Books I have because of my dear friend Alice

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  • @jorjastonej
    @jorjastonej หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤You have my full sympathy for the loss of your (our-but only virtual for me) Alice. Take all the time you need to grieve. Thank you so much for your past and future books with Alice. Take the greatest care. 💔📚

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much 🤍

  • @lindysmagpiereads
    @lindysmagpiereads หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤️‍🩹 Jack, it is good to see your face again. Thanks for this heartfelt tribute to Alice. Thank you also for talking about the impact that our friends have on our lives. I’m sending you big hugs.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much Lindy 🤍

  • @GemofBooks
    @GemofBooks หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Well done Jack. I know exactly what you mean - I see Alice’s influence everywhere. I think Rudi may have eaten my crochet Rudi 😬 I think Alice would forgive him though.
    We will get there with where we go next re. FOMO and Abercrombie. I feel like putting out videos this week is a big step for both of us.
    Love you in lots 🧡

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Alice would definitely forgive Rudi 😂 This has indeed been a big step for us both - glad we are making it and have each other still. Love you lots too 🤍🤍🤍

    • @zachreads
      @zachreads หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If Alice got 1% of the joy I get from Rudi mayhem she would certainly forgive him.

    • @GemofBooks
      @GemofBooks หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@zachreads 🧡🧡🧡

  • @saintdonoghue
    @saintdonoghue หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This was the most touching video I've seen all week. Thank you so much.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was not easy to make but I’m glad that I did it. Thank you for your kind words, Steve.

  • @RovingReader
    @RovingReader หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I 100% understand the depth of friendships that can be developed on BookTube. I'm so so so sorry for your loss and for the loss in our community. She was such a wonderful person.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I never realised just how important and real the friendships on here would be when I started. Grateful for each and every one of them. Thank you for your kind words 🤍

  • @bookum
    @bookum หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So sorry to hear about Alice! Thank you for sharing about her and her books!

  • @novelideea
    @novelideea หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love how you, & Gemma & Charlie have shared Alice with us the past few weeks. I feel gathered into the chosen family through your memories and the deposits she made in all of you.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you so much Deea - I am so thankful for her friendship and how she inspired my reading. Grateful to still have so much to enjoy from her 🤍

    • @peggykeith4391
      @peggykeith4391 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @BellesBooksbyCarly
    @BellesBooksbyCarly หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely video Jack, great to hear about your wonderful friendship with Alice. Sending lots of love xx

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much. I feel so very grateful to have had such a wonderful friend 🤍

  • @novellenovels
    @novellenovels หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is absolutely perfect 💜💜 She would love this and want you to carry on reading. She was an amazing and I feel a big hole in our lives. Love you loads ❤❤❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you, Em - love you lots too 🤍🤍🤍

  • @ameliabarlowbooks
    @ameliabarlowbooks หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hello buddy ♥️ great to see you. this was a beautiful tribute to Alice and I’m very happy you’re back xxxxxx

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Amelia - thank you so much. I’m glad to be back 🤍

  • @star2405
    @star2405 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @theresas709
    @theresas709 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤❤

  • @hopesprings7812
    @hopesprings7812 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I loved Alice and her channel, she did leave a fantastic legacy. So sorry you've lost a friend 💔

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was a wonderful person. Thank you so much 🤍

  • @janeduffield4801
    @janeduffield4801 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you Jack for this lovely video and your heartfelt comments. So many books and so many memories. Alice loved so many authors and so many different genres,you showed this infinite variety so well - she just loved books full stop! Please do try and carry on with your reading plans. Unsheltered got me into reading BK so I hope FOMO will continue with that. And The Lacuna is brilliant too. You absolutely must finish Susan Cooper! That would be Alice's greatest wish for everyone. Thank you so much for this tribute and extending your friendship to me. 💔

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@janeduffield4801 thank you, Jane. I am so glad that I have these books because of Alice as they make me feel connected to her. I intend to read them all, as well as several Alice-inspired books on my Kindle that I didn’t mention here - Demon Copperhead and Cloud Cuckoo Land to name but a few. She inspired so much wonderful reading and enriched my life immeasurably, for which I’m hugely grateful. Sending you lots of love 🤍🤍🤍

  • @Heatherskl
    @Heatherskl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely video ❤

  • @Lynn_Ann_Jackson
    @Lynn_Ann_Jackson หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for sharing the friend you will carry in your heart, forever. I will miss her videos… her kindness, and the lovely lilt of her voice. Her inspiration will carry on through the years to come and through you and all her Book Tube friends; I am so sorry for your loss.💔❤️

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She was a very special person. Thank you so much for your kind words 🤍

  • @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
    @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video is so full of warmth and love which is perfect for remembering Alice and her influence. I hope reading can go back to being a haven and a joy for you. Taking stock is natural. You are often in my thoughts Jack.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much, Ros. Reading has been difficult because it highlighted her absence, but it’s the books and Booktube which connected us and will continue to do so. This is why I’m grateful to get back to reading and the community.

  • @BookwormAdventureGirl
    @BookwormAdventureGirl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved this video. A wonderful way to remember Alice. I am hoping to read Demon Copperhead myself. Let me know if you are up for a buddy read. Perhaps we can do it as a way of remembering Alice, together. Sending you lots of love, friend. 😊💙

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BookwormAdventureGirl a buddy read sounds great. I think she would have loved that - she was such a champion for that book! 🤍🤍🤍

  • @clarepotter7584
    @clarepotter7584 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I loved Alice's channel and will miss her take on books. Very sorry that you've lost a friend.

  • @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing
    @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sending loads of love ♥️

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing thank you 🤍🤍🤍

  • @katiemcneece9291
    @katiemcneece9291 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Alice had great taste. Thanks for sharing your memories and thoughts of her. So sorry for your loss and thinking of all of you who loved her so well.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@katiemcneece9291 thank you so much - she certainly did have wonderful taste and I’m so grateful to have these books because of her 🤍🤍🤍

  • @lizh9497
    @lizh9497 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A lovely tribute to Alice and reflection of your friendship. Sending my condolences ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lizh9497 thank you so much 🤍🤍🤍

  • @joy_ofbooks
    @joy_ofbooks หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such a beautiful tribute to Alice and the books that connected you. ❤

  • @Michele-n2h
    @Michele-n2h หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @bjminton2698
    @bjminton2698 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm so proud to have been touched by Alice's love of reading! Thank you for the beautiful tribute! ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bjminton2698 thank you so much. It is wonderful to know how much Alice inspired and connected with people 🤍

  • @michaelmccarty
    @michaelmccarty หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jolene's quote is so true -- thank you for sharing!

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelmccarty I’ve found that a beautiful thought to hold on to 🤍

  • @Cobaltdragon
    @Cobaltdragon หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely to see you back. John Wyndham is an amazing author- loved The Midwich Cuckoos, Day of the Triffids, Chocky and The Chrysalids. Glad you are taking care of yourself and taking it slowly. Lovely tribute 💕

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Cobaltdragon thank you so much, Elaine. I am still looking forward to our chat at some point. I will let you know when I’m ready for it 🤍

    • @Cobaltdragon
      @Cobaltdragon หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@spreadbookjoy no rush, lots on your plate. I look forward to chatting when you are ready 😎💕

  • @booksimnotreading
    @booksimnotreading หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jack, this was a brave and beautiful video! It makes me feel like I know Alice a little better. Please be kind to yourself and extend yourself some grace. 💛

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@booksimnotreading I was really not sure I could make a video about Alice, but I’m glad I did. Thank you, Kelly, for your thoughtful, kind words.🤍

  • @Shellyish
    @Shellyish หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful wonderful video, Jack. ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Shellyish thank you, Shelly 🤍🤍🤍

  • @readingoffmyshelf2088
    @readingoffmyshelf2088 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤ thank you, Jack, for some of your lovely memories of Alice and for talking about books you shared.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, Angela - she was such a wonderful friend 🤍

  • @WandaWonderer
    @WandaWonderer หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We should all be so lucky to have a wonderful friendship such as you have! Beautiful memories and anecdotes about Alice! I hope Gemma and you keep bringing great content

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much. It was such a special friendship and I feel fortunate to have had it. Gemma and I will do our best 🤍

  • @rachelwoodisse
    @rachelwoodisse หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lovely video ❤ miss her channel too…… I have a tabby too ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She is sorely missed. I am biased but tabbies are the best! 🤍

  • @jf8559
    @jf8559 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤️ Such a good video. Beautifully said and lovely memories and thoughts.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jf8559 thank you so much 🤍

  • @CharlieBrookReads
    @CharlieBrookReads หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wonderful video Jack❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CharlieBrookReads thanks, Charlie 🤍🤍🤍

  • @CarolAttrux
    @CarolAttrux หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was such a lovely video! You and Alice were so connected! Thank you for sharing that connection with us. ❤️

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much - she was such a wonderful friend

  • @melissahouse1296
    @melissahouse1296 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful Jack. Grieving myself at the mo (family) so i know it's not all smiles but there is a lot of joy here which i think is very apt & i can't help but think Alice would approve 🤝❤‍🩹💖🌻🌤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@melissahouse1296 I’m so sorry to hear that Melissa and sending lots of love. Alice was the kindest of souls and would definitely want us to remember the joy, so I’m really trying to do that every day, though at the moment it’s a strange mixture of joy laced with sorrow. Take care of yourself 🤍🤍🤍

    • @melissahouse1296
      @melissahouse1296 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@spreadbookjoy You too ❤

  • @katsnoveladventures1863
    @katsnoveladventures1863 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm so happy to see you, Jack! 🥰 Alice was a lovely person, and it is heartwarming to hear you sharing how special she is to you because she will always be with you. You have been blessed with making wonderful memories with Alice, and those memories are now treasures. While I hope that you and Gemma will continue with FOMO, I understand if you choose not to because Alice will be sadly missed. I am still planning to read the last two books for this year as a way to remember Alice. I'm grateful Alice's channel is still available because there are so many videos I still need to watch. I found this quote comforting after my best friend died in November. "The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love." ~ Hilary Stanton Zunin Hugs and much love to you, Jack. ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Dear Kat, thank you so much for this lovely message and I’m so sorry I didn’t respond sooner! Not sure how I missed this. Thank you for your kind words and thoughts about Alice. It is much appreciated. Gemma and I talked this week and we have decided we are going to carry on, as this was a project we all loved so much and we are sure Alice would want it to carry on as well. The first few lives will be difficult without her, but we will get there. She gifted us both the Kingsolver, so it would be terrible if we didn’t get to it and talk about it. Will announce live date soon but probably beginning of September 🤍🤍🤍

    • @katsnoveladventures1863
      @katsnoveladventures1863 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@spreadbookjoy No need to be sorry, Jack. 😊 Ever! 💜 You’ve had a lot going on. I’m delighted that you and Gemma are continuing with FOMO. 🥰 I’m sure Alice will be pleased, especially since she gifted you Unsheltered, and she would want ya’ll to carry on discussing good books. I ordered the last two books today. 📚 I’ll keep my eyes open for ya’ll’s announcement.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@katsnoveladventures1863 🤍🤍🤍

  • @awebofstories
    @awebofstories หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Alice was such a wonderful person. I'm so sorry for your loss.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much 🤍

  • @MarilynMayaMendoza
    @MarilynMayaMendoza หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello Jack, my dear friend. Alice introduced me to many books I
    never would have heard of. We both loved Agatha Christie, but she also pointed me to a book from the woman prize called “careless“ by Kristi Capes and “how not to get murdered in acquaint English village“. It was also a book about books that she said was her favorite book and I bought it.
    I’m sending you a lot of wonderful healing vibes. Friendships on this community are strong and everlasting. Aloha friend.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MarilynMayaMendoza dear Marilyn, thank you. I also read Careless because of Alice and it was such a wonderful book. The connections we make on here are so important and I am looking forward to reconnecting with everyone after this absence 🤍🤍🤍

  • @glendaw5221
    @glendaw5221 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    💜 Hi Jack. I am over here in the US wanting to give all of Alice’s closest friends a huge hug. I agree with Jolene that Alice leaves quite a legacy to her subscribers like me, her close friends and of course her family. I think ofher buddy readers, her PlodAlong gang, her FOMO book club, and fellow Christie fans. She was always so thoughtful in her replies to my comments. I will miss her terribly and hope that you, Gemma and Charlie (and others) can, with time, get back into the booktube groove, whatever that will look like. Please post short videos to let us know how you are doing. We care. I’ve cried with some and laughed with others of you. Take care. ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@glendaw5221 thank you so much Glenda. What has been wonderful is seeing just how many people Alice connected with - she was always so genuine and thoughtful in her responses to others. A beautiful legacy 🤍

  • @insearchofwonder
    @insearchofwonder หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤ Thank you so much for sharing. ♥️

  • @deborahwager5883
    @deborahwager5883 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this! ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@deborahwager5883 🤍🤍🤍

  • @betinaceciliafeld9854
    @betinaceciliafeld9854 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still have no words so here's my emoji ❤
    Alice was so warm and smart and sweet. I never knew her in person but I watched her videos almost from the start. I'm so sad for her mom and for her husband and friends.

  • @sallyhughes4803
    @sallyhughes4803 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely video Jack ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sallyhughes4803 thank you, Sally 🤍

  • @kellyoconnor1035
    @kellyoconnor1035 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤ Hi Jack , I thank you for sharing parts of your friendship with Alice. This was such a warm video. Jack, I am so glad to see you here. Be gentle with yourself. You and Gemma take the time you need with the FOMO Book Club . You both will know what is right. I am sending lots of love to you. XX
    P.S. I do think the Buffy Comic was a gift from Alice. ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kellyoconnor1035 thank you so much, Kelly. I imagine I will always think of that book as the last one from Alice 🤍

    • @kellyoconnor1035
      @kellyoconnor1035 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spreadbookjoy ❤️

  • @GeraldineRowe
    @GeraldineRowe หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sadly I hadn't heard of Alice's channel until after her death, but so many booktubers have had such lovely things to say about her she must have been a genuinely lovely person ❤

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      She really was. I hope you are enjoying her videos 🤍

  • @zachreads
    @zachreads หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm doing BookTuber appreciation month in August called Alice August
    I was going to start Strangers on a Train the day we got the news and will probably still read it regardless of what ultimatly ends up happening with fomo.
    One of my last books I finished before getting the news was Sundial by Shirley Jackson which was a June buddy read with Alice, I thought it was rubbish but was excited to hear Alice's thoughts.
    A few books I have selected to read in her honor are Cloud Cukoo Land, Case Histories, Agatha Christy, and Jack Reacher; but not sure when that won't be rio painful to start.

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What a wonderful tribute, Zach, to our lovely friend. I also have yet to pick up Strangers on a Train - it was all too painful at the time. But I will get to it. I will get to all of these books and more because of her. Thinking of reading these books connected with Alice just highlighted her absence in the beginning, so it hurt to think we would read something she didn’t get to. But am starting to see it differently. I know Alice would never want us to not read something because of her - that would be the exact opposite of everything she stood for! Cloud Cuckoo Land and Demon Copperhead are on my kindle as well because of Alice. She leaves us a wonderful legacy of books, for which I am immensely grateful.

  • @ritacarmo4721
    @ritacarmo4721 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    💔🖤 a big hug

  • @RovingRedhead
    @RovingRedhead หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well said Jaq 😊

    • @spreadbookjoy
      @spreadbookjoy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Julie 🤍

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