gosh! you're inspiring! you literally made me empty my shopping cart of books! will be trying to knock out some books that have been collecting dust on my shelves thanks to you! Little Boy Lost sounds intriguing, and love hearing about narratives from long ago that have been lost and brought back to light. thank you!
Hi, Julie! Just discovered your channel today. Great to encounter someone else who is reading the books already on the shelves. I have books on shelves and also in rows of boxes! This year I'm resolved to spend more time reading and to then donate most of the books. I have too many books for my living space. Since you're a lawyer I'd like to highly recommend one of my all-time favorite authors: Louis Auchincloss. He started out as a lawyer here in the U.S. and transitioned into being an author. He wrote many novels and short stories and many of them are about lawyers in New York City. Mr. Auchincloss also wrote about the wealthy of New York in different eras as well as historical fiction. His non-fiction includes "The Vanderbilt Era' and a book I finished reading only recently, "The Style's the Man" which is about different authors. I'm currently reading his 1959 novel "Pursuit of the Prodigal" which is about a lawyer who breaks away from the life he had always been living. I'd like to recommend that and also another novel, also from 1959, I believe, "The Great World and Timothy Colt" and a short-story collection called "Powers of Attorney".
@@juliereadsherbookshelf I hope you'll enjoy Louis Auchincloss' work as much as I do. I'm moving fast through "Pursuit of the Prodigal" and am "wowed" by the dialog and especially the dialog when one lawyer has to cross-examine another lawyer in a trial. I think one of the characters in this book is based on Truman Capote. In the Timothy Colt novel a character reminded me of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and I later learned that the Louis Auchincloss and the First Lady were actually step-cousins, I think it was! I'm glad Louis Auchincloss never cross-examined ME!
Hi Julie, I'm a new subscriber. I love the idea of your channel, and must try putting it into practice myself. Also, that Persephone book loved so beautifully designed I immediately went looking for their editions online...see this is why I have so many unread books on my shelves, because I keep buying more. Thanks, I'm enjoying hearing your thoughts on books and authors.
Very interesting mix of books. I think one reason why Jeeves & Wooster is more popular than Rumpole may be that Wodehouse invented a whole fantasy world for his characters to inhabit, whereas Rumpole is more grounded in the (sometimes grim) reality of his time.
Interesting theory. I think that's certainly part of it. I also think the differences in legal systems also means that many people from non-Commonwealth countries don't understand what a barrister is, whereas everyone knows what a valet does.
Great Wrap and wonderful mix of reading Julie.
Wow, such an interesting channel concept. I certainly have plenty of unread books on my shelves. New subscriber!
gosh! you're inspiring! you literally made me empty my shopping cart of books! will be trying to knock out some books that have been collecting dust on my shelves thanks to you!
Little Boy Lost sounds intriguing, and love hearing about narratives from long ago that have been lost and brought back to light. thank you!
Hi, Julie! Just discovered your channel today. Great to encounter someone else who is reading the books already on the shelves. I have books on shelves and also in rows of boxes! This year I'm resolved to spend more time reading and to then donate most of the books. I have too many books for my living space.
Since you're a lawyer I'd like to highly recommend one of my all-time favorite authors: Louis Auchincloss. He started out as a lawyer here in the U.S. and transitioned into being an author. He wrote many novels and short stories and many of them are about lawyers in New York City. Mr. Auchincloss also wrote about the wealthy of New York in different eras as well as historical fiction. His non-fiction includes "The Vanderbilt Era' and a book I finished reading only recently, "The Style's the Man" which is about different authors. I'm currently reading his 1959 novel "Pursuit of the Prodigal" which is about a lawyer who breaks away from the life he had always been living. I'd like to recommend that and also another novel, also from 1959, I believe, "The Great World and Timothy Colt" and a short-story collection called "Powers of Attorney".
Louis Auchincloss sounds great. I'll add that to my library list next time I go since I'm not allowed to buy books :)
@@juliereadsherbookshelf I hope you'll enjoy Louis Auchincloss' work as much as I do. I'm moving fast through "Pursuit of the Prodigal" and am "wowed" by the dialog and especially the dialog when one lawyer has to cross-examine another lawyer in a trial. I think one of the characters in this book is based on Truman Capote. In the Timothy Colt novel a character reminded me of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and I later learned that the Louis Auchincloss and the First Lady were actually step-cousins, I think it was! I'm glad Louis Auchincloss never cross-examined ME!
Hi Julie, I'm a new subscriber. I love the idea of your channel, and must try putting it into practice myself. Also, that Persephone book loved so beautifully designed I immediately went looking for their editions online...see this is why I have so many unread books on my shelves, because I keep buying more. Thanks, I'm enjoying hearing your thoughts on books and authors.
Thank you and welcome! I'm exercising all my self-restraint from buying more Persephone myself. The cover art alone is to die for.
A clear great decision on your book purchase. 🤓
I just found your channel. I love Jeeves so I will have to check out your recommendation for John Mortimer
Very interesting mix of books.
I think one reason why Jeeves & Wooster is more popular than Rumpole may be that Wodehouse invented a whole fantasy world for his characters to inhabit, whereas Rumpole is more grounded in the (sometimes grim) reality of his time.
Interesting theory. I think that's certainly part of it. I also think the differences in legal systems also means that many people from non-Commonwealth countries don't understand what a barrister is, whereas everyone knows what a valet does.
Yeah, okay. I enjoy your book reviews - but I’m not going to watch someone from the isolated southeast slander my ancestor.