Let's Catch-Up! My Recent Reads & Book Haul
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- Happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing a chatty catch-up video about my recent reads. I've read several fabulous books I wanted to share with you! I've also included a mini book haul.
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Mrs Porter Calling by A J Pearce: blackwells.co....
Start with Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce if you're new to the series: blackwells.co....
Greensleeves by Beryl Netherclift (out of print)
Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton: blackwells.co....
Coronation by Paul Gallico: blackwells.co....
You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz: blackwells.co....
The Blue Castle by L M Montgomery: blackwells.co....
One Afternoon by Sian James: blackwells.co....
La Vie by John Lewis-Stempel: blackwells.co....
Slightly Foxed Magazine: foxedquarterly...
A Lesson in Art & Life by Hugh St. Clair: blackwells.co....
Joie by Ajiri Aki: blackwells.co....
Blood Knots by Luke Jennings (press copy): foxedquarterly...
The Flavour Thesaurus (More Flavours) by Niki Segnit: blackwells.co....
High Time by Hannah Rothschild (press copy): blackwells.co....
Recipes to Reconnect by Anna Boglione: blackwells.co....
The Rossettis: blackwells.co....
Happy Sunday! I hope you enjoy this bookish catch-up. You may find my Summer Commonplace Guide here: www.mirandajanemills.com/summercommonplacebook
Have a wonderful June, and I look forward to returning to TH-cam in July! Miranda ❤
I can't tell you how much I look forward to your videos. They transport me to another place and I feel at peace! Of course I love books and sophisticated country living...
Thank you for your time for these wonderful videos. They are so enjoyable. Have a wonderful June and visit with your Father. I am so pleased that I am able to read such interesting books 😊❤
Thank you Elizabeth!
Thanks so very much for the beautiful Summer Commonplace Guide. I just love your uplifting, positive presence and creativity here on TH-cam. Enjoy your time away in June, and I look forward to seeing you afterward ❤️
Thank you so much for your lovely message & kind support, Shelli! I so appreciate your generosity ❤️
The best way to start the summer is definitely with Miranda's video! 💐🌻Big Thank you for the new commonplace book freebie, I definitely got inspired for commonplacing myself! Also, I ordered a book about David Hockney's landscape paintings recently and can't wait to read it, it looks like such a summery read and summery artist to me!
Thank you so much for your wonderful support, Natalia! So kind of you! I really appreciate it ❤️ I’m very glad you like the commonplace book. I love David Hockney’s artwork, and it means even more to me after moving to Yorkshire. That book sounds fab! Enjoy! Xxx
Dear Miranda, I wish you a wonderful month off and a lot of fun and joy with your father. I thank you very much for the Summer guide which I'm very much looking forward to. I will be back home tomorrow and will print it out and enjoying it! I loved your vlog and have added new books to my tbr, as always after watching your vlog😀 Have a lovely rest of June❤️
Gosh that’s so kind of you, Inga! Thank you so much for your generosity; I so appreciate it! Hope you enjoy reading the guide once you’ve printed it, and that you have a wonderful June ahead 😊❤️
Goodbye, Mr. Chips reminds me of the book (also a movie with Jennifer Jones) called Good Morning, Miss Dove, about a schoolteacher whose life, because of her long career, was much fuller than most realized.
I’ll have to look that up! Thanks for the recommendation!
Thanks for sharing all those lovely books , my TBR is growing ... I wish you a very relaxing holiday .
I love your bookish videos! So many good books. I will definitely read Goodbye Mr. Chips. I am reading All Creatures Great and Small now and loving it. Thank you for the spring and summer commonplace books - I'd really like to try making one. Have a lovely June!
Oh that’s great! So glad you’ll be reading along with both books 😊📚
Miranda, I always love ALL of your recommendations. Just my kind of list. Always unusual finds and not the expected: best sellery, most popular, current reads so often featured on many BookTube channels. I am not saying they should disappear. No. There are so many great reads that having a variety of suggestions, beyond recent/au current published books, means someone like me is sure to find another "must have" book to add on to the endless conveyor belt stack of reads in their possession. lol. Enjoy your break. And thank you for always bringing charm, enthusiasm and sparkling wit to each of your vids. I appreciate you and your mum. Luv from across the puddle.
I can’t believe I have never read “Goodbye Mr Chips”. Thank you for all your recommendations!
Thank you for some summer reading inspiration. As always the TBR pile is growing. Enjoy your time off in June.
Thank you very much indeed for your fabulous support, Michele! I so appreciate it! Hope you have a happy reading month ahead ❤️
Thank you for another delightful video. Enjoy your holiday. x
Thank you for the wonderful video and your book recommendations! After watching, I've purchased some of those books, so I can keep up with you and fellow readers!
The summer commonplace book guide is beautiful!
Thanks for all the book recommendations and enjoy your time off. ❤️📚
I love your vids. 'Goodbye Mr Chips' is a lovely book. It reminds me a bit of 'Its a Wonderful Life' in that the protagonists a reminded of how much they have given to the world and how they have influenced the people around them. A lesson for all of us. Thank you Miranda. Your channel always makes ne feel good. You are such a joyful person.
I love *Coronation* 👑 The family is just delightful. I remember my genuine anger when the bad news arrives, and then my admiration at how they pluck up. It's a great story.
Oh Goodbye Mr Chips…wonderful! You must see Peter O’Toole and Petula Clarke version, Miranda if you haven’t already. You’ll Love it!! 1969 I think. Absolutely brilliant with not a dry eye in the house ! Classic!
Great idea, Pamela! I’ve heard great things about that film ❤️📚
Thanks for the all the beauty you share! Enjoy your visit with your father!
When I watch your videos it feels as if I’m having a cosy catch up with a friend. It was exactly what I needed tonight so thank you. ❤
I hadn’t realised AJ Pearce had a new book out. That will be going on my TBR list as I loved Dear Mrs Bird and Yours Cheerfully. The Rossettis book is so beautiful. I love Pre-Raphaelite art. Enjoy your break and visit with your dad!
Hi Miranda have a wonderful time off in June. Thank you for the book recommendations I will be placing an order for some of those books. Greetings from Canada 🍁
Thank you Shirley 😊
Thanks! That fishing book just might be a great Father's Day gift!
Oh you’re right! Thanks so much for your lovely support, Janis! I really appreciate your kindness ❤️
Thank you for Summer recs! Enjoy your holiday and visiting wirh your father!
Lot's of inspiration in the books you featured! Thank you. Also thank you for the SUMMER COMMONPLACE BOOK GUIDE. I thoroughly enjoyed it! So lovely... I've as yet to join the Comfort Book Club, but will be doing so in August with All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, and will continue on from there as well as reading some of your past book club choices (Many of which I own, because of your recommendations LOL). Wishing you a wonderful rest of June!
Thank you, Grace! So glad you enjoyed the video and that you'll be joining in with our summer reading for The Comfort Book Club! xxx
Thanks for the heads-up about A.J. Pearce’s new book, “Mrs. Porter Calling.” I very much enjoyed her previous titles.
I just finished reading “The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies” (2023) by Australian author, Alison Goodman. Twin “spinsters” in their forties in Regency England defy the limitations set upon them by society to venture forth in adventure.
Enjoy your time-off and a visit with your Dad. And thanks for your wonderful newsletter.
Oh that sounds like a fun read! Thank you for your good wishes. Hope you enjoy Mrs Porter too 😊
Another wonderful video adding so many to my wish list. Have a wonderful visit with your dad.🌺
Thank you for the commonplace guide,is so beautiful! Enjoy you time off, have a wonderful June month!
Just read You Should Have Known on your recommendation and really liked it. Not only is it a fascinating story, but there is a lot to think about.
I so agree! Mum read it too & we were discussing for days after!! Glad you enjoyed it as well 😊
Miranda, Just had a chance to catch up with this video today and it was just what I needed as I recuperate from a nasty cold. So glad you enjoyed both "Mrs. Porter Calling" (am eagerly waiting for it to arrive from Blackwells) and "Good bye Mr. Chips" (a favorite). I will now be on the lookout for "Coronation". Thank you for the lovely Summer Commonplace Book Guide. All the effort you put into it is very much appreciated. Have a wonderful visit with your Dad!!💕
Sorry to hear you've been unwell, Nancy, and hope you're feeling much better now! I found 'Mrs Porter' to be a great convalescent read (though you will need some tissues to hand!) and hope you enjoy it too. Wishing you a wonderful June ahead xxx
Happy Sunday Miranda and thank you for the video. I’ve just ordered myself a commonplace book from Starsmead bookbinding and look forward to using your summer commonplace guide for inspiration ❤
That’s fabulous! I love Ursula’s notebooks and hope you enjoy keeping your own commonplace book ❤️
Lovely books and so well described. Miranda, You're a jewel!
Thanks so much Karen! ❤️
I Stan a book haul video. It’s my favourite part about Booktube.
More appealing recommendations, how will I ever keep up! Thank you, Miranda! Enjoy your time off, especially visiting with your dad! Cheers💗
Thanks so much, Marcia 💕
Hi Miranda, many thanks for the Summer Commonplace Book download which is absolutely superb, I don't know how you do it, but I am glad you do! I hope you have a wonderful June, we are visiting Harrogate this month as part of our exploring Yorkshire when we visit out daughter and I will use your book recommendations to decide what to take to read whilst I am away, many thanks for all your suggestions and recommendations. Happy summer, Teresa 📚💕
I’m so glad you like it, Teresa! Thank you for your kind words, and I hope you have a wonderful time in Harrogate with your daughter! Xxx
Thank you Miranda! I enjoyed watching this video ❤️
Enjoy your time off 💃
Because of your video, I read The Coronation and loved it. Thank you. And now I started Mrs. Harris goes to Paris.
Always love the real mixture of books you read and haul. They all sound so great. I need to get back to some Persephones. I seem to have a habit of collecting them and not getting to them which needs to train. Can’t wait for your thoughts on Blood Knots. Oooh I didn’t know there was a second flavour thesaurus, that’s one I need to get Chris.
The recipe book to "reconnect" sounds wonderful, so I am going to look for that. Have a lovely June holiday! Look forward to more goodies in July.
The Rossettis book looks gorgeous! I'm intrigued by Greensleeves as I loved The Snowstorm - will try and keep an eye out for it if it's quite hard to get hold of 🙂 I've been reading a lot of Anita Brookner recently which is odd for summer since her books are quite gloomy but I think I might pick up a Miss Read soon for something light. Have a lovely month ahead! Will look forward to seeing you back on TH-cam in July ☺
Thanks so much, Emma! Always a good time to return to Thrush Green or Fairacre, and good luck finding a copy of Greensleeves ❤️📚
Wish you a happy, blessed summer!
I look forward to reading many of these books! I will miss you on Sundays in June, but wish you a a lovely break from filming. You are such a sweet person!
Thank you so much, Catherine! Hope you have a lovely June ahead ❤️
I’m enjoying your beautiful summer commonplace guide - thank you. I’m looking forward to reading the new A J Pearce novel, as this is such a good series of books. Enjoy your summer break.
I've had Dear Mrs. Bird on my TBR for a long time, I didn't know it was a series, now I definitely need to get going on it!
Have a wonderful June. Y our reviews are always interesting.🌺🌺🌼🌼
Ooohhh...I will miss you !! Have a wonderful time and always a good read 📚📚📚
Oh no - something terrible has happened! I have loved EVERY book or item recommended by Miranda and today I could not believe she likes the A J Pearce books. I think I better go and get a cup of tea. Thanks for the videos Miranda - my next book is going to be One Afternoon!
Hope you enjoy One Afternoon!
Thanks Miranda for the Best Britain Bookshops Guide and The Commonplace Book Guides. Beautifully styled and great reading. Enjoy your June break and relaxing Summer.
I'm so glad you like both the guides, Paulette! Thank you - hope you have a lovely June ahead too! xxx
Once again thank you for sharing a piece of your life and likes with us. I will be buying the Rossetti for my husband to celebrate 30 years together! You are a gift yourself so thank you and enjoy your summer!
How lovely! Thank you for your sweet words, and Happy Anniversary to you & your husband ❤️
Thanks so much for all your videos. I really appreciate all your lovely recommendations.
That’s very kind! I really appreciate your support and generosity ❤️📚
Hi Miranda, I do hope that you have a really lovely holiday. I’m also very grateful for your ongoing book recommendations, and I’m going to try to order the French book you recommended. I think France is a delightful country and I like their style of life too. You are also always so very cheerful, uplifting and encouraging, so thanks again. I hope this summer will be memorable and full of happiness for you! Kindest wishes, Maria.
Thank you for your very kind words, Maria! I love the French way of life too! ❤️
Enjoyed the recommendations as always. I have also loved the pdfs of the comman book journels. The pictures you include are so beautiful. I've started my own journal which is so fun to add to. Enjoy your time off. Will miss you tho. 😊. Happy summer. 👍💐📚💕💕
Thanks so much, Diane! Have a fabulous June 💕
Thank you for the video, Miranda. I will be reading “The Go-between” this summer on your recommendation, and probably “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” in September. Greetings from Portugal and happy holiday!
My best friend and I read "You Should Have Known," which you recommended last time. We enjoyed it very much. We read a lot of mysteries. This is more of a psychological thriller.
So glad you enjoyed it! Yes, you're right it's a psychological thriller xxx
Thank you Miranda for your book recommendations, they all sound so interesting! I think my first pick will be Coronation… I adore books set in the 50’s and the story seems so lovely! I wish you and your mother a relaxing and joyful month of June😊
Thank you so much, Laura! I really loved Coronation and hope you do too. Have a great reading month ❤️📚
As always love your videos! Enjoy your break!!😊
Enjoy your filming holiday Miranda. Looking forward to seeing you again in July and watching some of your older videos in the meantime.
Thank you Debbie!
Thank you for creating such a lovely newsletter. It feels like having a nice catch-up with you even though you're away at the moment.
Have a wonderful June holiday, Miranda! We'll look forward to seeing you again in July 🍒🍓
Thank you! ❤️
Thanks, Miranda, for your wonderful content!
Thank you very much for your kind support, Carol! It’s so appreciated, and I’m so pleased you enjoy my videos 💐📚❤️
I always love hearing your book recommendations and have just ordered the book for September. Thank you so much!
Enjoy your time off Miranda! ❤
Thank you for your ever thoughtful and uplifting videos and newsletters. I'm savoring the summer commonplace book and daydreaming about visiting all the bookshops on your "best of" list. I used to frequent Much Ado when it was located here in the states, along the north shore in Massachusetts. I remember how sad I was when they closed up shop and hopped across the pond. I hope you enjoy a lovely visit with your dad and a delightfully bookish June!
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Pamela! I really appreciate your kindness, and I'm glad you're enjoying the two guides. How fun you frequented Much Ado in the States! Hope you have a lovely June ahead ❤️
Thank you so much for your summer commonplace book 📖 ,Miranda and I am really enjoying it . I was also looking forward to Mrs Porter Calling. I received my copy of Goodbye Mr Chips this week. This will be a reread for me
So glad you're enjoying it! Thank you. xxx
Dear Miranda,
I finally have been able to catch up with your videos. Thank you so much for your fabulous Summer Commonplace Guide. Such a beautiful source of inspiration. You have sold me on “One Afternoon” and can’t wait to devour that. I’m so excited “Goodbye Mr Chips” is an upcoming CBC read, it’s been on my list! I will certainly be packing some of your recommended summer reads in my holiday travel bag. I hope you have a restorative and wonderful summer break! ❤️
I just downloaded the summer guide and it is stunning! 😍
I learned about Cedric Morris on the art in isolation series on TH-cam and was really struck by his art work!
I’ve seen the movie Goodbye Mr. Chips. It’s the old black and white version from the 30’s. It is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Have your tissues ready.
Will do! ❤️📚
really enjoyed this! you might have watched it, but if not, I really recommend the film adaptation of ‘Goodbye Mr. Chips’ (film 1939). One of the script writers is our beloved R.C. Sherriff, so… 💕
Thank you for all the book recommendations! I read Death of an Author and found it charming. I am going to put AJ Pearce and Sian James on my TBR pile. Have a great summer!
Thank you, Isabella! So glad you enjoyed Death of an Author 📖💕
What a great list of books you’ve shared. I love the variety, and my list has been update. I bumped Mr Chips to the top of the list as it’s the Sep book.
Have a wonderful time with your father. I pray the weather continues beautifully summery as it is just now.
Thank you for your videos. I can add two more books to the TBR pile, Death of an Author & You Should Have Known.
Thank you so much for your kind support which is much appreciated! I’m so pleased you’re inspired by the book recommendations too❤️📚💐
Thank you, Miranda. Enjoy your beginning to summer!
Thank you very much for your good wishes and kind support, Deb! I appreciate it so much ❤️📚💐
Have a wonderful time off, wishing you the best! I look forward to July!! 🥰🇨🇦
Hello Miranda! I loved this video and it really encouraged me to begin to read again after a very busy break, you are a really special person full of light and I adore you, your book recommendations, your videos and your mum 😊❤!!!!!
Thank you for the video. Lovely. I like your recommendations and your sweater. Enjoy your time off.
Thanks for the wonderful recommendations and the beautiful summer commonplace guide! Enjoy your time off!
Thanks so much for your generous support, Meghan! I’m so happy you enjoyed the Summer Commonplace Book Guide and very much appreciate your kind support ❤️📚💐
I've just found time to finish off watching Sunday's vlog - I've had a hectic week! Thanks so much for all the fabulous recommendations. La Vie, Joie, High Time and Recipes to Reconnect all appeal to me. I am currently reading John Lewis-Stempels Nightwalking (another of your choices) and I'm loving his writing.
I am always looking for your blog: informativ and beautifully made. Thank you! Have a wonderful time and see you in July!
Thanks so much, Jelena! ❤️
Thanks for the recommendations. Some of them sound really interesting. I think the Coronation and Joie will be great.
Have a lovely June. It's a beautiful time of year for a visit from your dad. Enjoy. 😊
Thank you! Yes, I'm hoping we get some lovely sunny days for his visit! xxx
Aah Goodbye Mr Chips is one of my favourites and the 1939 film starring Robert Donat is one of the very few films that make me cry. Sheer perfection. Have a wonderful June break.
😀💕xx thanks Miranda. I love your choices.lots of love to you Donna 🥰
Hello Miranda Love Your Videos, While In London We Visited Tate Exhibition With The Rossettis It Was So Lovely, We Felt Really Spoiled As Our Son Is A Member So We Had Lunch In The Members Restaurant That Was A Real Treat, The Book Is Lovely I Could Not Resist Also Bought The Dreams Of Love Rossetti Poetry Book. X
So glad you enjoyed the exhibition! xxx
Wonderful as always, your videos are such a gift. Have an awesome visit with your Dad, so look forward to seeing the photos you post. Happy Happy June Miranda and Donna.
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Thanks so much, Vicky! Hope you've got a lovely month ahead xxx
Thanks so much for all you share! Enjoy your visit!
Thank you so much for your good wishes and kind support ❤️
Hello Miranda, thank you again for another charming free gift. I so look forward to your videos and newsletter each week. I wonder if you have discovered the Shardlake series by CJ Sansom? It is a thrilling series 🙂❤️
Thank you! I do know that series, but am not sure it’s quite my thing. Good to know you recommend though! Enjoy the start of the week xxx
Wishing you a lovely June and a well earned break.
I've just started Mrs Porter Calling. Light and cosy sound just perfect as I'm recovering from being a bit unwell and have a few busy weeks ahead. A perfect time to curl up with a heartwarming book revisiting well known characters.
Thank you, Penny! Hope you’re beginning to feel back to normal too before the busy weeks ahead! So agree Mrs Porter Calling is a lovely read at any time, but is just right when you’re under the weather too. Wishing you a lovely June 💐❤️📚
Enjoy your time in June, one of the best months of the year! ❤
So true! (Not least because it's my Mum's birthday month 😃 )
@@MirandaMills Mine too! 😂
Hi Miranda, can you recommend some summer holiday books for my 14 year old daughter who loved the Hunger Games and Sherlock Holmes books? Maybe a newsletter idea for you!
Thank you for the videos which I look forward to with a large latte ❤ Enjoy your time off with your dad!
Dear Miranda, thank you for the lovely catch-up! I got myself a second hand copy of You Should Have Known, and I am looking forward to starting it! 🤗 And not book-related, the earrings that you are wearing suit you SO well, good choice! 🤩 I'll miss your videos in June, but it just makes me look even more forward to the ones coming afterwards. Have a lovely summer break, enjoy it to the fullest! 😊🌞 Sunny greetings from Prague, Vanessa
Thanks so much, Vanessa! Enjoy the sunshine and your reading! I look forward to being back on here in July ❤️
Love the commonplace book guides! Very lovely! Enjoy your reviews so much! It's sunny here in Tennessee. I am enjoying getting out and working in the yard. Have a blessed day!😊 Enjoy your time with your father!❤
Thank you, Pamela! Enjoy the sunshine and have a wonderful June ☀️ ❤️
Thank you for another lovely video and the beautiful summer commonplace guide 🌸
I’m so glad you enjoyed both, and thank you so much for your lovely support! I really appreciate it 😊❤️
Miranda-- Lovely book chat today, really love the beautiful floral arrangement too. Enjoy your time off in June and hope you have a pleasant visit with your Dad!
Thank you very much! ❤️
Thanks!
Thank you for your kind support, Susan! I really appreciate it ❤️
I watched the movie several times… it dies ‘choke you up’ with tenderness, heart break, love, sadness.. ill have to get the book now!
Thanks Miranda for more inspiration! The Slightly Foxed article about the Go Between sounds interesting and 'You Should Have Known' sounds right up my street :-) Hope you enjoy your well deserved break x
Thank you for your kind support! I so appreciate it, and I hope you have a lovely June ahead with many good books! ❤️ 📚
Thank you Miranda for your lovely job here in TH-cam and Instagram. I would like to support your channel as much as I could afford, but single mother of three here 🤷🏻♀️👩👧👧. I hope my little contribution helps you a little to continue creating your lovely content.
Thank you for your kind support! It’s much appreciated 💕
‘Goodbye Mr Chips’ is one of my all time favourites. Will really miss your videos during June. However enjoy your summer holiday.
I shall be reading ‘You should have known’
Much love to you and your Mother.
Thank you! Have a lovely June and happy reading! xxx
Love this all. I’m ordering Joie today to prepare for my Paris trip! I will miss your vlogs but enjoy your June. You deserve it!
Oooh how fun! Have a wonderful time in Paris! Joie will definitely get you even more excited for it!! xxx
Loved Mr Chips! Thank you for recommending it , sweet and warm hearted .
So glad you enjoyed it! xxx