is The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods.
My first 3 reads for August are catching up on my fantasy. I started the month with The Burning God, which is the final book in The Poppy War trilogy. As of today, I just finished Stephen King's Bag of Bones, which is a ghost story set at a lake house in Maine, and I'm currently reading The Sapphire Altar, the sequel to The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish. I plan to also read John Adams by David McCullough and maybe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
I know fantasy isn't your go-to, but you may really enjoy "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. It's very short, and just makes you feel good, and the fantasy elements aren't the thrust of the story; it is very much a character-based story.
Thank you for the recommendation, Maureen!
Thank you for yet another inspiring but also soothing vlog, Miranda!
You are so welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it! ❤️💐
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So many great recommendations, thank you, Miranda! I am definitively going to read Thunderclap. (When I was working in The Hague, I would go to the Mauritshuis museum in between lessons just to take a look at the Goldfinch painting and a few other paintings.) Wishing you a happy Sunday!
That sounds wonderful! Happy Sunday to you too, Isabella! 📚❤️💐
That cookbook sounds fascinating. It's right up my alley in terms of how I usually cook. Give me a formula that I can substitute whatever I have on hand, and I'm good!
Us too! Highly recommend this one 📚❤️
Years ago, I was given a copy of Old Filth by Jane Gardam. Not knowing anything about her as an author, it has remained on my shelf. Hearing your recommendation on one of her other books today is just the inspiration I need to read the one I have! Thanks for your vlogs, and your new website is just beautiful!
I've heard that's meant to be very good, Paula so hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for your kind words and generous support. It means alot! ❤️📚
Hi Miranda, the next book on my reading list is All Creatures Great & Small. I read this book many years ago, but it will be lovely to revisit it and I’m looking forward to a cosy summer read.
That’s wonderful to hear, Marie! ❤️📚
Love your video, as always! I'll never be able to keep up with you on book reading-- you must be a speed reader--but I try my best. So, I just finished reading "Beautiful Star." I'm starting on "Uncle Paul," and then on to "Hotel du Lac" (all your recommendations, of course). Then, I move on to "A Home For All Season" and "Marple" once my Blackwell's order arrives. Thank you again!
Thanks so much, Myriam! I have gradually got faster with my reading it's true, but I only hope to read all of those in August / September- in the end, I almost certainly won't manage them all, though I'd love to do so 😂 I hope you enjoy your new reads 😊❤️📚
I'm looking forward to reading "All Creatures Great and Small" this month for the Comfort Book Club, I haven't started yet but I'll be sure to read it before the 27th. I hope I'll make the most out of my days off from work, so many books to read I've been saving up!
It's always a good time to reread (or listen to) "The Murder at the Vicarage", a favourite of mine when it comes to Agatha Christie's novels. "The Owl Service" sounds really interesting, I'm surprised I've never heard of it.
Thank you so much for the lovely video, as usual!
Hope you have a great few days off with time for reading some of the books you’ve saved up and rereading some old favourites! So looking forward to the Herriot discussion with the CBC too ❤️📚
So excited to see your update 😊
Thanks so much! 🌹
All the best for your ongoing work plans. Some interesting books there I'm tempted to read too. Long train journey to London soon so I think your suggestion for audio books are perfect. Looking forward to reading your updated blog and the next Comfort Book Club. Thank you for this lovely episode, best wishes to you and your Mum x
Thanks so much! Hope you find a great audio for your upcoming journey! 🚝 🎧📚❤️
I enjoy your book vlogs so much! I've been wanting to read Tom Lake too. I am currently reading and enjoying a Bridgerton book, and I loved The Owl Service when I read it a few years back. Happy Sunday, and I am looking forward to the CBC discussion at the end of the month! 😊
Thanks so much! Yes, so looking forward to the CBC discussion on All Creatures! Enjoy your reading! ❤️📚
Hello Miranda. Thank you so much for sharing what you want to read for the rest of summer. I really love Natasha Solomon's books so I will definitely be looking for her new one. Please say hello to your lovely mother and I hope you both have a wonderful week.
So happy you liked the suggestion! Hope your week has started well too! ❤️📚
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Thanks so much for your very kind support! I so appreciate it❤️💐📚
I'm looking forward to Ann Patchett book.
Ann Pachette was at Iowa Writers Group. My sister was there too. She just published a book. Mountain Lion Rises. I like all the books you have on here. My only downfall is I do not like thick books! I am now reading, Graditude in Motion, by Colleen Kelly Alexander
I'm halfway through James Heriot. Reading for the comfort book club and really enjoying it. So funny ❤
So happy you’re enjoying it, Gill! 😄📚❤️
Happy Sunday Morning Miranda! ,Thanks Much !.......
Have a lovely morning! 📚❤️
Hope you will have a calmer week ahead and find some time to dip into your August stack of books.
The Everlasting Meal Cookbooks sound like my kind of cookbooks so will definitely look at those. And thank you for highlighting Fair Rosaline, had missed it but agree that Natasha Solomons is such a good writer. A very interesting take on Romeo and Juliet!
I plan to read Laura Purcell's latest novel, The Whispering Muse. To me books and films with a gothic atmosphere go so well with the darker evenings in August.
Thanks so much, Penny! Hope your August evenings allow for plenty of gothic reads and films!🍿❤️📚
A Long Way to Verona. There's a bit in the last quarter or so of the book (I think! It's been a whille! 🙂) when the young protagonist is going through the books on the shelves of the library that is genuinely hilarious - the bit about George Eliot! 😂 And I'm someone who often struggles with humour in book. Gardam does a good job in this one. ☺ Hope you enjoy it.
I remember watching the All Creatures Big and Small television series as a child - I used to love it! I've read the first book in the series many moons ago - maybe I should revisit it on audiobook. Happy Reading!
I love the James Herriot audiobooks read by Christopher Timothy (who was James in the original tv series) so can highly recommend them if you decide to give them a go on audio 📚❤️😊
Have downloaded the first one. ☺️ Happy Summer Reading!
Hello Miranda... Greengage Summer has to be in my top ten favourite books. I have the story in paperback, kindle, audiobook and a DVD of the old movie starring Kenneth More and Susannah York, both sadly now deceased. I enjoy all your videos and your new website. Thank you. I am hoping to participate in the next but one Comfort Book Club and have recently read Goodbye Mr Chips. Although I have not read the James Herriot books for many years, I recently bought (yet to read) "The Wonderful World of James Herriott" a collection of classic stories with an introduction by his children Jim Wright and Rosie Page
Oh, Fair Rosaline sounds like such an interesting idea for a book!
I plan to read artist Kaffe Fassett’s autobiography, “Dreaming in Color.” And like you, I plan to reread “The Greengage Summer” by Rumer Godden.
Great choices! Enjoy your reading! ❤️📚🧶
Really enjoyed the blog this week and the video today!! So enjoyed!!
That's so very kind of you to say, Carol! And thanks so much too for your very kind support. I so appreciate it! ❤️📚X
I just finished the James Herriot book .I liked it so much I purchased the other 4 in that series.Right now I am reading The complete chronicles of narnia some how I seemed to have missed out on that one as a child. I am also reading Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
I’m loving All Creatures Great and Small, I can’t wait for the discussion 😊. I am definitely going to have a look at The Owl Service as well. Have a good week!
So glad you're enjoying All Creatures! Have a great week too xxx
Funny coincidence Miranda dearest. I'm reading "Song of Summer" too, I needed a light read and a summer book for this last month (or so) of the summer and Eva Ibbotson is always a comfort to read so, yes, let's share our thoughts when we finish it, shall we? Lots of love to you and Donna!
Eva Ibbotson’s books are a favourite comfort read for so many ❤️📚
I love your dress!
Lovely to see and hear about your summer reading plans. Jane Gardam and Ann Patchett are two of my favorites. Since I'm new to your videos I don't know if you've mentioned Angela Thirkell in the past, but I think of her August Folly now, another one of her witty Barsetshire series. Right now I'm reading The Past by Tessa Hadley, set in summer in the Somerset countryside and liking it very much. Thank you for all your excellent presentations.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Norma! Yes, I too am a Thirkell fan, and August Folly would be an excellent choice for August too! ❤️📚
Odličan video i ja volim knjige 👍🙋🏻♀️💐
Definitely going to seek out The Everlasting Meal Cookbooks, Tom Lake, and Four French Holidays plus I am sure a couple more will work their way onto my Blackwell 's list. 💙 They will need to wait though until I get my last order! Hope you and Donna have a lovely week. We could use some of your rain here in Western Oregon, USA. Pretty dry and worries about forest fires starting up this month.🙏
Sincerely hope you do get some rain soon, Shelley, so any risk is greatly lessened! Fingers crossed for speedy arrival of your Blackwell's order, and so happy you enjoyed the recommendations! ❤️📚
Happy Sunday, Miranda! Excellent recs, as always. Based upon your rec, I read The Owl Service last month (as well as watched the old mini series here on YT) and found it to be such a unique read. Very immersive of time and place, and I can see how it inspired future middle grade and YA stories with similar themes. I'm currently still working on some of my Christmas in July reads such as the nonfiction Christmas in America and Valancourt's Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (I just love a spooky ghost story on a hot Summer night by candlelight!). Also read The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier, which certainly fit the creepy gothic vibe as well. Hope you have a wonderful, less chaotic (I can certainly relate, as it's been a hectic time my way as well) week ahead with lots of reading with Ms.Donna and cozy cups of tea (coffee for Donna haha!) 📚🫖🩶
Thanks so much for your kind words and support, Shawna! I so appreciate them both. Wishing you a calm reading week too and so pleased you enjoyed your read (and watch) of The Owl Service ❤️📚🌺
Hi Miranda! Always a pleasure to see you every Sunday, regardless if there is lot's of content or not. I'm presently reading The Reading List (both in audible and physical form) and loving it!!! So I got SO excited when you showed the new book ,The Twilight Garden, by the same author. It's an automatic buy for me LOL. Except it will only be out in April 2024 where I live (Montreal, Canada). So a long time to wait. 🙂 Enjoyed all your book recommendations! Have a wonderful week!
You too! ❤️📚
Some good recommendations here. Murder at the Vicarage is my favourite Agatha Christie book & Greengage Summer is definitely a good read.
Thank you! ❤️📚
Thank you Miranda for your very interesting talk on books for an August read. I too will be listening to 'The Murder at the Vicarage' that I have just ordered from audible via your link, it sounds like a good tale. I decided this month to reread Mary Queen of Scots by Eric Linklater which is non fiction. I have read a few books about Queen Mary in the past and bought this one from my local bookshop. Eric Linklater details the trails and tribulation of Mary's life with illustrative precision. It is just one hundred and twelve pages long yet it really is interesting with words from Bothwell and a French poem by Mary, I am looking forward to revisiting this wee gem of a book. Your blog is beautiful!
Thanks so much, Caroline for your kind words! Enjoy your own read - it's lovely to revisit an old favourite ❤️📚
Miranda…cookbook suggestion from Canadian. Look up my Middle eastern Kitchen by Suzanne Husseini. I am certain you both would enjoy it.
Thanks for the tip! 📚❤️
My sister had a reading and signing of her book last weekend
I'm very much looking forward to reading Fair Rosaline and The Twilight Garden. I don't know if that's a top or dress you're wear but it's very pretty and you look lovely in it. X
Thanks so much, Linda - it's a dress in fact ❤️📚
Awesome readings for you.Its a pleasure to be inspired by you.💐♾️
🎯Thanks so much & bestwishes🌟💐
Lovely video and book recommendations! Loved reading James Herriot this summer (all his books)!!! I have also been reading George Eliot, Alexandre Dumas, and Thomas Hardy.
Wonderful choices, Anita! ❤️📚
Thank you, Miranda. I love the sound of Four French Holidays. The seasonal reading is trickier in the southern hemisphere -- I find it hard to decide whether to go with the calendar or the sun! I am reading Spam Tomorrow by Verily Anderson ( a good follow on from Tea and Hot Bombs and Mr Bunting At War) but will launch into All Creatures Great and Small for the umpteenth time before the CBC date. Meredith
Lots of great reads there, Meredith! Yes, I can imagine it's trickier as you say - hopefully you can cover the best of both options! 😊 ❤️📚
I always look forward watching what you put on your reading lists. I love adding to my list as a result of that. Tho, my husband still gets nervous when I watch you.🤣. See you next time. 📚💐👍🤗💕
😂 Thanks so much, Diane! 📚❤️🌹
Beautiful cover on the Everlasting Meal Cookbook. I had hoped to find Greengage Summer but couldn't so I'll buy it next year. (Have to move this year so no book buying)
Thank you, Miranda for all these amazing recommendations. I am going to have to buy The Twilight Garden for starters - the cover is gorgeous! It was good to be reminded that I must read All Creatures Great and Small this month. The Everlasting Cookbook sounds wonderful, as does Four French Holidays. I loved Greengage Summer when I read it in my early teens but haven't read it since. I want to find a second hand copy of The Dud Avocado, and also The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, which Laura Wood mentioned in the interview, and which I very much enjoyed reading. Thanks for the link in your newsletter to the Mary Oliver poem, by coincidence, about ten minutes before I looked at your email, I had been dipping into her 'Dog Songs'. I love her evocative poetry and prose. I hope you have a good week.
Thanks so much, Karen! Happy book hunting, and wishing you a good week too! ❤️📚
Hi Miranda - you have an ambitious reading list, especially as you are so busy right now! I have Tom Lake on my August reading list too. Ann Patchett is one of my favourite authors and I can't wait to read my signed special edition! Currently on book 2 of Jane Gardam's trilogy about 'Old Filth' and so interested in the title you shared by Jane Gardam. It's ages since I read the Greengage Summer but maybe I should reread, especially as I will be making greengage jam from our bumper crop this year! You've inspired me and I've just found my copy.
Yay! That's great to hear, Michele! How lovely to have a copy signed by Ann Patchett of Tom Lake! I love greengage jam too - happy preserving! ❤️📚
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How kind of you, Mary! Thanks so much for your much appreciated support!
Hello. I love the book cover of Rosaline (& the plot idea). I watched* the 2022 film, Rosaline and LOVED it. It is the story of Romeo & Juliet also told from Rosaline's perspective. Mini Driver plays a memorable and entertaining Nurse. The lead, Kaitlyn Dever, is excellent in the role of Rosaline. I hope you and Donna will try it, if you have not already! Happy August to you both.
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I’ll have to look out for it. Happy August to you too, Julie! 😊❤️
@@MirandaMills I should have written, "It is ALSO the story of R & J told from Rosaline's perspective.
You are amazing for doing all this work! Thank you!!! I have started to listen to the audio of the James Herriot book - it is so well done. I have read "The owl service" due to your recommendation, and I was very impressed. Best regards to you and your mother!
Thanks so much for your kind words. So glad you're enjoying the James Herriot on audio! ❤️📚
So many wonderful books🥰if I only pick up one, it would have to be Greengage Summer, and then followed up with Four French Holidays. One of the most wonderful things to happen to me has been learning about Rumer Godden and reading her books thanks to you and the comfort book club. I immediately fell in love with her writing and I would most likely have never heard of her without you. I don’t have any special reading plans for August but I am starting to feel the pull to dark academia for September. I have four books lined up already and will try and fill in with a few more likely. I’m on the fence with James Herriot. While I’m sure I would love the writing, I avoid most animal books because there’s almost always the sad parts, part of nature and all that, but they rip my heart out. Especially dogs and horses. I guess I have to list this as a content warning for myself. So most likely I’ll have to skip the read, but not the book club chat with you and Donna. No trigger warning there😊. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
Thanks so much, Sandy! And I do understand about the James Herriot! I think he's a wonderful writer and the books are lovely and with so much humour, but I of course you're so right to be aware of your own sensitivities and respect them. Mum and I completely understand! Hope you're having a lovely start to the week! ❤️📚
Great selection for the rest of Summer, Miranda, thank you for sharing with us. I am looking forward to hearing how you find your re-reads! Enjoy your reading, Teresa 📚♥
Thank you Miranda for your lovely content which I always enjoy Have you read Alan Garners The Weirdstone of Brisingamen? Based on the myths around Alderney Edge, Cheshire. Have loved both of those books
I read Elidor when I was young I know, Claire, and we have TWOB on the shelves so I might have, but can't remember the story now. The Owl Service was the one that really stuck with me, but I'd like to try them both again now. He's such a good writer! ❤️📚
Hi Miranda. How did the infused gin you made a couple of months ago turn out? Really curious. 😊
The gin I made in January was delicious! Would definitely make it again. I actually wrote about it and shared a picture in a newsletter at Easter - do sign up to my newsletter (it's free!) if you'd like some of these behind the scenes updates: www.mirandajanemills.com/newsletter
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I’m just so ready for the recommendations!
It wouldn’t be a Sunday without your presence. Beautiful dress…top?
Thanks so much, Suzanne! It’s s dress! 😊👗❤️
Good morning, I as well like all think Agatha Christie . I just started a new book by Andrew Wilson , A Talent For Murder . It has been so far lots of fun . The book is about when Mrs. Christie disappeared during her marriage problems with Colonel Christie. It is mix with truth and fiction. A Dr. kidnaps her and threatens to hurt her daughter physically and her husband’s reputation. He wants her to Murder his wife . The Doctor chooses her because of her expertise on poisons from her time as a nurse in the military. He also is the Doctor to the woman that her husband is having an affair with. I am not finished yet but I am enjoying it so far. Maybe you might like it as well. Thank you for all your suggestions of other books to read .
Thanks so much for the recommendation, Teresa! ❤️📚
I’ve never been a reading during summer vacation person. Were you one?
Oh I used to - either on the beach or if camping - on a rainy afternoon on the camp site.
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Thank you so much for your support, Lyn! It's greatly appreciated and so kind of you ❤️
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Thanks very much for your kind support, Paula! I so appreciate it! ❤️📚 🌸
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Thank you so much for your support, Penny! I really appreciate it ❤️💐📚
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Thanks so much for your support, Myriam! I appreciate it so much ❤️🌺
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Thank you so much, Mary, for your very generous support! I so appreciate your kindness! ❤️📚💐 X