Happy Sunday! I've read a lot of good books lately, so it's a pleasure to share them. Please check the video description box for all links. Have a lovely rest of the weekend and start to the week. Miranda x
Dearest Miranda, the only reason I didn't miss you so much was that I have been binge-watching your previous videos throughout the whole weekend. Nevertheless, I really appreciate you're back with your book recommendations. I hope your're feeling better now. 🥰
My husband and I run a Free Little Library and I came across the first book in a series of five called "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birdsall about 4 sisters and their father who go to stay at a cottage on the estate called Arundel. I loved it and immediately bought the next 4 books and have read all of them. I highly recommend them and wonder if anyone else has read them. Always enjoy your content!
Dear Miranda, so glad to see you back, you do look gorgeous , elegant and classy! Your way of reviewing books makes them irresistible… I wish I could buy them all at once…I really have to control myself😂
Dear Miranda, Thank you so much for your lovely video! I hope you will soon be feeling well again! This week, I had a lovely package coming from suselandco, who I got to know from your friendly recommendations. It was a bit tricky to order from them, since on their website they only ship to the uk and the us. But they kindly offered me to handle everything via etsy and it worked out perfectly. Since I was their first customer from Germany they even put a couple of surprises into my parcel. I was so delighted!! I never would have known them, if it wasn't for you. Thank you for all you do, you are a true gem and inspiration for my life. I read a lot of your recs in February: the Nonesuch, war among ladies, High Rising, Christmas at High Rising, Emma (again) and others. I wish you and your mother a lovely week ahead!
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Inga! I'm so glad you managed to get some stationery from Susel and Co - they are such lovely ladies! Your reading sounds fabulous this last month. xxx
As always, I enjoyed your book recommendations and mini reviews of what you've been reading. I've read such wonderful books recently - a reread of Rebecca (brilliant!!) and some fun, lighthearted novels: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in addition to the CBC's The Nonesuch. All brightened these late winter days and gave me the feeling that Spring is indeed on it's way. Enjoy your week! 🌷
A short story that was actually turned into an opera is The Light in the Piazza by Elizabeth Spencer. It's a beautiful and timeless story which takes place in 1953. It's an American mother from the South and her daughter in Italy. I think you would enjoy it.
What a lot of wonderful recommendations - I especially love the sound of A World Within a School and both the Slightly Foxed books, and The Reunion has been on my list since spoke so eloquently about it previously. I also have The Game of Hearts out from my library, it sounds fascinating, I’m really looking forward to reading it. You describe books so well I always want to rush out to find them straight away! I’ve recently finished India Knight’s Darling which I absolutely adored, as soon as I finished it I wanted to start it again. I loved all the characters so much and she captured the feel of the original book perfectly whilst updating it so cleverly. So funny too, I was laughing aloud at times - the three page list of Uncle Matthew’s hates was hilarious!
Miranda, I also love 'The Simple Things ' magazine - it's a lovely, positive read, isn't it? Mind you, we Australians have only just received the Christmas edition! I keep meaning to subscribe to 'The Scribbler', so I will get organised with that. I have attempted a few times to send you a Super Thanks, but I'm having issues with PayPal - hoping to get it sorted. Thanks for all these great reviews for February, and may March see you in good health!
Hi Miranda, What a treat to find your latest vlog. So glad you are feeling more yourself again. You are looking quite lovely in that gorgeous turquoise patterned blouse and the headband. Such a lovely list of books you read in February. I've now reserved a copy at the library of your much recommended Daughter of the Moon Goddess. I loved the descriptions you shared about it. And, I ordered The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer several weeks ago to read along with the Comfort Book Club in February. Alas I am still awaiting its arrival to Canada from the UK. Maybe it will be here this week. I read many of Georgette Heyer's books in my 20s and 30s which is a few decades ago now. I look forward to revisiting her writing. Thanks so much for all the wonderful recommendations. It's because of your lovely descriptions that my own bookshelf now burgeons with delightful new books to read. What fun! Wishing you a beautiful week ahead. BrenfromHome (Alberta, Canada) 🥰
Another lovely video, I look forward to these every week. A highlight for me in February was seeing The Sleeping Beauty performed by the Royal Ballet. Such a lovely production and I've been thinking about it non stop since I saw it. Most of the books I have on ballet are non-fiction, often memoirs of dancers or books about ballets or ballet companies. I wondered you had any recommendations for fiction about ballet, especially any mid century books from the 30s 40s and 50s? Of course there is ballet shoes, always wonderful, but I'm curious to find some new titles and authors? All the best and I hope you have a more peaceful week this week!
Really enjoyed this episode. It's inspired me to read literary magazines and to hunt out Susan Scarlett. I adored Noel Streatfield books when I was young.
I hope to finish Father by Elizabeth Von Arnim today (loving it!!!) and then I plan to watch the Comfort Book Club video in which it was discussed. I plan to do this from time to time, pick reads from past Comfort Book Clubs and then enjoy hearing everyone's comments. Have a great week!
Interesting comments as always. The Two Mrs Abbotts was my favourite of the 4 books. I think it was all the really interesting WWII historical details which appealed to me.
🎯💐Love all your book recommendation s.Daughter of the Moon, Goddess is on my list too.I am re -reading Heidi.& a new one/🍀 Growing Joy :The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness/ Maria Failla is next.Thanks & bestwishes.♾️💙💐🌺
It has been taking me so long to get through the book i started in February. Ive had a ton of things pop up in my personal life so I’m trying to give myself grace. I have a stack that i want to get to this month. Im glad you’re starting to feel better. Don’t overdo your work!! Take really great care of yourself.
Your videos are always a bit of time I look forward to, and they always delight. I hope you are feeling right as rain by now, and that your Mum isn't under the weather. In February I did read the Heyer, but my favorite book was The Feast by Margaret Kennedy. Of course now my list of books I'd like to read is longer again. My bookseller laughs at how long my wishlist is!
Hi Miranda, happy March! 🌸 I'm glad that you feel better and that you are back to chat with us! 🤗 I'm intrigued by All Sort of Lives, which I ordered last week upon your mention of it in another video, and by True to Both My Selves. The Slightly Foxed editions do look wonderful! Somehow I couldn't focus on reading in Feb as much as I wanted to, but I did enjoy Bill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling, and I am now reading The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O'Sullivan. I recommend both, if you like the genres. All the best to you and to your mum /Vanessa 🌞
I was inspired to read Reunion by Fred Uhlman after you mentioned it in a previous video and especially as you compared its ending with the ending of Little Boy Lost. What a powerful story! What an ending! Reunion is truly a ”big little book”.
Happy Sunday, Miranda, so lovely to see you. I want to read Reunion based on your previous video, and of course, the remaining Miss Buncle books. I’ve been hearing quite a bit about Daughter of the Moon Goddess and I’m anxious to read that book also. A World Within a School intrigues me as does The Game of Hearts, especially as a companion book to the fiction books. I had added the Mansfield biography and the Countryman’s book after a previous video. Now I’ll be looking for the spring book. I love hearing your views of the books you’re reading and always come away with a list of books I now must have. I hope you have a lovely week💕🌷🌷🌷
Hi Miranda, Nice to see you back and hope that you are feeling better. I have just become a grandmother for the 11th time. My grandson Liam was born 25 Feb by emergency caesarian surgery due to respitory distress. So it has been an anxious week. I am looking forward to reading him Hairy McLarey books when he is older as well as many other:)
I'm a new viewer, and I am enjoying your videos very much! I inherited a book collection a few years ago (2,500+ titles) which I catalogued, but I haven't made a dent in it as far as reading goes. I've only watched a handful of episodes so far and you've already helped me get much more out of this beautiful collection. It's been a lot of fun to search my catalog for titles you recommend because even if I don't have the book, I sometimes have other books by the same author (which, I realize, may be books you wouldn't necessarily recommend!). Though I've always loved books and had a decent collection of my own, I have felt a bit overwhelmed by this new-to-me collection (most of which I haven't read before). You're helping me zone in on some specific items, and that has been really helpful. For example, I just pulled The Pursuit of Love off the shelf to read before Darling, as you suggested in your Top 10 of 2022 video. My copy includes Love in a Cold Climate, as well, so double the enjoyment maybe? Thank you so much, and I'll certainly be back for more!
I can't wait for those two Katherine Mansfield books to arrive in the post, as well as this spring's Slightly Foxed. That cover art! I recently enjoyed The Chaise Lounge and Little Boy Lost. They have been calling to me for a while, and once I read one, I had to read the other. They're both so haunting. I'm eager to read The Village next. The pretty fabric you're wearing reminds me of Persephone endpapers. Whenever I order one of their books, I'm almost as excited for the endpapers as I am for the book itself. Thank you for all of these tempting reads! I hope you're feeling much better moving into next week. 🌷📚
Thank you so much for your support, Pamela! It's so kind of you! The Village is such an interesting examination of class and societal constraints post-war. Have you read To Bed With Grand Music? That's my next favourite Laski after Little Boy Lost and the Victorian Chaise Longue. I know just what you mean about the Persephone endpapers! xxx
Based on a lot of novels you’ve discussed liking, I think you’d prob enjoy Grace S Richmond. She wrote several novels here in America but Strawberry Acres is one I think you’d absolutely love!
Nice to se you back! After having spent February with Alaskan literature, I have started March with The Magic Apple tree and I am loving every single word.
I, like everyone, was so looking forward to this! :) Thank you! I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well, though, and hope you feel better soon! Please take care and don't push yourself. I'm currently reading A Countryman's Winter Notebook by Bell, based on one of your past videos. It's wonderful. I was reading "The Skaters" last night before bed. I loved it, especially the part when his wife is looking for something after he told her he was going to skate and, after pestering her regarding what she was looking for, she said the splints they had from the war. Ha! That made me laugh! I'm so glad to hear there's another book out and simply must buy it! March is definitely "a gust of wind flinging grit"! Thank you for sharing! Best wishes to you and your mother!
enjoyed listening to your February reads reviews -- hope you are feeling better. Thank you again for another wonderful video! love the flowers too.. Jacqueline
Hello Miranda, I’m glad you’re feeling better, I can’t wait to read “Daughter of the Moon Goddess” I started it but didn’t get too far in before I put it down too read “Crooked House” by Agatha Christie… I’m glad you upload on Sunday I can’t tell you how much it help me start my week off like a “Book Person” who can do anything🥰📚
Aw, that's so kind, Kiki! Thank you so much - and for your very generous support! I understand how tempting Agatha Christie can be haha! Hope you enjoy Daughter of the Moon Goddess too though - I think you'll like the mother/daughter connection as well 😊 Have a lovely start to the week ❤️
Oh my Miranda, so many great books that you have read. I may start off with buying Daughter of the Moon Goddess book, a bit of fantasy sounds good right now. I just finished the Hobbit and enjoyed the writing. I The Enchanted April again and it brings me joy every time I read it. I did watch your book review on it too, enjoyed! Getting ready to re-read "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. So sorry to hear that you were under the weather but good you are feeling better. Take care and have a wonderful day and week ahead.
So lovely to see you again Miranda, and I hope you manage to pace yourself this coming week so that you feel 100% again by next weekend. I received both my Slightly Foxed and Scribbler magazines in the last few days (I subscribe to both now, thanks to you!) and I know I'm going to enjoy reading them and adding more books to my list. Also thinking of rejoining my library (which is closed for refurbishment, having been saved from closure) and have downloaded the Libby app in this connection.
Hi, Miranda. Thanks so much for the recommendation for Fred Uhlman's Reunion. I just finished reading it on Friday and can't stop thinking about it. It was not until the last line that I could actually understand the relevance of the title of the book. I found that I couldn't move for about 30 minutes after I finished. I also read Pip William's The Dictionary of Lost Words, which covers the 40 years during which the Oxford English Dictionary was compiled, and Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye, which is about a WWII Soviet woman sniper. I highly recommend both of them if you haven't read them already. I hope you are feeling better and enjoying the arrival of spring!
Hello Miranda, hope you have a great week ahead and are on top form too. Thank you for the recommendations and one that I have had in my sight for a while is the Adrian Bell which I am looking forward to very much. Happy reading, Teresa 📚
Dear Miranda, A Countryman’s Spring Notebook sounds delightful. One of the books I enjoyed in February was The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan. I’ve also been dipping into The Simple Things magazine, which is one of my favourites.
Thanks so enjoy your videos, been inspired to try some books I wouldn’t necessarily have read. And taking more time to appreciate end papers, covers and illustrations.
Hello Miranda, so nice to get an update from you. My mom and I went book shopping yesterday and you and Donna crossed my mine. What fun days those are as we browse through so many reads. Wish we lived closer so we could attend one of your bookshop talks. How exhilarating that would be. Sending you blessings of health and gift your mom a special hug from us. 😊
So good to have you back Miranda, I have been anticipating and looking forward to this all week! I'm sorry you've been under the weather and hope you are back to good health soon. Thanks for all the recommendations, as always lots to add to my list. I definitely want to read the Laura Wood title and also mustn't forget to read The Wind in the Willows. I was lucky as I spotted a copy in a freebie box outside a local house. I've been enjoying a reread of the two Wild Loring titles by Gwendoline Courtney plus continuing with the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley and the Eliot series by Elizabeth Goudge.
Hello Miranda, many thanks for the book recommendations. I am going to order Reunion, as it sounds most interesting. And also All Sorts of Lives, as I am going to try to visit The Katherine Mansfield House & Garden this week. For February, I read Mrs Palfrey, and also Orwell's Roses (I recommend Rebecca Solnit's book highly). Lovely to catch up with you, Miranda! Have a wonderful week ahead. Best wishes, Jason 🙂
Lovely to see you Miranda, Thank you for getting a video out inspire of being so busy. Spring is nearly here and I'm sure we'll all feel better for it, Blessings to you and your mum xx
Hello Miranda! February for me was a Katherine Mansfield month. I read All sorts of lives, plus a Spanish translation of her journal, which was really bad so I turned to the original journal in English. I also read a compilation of selected entries of her journal, letters and miscellanea notes she'd written in her notebooks over the years. It's also a Spanish translation published here in Argentina, called 'Plum soup' and, for a change, taken from her original manuscripts, the ones who weren't crassly edited and censured by her husband. It was really eye opening. The last book I picked up was her biography by Claire Tomalin, which I'm still reading because it's quite long and very intense!
Hi Miranda! It's always lovely to have a reading catch-up with you. I also read A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting in February and liked but didn't love it. It's hard for anyone to compare to Georgette Heyer, or even some of the more old-school Regency romance authors like Carla Kelly or Mary Balogh. Daughter of the Moon Goddess sounds really good! I'm not much of a fantasy reader usually, but every now and then one strikes my fancy. I read Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries in February and really loved it. So far this month I've finished Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford and The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, both of which were excellent. I hope you feel better soon! I'm just getting over being ill too, and it's hard to get back into the swing of things! Take care. ❤
I also gravitate toward books that are light, bright, and witty in February and March. Last year I reread the garden books by Beverley Nichols and this year I’m rereading the Mapp and Lucia books by E.F. Benton who I like even better than PG Wodehouse. I ordered the Katherine Mansfield books on your recommendation and they will be my April projects. ❤️
The Slightly Foxed Magazine sounds intriguing. I have just started Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood and am in love with her writing. It is my first Laura Wood book, but won't be my last, I hope. The Agency for Scandal is now on my TBR list. Thank you, Miranda.
Lovely informative episode, so sorry to hear you've had a rough week health-wise. Hoping this week is much better for you. I am enjoying this month's Comfort Book Club choice, Wind in the Willows, and have just finished the rather Gothic Hare House. I also laughed my way through Darling by India Knight, I always enjoy her writing, and this update of Pursuit of Love was just perfect. Next up for me is Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies , another favourite author. Take care and have a good week 😊
Hi Miranda, I enjoy your book recommendation videos. I found “The Simple Things” magazine in my Libby app, so will be looking through that with my tea this afternoon. Wishing you a lovely restorative week.
I am glad you are feeling better and watched your video with pleasure as usual. Lately, I read" Arabella" by G Heyer, a funny read, and a thriller quite gripping, "the perfect woman" by JP Delaney, which talks of a robot endowed with emotional intelligence ; I am currently reading "Venetia" by G Heyer and "Strawberry shortcake murder" by Joanna Fluke, a nice cosy mystery. Have a good week.
Lovely Video Miranda! Thank you so much! I always look forward to your book recommendations! I may have to give 'Daughter of the Moon Goddess' a try! 💚 Enjoy your week!
I also picked up The Agency for Scandal after seeing it on a previous vlog and I was delighted with it! Such a fun, frothy romantic read for February and I’m so pleased to hear it will become a series. Thank you for the recommendations 😊
I love Slightly Foxed books and magazine and I have just started reading Katrin FitzHerbert ‘s novel. I fancy the Miss Buncle Married novel :) Thank you so much for yet another highly interesting vlog.
So wonderful to have you back Miranda, I have really missed you but completely understand the need to look after yourself. I’m interested to read the Moon Goddess after hearing your review, I have picked it up a couple times but haven’t been too sure. I have birthday money burning a hole in my pocket though so it is on my list. X
So lovely to see you again, Miranda 💐 Incredibly interesting video. I love The Scribbler - which you introduced some time ago. So much so, that I've been slowly buying all the back issues. I'll order their new book soon. I've been reading The Wind in the Willows for the Comfort Book Club and I've just finished dipping into a wonderful cook book by Jane Brocket called Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer. It's made me want to reread all the Secret Sevens and Famous Fives! 🍰
Hello! Enjoyed catching up with your reading. I just received my slightly foxed Adrian Bell book, the winter one. Am liking it very much. I love D. E. Stevenson so I'm going to be reading them soon. Also I am enjoying Katie Lumsden debut novel The Secrets of Hartwood Hall. It's a gothic novel, about a governess in a spooky house. Katie loves the victorian genre so she knows her stuff. I like it so far very much. Very atmospheric. Hope you have a great week and am looking forward to seeing you next time. 👍🤗💕💕
Miranda I read The Apothecary by Sarah Penner this month. I think it is something you and Donna would enjoy. Check it out if you have time. I also read A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy and The Shadowy Horses by Susanna kearsley. I also read some crap I won’t bother you with. Sometimes you win…sometimes you get godawful books with a good description on the back. 😊.
Hello Miranda. I hope you are well. I missed you in the past week. All books you've shared sound very interesting and you look very beautiful in that top of yours. Have a nice week.
I was watching an earlier vlog of yours, and you introduced me to Elisabeth Jane Howard. I'm halfway through 'The light years'. Wow,I can't put it down. What a fabulous book. Thank you. Xxx Hope you are feeling better now.❤️
Enjoyed your video very much! I do have a suggestion for a video topic: How do you read so quickly? Any hints or suggestions would be appreciated. THANK YOU!!
Hoping that you are feeling much better now Miranda. Thank you for reviewing the books that you read in February…I have had Daughter of the Moon Goddess on my TBR pile for quite awhile, so I was motivated by your review to pick it up and start reading it.
Uhh excellent reccomendations! Starts of well with Daughter of the Moon Goddess. I am someone who usually really reads a lot of Science Fiction (on the magical end of the spectrum) so hearing from someone who usually doesn't about a SF book she really enjoyed, is of a lot of interest to me! Especially because I am also very interested in China. I am reading aa new Brandon Sanderson Novel (Tress of the Emerald Sea) - talking about Sf :) And 'oon Hospitality' by Derrida. But also would like to read some more stuff like Agatha Cristie or D E Stevenson - can you believe it, I still have not read either of them. And I am always here for good Childrens literature! Hope you have a calm, relaxing and lovely week. Take care, xx
Welcome back. You managed to read quite a lot of books in the shortest month of the year. Seriously impressed. Do you persevere with books if you're not enjoying them? I do, unless they were bought for pennies. I am very much enjoying the style of dustjackets at the moment, especially the moon goddess book.
I’m currently reading The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley and have just ordered A Countryman’s Spring Notebook after hearing your recommendation. I do love seasonal reading. Glad to hear you are feeling better and wishing you a calmer week ❤
Hi Miranda. I hope you feel better. Thank you for your book recommendations. I'd love to read them all, but you've piqued my curiosity with "Daughter of the Moon Goddess" so I've gone ahead and ordered it as well as its sequel. I actually do like some fantasy books, but haven't read any for quite a while. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it especially if it's recommended by someone who isn't really into the fantasy genre. 😄 At the moment I'm in a Jane Austin mood, so I'm reading a couple of her books this month. Have a lovely week!
I have really appreciated your recommendations Miranda over time.They have been so useful and wetted ones appetite for different genres etc At the moment I am really enjoying Slightly Foxed magazine and it's 'clippets' from different stories of which then you can obtain the actual book and peruse at leisure!Hope you will feel a lot better this coming week and also regards to Donna. 🤗
The Game of Hearts sounds fantastic; I love Regency romance and would love to find out more about the era. I hope I can order that from the UK. (I am in the US.) Feel better soon!
💕😀xx thanks Miranda. Great podcast as always. I’ve reserved a copy of the Reunion from my library. Lots of love and hopefully a less stressful week. 🤞👍
I love The Simple Things mag - such lovely photos, recipes and nature notes. I've been reading Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka which examines our obsession with serial killers and male violence, putting the focus on the women affected by a man who kills (not just his direct victims). Less chilling, I've re-started David Copperfield abut thirty years after I last read it and am drawn into Dickens story telling genius.
So disappointing to hear that The Two Mrs. Abbotts is not as great as the previous two. It is sitting on my bedside table waiting to be picked up. I'll still read it but will approach it with less enthusiasm. I have to remember to order the new Laura Wood. It sounds like such a great book.
Happy Sunday! I've read a lot of good books lately, so it's a pleasure to share them. Please check the video description box for all links. Have a lovely rest of the weekend and start to the week. Miranda x
So good to have you back Miranda. We have missed you! ❤
It’s so nice to see a new video from you again. The hiatus feels like forever.
Felt the same! 😊🌷
Dearest Miranda, the only reason I didn't miss you so much was that I have been binge-watching your previous videos throughout the whole weekend. Nevertheless, I really appreciate you're back with your book recommendations. I hope your're feeling better now. 🥰
Thank you! xxx
My husband and I run a Free Little Library and I came across the first book in a series of five called "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birdsall about 4 sisters and their father who go to stay at a cottage on the estate called Arundel. I loved it and immediately bought the next 4 books and have read all of them. I highly recommend them and wonder if anyone else has read them. Always enjoy your content!
Dear Miranda, so glad to see you back, you do look gorgeous , elegant and classy! Your way of reviewing books makes them irresistible… I wish I could buy them all at once…I really have to control myself😂
Thanks so much, Laura! xxx
The Game of Hearts has a beautiful cover and sounds really interesting
Dear Miranda,
Thank you so much for your lovely video! I hope you will soon be feeling well again! This week, I had a lovely package coming from suselandco, who I got to know from your friendly recommendations. It was a bit tricky to order from them, since on their website they only ship to the uk and the us. But they kindly offered me to handle everything via etsy and it worked out perfectly. Since I was their first customer from Germany they even put a couple of surprises into my parcel. I was so delighted!! I never would have known them, if it wasn't for you. Thank you for all you do, you are a true gem and inspiration for my life. I read a lot of your recs in February: the Nonesuch, war among ladies, High Rising, Christmas at High Rising, Emma (again) and others. I wish you and your mother a lovely week ahead!
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Inga! I'm so glad you managed to get some stationery from Susel and Co - they are such lovely ladies! Your reading sounds fabulous this last month. xxx
As always, I enjoyed your book recommendations and mini reviews of what you've been reading. I've read such wonderful books recently - a reread of Rebecca (brilliant!!) and some fun, lighthearted novels: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in addition to the CBC's The Nonesuch. All brightened these late winter days and gave me the feeling that Spring is indeed on it's way. Enjoy your week! 🌷
Lovely to see you & listen to your calming voice.. & yes wishing you *lots* of comfy wellness & recovery vibes.. go at your own pace 💐🌺😊
A short story that was actually turned into an opera is The Light in the Piazza by Elizabeth Spencer. It's a beautiful and timeless story which takes place in 1953. It's an American mother from the South and her daughter in Italy. I think you would enjoy it.
What a lot of wonderful recommendations - I especially love the sound of A World Within a School and both the Slightly Foxed books, and The Reunion has been on my list since spoke so eloquently about it previously. I also have The Game of Hearts out from my library, it sounds fascinating, I’m really looking forward to reading it. You describe books so well I always want to rush out to find them straight away! I’ve recently finished India Knight’s Darling which I absolutely adored, as soon as I finished it I wanted to start it again. I loved all the characters so much and she captured the feel of the original book perfectly whilst updating it so cleverly. So funny too, I was laughing aloud at times - the three page list of Uncle Matthew’s hates was hilarious!
Miranda, I also love 'The Simple Things ' magazine - it's a lovely, positive read, isn't it? Mind you, we Australians have only just received the Christmas edition! I keep meaning to subscribe to 'The Scribbler', so I will get organised with that. I have attempted a few times to send you a Super Thanks, but I'm having issues with PayPal - hoping to get it sorted. Thanks for all these great reviews for February, and may March see you in good health!
Hi Miranda,
What a treat to find your latest vlog. So glad you are feeling more yourself again. You are looking quite lovely in that gorgeous turquoise patterned blouse and the headband.
Such a lovely list of books you read in February. I've now reserved a copy at the library of your much recommended Daughter of the Moon Goddess. I loved the descriptions you shared about it. And, I ordered The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer several weeks ago to read along with the Comfort Book Club in February. Alas I am still awaiting its arrival to Canada from the UK. Maybe it will be here this week. I read many of Georgette Heyer's books in my 20s and 30s which is a few decades ago now. I look forward to revisiting her writing.
Thanks so much for all the wonderful recommendations. It's because of your lovely descriptions that my own bookshelf now burgeons with delightful new books to read. What fun!
Wishing you a beautiful week ahead.
BrenfromHome (Alberta, Canada) 🥰
Oh Miranda, how nice to see you again!!!!! How wonderful books and video!
I love seeing the love of Katherine Mansfield! I just read her for the first time this year myself and I really enjoy her short fiction.
Another lovely video, I look forward to these every week. A highlight for me in February was seeing The Sleeping Beauty performed by the Royal Ballet. Such a lovely production and I've been thinking about it non stop since I saw it. Most of the books I have on ballet are non-fiction, often memoirs of dancers or books about ballets or ballet companies. I wondered you had any recommendations for fiction about ballet, especially any mid century books from the 30s 40s and 50s? Of course there is ballet shoes, always wonderful, but I'm curious to find some new titles and authors? All the best and I hope you have a more peaceful week this week!
Hello Miranda tfs your latest "reads"
glad your feeling better ⚘️ have a great week ahead 😊 ❤️🙋♀️🌺🦋🌻
Really enjoyed this episode. It's inspired me to read literary magazines and to hunt out Susan Scarlett. I adored Noel Streatfield books when I was young.
I hope to finish Father by Elizabeth Von Arnim today (loving it!!!) and then I plan to watch the Comfort Book Club video in which it was discussed. I plan to do this from time to time, pick reads from past Comfort Book Clubs and then enjoy hearing everyone's comments. Have a great week!
So lovely to see you again. I love your Book recommendation they are so helpful for my. Thank you so much Miranda.
So glad you are feeling better!
I also read A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting last month and had a great time with it!
Hope you are feeling better Miranda and looking forward to your next Vlog🙏
Interesting comments as always. The Two Mrs Abbotts was my favourite of the 4 books. I think it was all the really interesting WWII historical details which appealed to me.
🎯💐Love all your book recommendation
s.Daughter of the Moon, Goddess is on my list too.I am re -reading Heidi.& a new
one/🍀 Growing Joy :The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness/ Maria Failla is next.Thanks & bestwishes.♾️💙💐🌺
Sorry you haven't been feeling too good lately. What a lovely list of February reads! Adrian Bell's book looks (and sounds) amazing!
It has been taking me so long to get through the book i started in February. Ive had a ton of things pop up in my personal life so I’m trying to give myself grace. I have a stack that i want to get to this month. Im glad you’re starting to feel better. Don’t overdo your work!! Take really great care of yourself.
Wonderful to have you back Miranda, you were missed!❤
Your videos are always a bit of time I look forward to, and they always delight. I hope you are feeling right as rain by now, and that your Mum isn't under the weather. In February I did read the Heyer, but my favorite book was The Feast by Margaret Kennedy. Of course now my list of books I'd like to read is longer again. My bookseller laughs at how long my wishlist is!
Thank you very much for your kind words and support! Fortunately, my mum didn't get sick and is absolutely fine. So glad you enjoyed The Feast! xxx
Hi Miranda, happy March! 🌸 I'm glad that you feel better and that you are back to chat with us! 🤗 I'm intrigued by All Sort of Lives, which I ordered last week upon your mention of it in another video, and by True to Both My Selves. The Slightly Foxed editions do look wonderful! Somehow I couldn't focus on reading in Feb as much as I wanted to, but I did enjoy Bill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling, and I am now reading The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O'Sullivan. I recommend both, if you like the genres. All the best to you and to your mum /Vanessa 🌞
I hope you feel much better soon!!!❤
I’ve wanted to read daughter of the moon goodness and now I really need to get a copy from the library soon!
I was inspired to read Reunion by Fred Uhlman after you mentioned it in a previous video and especially as you compared its ending with the ending of Little Boy Lost. What a powerful story! What an ending! Reunion is truly a ”big little book”.
Happy Sunday, Miranda, so lovely to see you. I want to read Reunion based on your previous video, and of course, the remaining Miss Buncle books. I’ve been hearing quite a bit about Daughter of the Moon Goddess and I’m anxious to read that book also. A World Within a School intrigues me as does The Game of Hearts, especially as a companion book to the fiction books. I had added the Mansfield biography and the Countryman’s book after a previous video. Now I’ll be looking for the spring book. I love hearing your views of the books you’re reading and always come away with a list of books I now must have. I hope you have a lovely week💕🌷🌷🌷
Thank you very much, Sandy! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video ❤️
Hi Miranda, Nice to see you back and hope that you are feeling better. I have just become a grandmother for the 11th time. My grandson Liam was born 25 Feb by emergency caesarian surgery due to respitory distress. So it has been an anxious week. I am looking forward to reading him Hairy McLarey books when he is older as well as many other:)
Congratulations! xx
I'm a new viewer, and I am enjoying your videos very much! I inherited a book collection a few years ago (2,500+ titles) which I catalogued, but I haven't made a dent in it as far as reading goes. I've only watched a handful of episodes so far and you've already helped me get much more out of this beautiful collection. It's been a lot of fun to search my catalog for titles you recommend because even if I don't have the book, I sometimes have other books by the same author (which, I realize, may be books you wouldn't necessarily recommend!). Though I've always loved books and had a decent collection of my own, I have felt a bit overwhelmed by this new-to-me collection (most of which I haven't read before). You're helping me zone in on some specific items, and that has been really helpful. For example, I just pulled The Pursuit of Love off the shelf to read before Darling, as you suggested in your Top 10 of 2022 video. My copy includes Love in a Cold Climate, as well, so double the enjoyment maybe? Thank you so much, and I'll certainly be back for more!
I can't wait for those two Katherine Mansfield books to arrive in the post, as well as this spring's Slightly Foxed. That cover art! I recently enjoyed The Chaise Lounge and Little Boy Lost. They have been calling to me for a while, and once I read one, I had to read the other. They're both so haunting. I'm eager to read The Village next. The pretty fabric you're wearing reminds me of Persephone endpapers. Whenever I order one of their books, I'm almost as excited for the endpapers as I am for the book itself. Thank you for all of these tempting reads! I hope you're feeling much better moving into next week. 🌷📚
Thank you so much for your support, Pamela! It's so kind of you! The Village is such an interesting examination of class and societal constraints post-war. Have you read To Bed With Grand Music? That's my next favourite Laski after Little Boy Lost and the Victorian Chaise Longue. I know just what you mean about the Persephone endpapers! xxx
@@MirandaMills I haven't read To Bed! Back to the store... 😉
Based on a lot of novels you’ve discussed liking, I think you’d prob enjoy Grace S Richmond. She wrote several novels here in America but Strawberry Acres is one I think you’d absolutely love!
Nice to se you back!
After having spent February with Alaskan literature, I have started March with The Magic Apple tree and I am loving every single word.
I, like everyone, was so looking forward to this! :) Thank you! I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well, though, and hope you feel better soon! Please take care and don't push yourself. I'm currently reading A Countryman's Winter Notebook by Bell, based on one of your past videos. It's wonderful. I was reading "The Skaters" last night before bed. I loved it, especially the part when his wife is looking for something after he told her he was going to skate and, after pestering her regarding what she was looking for, she said the splints they had from the war. Ha! That made me laugh! I'm so glad to hear there's another book out and simply must buy it! March is definitely "a gust of wind flinging grit"! Thank you for sharing! Best wishes to you and your mother!
enjoyed listening to your February reads reviews -- hope you are feeling better. Thank you again for another wonderful video! love the flowers too.. Jacqueline
These books sound wonderful. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Hello Miranda, I’m glad you’re feeling better, I can’t wait to read “Daughter of the Moon Goddess” I started it but didn’t get too far in before I put it down too read “Crooked House” by Agatha Christie… I’m glad you upload on Sunday I can’t tell you how much it help me start my week off like a “Book Person” who can do anything🥰📚
Aw, that's so kind, Kiki! Thank you so much - and for your very generous support! I understand how tempting Agatha Christie can be haha! Hope you enjoy Daughter of the Moon Goddess too though - I think you'll like the mother/daughter connection as well 😊 Have a lovely start to the week ❤️
Hi Miranda, lovely to see you back. Great video as always. I hope you are feeling better soon. Take care of yourself. Xxx
Thank you, Jayne!
Oh my Miranda, so many great books that you have read. I may start off with buying Daughter of the Moon Goddess book, a bit of fantasy sounds good right now. I just finished the Hobbit and enjoyed the writing. I The Enchanted April again and it brings me joy every time I read it. I did watch your book review on it too, enjoyed! Getting ready to re-read "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. So sorry to hear that you were under the weather but good you are feeling better. Take care and have a wonderful day and week ahead.
Lovely to see you x
😊 thank you
So lovely to see you again Miranda, and I hope you manage to pace yourself this coming week so that you feel 100% again by next weekend. I received both my Slightly Foxed and Scribbler magazines in the last few days (I subscribe to both now, thanks to you!) and I know I'm going to enjoy reading them and adding more books to my list. Also thinking of rejoining my library (which is closed for refurbishment, having been saved from closure) and have downloaded the Libby app in this connection.
Happy Sunday 😁
Hi, Miranda. Thanks so much for the recommendation for Fred Uhlman's Reunion. I just finished reading it on Friday and can't stop thinking about it. It was not until the last line that I could actually understand the relevance of the title of the book. I found that I couldn't move for about 30 minutes after I finished.
I also read Pip William's The Dictionary of Lost Words, which covers the 40 years during which the Oxford English Dictionary was compiled, and Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye, which is about a WWII Soviet woman sniper. I highly recommend both of them if you haven't read them already.
I hope you are feeling better and enjoying the arrival of spring!
Thank you for everything you do!
Thank you so much for your generous support, Inga! So kind of you, and I really appreciate it ❤️
Hello Miranda, hope you have a great week ahead and are on top form too. Thank you for the recommendations and one that I have had in my sight for a while is the Adrian Bell which I am looking forward to very much. Happy reading, Teresa 📚
Thank you, Teresa! The Adrian Bell is fab! xxx
Dear Miranda, A Countryman’s Spring Notebook sounds delightful. One of the books I enjoyed in February was The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan. I’ve also been dipping into The Simple Things magazine, which is one of my favourites.
Thanks so enjoy your videos, been inspired to try some books I wouldn’t necessarily have read. And taking more time to appreciate end papers, covers and illustrations.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and kind support! I'm so pleased to have introduced you to some new books ❤️
Hello Miranda, so nice to get an update from you. My mom and I went book shopping yesterday and you and Donna crossed my mine. What fun days those are as we browse through so many reads. Wish we lived closer so we could attend one of your bookshop talks. How exhilarating that would be. Sending you blessings of health and gift your mom a special hug from us. 😊
So good to have you back Miranda, I have been anticipating and looking forward to this all week! I'm sorry you've been under the weather and hope you are back to good health soon. Thanks for all the recommendations, as always lots to add to my list. I definitely want to read the Laura Wood title and also mustn't forget to read The Wind in the Willows. I was lucky as I spotted a copy in a freebie box outside a local house. I've been enjoying a reread of the two Wild Loring titles by Gwendoline Courtney plus continuing with the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley and the Eliot series by Elizabeth Goudge.
Thank you, Karen! Your recent reads are fab! Always enjoy Gwendoline Courtney! xxx
Nice to see you again. Get well soon. Enjoy your videos so much.
Thanks so much, Suzanne!
Hello Miranda, many thanks for the book recommendations. I am going to order Reunion, as it sounds most interesting. And also All Sorts of Lives, as I am going to try to visit The Katherine Mansfield House & Garden this week. For February, I read Mrs Palfrey, and also Orwell's Roses (I recommend Rebecca Solnit's book highly). Lovely to catch up with you, Miranda! Have a wonderful week ahead. Best wishes, Jason 🙂
Thank you, Jason! I hope you enjoy Reunion too! How exciting to visit the Katherine Mansfield house and garden. Do let me know what it's like! xxx
@Miranda Mills I will let you know how the visit to Mansfield house goes. 😀💟
Lovely to see you Miranda, Thank you for getting a video out inspire of being so busy. Spring is nearly here and I'm sure we'll all feel better for it, Blessings to you and your mum xx
Thank you very much! xxx
Thank you Miranda for another interesting and informative book and product review. Wishing you well!
Hello Miranda! February for me was a Katherine Mansfield month. I read All sorts of lives, plus a Spanish translation of her journal, which was really bad so I turned to the original journal in English. I also read a compilation of selected entries of her journal, letters and miscellanea notes she'd written in her notebooks over the years. It's also a Spanish translation published here in Argentina, called 'Plum soup' and, for a change, taken from her original manuscripts, the ones who weren't crassly edited and censured by her husband. It was really eye opening. The last book I picked up was her biography by Claire Tomalin, which I'm still reading because it's quite long and very intense!
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Thank you so much for your very kind support, Mary! It really does mean a lot to me.
Hi Miranda! It's always lovely to have a reading catch-up with you. I also read A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting in February and liked but didn't love it. It's hard for anyone to compare to Georgette Heyer, or even some of the more old-school Regency romance authors like Carla Kelly or Mary Balogh. Daughter of the Moon Goddess sounds really good! I'm not much of a fantasy reader usually, but every now and then one strikes my fancy. I read Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries in February and really loved it. So far this month I've finished Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford and The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, both of which were excellent. I hope you feel better soon! I'm just getting over being ill too, and it's hard to get back into the swing of things! Take care. ❤
Thank you so much for your very kind support! It's much appreciated! It sounds like you had lots of good reads this last month! xxx
I also gravitate toward books that are light, bright, and witty in February and March. Last year I reread the garden books by Beverley Nichols and this year I’m rereading the Mapp and Lucia books by E.F. Benton who I like even better than PG Wodehouse. I ordered the Katherine Mansfield books on your recommendation and they will be my April projects. ❤️
The Slightly Foxed Magazine sounds intriguing. I have just started Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood and am in love with her writing. It is my first Laura Wood book, but won't be my last, I hope. The Agency for Scandal is now on my TBR list. Thank you, Miranda.
So glad you're enjoying Laura Wood!
Miranda could you tell what your lipstick is and the color. Just love it💕
Lovely informative episode, so sorry to hear you've had a rough week health-wise. Hoping this week is much better for you. I am enjoying this month's Comfort Book Club choice, Wind in the Willows, and have just finished the rather Gothic Hare House. I also laughed my way through Darling by India Knight, I always enjoy her writing, and this update of Pursuit of Love was just perfect. Next up for me is Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies , another favourite author. Take care and have a good week 😊
Hi Miranda, I enjoy your book recommendation videos. I found “The Simple Things” magazine in my Libby app, so will be looking through that with my tea this afternoon. Wishing you a lovely restorative week.
I am glad you are feeling better and watched your video with pleasure as usual. Lately, I read" Arabella" by G Heyer, a funny read, and a thriller quite gripping, "the perfect woman" by JP Delaney, which talks of a robot endowed with emotional intelligence ; I am currently reading "Venetia" by G Heyer and "Strawberry shortcake murder" by Joanna Fluke, a nice cosy mystery. Have a good week.
Thank you for all your recommendations, I have recently ordered from Persephone books shop , the wrapping is beautiful and a free page markers also 😊
Delighted to see a video from you, Miranda. 😍 You read so much in February! I must check some of them out. Take care x
Lovely Video Miranda! Thank you so much! I always look forward to your book recommendations! I may have to give 'Daughter of the Moon Goddess' a try! 💚 Enjoy your week!
I ordered the Game of Hearts! It sounds so interesting. What are your suggestions about next Georgette Heyer to read after the Nonesuch?
What a wonderful video Miranda, I really enjoyed it very much. Thank you and hope you are having a great time ❤️
I also picked up The Agency for Scandal after seeing it on a previous vlog and I was delighted with it! Such a fun, frothy romantic read for February and I’m so pleased to hear it will become a series. Thank you for the recommendations 😊
So glad you enjoyed it! xxx
I love Slightly Foxed books and magazine and I have just started reading Katrin FitzHerbert ‘s novel. I fancy the Miss Buncle Married novel :) Thank you so much for yet another highly interesting vlog.
So wonderful to have you back Miranda, I have really missed you but completely understand the need to look after yourself. I’m interested to read the Moon Goddess after hearing your review, I have picked it up a couple times but haven’t been too sure. I have birthday money burning a hole in my pocket though so it is on my list. X
So lovely to see you again, Miranda 💐 Incredibly interesting video. I love The Scribbler - which you introduced some time ago. So much so, that I've been slowly buying all the back issues. I'll order their new book soon. I've been reading The Wind in the Willows for the Comfort Book Club and I've just finished dipping into a wonderful cook book by Jane Brocket called Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer. It's made me want to reread all the Secret Sevens and Famous Fives! 🍰
Hello! Enjoyed catching up with your reading. I just received my slightly foxed Adrian Bell book, the winter one. Am liking it very much. I love D. E. Stevenson so I'm going to be reading them soon. Also I am enjoying Katie Lumsden debut novel The Secrets of Hartwood Hall. It's a gothic novel, about a governess in a spooky house. Katie loves the victorian genre so she knows her stuff. I like it so far very much. Very atmospheric. Hope you have a great week and am looking forward to seeing you next time. 👍🤗💕💕
Thanks so much, Diane! So happy you’re enjoying the Winter Adrian Bell too. Sounds like you’ve got some fun reading in store ❤️📚
Miranda I read The Apothecary by Sarah Penner this month. I think it is something you and Donna would enjoy. Check it out if you have time. I also read A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy and The Shadowy Horses by Susanna kearsley. I also read some crap I won’t bother you with. Sometimes you win…sometimes you get godawful books with a good description on the back. 😊.
Thank you so very much for recommending The Reunion which I read today.
I missed you - and enjoyed all the books you showed us today.
My special interest today went to D.E. Stevenson......
You look so lovely.
ThanksMuch! Miranda Mills
Hello Miranda. I hope you are well. I missed you in the past week. All books you've shared sound very interesting and you look very beautiful in that top of yours. Have a nice week.
I was watching an earlier vlog of yours, and you introduced me to Elisabeth Jane Howard. I'm halfway through 'The light years'. Wow,I can't put it down.
What a fabulous book. Thank you. Xxx Hope you are feeling better now.❤️
Thanks so much! The Cazalet Chronicles are such immersive reads! I’m so glad you’re enjoying The Light Years too, Gill!
The Game of Hearts sounds fascinating
Enjoyed your video very much! I do have a suggestion for a video topic: How do you read so quickly? Any hints or suggestions would be appreciated. THANK YOU!!
Hoping that you are feeling much better now Miranda. Thank you for reviewing the books that you read in February…I have had Daughter of the Moon Goddess on my TBR pile for quite awhile, so I was motivated by your review to pick it up and start reading it.
Uhh excellent reccomendations! Starts of well with Daughter of the Moon Goddess. I am someone who usually really reads a lot of Science Fiction (on the magical end of the spectrum) so hearing from someone who usually doesn't about a SF book she really enjoyed, is of a lot of interest to me! Especially because I am also very interested in China. I am reading aa new Brandon Sanderson Novel (Tress of the Emerald Sea) - talking about Sf :) And 'oon Hospitality' by Derrida. But also would like to read some more stuff like Agatha Cristie or D E Stevenson - can you believe it, I still have not read either of them. And I am always here for good Childrens literature!
Hope you have a calm, relaxing and lovely week. Take care, xx
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Thank you so much for your kind and generous support, Karen! I'm very grateful! ❤️
Missed you! Books look interesting. You even read children’s books! interesting covers. Gerry Goes to School.
I’ve really been enjoying the time slip novels of Nicola Cornick, highly recommend House of Shadows and The Winter Garden x
Welcome back. You managed to read quite a lot of books in the shortest month of the year. Seriously impressed. Do you persevere with books if you're not enjoying them? I do, unless they were bought for pennies. I am very much enjoying the style of dustjackets at the moment, especially the moon goddess book.
I’m currently reading The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley and have just ordered A Countryman’s Spring Notebook after hearing your recommendation. I do love seasonal reading. Glad to hear you are feeling better and wishing you a calmer week ❤
Thank you very much! Those are both such lovely books 😊
Hi Miranda. I hope you feel better. Thank you for your book recommendations. I'd love to read them all, but you've piqued my curiosity with "Daughter of the Moon Goddess" so I've gone ahead and ordered it as well as its sequel. I actually do like some fantasy books, but haven't read any for quite a while. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it especially if it's recommended by someone who isn't really into the fantasy genre. 😄 At the moment I'm in a Jane Austin mood, so I'm reading a couple of her books this month. Have a lovely week!
I have really appreciated your recommendations Miranda over time.They have been so useful and wetted ones appetite for different genres etc At the moment I am really enjoying Slightly Foxed magazine and it's 'clippets' from different stories of which then you can obtain the actual book and peruse at leisure!Hope you will feel a lot better this coming week and also regards to Donna. 🤗
Thank you! It’s lovely to hear my recommendations have been useful. The SF magazine really is so fun. Happy reading!
The Game of Hearts sounds fantastic; I love Regency romance and would love to find out more about the era. I hope I can order that from the UK. (I am in the US.)
Feel better soon!
It’s a great read! And Blackwells (to which I link) ship to the US xxx
@@MirandaMills Yay! Thank you so much.
💕😀xx thanks Miranda. Great podcast as always. I’ve reserved a copy of the Reunion from my library. Lots of love and hopefully a less stressful week. 🤞👍
I love The Simple Things mag - such lovely photos, recipes and nature notes. I've been reading Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka which examines our obsession with serial killers and male violence, putting the focus on the women affected by a man who kills (not just his direct victims). Less chilling, I've re-started David Copperfield abut thirty years after I last read it and am drawn into Dickens story telling genius.
So disappointing to hear that The Two Mrs. Abbotts is not as great as the previous two. It is sitting on my bedside table waiting to be picked up. I'll still read it but will approach it with less enthusiasm. I have to remember to order the new Laura Wood. It sounds like such a great book.