Happy Sunday! I hope you've all had a lovely weekend, and I hope you enjoy these recommendations! Don't forget my Serious Readers offer code SR222: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/sr222/ Also, the basket storage unit I mention is currently on sale, and Tracy Anderson is offering a complimentary 2 week free trial. See the video description box for all links. Miranda
Hello! Who is the maker of that beautiful snowy bird mug? It's lovely! Also, have you ever considered a walk- through of your vintage children's books? A shelf by shelf stroll? Thank you for this fun vlog! ⚘
You are such a nice and calm woman and your personality is so tender and sensitive. I love all your videos especially about books and i visited your website and your photography are beyond beautiful, such a classic you are. By the way the library behind you is a dream to me to built some day. God bless you and your mama, long live for you both.
I live in Texas in the country, so two books that have caught my attention are the nature writing book and the one about the heat wave. Texas is very hot in the summer and even with air conditioning, constant hot weather does impact your life📚🌞
I am smiling ear to ear, nothing makes my and my daughter in law’s Sunday better than a Miranda Mills vlog, especially a favorites vlog! ❤ And it sounds like your Mum and I were born in the same year. I knew I felt a kinship with Donna! 😊 Thanks Miranda, we both really enjoyed this!
Seeing all your pretty mugs has made me determined to find the perfect mug for spring 😁 it won't be easy... I can never decide. But I'm looking for some beautiful florals
Happy Sunday 😀I'm having a very late Earl Grey tea and scones while watching! Can't do Sunday without. The Sultry Month sounds intriguing. I need to give that a go. I picked up some books over Christmas you presented in your videos ... That lovely special edition of Alice Through the Looking Glass (so precious), a Tree for every day of the year, Rooms of their own plus the Bird Anthology. One of my favourite things this last year was definitely finding your channel, your book recommendations and of course your wonderful vlogs with your mum
It's this edition (featured in my Christmas Book Gift Guide): blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Through-the-Looking-Glass--What-Alice-Found-There-by-Lewis-Carroll-author-John-Tenniel-illustrator/9781529094268?a_aid=mirandamills
Your video made a lovely Sunday afternoon treat with many delightful things and super books. I am getting back to exercise but a gentler style, starting a Qi Gong and Tai Chi class tomorrow morning. I'm hoping I will stay motivated!
I am definitely going to pick up Appointment with Venus! Our family really loved The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society. We read it aloud together. This might be another one for us to enjoy together. I just finished How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior. It was a delightful read. The main character was a cantankerous old woman and, in my mind, she was Maggie Smith. If you want a story that will leave you feeling totally warm and contented, this is the one. Thanks for all that you share!
Oh lovely! It was such a standout read for me - I hope you love it too! I haven't read Penguins Saved Veronica, but I must look it up. Love Maggie Smith! ❤️
Thank you so much Miranda. It is very hard to pick out favorite books when you read many books every year. But I have to say that after been to London 2022 and been able to pick up British Library Women Writers books I am in favorite of them. The trip to London also "gave" me a bunch of Persephone books that I am slowly happily working my way through. My favorite thing of the year was a Book Carousel that I found in a Charity Shop. I have been seeking for the right Book Carousel for 30 years and then it was there for $25! It needed some love with sandpaper and beeswax but so worth the work. Looking forward to a new year with many good reads and a Book Carousel to admirer.
Hello Miranda! I absolutely loved this video and all the wonderful photos, things and books you shared!! A delight for a rainy Sunday, you made my day!!
Miranda thank you for sharing a picture of Your Beautiful Grandmother.., I love that Your Grandmother, Mother, and Your Father are Book People🥰🥰🥰… I love Your hair with the headbands, my goodness those notebooks are Gorgeous 📚💕”The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”. is one of my favorite books of all times it’s one of the few books that I’ve read multiple times (any book that’s a reminder of that wins for me ) and Lucy Worsley’s Biography on Agatha Christie ☺️🥰… Thank You so much Miranda for this wonderful Sunday Vlog my favorite Book Purchase of 2022 (besides Agatha Christie Novels” was “The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle” by Matt Cain
Thank you so much, Kiki, for your very kind support and lovely words! I so appreciate both! Yes, a love for books definitely runs in the family, although my Mum and I are definitely the most bookish of the lot 😂 I'll have to look up 'The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle as you loved it so much! xxx
If there is one question I find really difficult it is the " what is your favourite " anything ! Good for you that you managed it. I just love reading & I suppose the easiest answer to that favourite is Jane Austen books. I really like how you hire your dresses, such a great way to wear many different beautiful garments.
I love your headbands, Because of their height, they remind me a little (in a very understated way) of the french hoods worn by the Anne Bolens etc... At least that's what I think of when I see one on you.
Good morning. What a delight to sit down at breakfast and to see a new video from you. I know that adding a second weekly video requires so much work but I do appreciate it. I, too, have so many favorites from 2022 that I can not choose. I have really enjoyed the book club discussions and your reading picks. Thinking back….The Enchanted April stands out. Thank you so much for a wonderful year and looking forward to an active reading year in 2023.🌸
I love your favourite things videos Miranda! I have Darling and Appointment With Venus lined up to read soon, so it’s good to hear they are in your top ten! One of my favourite books from last year was The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, I kept thinking about the characters afterwards. My favourite non-book things were some Susie Hamilton flower prints which I have framed, I love her art.
This was such a wonderful collection of books and favourite things. I can always rely on you to give us the best recommendations Miranda, and I have bought so many books and items during 2022 based solely on your recommendation. I hope you and Donna had a wonderful Christmas and you are both having a lovely start to 2023. ❤
Dear Miranda, again, I have ordered many of your book favorites either from Black wells or my library, if lucky. I had never heard of a commonplace book so that may be a particularly British thing, but I think I may adopt it. I love these twice a week visits from you. Cold and wet in Oregon so very good Sunday for reading and that second cup of coffee😇
Thanks for the Smith and Munson recommendation! My son and his wife just bought their first house in Leamington Spa. And since Tullips are also the Dutch National flower, I was very pleased to have the opportunity to send them a bunch to congratulate them with the new house!
Thank you for sharing all your favourite books of 2022 🧡 I also look forward to reading Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley, they currently have a reading of sections of her book on BBC Sounds read by Lucy Worsley herself. My favourite book of the year was ‘Times Legacy’ by Barbara Erskine, which is a wonderful time slip novel. Happy Reading ⭐️🧡
Another fabulous video, thank you. I didn't realise there was a book of green for danger. I saw the film a few years ago with Trevor howard and Alistair sims I so enjoyed it,very tense and atmospheric. I will now be getting the book. Can't wait.
Really fun video, lots of ideas and memories of reading Father. I've always loved the basket shelves, and so ordered one, then realised I need two! Have a good week.
I've read so much about and by the Mitfords. "Darling" isn't out in the States yet, but I'll have my eye out. I loved "Appointment with Venus" Your videos are always such a treat.
I love the picture of your grandmother enjoying her light! I admired the braided headband in a previous video, but the burgundy velvet is my absolute favorite. And I have loved the Bronte jug since I first saw it, it’s spectacular. The notebooks are gorgeous. I find myself being afraid to use things like this though, which is so silly. And of course, your book recommendations are always a hit for me. Thank you for the thought and time you put into all of your videos, they are all so special,as are you. Have a wonderful week💕
I really appreciate your lifestyle as well as your book recommendations. After you spoke about the Toast sale I found a beautiful linen dress there that I can’t wait to wear in spring and summer. I’m going now to look at the reading lights they sound like just what I need.
So true what you said about books not necessarily being about subjects you love which end up staying with you. I had to read a harrowing YA novel (I was working in a school library at the time) about orphans being sent to Canada. I can honestly say it was one of the most important books I've ever read and I often reflect upon it. One of my favourite reads of last year was Father by Elizabeth von Arnim. I also read my first Miss Read and my first Mary Stewart, both of which have become firm favourites. I'm also slowly buying the back issues of The Scribbler after subscribing last year. Of my favourite things, I love the discovery of Seasalt. I have two gorgeous velvet jackets from there which I bought in the recent sale. Have a fabulous week xx
I thoroughly enjoyed sitting back and enjoying your video this Sunday afternoon. What a joy 😊. Loved hearing your favorite things for 2022. Thanks for sharing and hope you and Donna have a blessed week. P.S. how precious it was to see a pic of your grandmother 👵
Another lovely video - thank you so much for all your efforts in including the links too! I really admire how you remember such great detail of the books you read - especially when you read so many!
I picked up Appointment with Venus when recently visiting Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh. The bookseller was curious to know where I had heard of this (on your channel, of course!) as someone at the shop is friends with the founder of Manderley Press. I would have to say one of my favorite things from last year is a hat I recently bought, again in Edinburgh, at a wonderful shop called Fabhatrix. If you are a hat person (as I am) you would love this shop. The one I bought is a cloche style in wonderful shades of orange and rust, and I get such enjoyment from just looking at it. Life's simple pleasures!
I am currently watching and enjoying Lucy Worsley’s tv series about Agatha Christie (it is being shown on free to air tv in Australia), and assume the series is based on the biography she wrote. I am now keen to get hold of the book, and feel confident I will enjoy it based on your recommendation.
As always, thank you Miranda. It's dreary freezing rain here, and I'm nursing unhappy sinuses, so this cheery video was a treat with my afternoon cuppa. In 2022 (and onwards this year also), one of my favorite things is our organic veggie CSA. It's delivered right to our doorstep, all produce grown here in our little town so it's fresh as can be. I had a tough time picking just 10 favorite books from 2022, but one was The Lark by E. Nesbit so thanks for that suggestion!
Oh I hope you feel better soon! Thank you so much for your kind support! It's very much appreciated, and I'm so pleased The Lark was one of your favourite books of 2022!
Miranda you are my favorite you tuber ☺️📚. I’ve always considered you a lifestyle channel, and have not only great books from your recommendations but other items as well. I’ve just recently ordered two mugs from Emma Bridgewater 🤩. Thank you for creating such a lovely place for us to visit and get away from the craziness of our world 🤗
Hi Miranda! I love to hear about all of the books you recommend. I just bought a stack of books today at the thrift store, some were of Jacqueline Winspear that sound like really good mysteries. I have so many good books to read... The problem is I keep buying more and more and don't have time to read them all!! :) I look forward to your next video!
Hello from Savannah Georgia! I'm a bit late but I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your channel! I find your videos so relaxing and watching you has really helped me get back into reading more. I also love when your Mother is on with you, the two of you are just so sweet! Have a blessed year pretty lady😇
Well done for whittling the favourite books down to 10 ! 👏 Super episode Miranda, and I must say thank you again for all your recommendations. I now have a very large TBR list and I think I may be popular with my library this year as I can't possibly buy all the books I want to read. One of my favourite reads this year was Trumpet by Jackie Kay. Jackie is a wonderful writer , so funny, so poignant, so poetical. Parts of this book are set where I live , which felt really strange but wonderful to recognise my hometown in fiction. Oh and another favourite item of 2022 was discovering your TH-cam channel, it's a delight ☺️
I think my favourite read of the year has been Rebecca, I can't believe it has taken me so long to get to! I think my favourite purchase would have to be investing in my vinyl collection, specifically Nina Simone.
Really enjoyed seeing what your 'special' purchases were for 2022 Miranda!I liked how you stated ' why you liked and recommended them.'Loved the book recommendations too, although each one very different it shows how reading does really broaden your mind! There's a few on your list that I haven't read and now inspired to read them! Looking forward what's to come in 2023!xx
Thank you Miranda for such an inspiring round up. As I watched I realised again how many of your recommendations I have followed this year, and how much pleasure they have given me. Lots of book recommendations but also the wonderful Bronte jug, which I ordered after seeing it on your channel. It is one of my most treasured possessions, and is always full of seasonal flowers. It brings me joy every time I look at it! I have often admired your lovely book baskets, and now I know where to find them! They seem to be sold out now, but I will keep a watch on the website for a restock. They look so elegant with books in them. I have also discovered Eve Lom skincare products following your recommendation, and use them all the time now after quite a few years of experimenting with different brands, that one has turned out to be excellent for me. I really can't thank you enough for all the beautiful, informative, and inspiring content you bring your followers. Many thanks, and wishing you and your lovely mum a very happy and healthy 2023. X
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and support, Penny - so kind of you! I'm very glad you've enjoyed my recommendations through the year, and that you got one of those beautiful Bronte jugs. Unfortunately, it does look like the storage units are now sold out, but hopefully they will restock! xxx
Hello Miranda! Thank you for your posting! I have not read many of those on your list but you always manage to broaden my horizons with book and lifestyle ideas. I have rediscovered Charles Dickens beginning this autumn. I also have a Czech heritage so I am also rediscovering Franz Kafka whom I have not read since High School. They just came out with a new addition of his journals and there is the final installment of a 3 volume biography which is also out. Normally his writing is much too modern and dystopian for me but I am getting more in touch with my Czech roots (my Mom turned 90 in 2022) as well as being able to participate in two different writers groups sparked my interest.
Hi Miranda, I very much enjoy your channel and your seasonal reading suggestions. I too am a TAM devotee! I am working my way up to her advance classes as intermediate is getting a bit too easy for me, but I do concur her workouts are indeed a challenge! Best of luck on continuing your progress and wishing you a very happy and healthy 2023!
This was a joy to watch. Thank you! I began the new year reading Maud Martha. I loved it so much. The short, seemingly simple chapters are little marvels in how they build tension and capture the intense moments of Maud’s inner life, from anger to exuberance. I wish Brooks had written more fiction. My favorite recent non-fiction read is Nella Last’s war. What a remarkable woman she was. I hope she knew that. I must also share how, for the longest time, I have been seeking warm, cosy slippers. My Seasalt pair arrived this week. My toes thank you. 👣
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Pamela! I really appreciate it! Delighted you're pleased with your Seasalt booties, and that you loved Maud Martha and Nella Last too! Hope you're having a lovely week ❤️
Always happy to see you, I even caught myself today waiting for your video. Your voice and your vibes are southing. Your videos are my favorite thing that I discover in 2022. I am of course not English native but I will follow your advise through the year. A yes, another favorite thing… my Bosie jumper, this was the top piece of clothes I have bought. Looking forward to discover more in your future videos. Have a good week.
Hello Miranda I am new to your channel and absolutely love all your content. I have just ordered the jute basket storage and loved your baking and January tonic, especially your reactions 😁 I am guessing spicy. Allot of people don’t like January/February but I find this time restorative, I am loving reading in the mornings before everyone wakes and in the evening by the fire. I am keen to learn to crochet, tapestry and embroidery/ start up Fitness with PJ (online exercise for over 40’s) and I have decided to repaint the kitchen - it has been awhile 😉😁 all the while enjoying the season and the outdoors - walks and short runs. Have a great week 💐
Hello🙂I loved Father too. I discovered D.E. Stevenson. I didn’t know her at all and loved Miss Buncle’s Book. However, my standout read was On Gallows Down by Nicola Chester. So many discoveries, but Weleda products have made such a difference; Radio 3 Saturday Breakfast with Elizabeth Alker - I particularly love “croissant corner”.
Hi Miranda..I am new to your channel ( about a month) and I am SO happy I found you! One of the first videos I saw mentioned the Commonplace Book and I am THRILLED beyond words to have learned of it. I cannot believe I have lived this long and never once heard of it. I have always collected quotes/sayings etc. on scrap notes of paper and of course they tend to disappear. I stopped the video and straightaway ordered a book. It has arrived and I have started it and it has become such a joy already. I want to thank you for so freely sharing your favorite things, favorite books, seasonal living, and your life in England. Because I am new I have SO many videos to catch up on. I find them so comforting, interesting and fun. You are just fabulous and so is your Mum. Thank you both ever so much for adding joy and positivity to my life. ( and lots of new books to order...YAY) -Grace
Thank you so much, Grace, and welcome to my channel! I'm so glad you've got your own Commonplace Book now too and are enjoying filling it in! I do think it's a lovely idea. Thanks so much for your lovely words! ❤️
I'm currently reading Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie and it's wonderful. You've really intrigued me a Sultry Month. I hope you have a wonderful week, Miranda!
Another fantastic vlog, thank you Miranda! I do adore your headbands, they are so elegant and when you wear them you truly look like a princess… Definitely finding your blog and the Comfort Book Club was one of the best things in 2022. Among the books you recommended last year I particularly loved The Enchanted April by E. Von Arnim. Another book I loved in 2022 ( before finding you) is “Without Reservation :The Travels of an Independent Woman” by Alice Steinbach in which the author describes what happens when she decides “to travel wherever chance or fancy took me, unencumbered by schedules and obligations” and it definitely turns out to be a self discovery journey. Thank you again for this great recap .Your review of Maud Martha by G. Brooks makes it an irresistible read… I must have it!! Wish you and your mum a lovely week😊
As I'm new to your channel, I am catching up with previous posts. Love this style of video...with your recommendations books and other things. thank you, J
One of my favorite physical book purchases in 2022 was "Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year". After seeing it on one of your videos, I bought a copy as a Christmas gift for my best friend in Sweden and decided to get myself one too, and I've been loving it! Another favorite thing in regards to books is not a particular book but a "genre"; lately I've really enjoyed reading short stories and 'cozy mysteries', something I've rarely ever read in the past. Actually, almost never, lol I tended to always read big massive books because I felt if I'm going to spend the money, I'll spend it on big books,lol Well, that changed in 2022 and I'm discovering a whole new world in literature and I'm really enjoying it!
2022 was definetely a wonderful reading year for me. I could reread some of my Jane Austen's fav and I also got to know D E Stevenson after you suggested. As usual, thank you for such a lovely video. Happy week for you and Donna!!!
I'm so happy to have introduced you to D E Stevenson! Mum and I were just reminiscing how much we enjoyed doing Miss Buncle's Book for the Comfort Book Club last February xxx
I love this. I have never commented before but I love your channel. It is a little oasis of beauty and grace. I have found my reading tastes have changed thanks to you. I lost my mum so I also love to watch you with your mum. Today I am off to the Lifeline Bookfest, a massive used book sale which is a twice-annual event in my city in Australia. I will be inspired by your recommendations. Thank you again.
Thank you so much Miranda for another wonderful video, I’m now reading Darling by India Knight following your suggestion and loving it! I adore all your book suggestions and wished I was a faster reader but working on it.
Hello Miranda, I have 4 books on your list of favourites😊, thanks to your brilliant recommendations throughout the year. I’ve just finished Lucy Worsley’s Agatha Christie, I listened to the audiobook over the weekend and I was hooked. I agree about the style, it was a very easy listen, yet highlights what I feel are important aspects of Agatha Christie’s personality.
Miranda, I am hooked on your videos. As you know, I just discovered your channel, I love your book picks, your recipes and the tours in the beautiful landscapes.
Your recommendations are always so much fun. I have a notebook with all your lists. I refer to it every month. Love it. You really have a talent for describing things that makes me want to try everything. My budget, alas, doesn't quite match that want, but I persevere. 😂. I did get the Tickell book and am looking forward to reading it. Thank you Miranda. 👍🤗💕💕
Another lovely video. My top 2 favorite reads of 2022 were Still Life by Sarah Winman, and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery. A favorite thing of mine was actually not really a thing but experiences. For the first time in several years, my husband and I took more day trips and mini adventures on the weekends. I also baked more last year and had so much fun trying new recipes. Happy New Year to you and your mum. xo
I discover your channel from France it’s wonderful the world of books is magic and you are a great and beautiful ambassador for them I am french but i love so much England Your videos give me such pleasure Thank you very much
My favorite book this year might be The Lark, which was a Cozy Book Club read. The concept of life being a lark, no matter what shows up, has stayed with me all year. It might just be my word for 2023. Also liked The Secret Garden. I hadn't read it until just a few weeks ago on a vacation. I'm thinking I might need a commonplace book or small notebook just for your favorite things and book recommendations. I like the lifestyle, cooking and book combo thing you're doing.
Another great video. Just ordered The Carlyles at Home'. And will be doing the same about Nature Writing. Thank you again Miranda. Ive saved all the other recommendations.Have a great week.
Thank you for sharing. I so enjoy my time spent with your videos. My favorite book was Persuasion. I would never have read it on my own. I'm definitely getting a lamp. Your recommendation convinced me!
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Deb! I so appreciate it, and I'm thrilled you read Persuasion because of the CBC last year! I love my lamp and hope you will too ❤️
What a great collection of things and books ; I love the Ladybird notebook, the cover is marvellous. My best thing of the year was to find your channel and read such wonderfuls books as "All Creatures great and small", "My family and other animals", "High rising" and "Wild strawberries" (so funny !). I am so happy and excited to discover so many books I didn't know. Another beautiful thing I discovered this year was the tapestries of Dom Robert, a monk in the south of France who drew tapestry cartoons full of flowers and animals and I fell in love with them.
Thank you, Miranda. Four of your favourites have gone on my TBR list (ever growing. I really must learn how to read faster). I have kept a record since 2015 of books I read each year. The three books that got stars last year were The Witches of New York by Ami McKay, The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. One black mark against Rupert Everett's To The End of the World, which I really didn't enjoy. It's always a joy to see your posts. I love picking up book recommendations. x
I love your videos Miranda and always end up adding to my already extensive TBR! 😂 I’m very curious about Father, as I read The Enchanted April almost every April but have never picked up any of her other books.
One of my favorite things is discovering your channel in 2022! I love it! I’m still very new so perhaps I just haven’t come across it yet, but I’m a little surprised you haven’t mentioned A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Have you not read it or is it just not a favorite? Thank you!
Hi Miranda, thank you for a wonderful year of content - so glad it’s part of my life! And thank you for the wonderful book recommendations! An Enchanted April, Wintering and Diary of a Provincial Lady have to be my favourite book club picks and I’m very excited for this coming year! Love that you include some of your favourite things from this year and will be absolutely checking them out! My favourite books this year have got be: - I capture the castle by Dodie Smith - Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell - Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley - The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones Incidentally they would all be perfect for the comfort book club with the other Bennet sister being my absolute favourite that I would highly recommend to you!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed those books. I know all the ones on your list - they are fab! I love The Other Bennet Sister and actually interviewed the author about the book when it first came out! xxx
I’ve made a list and I’m going to get your book suggestions. I truly love you TH-cam channel. Books are a huge part of my life. People who don’t have book shelves scare me lol!
💕😀xx thanks Miranda. Great lists. I’ve put a number of the books on my tbr and have already read and loved father, I’ve also got Vera waiting too. Lots of love and to your mum too.
I love favorite things videos! I also enjoyed the Agatha Christie biography last year. I listened to the audiobook, and Lucy Worsley's narration is fantastic. In fact, most of my favorite books that I read in 2022 were narrated by the author -Rememberings by Sinead O'Conner, Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell, and Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson.
Hello Miranda, I recently discovered your videos and am enjoying them more than you may ever know! I love your book suggestions, your outings, baking etc!! I listen as often as I can, keep up the good work!!♥️🇨🇦
One of my favourite reads of 2022 was one of your recommendations, which became a daily morning read: The Country Diaries, edited by Alan Taylor. It has introduced me to so many other books and writers, but I particularly loved reading the regular pieces throughout from John Fowles, Dorothy Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott. I'm sure I shall be reading this all over again - maybe next year.
Hello. Miranda always enjoy your "best of" videos . . glad your dad enclosed picture of your beautiful grandmother w/the lamp . . have a blessed Sunday take care ❤️🙋♀️🌺🌻🌹
Hello Miranda, I have just finished Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie and thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of gorgeous favourite things, thank you for sharing them with us and especially leaving us links too...although that might be quite dangerous as I loved everything today. ♥
Thank your for sharing your favorites of 2022 with us. 2022 was my best reading year ever - mostly due to your recommendations and enthusiasm. My standouts were "Illyrian Spring", "The Pursuit of Love", "Love in a Cold Climate" and "The Cazalet Chronicles". I was unaware of either the books or their authors before following your channel. It now brings me such joy to see them sitting on my bookshelves along with my favorite rereads of 2022, "Persuasion" and "Anne of Green Gables". (I fell so in love again with both Annes.) 💕
Happy Sunday! I hope you've all had a lovely weekend, and I hope you enjoy these recommendations! Don't forget my Serious Readers offer code SR222: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/sr222/ Also, the basket storage unit I mention is currently on sale, and Tracy Anderson is offering a complimentary 2 week free trial. See the video description box for all links. Miranda
Hello! Who is the maker of that beautiful snowy bird mug? It's lovely!
Also, have you ever considered a walk- through of your vintage children's books? A shelf by shelf stroll?
Thank you for this fun vlog! ⚘
It's from Emma Bridgewater: www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/
You are such a nice and calm woman and your personality is so tender and sensitive. I love all your videos especially about books and i visited your website and your photography are beyond beautiful, such a classic you are. By the way the library behind you is a dream to me to built some day. God bless you and your mama, long live for you both.
I adored Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie as well and am currently reading her bio of Jane Austen. Lucy is such a marvelous historian.
So glad you enjoyed it too! I love Jane Austen at Home. I once interviewed Lucy, and she was just as lovely as you'd imagine! xxx
I live in Texas in the country, so two books that have caught my attention are the nature writing book and the one about the heat wave. Texas is very hot in the summer and even with air conditioning, constant hot weather does impact your life📚🌞
I am smiling ear to ear, nothing makes my and my daughter in law’s Sunday better than a Miranda Mills vlog, especially a favorites vlog! ❤ And it sounds like your Mum and I were born in the same year. I knew I felt a kinship with Donna! 😊 Thanks Miranda, we both really enjoyed this!
Thanks so much, Judi! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video xxx
Thanks for adding so much colour to my life with all the great reading material, and all other sources of inspiration Miranda. x
That's so very kind of you, Valentina! I really appreciate your support and kind words. Thank you very much indeed! ❤️
Seeing all your pretty mugs has made me determined to find the perfect mug for spring 😁 it won't be easy... I can never decide. But I'm looking for some beautiful florals
Happy Sunday 😀I'm having a very late Earl Grey tea and scones while watching! Can't do Sunday without. The Sultry Month sounds intriguing. I need to give that a go. I picked up some books over Christmas you presented in your videos ... That lovely special edition of Alice Through the Looking Glass (so precious), a Tree for every day of the year, Rooms of their own plus the Bird Anthology. One of my favourite things this last year was definitely finding your channel, your book recommendations and of course your wonderful vlogs with your mum
Earl Grey and scones sounds a wonderful way to end the weekend! Thank you so much for your lovely comment; I'm so glad you've enjoyed my channel ❤️
May I please ask which edition of Alice are you referring to as I love this story. Kind regards
It's this edition (featured in my Christmas Book Gift Guide): blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Through-the-Looking-Glass--What-Alice-Found-There-by-Lewis-Carroll-author-John-Tenniel-illustrator/9781529094268?a_aid=mirandamills
Hi Miranda thank you 😘
Your video made a lovely Sunday afternoon treat with many delightful things and super books. I am getting back to exercise but a gentler style, starting a Qi Gong and Tai Chi class tomorrow morning. I'm hoping I will stay motivated!
Thanks very much, Karen! Good luck getting back into your own exercise routine ❤️
I am definitely going to pick up Appointment with Venus! Our family really loved The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society. We read it aloud together. This might be another one for us to enjoy together. I just finished How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior. It was a delightful read. The main character was a cantankerous old woman and, in my mind, she was Maggie Smith. If you want a story that will leave you feeling totally warm and contented, this is the one. Thanks for all that you share!
Oh lovely! It was such a standout read for me - I hope you love it too! I haven't read Penguins Saved Veronica, but I must look it up. Love Maggie Smith! ❤️
Thank you so much Miranda. It is very hard to pick out favorite books when you read many books every year. But I have to say that after been to London 2022 and been able to pick up British Library Women Writers books I am in favorite of them. The trip to London also "gave" me a bunch of Persephone books that I am slowly happily working my way through. My favorite thing of the year was a Book Carousel that I found in a Charity Shop. I have been seeking for the right Book Carousel for 30 years and then it was there for $25! It needed some love with sandpaper and beeswax but so worth the work. Looking forward to a new year with many good reads and a Book Carousel to admirer.
What a great find, Ingert! Hope you have another lovely year of reading ahead ❤️📚
Hello Miranda! I absolutely loved this video and all the wonderful photos, things and books you shared!! A delight for a rainy Sunday, you made my day!!
I'm so glad, Cristina! Thank you very much ❤️
Miranda thank you for sharing a picture of Your Beautiful Grandmother.., I love that Your Grandmother, Mother, and Your Father are Book People🥰🥰🥰… I love Your hair with the headbands, my goodness those notebooks are Gorgeous 📚💕”The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”. is one of my favorite books of all times it’s one of the few books that I’ve read multiple times (any book that’s a reminder of that wins for me ) and Lucy Worsley’s Biography on Agatha Christie ☺️🥰… Thank You so much Miranda for this wonderful Sunday Vlog my favorite Book Purchase of 2022 (besides Agatha Christie Novels” was “The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle” by Matt Cain
Thank you so much, Kiki, for your very kind support and lovely words! I so appreciate both! Yes, a love for books definitely runs in the family, although my Mum and I are definitely the most bookish of the lot 😂 I'll have to look up 'The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle as you loved it so much! xxx
The Brontë jug is so beautiful! What an amazing present.
I am so excited to see what we have in store because you have impeccable taste in everything.
Thanks so much!
If there is one question I find really difficult it is the " what is your favourite " anything ! Good for you that you managed it. I just love reading & I suppose the easiest
answer to that favourite is Jane Austen books. I really like how you hire your dresses, such a great way to wear many different beautiful garments.
Miranda your videos are a gift! Thank you so much for going to even greater heights to bring joy and the magic of words to our lives!
I love your headbands, Because of their height, they remind me a little (in a very understated way) of the french hoods worn by the Anne Bolens etc... At least that's what I think of when I see one on you.
I do love a good headband!
What a lovely video Miranda. So many wonderful recommendations. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, Mamey!
Love your jug, its beautiful! My kind of vase to put lovely flowers in ! 😀
Good morning. What a delight to sit down at breakfast and to see a new video from you. I know that adding a second weekly video requires so much work but I do appreciate it. I, too, have so many favorites from 2022 that I can not choose. I have really enjoyed the book club discussions and your reading picks. Thinking back….The Enchanted April stands out. Thank you so much for a wonderful year and looking forward to an active reading year in 2023.🌸
Thank you so much for your kind words, Glenda! Lovely to hear that The Enchanted April was a standout read for you from 2022 ❤️
I love your favourite things videos Miranda! I have Darling and Appointment With Venus lined up to read soon, so it’s good to hear they are in your top ten! One of my favourite books from last year was The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, I kept thinking about the characters afterwards. My favourite non-book things were some Susie Hamilton flower prints which I have framed, I love her art.
This was such a wonderful collection of books and favourite things. I can always rely on you to give us the best recommendations Miranda, and I have bought so many books and items during 2022 based solely on your recommendation. I hope you and Donna had a wonderful Christmas and you are both having a lovely start to 2023. ❤
Thank you very much, Suzy! So glad you enjoyed the video! Hope you're having a lovely start to the year too ❤️
That Nature Anthology sounds so much fun!
Dear Miranda, again, I have ordered many of your book favorites either from Black wells or my library, if lucky. I had never heard of a commonplace book so that may be a particularly British thing, but I think I may adopt it. I love these twice a week visits from you. Cold and wet in Oregon so very good Sunday for reading and that second cup of coffee😇
Thanks for the Smith and Munson recommendation! My son and his wife just bought their first house in Leamington Spa. And since Tullips are also the Dutch National flower, I was very pleased to have the opportunity to send them a bunch to congratulate them with the new house!
Oh that would be a lovely housewarming gift, and so appropriate too! ❤
Thank you so much for this wonderful video! As always there is so much inspiration in this one as well! Have a lovely week!
Thank you very much, Inga! Hope you have a lovely week ahead too! xxx
Thank you for sharing all your favourite books of 2022 🧡 I also look forward to reading Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley, they currently have a reading of sections of her book on BBC Sounds read by Lucy Worsley herself. My favourite book of the year was ‘Times Legacy’ by Barbara Erskine, which is a wonderful time slip novel. Happy Reading ⭐️🧡
Another fabulous video, thank you. I didn't realise there was a book of green for danger. I saw the film a few years ago with Trevor howard and Alistair sims I so enjoyed it,very tense and atmospheric. I will now be getting the book. Can't wait.
Really fun video, lots of ideas and memories of reading Father. I've always loved the basket shelves, and so ordered one, then realised I need two! Have a good week.
Thanks so much, Fiona! I love these storage baskets - so useful! xxx
Thank you for all the wonderful recommendations! I can't wait to read some of the books you talked about. ☺️
Thank you very much for your very kind support, Jennifer! I’m so glad you enjoyed my recommendations 😊❤️📚
I've read so much about and by the Mitfords. "Darling" isn't out in the States yet, but I'll have my eye out. I loved "Appointment with Venus" Your videos are always such a treat.
I love the picture of your grandmother enjoying her light! I admired the braided headband in a previous video, but the burgundy velvet is my absolute favorite. And I have loved the Bronte jug since I first saw it, it’s spectacular. The notebooks are gorgeous. I find myself being afraid to use things like this though, which is so silly. And of course, your book recommendations are always a hit for me. Thank you for the thought and time you put into all of your videos, they are all so special,as are you. Have a wonderful week💕
Thank you so much, Sandy! I'm so glad you enjoyed the suggestions! I hope your week is going well xxx
I really appreciate your lifestyle as well as your book recommendations. After you spoke about the Toast sale I found a beautiful linen dress there that I can’t wait to wear in spring and summer. I’m going now to look at the reading lights they sound like just what I need.
I'm so glad! I love the TOAST sale!! xxx
I’m so glad to have found your channel, Miranda. Thank you for making these lovely videos! Happy Sunday to all. ❤
Thanks so much, Claire! ❤️
So true what you said about books not necessarily being about subjects you love which end up staying with you. I had to read a harrowing YA novel (I was working in a school library at the time) about orphans being sent to Canada. I can honestly say it was one of the most important books I've ever read and I often reflect upon it. One of my favourite reads of last year was Father by Elizabeth von Arnim. I also read my first Miss Read and my first Mary Stewart, both of which have become firm favourites. I'm also slowly buying the back issues of The Scribbler after subscribing last year. Of my favourite things, I love the discovery of Seasalt. I have two gorgeous velvet jackets from there which I bought in the recent sale. Have a fabulous week xx
I'm so glad you've enjoyed my recommendations, Sally, thank you! xxx
I thoroughly enjoyed sitting back and enjoying your video this Sunday afternoon. What a joy 😊. Loved hearing your favorite things for 2022. Thanks for sharing and hope you and Donna have a blessed week.
P.S. how precious it was to see a pic of your grandmother 👵
Thanks so much, Kami! xxx
Another lovely video - thank you so much for all your efforts in including the links too! I really admire how you remember such great detail of the books you read - especially when you read so many!
Thanks very much, Sue! 😊
There’s a contemporary film of ‘’Green for Danger’’. It’s been years since I saw it, but I think it was quite good.
I love that you shared your favourite things along with your favorite 📚
I picked up Appointment with Venus when recently visiting Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh. The bookseller was curious to know where I had heard of this (on your channel, of course!) as someone at the shop is friends with the founder of Manderley Press. I would have to say one of my favorite things from last year is a hat I recently bought, again in Edinburgh, at a wonderful shop called Fabhatrix. If you are a hat person (as I am) you would love this shop. The one I bought is a cloche style in wonderful shades of orange and rust, and I get such enjoyment from just looking at it. Life's simple pleasures!
I am currently watching and enjoying Lucy Worsley’s tv series about Agatha Christie (it is being shown on free to air tv in Australia), and assume the series is based on the biography she wrote. I am now keen to get hold of the book, and feel confident I will enjoy it based on your recommendation.
As always, thank you Miranda. It's dreary freezing rain here, and I'm nursing unhappy sinuses, so this cheery video was a treat with my afternoon cuppa. In 2022 (and onwards this year also), one of my favorite things is our organic veggie CSA. It's delivered right to our doorstep, all produce grown here in our little town so it's fresh as can be. I had a tough time picking just 10 favorite books from 2022, but one was The Lark by E. Nesbit so thanks for that suggestion!
Oh I hope you feel better soon! Thank you so much for your kind support! It's very much appreciated, and I'm so pleased The Lark was one of your favourite books of 2022!
Hope your 2023 is beautiful & brilliant, Miranda!
Thank you for sharing life with us!
Miranda you are my favorite you tuber ☺️📚. I’ve always considered you a lifestyle channel, and have not only great books from your recommendations but other items as well. I’ve just recently ordered two mugs from Emma Bridgewater 🤩. Thank you for creating such a lovely place for us to visit and get away from the craziness of our world 🤗
That's very kind, Deb, thank you very much for your lovely words! Excited for you to get your first Emma Bridgewater mugs - I love her designs! xxx
Delighted that Father made your 2022 best of :)
Hi Miranda! I love to hear about all of the books you recommend. I just bought a stack of books today at the thrift store, some were of Jacqueline Winspear that sound like really good mysteries. I have so many good books to read... The problem is I keep buying more and more and don't have time to read them all!! :) I look forward to your next video!
Hello from Savannah Georgia! I'm a bit late but I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your channel! I find your videos so relaxing and watching you has really helped me get back into reading more. I also love when your Mother is on with you, the two of you are just so sweet! Have a blessed year pretty lady😇
Thank you Miranda, another interesting, insightful and charming video. Loved seeing your favourite items and hearing about your favourite books.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your kind words! xxx
Well done for whittling the favourite books down to 10 ! 👏 Super episode Miranda, and I must say thank you again for all your recommendations. I now have a very large TBR list and I think I may be popular with my library this year as I can't possibly buy all the books I want to read. One of my favourite reads this year was Trumpet by Jackie Kay. Jackie is a wonderful writer , so funny, so poignant, so poetical. Parts of this book are set where I live , which felt really strange but wonderful to recognise my hometown in fiction. Oh and another favourite item of 2022 was discovering your TH-cam channel, it's a delight ☺️
Thanks so much, Mhairi! xxx
I think my favourite read of the year has been Rebecca, I can't believe it has taken me so long to get to! I think my favourite purchase would have to be investing in my vinyl collection, specifically Nina Simone.
Really enjoyed seeing what your 'special' purchases were for 2022 Miranda!I liked how you stated ' why you liked and recommended them.'Loved the book recommendations too, although each one very different it shows how reading does really broaden your mind! There's a few on your list that I haven't read and now inspired to read them! Looking forward what's to come in 2023!xx
Thank you so much, Julie! xxx
I adored Appointment with Venus. I got that beautiful edition for Christmas! And I also loved Father.
Oh wonderful! It is such a beautiful edition ♥️
Thank you Miranda for such an inspiring round up. As I watched I realised again how many of your recommendations I have followed this year, and how much pleasure they have given me. Lots of book recommendations but also the wonderful Bronte jug, which I ordered after seeing it on your channel. It is one of my most treasured possessions, and is always full of seasonal flowers. It brings me joy every time I look at it! I have often admired your lovely book baskets, and now I know where to find them! They seem to be sold out now, but I will keep a watch on the website for a restock. They look so elegant with books in them. I have also discovered Eve Lom skincare products following your recommendation, and use them all the time now after quite a few years of experimenting with different brands, that one has turned out to be excellent for me. I really can't thank you enough for all the beautiful, informative, and inspiring content you bring your followers. Many thanks, and wishing you and your lovely mum a very happy and healthy 2023. X
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and support, Penny - so kind of you! I'm very glad you've enjoyed my recommendations through the year, and that you got one of those beautiful Bronte jugs. Unfortunately, it does look like the storage units are now sold out, but hopefully they will restock! xxx
Hello Miranda! Thank you for your posting!
I have not read many of those on your list but you always manage to broaden my horizons with book and lifestyle ideas.
I have rediscovered Charles Dickens beginning this autumn. I also have a Czech heritage so I am also rediscovering Franz Kafka whom I have not read since High School. They just came out with a new addition of his journals and there is the final installment of a 3 volume biography which is also out. Normally his writing is much too modern and dystopian for me but I am getting more in touch with my Czech roots (my Mom turned 90 in 2022) as well as being able to participate in two different writers groups sparked my interest.
I'm so pleased you're enjoying the videos, Jane ❤
Hi Miranda, I very much enjoy your channel and your seasonal reading suggestions. I too am a TAM devotee! I am working my way up to her advance classes as intermediate is getting a bit too easy for me, but I do concur her workouts are indeed a challenge! Best of luck on continuing your progress and wishing you a very happy and healthy 2023!
Thank you, Tara! Great you’re a TAMily member too 💕 💪
This was a joy to watch. Thank you! I began the new year reading Maud Martha. I loved it so much. The short, seemingly simple chapters are little marvels in how they build tension and capture the intense moments of Maud’s inner life, from anger to exuberance. I wish Brooks had written more fiction. My favorite recent non-fiction read is Nella Last’s war. What a remarkable woman she was. I hope she knew that. I must also share how, for the longest time, I have been seeking warm, cosy slippers. My Seasalt pair arrived this week. My toes thank you. 👣
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Pamela! I really appreciate it! Delighted you're pleased with your Seasalt booties, and that you loved Maud Martha and Nella Last too! Hope you're having a lovely week ❤️
Just finished “The Wintering” by Katherine May. I loved it.
Just purchased 4:50 from Paddington.
Always happy to see you, I even caught myself today waiting for your video. Your voice and your vibes are southing. Your videos are my favorite thing that I discover in 2022. I am of course not English native but I will follow your advise through the year. A yes, another favorite thing… my Bosie jumper, this was the top piece of clothes I have bought.
Looking forward to discover more in your future videos. Have a good week.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Stephanie! 😊 I love Bosie - how wonderful you got one of their jumpers! I bet it's gorgeous ❤️
Hello Miranda
I am new to your channel and absolutely love all your content. I have just ordered the jute basket storage and loved your baking and January tonic, especially your reactions 😁 I am guessing spicy.
Allot of people don’t like January/February but I find this time restorative, I am loving reading in the mornings before everyone wakes and in the evening by the fire. I am keen to learn to crochet, tapestry and embroidery/ start up Fitness with PJ (online exercise for over 40’s) and I have decided to repaint the kitchen - it has been awhile 😉😁 all the while enjoying the season and the outdoors - walks and short runs. Have a great week 💐
Thanks so much, Lara! You're right - there's so much to find to enjoy about these months ❤️
Hello🙂I loved Father too. I discovered D.E. Stevenson. I didn’t know her at all and loved Miss Buncle’s Book. However, my standout read was On Gallows Down by Nicola Chester. So many discoveries, but Weleda products have made such a difference; Radio 3 Saturday Breakfast with Elizabeth Alker - I particularly love “croissant corner”.
Hi Miranda..I am new to your channel ( about a month) and I am SO happy I found you! One of the first videos I saw mentioned the Commonplace Book and I am THRILLED beyond words to have learned of it. I cannot believe I have lived this long and never once heard of it. I have always collected quotes/sayings etc. on scrap notes of paper and of course they tend to disappear. I stopped the video and straightaway ordered a book. It has arrived and I have started it and it has become such a joy already. I want to thank you for so freely sharing your favorite things, favorite books, seasonal living, and your life in England. Because I am new I have SO many videos to catch up on. I find them so comforting, interesting and fun. You are just fabulous and so is your Mum. Thank you both ever so much for adding joy and positivity to my life. ( and lots of new books to order...YAY) -Grace
Thank you so much, Grace, and welcome to my channel! I'm so glad you've got your own Commonplace Book now too and are enjoying filling it in! I do think it's a lovely idea. Thanks so much for your lovely words! ❤️
I'm currently reading Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie and it's wonderful. You've really intrigued me a Sultry Month. I hope you have a wonderful week, Miranda!
Another fantastic vlog, thank you Miranda! I do adore your headbands, they are so elegant and when you wear them you truly look like a princess… Definitely finding your blog and the Comfort Book Club was one of the best things in 2022. Among the books you recommended last year I particularly loved The Enchanted April by E. Von Arnim. Another book I loved in 2022 ( before finding you) is “Without Reservation :The Travels of an Independent Woman” by Alice Steinbach in which the author describes what happens when she decides “to travel wherever chance or fancy took me, unencumbered by schedules and obligations” and it definitely turns out to be a self discovery journey. Thank you again for this great recap .Your review of Maud Martha by G. Brooks makes it an irresistible read… I must have it!!
Wish you and your mum a lovely week😊
Thanks so much for your kind words, Laura!
Hello Miranda! I loved this vlog of your favorite things and books. I utterly adore the Brontë jug!!! It is the perfect gift! Have a beautiful week!
Thank you so much, Laura! You too! xxx
As I'm new to your channel, I am catching up with previous posts. Love this style of video...with your recommendations books and other things. thank you, J
One of my favorite physical book purchases in 2022 was "Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year". After seeing it on one of your videos, I bought a copy as a Christmas gift for my best friend in Sweden and decided to get myself one too, and I've been loving it! Another favorite thing in regards to books is not a particular book but a "genre"; lately I've really enjoyed reading short stories and 'cozy mysteries', something I've rarely ever read in the past. Actually, almost never, lol I tended to always read big massive books because I felt if I'm going to spend the money, I'll spend it on big books,lol Well, that changed in 2022 and I'm discovering a whole new world in literature and I'm really enjoying it!
So happy you love Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year too!
Thank you so much Miranda so enjoyed your favourite things from 2022. I loved reading Wintering last year.
Thanks
Thanks so much, Penny, for your kind support. I really appreciate it! ❤
2022 was definetely a wonderful reading year for me. I could reread some of my Jane Austen's fav and I also got to know D E Stevenson after you suggested. As usual, thank you for such a lovely video. Happy week for you and Donna!!!
I'm so happy to have introduced you to D E Stevenson! Mum and I were just reminiscing how much we enjoyed doing Miss Buncle's Book for the Comfort Book Club last February xxx
I love this. I have never commented before but I love your channel. It is a little oasis of beauty and grace. I have found my reading tastes have changed thanks to you. I lost my mum so I also love to watch you with your mum. Today I am off to the Lifeline Bookfest, a massive used book sale which is a twice-annual event in my city in Australia. I will be inspired by your recommendations. Thank you again.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Lana! I'm so glad you enjoy my videos. Happy book hunting!! ❤️ 📚
Thank you so much Miranda for another wonderful video, I’m now reading Darling by India Knight following your suggestion and loving it!
I adore all your book suggestions and wished I was a faster reader but working on it.
That's wonderful! I'm so glad you're enjoying Darling! ❤️
Hello Miranda, I have 4 books on your list of favourites😊, thanks to your brilliant recommendations throughout the year. I’ve just finished Lucy Worsley’s Agatha Christie, I listened to the audiobook over the weekend and I was hooked. I agree about the style, it was a very easy listen, yet highlights what I feel are important aspects of Agatha Christie’s personality.
That’s wonderful, Nadine! So glad you enjoyed the AC biography too 😊❤️
Miranda, I am hooked on your videos. As you know, I just discovered your channel, I love your book picks, your recipes and the tours in the beautiful landscapes.
Thank you so much!❤️
Your recommendations are always so much fun. I have a notebook with all your lists. I refer to it every month. Love it. You really have a talent for describing things that makes me want to try everything. My budget, alas, doesn't quite match that want, but I persevere. 😂. I did get the Tickell book and am looking forward to reading it. Thank you Miranda. 👍🤗💕💕
Thank you so much, Diane! Hope you love Appointment with Venus as much as I did! ❤️
Hi Miranda,those serious reader lamps are amazing. I’ve had my floor lamp for about 5 years now and haven’t replaced the bulb yet!
Fabulous! I do love mine ❤️
Another lovely video. My top 2 favorite reads of 2022 were Still Life by Sarah Winman, and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery. A favorite thing of mine was actually not really a thing but experiences. For the first time in several years, my husband and I took more day trips and mini adventures on the weekends. I also baked more last year and had so much fun trying new recipes. Happy New Year to you and your mum. xo
I discover your channel from France it’s wonderful the world of books is magic and you are a great and beautiful ambassador for them I am french but i love so much England Your videos give me such pleasure Thank you very much
Thank you so much for your lovely words, Jeannie! I'm so glad you discovered my channel 😊
My favorite book this year might be The Lark, which was a Cozy Book Club read. The concept of life being a lark, no matter what shows up, has stayed with me all year. It might just be my word for 2023. Also liked The Secret Garden. I hadn't read it until just a few weeks ago on a vacation. I'm thinking I might need a commonplace book or small notebook just for your favorite things and book recommendations. I like the lifestyle, cooking and book combo thing you're doing.
I loved re-reading The Lark for the Book Club - so glad it's a favourite of yours too! ❤️
Another great video. Just ordered The Carlyles at Home'. And will be doing the same about Nature Writing. Thank you again Miranda. Ive saved all the other recommendations.Have a great week.
Thanks so much, Valentina! Hope you love The Carlyles at Home too ❤️
@@MirandaMills After reading the book Ill incorporate a London visit as well.
Perfect! The house is in such a pretty part of Chelsea - well worth a wander around the streets, and ofc a visit to John Sandoe books too! 😃
Thank you for sharing. I so enjoy my time spent with your videos. My favorite book was Persuasion. I would never have read it on my own. I'm definitely getting a lamp. Your recommendation convinced me!
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Deb! I so appreciate it, and I'm thrilled you read Persuasion because of the CBC last year! I love my lamp and hope you will too ❤️
Thank you Miranda, a joy as always.
What a great collection of things and books ; I love the Ladybird notebook, the cover is marvellous. My best thing of the year was to find your channel and read such wonderfuls books as "All Creatures great and small", "My family and other animals", "High rising" and "Wild strawberries" (so funny !). I am so happy and excited to discover so many books I didn't know.
Another beautiful thing I discovered this year was the tapestries of Dom Robert, a monk in the south of France who drew tapestry cartoons full of flowers and animals and I fell in love with them.
That's so kind of you to say, Isa! The tapestries sound wonderful!
Thank you, Miranda. Four of your favourites have gone on my TBR list (ever growing. I really must learn how to read faster). I have kept a record since 2015 of books I read each year. The three books that got stars last year were The Witches of New York by Ami McKay, The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. One black mark against Rupert Everett's To The End of the World, which I really didn't enjoy. It's always a joy to see your posts. I love picking up book recommendations. x
I love your videos Miranda and always end up adding to my already extensive TBR! 😂 I’m very curious about Father, as I read The Enchanted April almost every April but have never picked up any of her other books.
Thank you! I definitely recommend reading more Elizabeth von Arnim - so many of her books are wonderful! xxx
One of my favorite things is discovering your channel in 2022! I love it! I’m still very new so perhaps I just haven’t come across it yet, but I’m a little surprised you haven’t mentioned A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Have you not read it or is it just not a favorite? Thank you!
Thank you! I have read it - a long time ago! Xxx
Hi Miranda, thank you for a wonderful year of content - so glad it’s part of my life! And thank you for the wonderful book recommendations! An Enchanted April, Wintering and Diary of a Provincial Lady have to be my favourite book club picks and I’m very excited for this coming year! Love that you include some of your favourite things from this year and will be absolutely checking them out! My favourite books this year have got be:
- I capture the castle by Dodie Smith
- Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
- The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
- Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones
Incidentally they would all be perfect for the comfort book club with the other Bennet sister being my absolute favourite that I would highly recommend to you!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed those books. I know all the ones on your list - they are fab! I love The Other Bennet Sister and actually interviewed the author about the book when it first came out! xxx
I’ve made a list and I’m going to get your book suggestions. I truly love you TH-cam channel. Books are a huge part of my life. People who don’t have book shelves scare me lol!
Same here, Rita! 😂
Yoko Ogawa's book sounds so interesting. Thank you for this list! 😊🌸
💕😀xx thanks Miranda. Great lists. I’ve put a number of the books on my tbr and have already read and loved father, I’ve also got Vera waiting too. Lots of love and to your mum too.
Vera is such an atmospheric read! Hope you enjoy it too xxx
@@MirandaMills 😀💕xx thanks Miranda 👍
I love favorite things videos!
I also enjoyed the Agatha Christie biography last year. I listened to the audiobook, and Lucy Worsley's narration is fantastic. In fact, most of my favorite books that I read in 2022 were narrated by the author -Rememberings by Sinead O'Conner, Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell, and Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson.
Hello Miranda, wonderful video! One favourite I read is Duff Cooper's Operation Heartbreak. Best wishes, Jason
Thanks very much, Jason! I'm glad you enjoyed Operation Heartbreak so much 😊
I just found you in December and love your taste it's soft and lovely. Thank you for sharing these sights. Blessings
Thank you very much!
Hello Miranda, I recently discovered your videos and am enjoying them more than you may ever know! I love your book suggestions, your outings, baking etc!! I listen as often as I can, keep up the good work!!♥️🇨🇦
Thank you so much, Elizabeth! xxx
One of my favourite reads of 2022 was one of your recommendations, which became a daily morning read: The Country Diaries, edited by Alan Taylor. It has introduced me to so many other books and writers, but I particularly loved reading the regular pieces throughout from John Fowles, Dorothy Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott. I'm sure I shall be reading this all over again - maybe next year.
That's a wonderful book: I'm so glad it became a favourite of yours.
Hello. Miranda always enjoy your "best of" videos . . glad your dad enclosed picture of your beautiful grandmother w/the lamp . . have a blessed Sunday take care ❤️🙋♀️🌺🌻🌹
Thank you! You too! xxx
Hello Miranda, I have just finished Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie and thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of gorgeous favourite things, thank you for sharing them with us and especially leaving us links too...although that might be quite dangerous as I loved everything today. ♥
My pleasure, Teresa! So glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks!
How lovely of you, Ingert! Thank you so much for your very kind support. I really appreciate it ❤️
Thank your for sharing your favorites of 2022 with us. 2022 was my best reading year ever - mostly due to your recommendations and enthusiasm. My standouts were "Illyrian Spring", "The Pursuit of Love", "Love in a Cold Climate" and "The Cazalet Chronicles". I was unaware of either the books or their authors before following your channel. It now brings me such joy to see them sitting on my bookshelves along with my favorite rereads of 2022, "Persuasion" and "Anne of Green Gables". (I fell so in love again with both Annes.) 💕
Thank you so much, Nancy! That's wonderful to read - I'm so glad you had such a great reading year and hope 2023 will be just as good! ❤️ 📚
Just finished Darling and loved it!