Same issue with Middlemarch. Read it years ago for a college class alongside Vanity Fair and Bleak House. I remember I liked all the books but only one I really remember anything about is Vanity Fair.
It's so nice when it's raining outside and you're snug inside with the fire and the warmth! Middlemarch is such a good book - definitely worth a reread :)
Hope your back improves, you could use that bookshelf for books. I started reading Middlemarch a few years ago when it was all hyped up as the best novel, only to find that I had already read it and stopped. I liked the Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner better. I love Jane Eyre and I spent one summer only reading Dickens, read Great Expectations in junior high school.
The pajamas and the fire make for such a cozy chatty video! I feel exactly the same way as you do about Middlemarch. I remember loving it, but I can barely remember anything about it! I'd reread it with you if you'd like, but not this Victober. I have way too much that I want to get to this Victober. And I'm delighted that Jane Eyre is in this video! It's one of my favorite books of all time!
You make me want to read the ones I haven't read and reread the ones I have read! Thank you for including your lovely fireplace in the shot. I so miss having a fireplace.
Nicholas Nickleby is on my TBR for Victober and it sounds like I am in for a treat! I feel the same way about Middlemarch - I don't remember much of the plot at all but enjoyed it at the time. Loving this selection of books!
YES read Woolf!!!! My favorite of her's is The Waves, but she's just so brilliant. And I'm reading David Copperfield in December, love your enthusiasm for it.
I also adore Jane Eyre. I actually like the ending, the situation is certainly not the same as before. I am reading A Tale of Two Cities now and I agree Charles Dickens tells a gripping story when he is not going off tangent.
Oh gosh that is a gorgeous fireplace! I need to read more Dickens and get started with Trollope. Thanks for all these recommendations. Love this video!
Yay, it's Victober! I have Great Expectations as a reread - I just keep Dickens on constant rotation as he is the best. He is absolutely the master of writing quirky and hilarious secondary characters.
David Copperfield has such a special place in my heart. I saw a TV adaptation of Nicholas Nickelby as a child & it terrified me! Tempted to re-read it. LOVE Barchester Towers - have read most of the series & that one's my fave. If you want to read Woolf I would suggest starting with Mrs Dalloway or her non-fiction, A Room of One's Own.
What a wonderful video! I am so glad to see someone else who really loved The Warden. I thought it was going to be so-so but necessary introduction to the series-but it was such a charming and cozy character study. The novel has definitely stuck with me. Between you and Katie, I think I have to read some more Dickens! (I so love your videos. Please keep them up.)
LOVE this video & ALL the books you talked about. I have been reading Middlemarch on & off this year & HOPE to finish it by December. I am enjoying it. I am reading Great Expectations for Victober & enjoying it too & is my first Dickens book. I MUST finish it by the end of Victober. David Copperfield is on my shelf & look forward to reading it next.💕 I also will take your advice on Anthony Trollope. Happy Victober to everyone!
Loving the pajamas! Your roaring fire made me feel so cosy and I love your selection of books. Betsy Trotwood is a formidable woman. I feel the same about Middlemarch, I'm thinking of rereading it on audiobook. Happy Victober!
Bookish Shenanigans Happy Victober 😀 I am finding a lot of people feel the same about Middlemarch...glad its not just me. I hope you are enjoying The American Senator. I am still laughing at your last video intro “ ITS VICTOBER BITCHES” 😂😂😂
Totally off subject but you have a wonderful living room! And I totally agree with you on Trollope- quite user friendly in his writing. I'm hoping to get round to trying some of his mother's work this Victober- Fanny Trollope (such a great name, can't think why it's gone out of use) xx
I love it! Firstly, your pajama bottoms are sooooo festive! Also, I also liked Middlemarch but can’t really remember much about it other than the awful man the main character married! Sounds like it’s time for a re-read!
YES READ VIRGINIA WOOLF!!! I love the PJs and the fire in this video it feels super cosy. also, you've inspired me to move Trollope to the top of my tbr pile.
Completely agree about Jane Eyre! I read it for the first time in June of this year and I'm sure it will be a book that I revisit many times. Currently reading Wuthering Heights and am _not_ loving it. Oh well...I *will* push through, haha! You have the perfect surroundings (and pjs) for Victober! I live in Tennessee and it's currently 95 degrees (F) - which I think is 35 (C). Will add Nickolas Nickleby to my Amazon Wishlist! Happy reading.
Just read David Copperfield for the first time last month and LOVED it. (The boat house quickly became my imaginary ideal home) the characters are just so good. Cried and laughed out loud. "Janet! Donkeys!" I also attempted Woolf- The Waves. Not for me but you never know unless you try.
Have all the books you mentioned, however still haven't read two of them. I love Victorian novels and have read all the novels by Dickens. My favourite is Great Expectations. The book that I fell I love with is The Woman in White and will be reading The Moonshine next. Gosh,I wish I could find all his completed works in book form....hate !kindle. Regards from Cheshire.
Jane Eyre has been one of my favorite books for a long time and even though I've always wanted to I haven't read another Bronte novel. I own books by both Emily and Anne Bronte and another by Charlotte but I keep procrastinating on reading them. I think I'll get one in for victober, though because overtime I see people talking about any of the Bronte books it reminds me of the ones I haven't read yet. Great video! :)
Lizz_yyy Jane Eyre really is fantastic isn’t it! I didn’t like Wuthering Heights but have heard amazing things about The Tenant of Wildfell Hall if you have that? 😀👍🏻📚
@@tomreadsthings7145 I have Agnes Grey but have been keeping my eye out for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall because everyone seems to love it. Wuthering Heights is one that I've heard people either love or hate so I'm interested to read it and see what I think, but I'm one the lookout for Wildfell hall one because I've never heard anything bad about it.
You've made me want to revisit Nicholas Nickleby and Jane Eyre. I was quite glad to hear about your favourite Victorian novels. I'll be listening to Middlemarch this month and I hope it becomes a favourite of mine as well.
Loved this thank you. It was made even better by catching a glimpse of your wintery pjs! And for Victober I am reading Jane Eyre and The Warden so hooray. You have also made me want to pick up Dickens which is an urge I have never felt before... 😜
I too am a member of the Betsy Trotwood fan club! I’m halfway through David Copperfield and thoroughly enjoying it. Completely agree with you on Jane Eyre. I’m shocked by how that book crept up on me.
Great choices Tom will definitely have to read Nicholas Nickleby. I was thinking of reading The Warden and middlemarch for Victober. Just finishing “The Seance” by John Harwood a Victorian Mystery. Thanks Tom 😉👍
Richard Farley ooohh yes The Warden and Middlemarch are both fab! Really hope you enjoy them. I will definitely have to check out The Seance...not heard of it before 😀👍🏻
Firstly ... FABULOUS p.j's 😉❤️Secondly I just LOVE Jane Eyre...you are making me want to re read it ... Maybe I will 🙂 XX You always convince me to pick up books❤️ Look forward to your Sunday vid😘❤️
New subscriber! Loved your recommendations 🎃😄 I’m currently reading Jane Eyre for the first time and couldn’t agree with you more, what a wonderful, fantastic experience
Anna Alindajao oh yay I am so glad you are enjoying Jane Eyre! It really was a standout book for me. Do let me know your thoughts when you have finished it!
That fireplace into tho! 😍 Loved getting to hear about your favorites and Middlemarch, David Copperfield, and Jane Eyre are such beloved favorites of mine as well. #betsytrotwoodfanclub
That fireplace ❤️
I'm glad to hear Trollope is an accessible author. He's on my TBR for Victober and I've never read anything by him.
Miss Autumn yay I hope you enjoy his work!!!
Same issue with Middlemarch. Read it years ago for a college class alongside Vanity Fair and Bleak House. I remember I liked all the books but only one I really remember anything about is Vanity Fair.
It's so nice when it's raining outside and you're snug inside with the fire and the warmth! Middlemarch is such a good book - definitely worth a reread :)
Mary Wilson I totally agree 😊
That fire place is top notch! ❤❤
Love your Victoberian enthusiasm! Spot on about Middlemarch; I loved it but only remember a few bits. Virginia Woolf is worth a read.
Taking Tea With Catherine thank you 😊 I definitely need to give Middlemarch a reread!
Hope your back improves, you could use that bookshelf for books. I started reading Middlemarch a few years ago when it was all hyped up as the best novel, only to find that I had already read it and stopped. I liked the Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner better. I love Jane Eyre and I spent one summer only reading Dickens, read Great Expectations in junior high school.
The pajamas and the fire make for such a cozy chatty video! I feel exactly the same way as you do about Middlemarch. I remember loving it, but I can barely remember anything about it! I'd reread it with you if you'd like, but not this Victober. I have way too much that I want to get to this Victober. And I'm delighted that Jane Eyre is in this video! It's one of my favorite books of all time!
Blatantly Bookish definitely up for a reread of Middlemarch with you at some point 😀 Victober tbr is never ending 😂📚📚📚📚📚
@@tomreadsthings7145 Victober TBR is indeed neverending! I'd be excited for a Middlemarch reread outside of Victober :)
You make me want to read the ones I haven't read and reread the ones I have read! Thank you for including your lovely fireplace in the shot. I so miss having a fireplace.
Rose Robinson thank you so much! 😊📚
Nicholas Nickleby is on my TBR for Victober and it sounds like I am in for a treat! I feel the same way about Middlemarch - I don't remember much of the plot at all but enjoyed it at the time. Loving this selection of books!
Read A Book Gem oh yay I really hope you love Nicholas Nickleby 😀😀😀
YES read Woolf!!!! My favorite of her's is The Waves, but she's just so brilliant. And I'm reading David Copperfield in December, love your enthusiasm for it.
whatpageareyouon perfect I will start with The Waves 😀 I just adore David Copperfield, do let me know what you think!
Barchester Chronicles are my favourite too! Love the dry wit. There is a great audiobook of the whole collection as well, which I enjoyed.
Quick Book Reviews thats great! I cant wait to read more from this series!
I also adore Jane Eyre. I actually like the ending, the situation is certainly not the same as before.
I am reading A Tale of Two Cities now and I agree Charles Dickens tells a gripping story when he is not going off tangent.
Berna's Bookish Adventures Jane Eyre is so good right! I haven’t read Tale of Two Cities yet, I hope you enjoy it 😀
Tom thank you, I hope you also enjoy all your October books 😊
Oh gosh that is a gorgeous fireplace!
I need to read more Dickens and get started with Trollope. Thanks for all these recommendations. Love this video!
tia and all the books thank you 😊 I love Dickens, currently reading Hard Times and loving it! Happy Victober 👍🏻
Yay, it's Victober! I have Great Expectations as a reread - I just keep Dickens on constant rotation as he is the best. He is absolutely the master of writing quirky and hilarious secondary characters.
Tiny Toadstool Cottage yes you are so right his quirky secondary characters are the best! 😀👍🏻📚
You almost make me want to read Charles Dickens Tom, almost. Hahaha. And check those cheeky autumnal pyjamas.
David Copperfield has such a special place in my heart. I saw a TV adaptation of Nicholas Nickelby as a child & it terrified me! Tempted to re-read it. LOVE Barchester Towers - have read most of the series & that one's my fave. If you want to read Woolf I would suggest starting with Mrs Dalloway or her non-fiction, A Room of One's Own.
Linda Carson oohh thank you for the Woolf recommendations 😀 I looove David Copperfield so so much!
What a wonderful video! I am so glad to see someone else who really loved The Warden. I thought it was going to be so-so but necessary introduction to the series-but it was such a charming and cozy character study. The novel has definitely stuck with me. Between you and Katie, I think I have to read some more Dickens! (I so love your videos. Please keep them up.)
Hannah's Books thank you so much 😊 I am so pleased you enjoyed The Warden!
LOVE this video & ALL the books you talked about. I have been reading Middlemarch on & off this year & HOPE to finish it by December. I am enjoying it. I am reading Great Expectations for Victober & enjoying it too & is my first Dickens book. I MUST finish it by the end of Victober. David Copperfield is on my shelf & look forward to reading it next.💕
I also will take your advice on Anthony Trollope. Happy Victober to everyone!
aaaah yes, a fireplace and comfy clothes on a rainy day! can't wait to watch all the victober videos!
with cinnamon, please this is why I love this time of year 😀
Loving the pajamas! Your roaring fire made me feel so cosy and I love your selection of books. Betsy Trotwood is a formidable woman. I feel the same about Middlemarch, I'm thinking of rereading it on audiobook. Happy Victober!
Bookish Shenanigans Happy Victober 😀 I am finding a lot of people feel the same about Middlemarch...glad its not just me. I hope you are enjoying The American Senator. I am still laughing at your last video intro “ ITS VICTOBER BITCHES” 😂😂😂
Totally off subject but you have a wonderful living room! And I totally agree with you on Trollope- quite user friendly in his writing. I'm hoping to get round to trying some of his mother's work this Victober- Fanny Trollope (such a great name, can't think why it's gone out of use) xx
Amanda Lavelle thank you so much 😊 I want to certainly try some of his mothers works too! Fab name isnt it 😂
I love it! Firstly, your pajama bottoms are sooooo festive! Also, I also liked Middlemarch but can’t really remember much about it other than the awful man the main character married! Sounds like it’s time for a re-read!
Rainey Day Reads thanks the pyjamas are so comfy 😀👍🏻
I haven't read Middlemarch, but I do have the same problem with other books, like Wuthering Heights. Good to know I am not the only one 😅
YES READ VIRGINIA WOOLF!!! I love the PJs and the fire in this video it feels super cosy. also, you've inspired me to move Trollope to the top of my tbr pile.
Estelles Books thanks 😊 I definitely will be reading some Virginia Woolf in the very near future 👍🏻
Completely agree about Jane Eyre! I read it for the first time in June of this year and I'm sure it will be a book that I revisit many times. Currently reading Wuthering Heights and am _not_ loving it. Oh well...I *will* push through, haha! You have the perfect surroundings (and pjs) for Victober! I live in Tennessee and it's currently 95 degrees (F) - which I think is 35 (C). Will add Nickolas Nickleby to my Amazon Wishlist! Happy reading.
Lu G oh wow Tennessee is always somewhere I have wanted to visit! I have tried to read Wuthering Heights twice but just cant get through it!
Just read David Copperfield for the first time last month and LOVED it. (The boat house quickly became my imaginary ideal home) the characters are just so good. Cried and laughed out loud. "Janet! Donkeys!"
I also attempted Woolf- The Waves. Not for me but you never know unless you try.
Laura Winters oh god The boat house is amazing. I have SERIOUS love for that book 😀
@@tomreadsthings7145 me too. And for Dickens. He's amazing. I could babble for hours.
I'm jealous the fire, your house, your pajamas ! Thanks for your enthusiasm I would like to read all the books from your list.
Christine W 😂 the pyjamas are so comfy 👍🏻
Have all the books you mentioned, however still haven't read two of them.
I love Victorian novels and have read all the novels by Dickens. My favourite is Great Expectations.
The book that I fell I love with is The Woman in White and will be reading The Moonshine next. Gosh,I wish I could find all his completed works in book form....hate !kindle.
Regards from Cheshire.
Jane Eyre has been one of my favorite books for a long time and even though I've always wanted to I haven't read another Bronte novel. I own books by both Emily and Anne Bronte and another by Charlotte but I keep procrastinating on reading them. I think I'll get one in for victober, though because overtime I see people talking about any of the Bronte books it reminds me of the ones I haven't read yet. Great video! :)
Lizz_yyy Jane Eyre really is fantastic isn’t it! I didn’t like Wuthering Heights but have heard amazing things about The Tenant of Wildfell Hall if you have that? 😀👍🏻📚
@@tomreadsthings7145 I have Agnes Grey but have been keeping my eye out for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall because everyone seems to love it. Wuthering Heights is one that I've heard people either love or hate so I'm interested to read it and see what I think, but I'm one the lookout for Wildfell hall one because I've never heard anything bad about it.
You've made me want to revisit Nicholas Nickleby and Jane Eyre. I was quite glad to hear about your favourite Victorian novels. I'll be listening to Middlemarch this month and I hope it becomes a favourite of mine as well.
Charles Heathcote they are all fantastic books! Let me know what you think of Middlemarch audiobook! I hope its a good narrator as its looooooong! 😂
It's a pleasure to read your recommendation. thanks for your work
Laura B thank you so much 😊
Loved this thank you. It was made even better by catching a glimpse of your wintery pjs!
And for Victober I am reading Jane Eyre and The Warden so hooray.
You have also made me want to pick up Dickens which is an urge I have never felt before... 😜
My Reading Days so glad you want to pick up sone Dickens. Even though it is super long David Copperfield is a great place to start 👍🏻
@@tomreadsthings7145 Then David Copperfield it is! Thank you
Don't know if you've seen it but you inspired my latest video...
My Reading Days I just saw it and subscribed to your channel! Loved the video! Such a fab idea 😀😀😀 Thank you so much for the shoutout 😊
I too am a member of the Betsy Trotwood fan club! I’m halfway through David Copperfield and thoroughly enjoying it. Completely agree with you on Jane Eyre. I’m shocked by how that book crept up on me.
Jennifer Brooks they are both such fantastic books. Please let me know what you think of David Copperfield when you finish it 😀📚
Great choices Tom will definitely have to read Nicholas Nickleby. I was thinking of reading The Warden and middlemarch for Victober. Just finishing “The Seance” by John Harwood a Victorian Mystery. Thanks Tom 😉👍
Richard Farley ooohh yes The Warden and Middlemarch are both fab! Really hope you enjoy them. I will definitely have to check out The Seance...not heard of it before 😀👍🏻
Firstly ... FABULOUS p.j's 😉❤️Secondly I just LOVE Jane Eyre...you are making me want to re read it ... Maybe I will 🙂 XX You always convince me to pick up books❤️ Look forward to your Sunday vid😘❤️
Charlie Brook thanks the pjs are soooo comfy 😂😂😂 I am tempted to reread Jane Eyre too! Such a fab book 👍🏻
I need to up my Victorian game, I've not read very many!
Doris Doris some of them are fantastic 😊
@@tomreadsthings7145 I'll def give north and south a go, seeing as you've enjoyed it so much. X
New subscriber! Loved your recommendations 🎃😄 I’m currently reading Jane Eyre for the first time and couldn’t agree with you more, what a wonderful, fantastic experience
Anna Alindajao oh yay I am so glad you are enjoying Jane Eyre! It really was a standout book for me. Do let me know your thoughts when you have finished it!
You win the prettiest fireplace on booktube prize! 😍
Jennie Johnston 😀👍🏻 thank you so much
Great vid!
What's the name of the piano music in the begining ?
Great video, I'm currently reading North and South ☺
WomanVsBooks thank you 😊 Let me know what you think of North and South. I am reading it next 😀
Omg I love Jane Eyre!!! I’m a massive bronte fan 😊😊😊 I so badly need to read David copperfield.. Love this video sooo much 😁😁😁
Novelle Novels thank you Emily 😊😊😊
That fireplace into tho! 😍 Loved getting to hear about your favorites and Middlemarch, David Copperfield, and Jane Eyre are such beloved favorites of mine as well. #betsytrotwoodfanclub
Kate Howe thank you Kate 😀 whether I get to them in October or not I really want to reread Middlemarch and Jane Eyre 📚