My new fav author that I discovered this year is John Steinbeck😍. I bought myself 10+ books for my birthday. I’ve read Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Next read: East of Eden
You're going to love it! Also, I read a book that reminds me of Steinbeck's writing style a few years ago. It's called The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea. My cousin picked it for our family book club and I loved it. Enjoy East of Eden ❤
CM...you have excellent taste! A beautiful heart. And you talk about books with so much passion and soulfulness. Congrats on your marriage to Leon! Looking forward to more videos.
Questions 1) Best book of 2024 so far i’ve just finished this book last night and it’s one of my all time favorite so definitely Anne of green gables. The whole lord of the rings trilogy 😭💚 thank you again for making us read this masterpiece! last one i have to say is to the lighthouse by virginia woolf 💚 fave author so this wasn’t a surprise! 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to Happy Place and Funny Story by Emily Henry, she’s my favorite contemporary romance author so i really can’t wait to read her new books! I also really want to read where the dark stands still by a.b. poranek just cause i love every book that is set in a forest especially a magical one! 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year Don’t let the forest in by c.g. drews for the same reason as the other one loll 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far TLOTR i didn’t think i would have liked it as much as i did! also Beloved by Toni Morrison cause i had no idea it was gonna be a magical realism book! 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) read so many new authors this year so Tolkien ofc, Toni Morrison and Calvino! 6) Newest favorite character Anne of Green Gables absolutely 💚 7) A book that made you cry Even if this Love disappears tonight by Misaki 😭😭😭💔 8) A book that made you happy The Tea Dragon Society by Kate O’Neil (would highly recommend this book to you btw!) 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year I just bought a copy of pinocchio from Florence and it’s the most beautiful book everrr
@@Culper723 I’m reading it as part of a group read with Jess from Stalking Kafka and we’re just starting part 3. Hope nothing bad happens to Samuel Hamilton 🤞🏼
@@suzannedavies7996 LOL well I won't be spoiling anything for you, but I hope that you love the book as much as I did. Have you come across the word "Timshel" yet?
So far this year hasn’t been so full of 4 & 5 stars, unfortunately. But I loved, loooved ‘Eugene Onegin’ by Pushkin and also ‘Ignorance’ by Milan Kundera.
Currently reading East of Eden and I’m just past chapter 24 (fav chapter so far btw 😭😭😩) and it has quickly become my favorite book. I feel like how I felt when I read Wuthering Heights, I don’t know how else to explain!! Can’t wait til you read and share your thoughts. Happy reading!!
I just finished chapter 24 a few hours ago! And couldn't agree more, i know there's some recency bias but i feel like i can safely say it's on my top 10 all time
You may not have the same initial reaction I had to the first time I tried to read East of Eden years ago. Back then I found the beginning to be so emotionally challenging that I set it aside. All these years later I picked it up again and absolutely loved it! Though it starts dark, light does enter just beyond where I had stopped reading the first time. There's still darkness, but it's not the complete bleakness I had originally feared. Fantastic read!
I loved East of Eden and can't wait to hear what you think of it.. So glad you and Emma are both loving LOTR. If you like East of Eden, please consider reading The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea next year. It is incredible!!! I also highly recommend Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. Gorgeous writing. Both set in historic Mexico / New Mexico and based on real characters / true stories. 1) Best book of 2024 so far - Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope and A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga (middle grade) 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year - I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - Muppets in Moscow - this memoir by the Executive Producer of Sesame Street in post-cold war Russia was incredible! 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Anthony Trollope 6) Newest favorite character - Resilience (from A Rover's Story) 7) A book that made you cry - A Rover's Story 8) A book that made you happy - Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries. Reminded me of Howl's Moving Castle! 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - Heart of a Samurai ❤ 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - The Pickwick Papers I love that you love Kate DiCamillo. She is such a special and lovely writer. ❤
I love Sam Gamgee too! I was so shirty about what they did to his character in the films. I understand why they did it, but it annoys me anyway. Faramir as well. That Sense and Sensibility cover is absolutely gorgeous! Here's my answers to your questions: 1) Best book of 2024 so far = Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to = The Secret History of Sharks by John Long 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year = The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far = How to Kiss a Crocodile and Other Snappy Stories by Max Walker 5) Favourite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) = Lisa Fuller (new to me) 6) Newest favourite character = Rhi from Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller 7) A book that made you cry = Letters From the Inside by John Marsden, and several of the stories from Vignettes from the End of the World by various authors 8) A book that made you happy = Nothing stands out as yet 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year = Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule (saw it in one of your vids and had to have it -- thanks for the rec!) 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year = The Count of Monte Cristo (I picked it up for the Game of Tomes challenge but I hit my renewal limit and had to return it to the library; it's currently on order, so I'll get back into it soon) Word of warning to anyone using this for recs: most of these books have triggers, so I'd look into them before reading them if it's a concern for you.
yay, so excited!! my fav book of the year so far is probably The Priory of the Orange Tree, with Crime and Punishment being a close second! Another book I really enjoyed (+which was unexpected) was Diary Of A Void by Emi Yagi! Went into it with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it
I've been able to read a few things as I recuperate, like Karin Slaughter, Anne Sexton, Claire Keegan, Amy Tan, etc but without your good fortune of finding so many fantastic reads! However, I do have high hopes for the rest of the year, with Brit Bennett, William Faulkner, Lee Child and perhaps Hiraku (sp.?) Murakami. Oh and yes, I did also have the exquisite pleasure of participating in a short Shakespeare group (4 plays), with the hope of rereading a few more. Thx, and take care.
Love watching everyone's mid-year check-ins. Also love all the beautiful editions you have. I think my favorite book this year so far (one of them) is Mansfield Park. Which was a surprise to me because the first time I read it I didn't love it. But it was so good on this re-read!
1) Best book of 2024 so far: *Tie between The Fellowship of the Ring & The Children of Gods and Fighting Men* 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: *When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker* 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: *The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst* 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: *The Fellowship of the Ring* 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): *J.R.R Tolkien* 6) Newest favorite character: *Tom Bombadil* 7) A book that made you cry: *None so far.* 8) A book that made you happy: *Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries* 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: *So many! However, Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrelees, the 2018 Edition by Orion Publishing Co is one of my favorites.* 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: *I would love to finish Dracula!* 🧛♂
In Tales From the Perilous Realm, One of the "fairie" tales is The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells, in verse, of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls. The book is illustrated by Alan Lee.
Have you seen the Tolkien biography movie? I know not everyone liked it, but I did. It made me want to read it. I want to try it again. His writing is just a lot. lol. The movie goes into some of his inspiration. I think he wrote it as a way to deal with what he went through in WWI as a veteran.
My library had a fundraising gala last year, and Kate DiCamillo was the special guest speaker. She was so lovely! She spoke about Charlotte’s Web as a childhood inspiration for her, and we all got copies of The Puppets of Spellhorst. My recommendation if you haven’t read it yet is Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.
TH-cam just suggested your page so this is your first video I've seen. I'm so happy to hear you love Tolkien. I used to read the series about every year...that was before the internet. Yes, I'm old 😊 Then Google, TH-cam, and Tictoc came along and learned I love books. Now I have such a long TBR list I don't go back to read favs. I also loved Fredrick Blackman, especially A Man Called Ove. I haven't finished the Beartown series, I am afraid I'll be sad. If you haven't read The Last Tale of the Flower Bride I recommend it, it's my fave of 2024 so far.❤ I understand not saying CWs when it could spoil a story, but I have difficulty finding them in reviews. Maybe you could put them in the description? That way if someone wants to have them they can go there? Shame on me, my first comment to you and I give unsolicited advice! I will sit and think about what I've done. 😉 😊 Happy Summer Reading!
1) Best book: Violeta by Isabel Allende 2) New Release: Knife by Salman Rushdie 4) Bienenstich by Viktor Funk 5) favourite author: Isabel Allende- i have read both Violeta and Tne House of the Spirits 6) favourite character: Clara (from House of the Spirits) 7) a book that made me cry- The House of the Spirits 8) made me happy: The Count of Monte Cristo 9) Der Ring der Nibelungen Richard Wagner 10)Knife - Salman Rushdie
My best books of 2024 so far: Fathers and Sons, by Turguenev and The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton; best author: Mariana Leky; most surprising book: What you can see from here, by Mariana Leky; book i need to read: The Brothers Karamazov. Loved your choices, Carolyn! ❤😊
1) Best book of 2024 so far: Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: (not a new release, I'm not that trendy... but the newest) Babel - RF Kuang 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: A Pinch of Magic - Michelle Harrison (middle grade) 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Juliet Marillier 6) Newest favorite character: Hercule Poirot 7) A book that made you cry: The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak 8) A book that made you happy: The Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: UK Edition of A Pinch of Magic is beautiful! 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead & Echo - Pam Munoz Ryan
I have just bought Emma the Puffin in Bloom edition, thanks for showing it in one of the recent videos, it's so beautiful 😍 Hopefully I'll get to it before the year is over 😂 I also can't wait for Intermezzo, will pick it up as soon as it's out in the bookshops!
Your video is a great way to start a long reading weekend. I would suggest reading The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Loved both. This summer I'll either be reading LOTR or Pride and Prejudice. Have a nice weekend ! ❤📚
Questions 1) Best book of 2024 so far - Jane Eyre 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - babel 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year -not sure 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - tenant of wildfell hall. Brilliant book 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Jane Austen 6) Newest favorite character - Helen Graham from tenant of wildfell hall 7) A book that made you cry - Oliver Twist 8) A book that made you happy - sense and sensibility 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - sense and sensibility 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - our mutual friend by Charles dickens
I love your book tube. I have either purchased or checked out from the library books you have suggested. It has gotten me out of my comfort zone of historical fiction. I am wanting to try John Steinbeck… is there a book of his your would suggest? Also congratulations on your marriage. What a great day for your and Leon.
1) Best book of 2024 so far: The idiot by Elif Batuman 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Weyward by Emilia Hart 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: The muse by Jessie Burton 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Elena Ferrante 6) Newest favorite character: Lila from My brilliant friend 7) A book that made you cry: A thousand mornings by Mary Oliver (happy tears) 8) A book that made you happy: The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Just kids by Patti Smith
1) Best book of 2024 so far: The Sound and The Fury or As I Lay Dying 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: n/a 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: n/a 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: The Catcher in the Rye 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far: William Faulkner 6) Newest favorite character: Darl (As I Lay Dying), Holden Caulfield, or Dilsey (The Sound and the Fury) 7) A book that made you cry: n/a 8) A book that made you happy: n/a 9) Most beautiful book you've bought this year: Moby Dick (Easton Press) or The Sound and The Fury (first edition facsimile) 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Absalom, Absalom! and Blood Meridian
This year is my J. R. R. Tolkien year. I have been buying all year any book having to do with him or his work. I read the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings about 10 years ago and decided I wanted to read all his other works. My favorite of the books are the ones edged with colors it also includes writing plus it's illustrated with the authors illustrations throughout
1. I think my best book of the year so far has been tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle Zevin. However I'm currently in the middle of the handmaid's tale and its already taking zevin's spot 2) i'm not very up to date on new releases but i have enjoyed emily Henry's books so maybe her new one (Funny Story I think is called) 3) again, im not even sure whats coming out later this year haha 4) happy place by emily henry, im not a big romance reader but i really really enjoyed that one 5) Gabrielle Zevin or Isabel Allende, read both of them for the first time this year and loved them, also Margaret Atwood, can't choose haha 6) Clara from the House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 7) Even if this love dissapears tonight (read it because of what it did to Emma haha) 8) I reread with a friend the infernal devices trilogy and it made me really happy, it was nostalgic 9) I got a beautiful edition of a book called delirio by Laura Restrepo (colombian author) 10) I'm due for a reread of one hundred years of solitude and Hamnet (east of eden is also very high on my tbr actually) ❤ love your videos Carolyn
1) Best book of 2024 so far: Jane Eyre !! miss it so much 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: The Paradise Problem 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: have to say Intermezzo as well (love Sally Rooney!!) 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: Slaughterhouse Five 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Toshikazu Kawaguchi 6) Newest favorite character: Hermione Granger 7) A book that made you cry: Before we say goodbye 8) A book that made you happy: Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Pride and Prejudice
I was just looking for some info about what Sally Rooney's doing and voila - your comment! I didn't know she publishes this year but now I can't wait :)
1) Best book of 2024 so far - Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio (please read it) 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - Vladivostok Circus by Elisa Shua Dusapin 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year - I actually have no idea what's coming out 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin - it was my first time reading anything by him 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Clarice Lispector and James Baldwin 6) Newest favorite character - Esther Greenwood. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is actually a reread, but I didn't appreciate it first time around 7) A book that made you cry - Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 8) A book that made you happy - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, a non-fiction book about physics that blew me away 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. It's the 75th anniversary edition with the cover art by Elmer Hader that was used on the first edition in 1939 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway! Love these kinds of videos from you. I've officially decided to read Sally Rooney. You have convinced me.
1. Best Book so far: Tie: What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life (Mark Doty) and Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (Dame Judi Dench) 2. A new release you want to read-My Mama, Cass (O Elliot-Kugell); Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution (A Higonnet); The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture (T Romano) 3. Most anticipated release for 2nd half of the year. The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women’s Movement (S Gibson); and Etcetera: an Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases (M Lee-Chin) 5. New-to-me favorite living author Mark Doty and deceased author W Somerset Maugham 6. New favorite character-Felix Holt 7. Book that made me cry-A Man Called Ove, (F Backman-because of your raves) They say its humorous--now THAT is funny! 8. Book that made you happy-Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (Dame Judi Dench) 10. Book that you need to read by the end of the year-Look Homeward Angel (T Wolfe), I’m one chapter in. NOTE: I read novels: Tom Lake, Western Lane, The Painted Veil, North Woods, A Man Called Ove, Felix Holt: The Radical. All good books. This list didn't draw them out. marjorieapple.substack.com
1) Best book of 2024 so far - My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd 🐝 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Annie Ernaux!! 6) Newest favorite character - August Boatwright, from The Secret Life of Bees 7) A book that made you cry - The Perks of Being a Wallflower 8) A book that made you happy - The Man Who Knew Javanese, by Lima Barreto 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis. I read at least one of his works every year! 💗
1) Best book of 2024 so far: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: I don't follow new release, so IDK. 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I don't follow new release, so IDK. 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Alice Oseman 6) Newest favorite character: Gareth from The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles 7) A book that made you cry: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles 8) A book that made you happy: Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: NA 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Swing Low, vol 1: A History of the Black Christianity in the United States by Walter R. Strickland
My top books, in no particular order, so far have been: Troy by Stephen Fry Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens The Hobbit by Tolkien Other Words for Home ( middle grade) by Jasmine Warga A Place to Hang the Moon (middle grade) by Kate Albus I am a Floridian so it’s no surprise that I have to congratulate the Florida Panthers on their Stanley Cup win! 🏒👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😃
My answers! 1) Best book of 2024 so far The Brothers Karamazov 2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to Until August 3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year I don’t really keep up! 4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) Dostoyevsky (new to me😂) 6) Newest favorite character Elena Greco 7) A book that made you cry One Hundred Years of Solitude 8) A book that made you happy A Room of One’s Own 9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year Watership Down (A hardback edition!) 10) A book you need to read by the end of the year East of Eden
1. Lord of The Rings by JRRTolkien 2.The Ministry of Time By Kallane Bradley 3. Ferris By Kate DeCamillo( Thank You For Introducing The New Release😊📚) 4. The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas 5. Alexandre Dumas(😮The Count of Monte Cristo) 6. Abbe Faria ( Warned Edmund Dantè About The Effects of Revenge) 7The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane By Kate DiCamillo/ Piranesi By Susanna Clark 8.Persuasion By Jane Austen 9. Little Women By Louisa May Alcott 10.1Q84 By Harukami / The Secret Life of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd Thank You So Much For All Book Recommendations And Book Questions😊📚🌻🌻🌻🙋♀️
After two and a half years of reading a lot of books and really enjoying it, 40% of my favorite books I read in 2023 alone, I now am reading the only book that matters this year. Here is a summary of my reading this year. WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX? Amos 1:6-7 “For thus saith Yahweh, “for three transgressions of Gaza, four, I will not revoke being against: they capture people at peace with them (1) and bring them to be shut up (2), bloody (3). And send fire over the wall of Gaza (4), and consume all of the citadels.” Habakkuk 1:9-11 "All come, Hamas, assemble the horde of the east, gather the captives like sand. Mock the ruler, and their judgment a joke, laugh as all strongholds become rubble, seize them, then pass through like the wind, pass through guilty by the strength of your god.” Amos 4:12 “Therefore, thus, I will make Israel a consequence, because you have made it this, firmly meeting your god, Israel! Behold who can form a mountain, creating, The Spirit declared unto man, what a thought! I come at the dawn of the darkness, treading the high places of the Earth, Yahweh, our God, Lord of hosts, is a name.” Obadiah 1:10-11 “from out of Hamas, your brother, a deceiver, cover your shame, and you will be cut off forever. In that day you stood afar, on the day the strangers were carried away in strength. And the stranger entered to cast lots for Jerusalem, then you were one of them.” Micah 6:16 "It is owed unto America, and all who work the deed and the house Ahaz ("he has grasp the ten") and watch and keep you with their strange counsel. Walk in it for the purpose; I will give you up to desolation. And your inhabitants shall be a derision, for you will bear and be a reproach my people." Hosea 10:10 “It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows (West Bank and Gaza Strip).” Obadiah 1:12-13 “Do not gloat over your brother’s day of taking strangers captive, nor rejoice in the day the sons of Judah are destroyed, do not boast in the day of distress. You should never enter at the gate of My people, in the day of their distress. Moreover do not gloat over their calamity in the day of their disaster, sending wealth in the day of disaster.” Habakkuk 3:11-13 "From the east the crescent stood at the heights, walking in the light of the weapons, the radiance of Barack (Husein Obama) from the thrust. There is indignation at his march on the Earth; in anger he trampled the nations. He went forth for the salvation of his people; for the salvation he's anointed. Now strike the head of the house of the wicked; lay him open from thigh to neck, commune with the Lifted High." Nahum 3:3 “The Man of War (Yashu’a Son of Yahweh) lifts up the sword, & the blade pierces Barack, the multitude is slain, & the mass of corpses is innumerable dead bodies, and they stumble over the dead.” Zechariah 13:8-9 "and it shall come to pass that all in the land shall fall, declares Yahweh. Two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and the last third shall be left to remain. I shall bring the last third through fire. Smelt some to silver refine, test some to gold in the trials. They will call on a name and I will answer some saying, “they are my people.” They shall have uttered, "YAHWEH IS MY ELOHIM." Zechariah 14:12 “This is the plague which Yahweh will strike all people with, who war against Jerusalem, the flesh consumed as they stand on their feet, the eye consumed in the socket, the tongue consumed in the mouth.” Ezekiel 1:13-14 “for the living being was like a consumed ember, a consumed vision upright, shall he walk among living beings, fiery and bright was Barack, he had come out of the consummation. The living beings ran to and fro before the vision of Barack.” Ezekiel 21:2-5 "Son of man set your face towards Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuary and prophecy against the land of Israel, and say to the land of Israel, "Thus saith Yahweh, "Behold I am against, and the drawn sword from the sheath, and cut off shall be the righteous and the wicked. ON THIS ACCOUNT cut off the righteous and the wicked, thus the drawn sword from the sheath, against all flesh south north, ALL FLESH SHALL KNOW YAHWEH, the drawn sword from the sheath, never to turn back again.""" Ezekiel 21:9-12 “Son of man prophecy and say, Yahweh utters, “a sword, a sword is sharpened and moreover laid bare, sharpened for slaughter the slaughter of laid bare Barack, for shall we rejoice at the son who rejects all the branches of humanity? For it was first given laid bare the handle sharpened and laid bare and set into the hand of the destroyer (Abaddon or Apollyon). Cry out in anguish, son of man. And my people, all the so blessed of God’s Word (Israel) are delivered unto the sword. My people! Thus I shall strike him at the thigh.” Ezekiel 21:13-15 “Test your community. Truly, also the scepter which despises shall be no more, declares the Lord Yahweh. Son of man prophecy and clap your hands together, the sword twice, and now the third time, the sword pierces, the sword for the great one as it pierces those who indwelt and surrounded them. The inner being (demons) weaken greatly, they were brought down to cause stumbling, All of them are at the gate (of hell). Give them to slaughter by the sword. Alas, they had made Barack (Hussein Obama) and caught themselves up for the slaughter.” Ezekiel 21:28 “and son of man prophecy and say, All utters Lord Yahweh, towards teaching towards this reproach, say a sword, a sword has been drawn and laid bare for the slaughter to consume Barack.” Deuteronomy 29:25-29 "and they will say, 'ALLAH (the accursed), for they forsook the covenant of Yahweh the God of their fathers, Asshur (he who shall come forth) shall cut off they who were brought out of the land of Egypt.' They will come to serve another god (Allah), and prostrate before a god, Asshur (he who shall come forth) shall know to divide. And the breath of Yahweh shall burn against that land (Palestine whole - see Isaiah 14:29-31) to bring upon all a curse written in this book. Yahweh shall uproot the land in anger, fury of great wrath, to cast another land as it is this day concealed. Yahweh our God. Uncover the Son. For unto the last, this is the observance of all of the words of this book of law." Deuteronomy 32:41 “Truly I cut into Barack with a sword, for My hand shall accomplish justice, I will turn back the vengeance of My adversaries, to repay all those who hate Me.” IT WOULD SEEM A SWORD WIELDED BY YAHWEH GOES INTO BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. Wonder why? WHAT WERE THESE GUYS ARGUING ABOUT??? Zophar has a point about a backstabber. Job 20:25-29 “Draw out and go through the back, BARACK shall remove all strength, a dreadful overcoming shall flow forth. All is darkness, the reserve he has stored it up, an unfanned fire will devour consuming the survivor in his tent. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity and the Earth will rise up. The increase of his house will desist downward the run forth, the day of his anger. This wickedness of man is the portion of gods, and the inheritance decreed by the Word of God.” Job mentions he's heard of the Anti-Christ and what he can accomplish, but so what? Job 26:6 "naked death before Abaddon, and nothing shall cover them over." Job 26:13-14 “by his breath the heavens are cleared, his hand shall pierce BARACK, a serpent. Behold ALLAH the end of his ways. How? A whisper, a word, hear the strength and the thunder. Who can discern?” Yahweh points out the understanding can improve thanks to an Anti-Christ and ultimate death on the planet. Job 38:35-36 “Can you send BARACK, and make him go and say, “Behold who pierced wisdom in the inward parts to run forth,” also given understanding to the appearing.” Barack - lightening. Obama - springing forth onto from the heights. Luke 10:18 reveals Satan is Barack Obama. Isaiah 14:14 “Allah Obama ab dama elyown.” Or “The Most High springs forth onto from above heights in dark outer garment, I will become the god over all things.” Isaiah 14:16 "They that see thee shall squint, saying, "This the man who shakes the whole world? He shook merely the region of the first." Isaiah 14:27-31 "Yahweh is the head of a force of armies, who can plan to frustrate? If His hand is stretched out who can turn it back? For the year is the year of the brought down king, Ahaz ("ahaz" means "he has grasp the ten"). He is dead is the oracle to come. Rejoice not Palestine though now thee be whole, for the rod who struck has been broken. The serpent is at the root with a venom. It shall go forth as a fruit, a flying forth from the serpent. Those most hopeless shall lie down in bonds, and shall die at the root in need, for their remnant will be slain. Wail at the judgment, cry out city as you melt, O Palestine now whole. For smoke from the North, and none shall break rank.” Isaiah 14:18-19 "All the kings of the Earth shall lie down in a manner most glorious, each in a tomb, yet you shall be cast out of a tomb. An abhorrent branch, clothed with the slain yet pierced by a sword. Kneel to the ROCK and descend in a pit to be trampled as a corpse."
TOP BOOKS 0) "The Holy Bible: King James Version" copyright 1967 15) The Silmarillion - The Hobbit, or there and back again - The Lord of the Rings - Middle Earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien 24) "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen 43) "Emma" by Jane Austen 68) “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen The stars pointed to one passage the most about Rapture, which is Revelation 12, and this happened on September 23rd, 2017 and seven (7) is the number of completion and thus seven years from that would be and they became one, so the possible rapture of the bride may be soon. That was a point from a video I heard this year on You Tube and thought I'd share it with you, since you bring up stars. FAVORITE AUTHORS 1) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Insulted and Humilitated) 2) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection) 3) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons) 4) James A. Michener (Chesapeake) 5) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich) 6) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew) 7) Charlotte Brontë (Vilette) 8) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) 9) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire) 10) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice) 11) Anne Brontë (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) 12) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) 13) Anthony Trollope (He Knew He Was Right) 14) Dr. Burrhus Frederic (B. F.) Skinner (Verbal Behavior) 15) George Eliot (Silas Marner) 16) Charles Dickens (Hard Times) 17) Thomas Hardy (Jude the Obscure)
My new fav author that I discovered this year is John Steinbeck😍. I bought myself 10+ books for my birthday. I’ve read Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Next read: East of Eden
I'm currently half way through East of Eden and it's already bullying its way onto my all time favorites list.
East of Eden is (in my opinion) his best one! I just did my 4th reread of it and it gets better everytime you read it :)
I'm also midway through East of Eden. Def a favorite. I had read the Red Pony which I loved and that's what made me pick up East of Eden.
You're going to love it! Also, I read a book that reminds me of Steinbeck's writing style a few years ago. It's called The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea. My cousin picked it for our family book club and I loved it. Enjoy East of Eden ❤
CM...you have excellent taste! A beautiful heart. And you talk about books with so much passion and soulfulness. Congrats on your marriage to Leon! Looking forward to more videos.
My favourite book of the year has to be the count of monte cristo :,) I'm so excited to film this check-in aswell!
Great video! I also loved the casual “My husband and I…” :)
I just recently started Sense and Sensibility, now I'm super excited to continue reading it!!
Your passion for reading stirs my passion for reading.
I recommend the movie ‘Tolkien’ if you haven’t seen it already, as you are a fan of his work!
Questions
1) Best book of 2024 so far
i’ve just finished this book last night and it’s one of my all time favorite so definitely Anne of green gables.
The whole lord of the rings trilogy 😭💚 thank you again for making us read this masterpiece!
last one i have to say is to the lighthouse by virginia woolf 💚 fave author so this wasn’t a surprise!
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to
Happy Place and Funny Story by Emily Henry, she’s my favorite contemporary romance author so i really can’t wait to read her new books!
I also really want to read where the dark stands still by a.b. poranek just cause i love every book that is set in a forest especially a magical one!
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
Don’t let the forest in by c.g. drews for the same reason as the other one loll
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far
TLOTR i didn’t think i would have liked it as much as i did! also Beloved by Toni Morrison cause i had no idea it was gonna be a magical realism book!
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you)
read so many new authors this year so Tolkien ofc, Toni Morrison and Calvino!
6) Newest favorite character
Anne of Green Gables absolutely 💚
7) A book that made you cry
Even if this Love disappears tonight by Misaki 😭😭😭💔
8) A book that made you happy
The Tea Dragon Society by Kate O’Neil (would highly recommend this book to you btw!)
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year
I just bought a copy of pinocchio from Florence and it’s the most beautiful book everrr
I’m reading East of Eden at the moment. It is an incredible book. I’m loving it so much more than I expected
It's among the best books I've ever read. How far in are you?
@@Culper723 I’m reading it as part of a group read with Jess from Stalking Kafka and we’re just starting part 3. Hope nothing bad happens to Samuel Hamilton 🤞🏼
@@suzannedavies7996 LOL well I won't be spoiling anything for you, but I hope that you love the book as much as I did. Have you come across the word "Timshel" yet?
@@Culper723 yes. Is that important? I’ll look out for its recurrence. Something bad has happened to SH 😢
@@suzannedavies7996 yes, it's important.
So far this year hasn’t been so full of 4 & 5 stars, unfortunately. But I loved, loooved ‘Eugene Onegin’ by Pushkin and also ‘Ignorance’ by Milan Kundera.
I love James Baldwin! My favorite book is Giovanni's Room :) Def a must read to those who haven't picked it up yet!
Alan Lee is a genius in his own right
Currently reading East of Eden and I’m just past chapter 24 (fav chapter so far btw 😭😭😩) and it has quickly become my favorite book. I feel like how I felt when I read Wuthering Heights, I don’t know how else to explain!! Can’t wait til you read and share your thoughts. Happy reading!!
I just finished chapter 24 a few hours ago! And couldn't agree more, i know there's some recency bias but i feel like i can safely say it's on my top 10 all time
You may not have the same initial reaction I had to the first time I tried to read East of Eden years ago. Back then I found the beginning to be so emotionally challenging that I set it aside. All these years later I picked it up again and absolutely loved it! Though it starts dark, light does enter just beyond where I had stopped reading the first time. There's still darkness, but it's not the complete bleakness I had originally feared. Fantastic read!
So excited. I have so many TBR books lol or books I haven't even finished 😂
I can’t wait for you to read East of Eden!!! It’s a fav for me😍❤️
I loved East of Eden and can't wait to hear what you think of it.. So glad you and Emma are both loving LOTR. If you like East of Eden, please consider reading The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea next year. It is incredible!!! I also highly recommend Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. Gorgeous writing. Both set in historic Mexico / New Mexico and based on real characters / true stories.
1) Best book of 2024 so far - Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope and A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga (middle grade)
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year - I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - Muppets in Moscow - this memoir by the Executive Producer of Sesame Street in post-cold war Russia was incredible!
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Anthony Trollope
6) Newest favorite character - Resilience (from A Rover's Story)
7) A book that made you cry - A Rover's Story
8) A book that made you happy - Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries. Reminded me of Howl's Moving Castle!
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - Heart of a Samurai ❤
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - The Pickwick Papers
I love that you love Kate DiCamillo. She is such a special and lovely writer. ❤
I love Sam Gamgee too! I was so shirty about what they did to his character in the films. I understand why they did it, but it annoys me anyway. Faramir as well. That Sense and Sensibility cover is absolutely gorgeous!
Here's my answers to your questions:
1) Best book of 2024 so far = Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to = The Secret History of Sharks by John Long
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year = The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far = How to Kiss a Crocodile and Other Snappy Stories by Max Walker
5) Favourite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) = Lisa Fuller (new to me)
6) Newest favourite character = Rhi from Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller
7) A book that made you cry = Letters From the Inside by John Marsden, and several of the stories from Vignettes from the End of the World by various authors
8) A book that made you happy = Nothing stands out as yet
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year = Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule (saw it in one of your vids and had to have it -- thanks for the rec!)
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year = The Count of Monte Cristo (I picked it up for the Game of Tomes challenge but I hit my renewal limit and had to return it to the library; it's currently on order, so I'll get back into it soon)
Word of warning to anyone using this for recs: most of these books have triggers, so I'd look into them before reading them if it's a concern for you.
You and emmie are my top picks for book suggestion video
yay, so excited!! my fav book of the year so far is probably The Priory of the Orange Tree, with Crime and Punishment being a close second! Another book I really enjoyed (+which was unexpected) was Diary Of A Void by Emi Yagi! Went into it with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it
I've been able to read a few things as I recuperate, like Karin Slaughter, Anne Sexton, Claire Keegan, Amy Tan, etc but without your good fortune of finding so many fantastic reads! However, I do have high hopes for the rest of the year, with Brit Bennett, William Faulkner, Lee Child and perhaps Hiraku (sp.?) Murakami. Oh and yes, I did also have the exquisite pleasure of participating in a short Shakespeare group (4 plays), with the hope of rereading a few more. Thx, and take care.
I love watching your videos!!
Beartown series was awesome!!!
I loved Sanditon and Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility! :)
Love watching everyone's mid-year check-ins. Also love all the beautiful editions you have. I think my favorite book this year so far (one of them) is Mansfield Park. Which was a surprise to me because the first time I read it I didn't love it. But it was so good on this re-read!
1) Best book of 2024 so far: *Tie between The Fellowship of the Ring & The Children of Gods and Fighting Men*
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: *When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker*
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: *The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst*
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: *The Fellowship of the Ring*
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): *J.R.R Tolkien*
6) Newest favorite character: *Tom Bombadil*
7) A book that made you cry: *None so far.*
8) A book that made you happy: *Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries*
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: *So many! However, Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrelees, the 2018 Edition by Orion Publishing Co is one of my favorites.*
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: *I would love to finish Dracula!* 🧛♂
In Tales From the Perilous Realm, One of the "fairie" tales is The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells, in verse, of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls. The book is illustrated by Alan Lee.
Just finished East of Eden, it is a complete masterpiece.
I read East of Eden around thirty years ago. I would love to reread it and see if I like it even more now! I did love it!
East of Eden is a true masterpiece. Drop everything and read it now!
Have you seen the Tolkien biography movie? I know not everyone liked it, but I did. It made me want to read it. I want to try it again. His writing is just a lot. lol. The movie goes into some of his inspiration. I think he wrote it as a way to deal with what he went through in WWI as a veteran.
My library had a fundraising gala last year, and Kate DiCamillo was the special guest speaker. She was so lovely! She spoke about Charlotte’s Web as a childhood inspiration for her, and we all got copies of The Puppets of Spellhorst.
My recommendation if you haven’t read it yet is Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.
Thank you very much!
TH-cam just suggested your page so this is your first video I've seen.
I'm so happy to hear you love Tolkien. I used to read the series about every year...that was before the internet. Yes, I'm old 😊 Then Google, TH-cam, and Tictoc came along and learned I love books. Now I have such a long TBR list I don't go back to read favs. I also loved Fredrick Blackman, especially A Man Called Ove. I haven't finished the Beartown series, I am afraid I'll be sad.
If you haven't read The Last Tale of the Flower Bride I recommend it, it's my fave of 2024 so far.❤
I understand not saying CWs when it could spoil a story, but I have difficulty finding them in reviews. Maybe you could put them in the description? That way if someone wants to have them they can go there?
Shame on me, my first comment to you and I give unsolicited advice! I will sit and think about what I've done. 😉 😊 Happy Summer Reading!
1) Best book: Violeta by Isabel Allende
2) New Release: Knife by Salman Rushdie
4) Bienenstich by Viktor Funk
5) favourite author: Isabel Allende- i have read both Violeta and Tne House of the Spirits
6) favourite character: Clara (from House of the Spirits)
7) a book that made me cry- The House of the Spirits
8) made me happy: The Count of Monte Cristo
9) Der Ring der Nibelungen Richard Wagner
10)Knife - Salman Rushdie
My best books of 2024 so far: Fathers and Sons, by Turguenev and The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton; best author: Mariana Leky; most surprising book: What you can see from here, by Mariana Leky; book i need to read: The Brothers Karamazov. Loved your choices, Carolyn! ❤😊
1) Best book of 2024 so far: Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: (not a new release, I'm not that trendy... but the newest) Babel - RF Kuang
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: A Pinch of Magic - Michelle Harrison (middle grade)
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Juliet Marillier
6) Newest favorite character: Hercule Poirot
7) A book that made you cry: The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak
8) A book that made you happy: The Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: UK Edition of A Pinch of Magic is beautiful!
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead & Echo - Pam Munoz Ryan
Best book of 2024 so far for me is Stoner by John Williams. Also loved A whole Life by Robert Seethaler and Tin Man by Sarah Winman.
You've been talking about East of Eden for so long I'm starting to have second-hand feelings of guilt and responsibility. 😂😂
Have you seen the LOtR movies?? If not it would be amazing if you did a vlog about them or something along those lines♥️🥰 they are SO good!!
I have just bought Emma the Puffin in Bloom edition, thanks for showing it in one of the recent videos, it's so beautiful 😍 Hopefully I'll get to it before the year is over 😂 I also can't wait for Intermezzo, will pick it up as soon as it's out in the bookshops!
this is exactly what i needed 🥰
Your video is a great way to start a long reading weekend. I would suggest reading The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Loved both. This summer I'll either be reading LOTR or Pride and Prejudice.
Have a nice weekend ! ❤📚
Questions
1) Best book of 2024 so far - Jane Eyre
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - babel
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year -not sure
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - tenant of wildfell hall. Brilliant book
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Jane Austen
6) Newest favorite character - Helen Graham from tenant of wildfell hall
7) A book that made you cry - Oliver Twist
8) A book that made you happy - sense and sensibility
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - sense and sensibility
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - our mutual friend by Charles dickens
Wonderful!!! 📖✨
Girl, you have been promising to read East of Eden for soooo long now! Please read that book!!!!! Lol only said with love :)
I love your book tube. I have either purchased or checked out from the library books you have suggested. It has gotten me out of my comfort zone of historical fiction. I am wanting to try John Steinbeck… is there a book of his your would suggest?
Also congratulations on your marriage. What a great day for your and Leon.
1) Best book of 2024 so far: The idiot by Elif Batuman
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Weyward by Emilia Hart
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: The muse by Jessie Burton
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Elena Ferrante
6) Newest favorite character: Lila from My brilliant friend
7) A book that made you cry: A thousand mornings by Mary Oliver (happy tears)
8) A book that made you happy: The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Just kids by Patti Smith
1) Best book of 2024 so far: The Sound and The Fury or As I Lay Dying
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: n/a
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: n/a
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: The Catcher in the Rye
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far: William Faulkner
6) Newest favorite character: Darl (As I Lay Dying), Holden Caulfield, or Dilsey (The Sound and the Fury)
7) A book that made you cry: n/a
8) A book that made you happy: n/a
9) Most beautiful book you've bought this year: Moby Dick (Easton Press) or The Sound and The Fury (first edition facsimile)
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Absalom, Absalom! and Blood Meridian
This year is my J. R. R. Tolkien year. I have been buying all year any book having to do with him or his work. I read the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings about 10 years ago and decided I wanted to read all his other works. My favorite of the books are the ones edged with colors it also includes writing plus it's illustrated with the authors illustrations throughout
1. I think my best book of the year so far has been tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle Zevin. However I'm currently in the middle of the handmaid's tale and its already taking zevin's spot
2) i'm not very up to date on new releases but i have enjoyed emily Henry's books so maybe her new one (Funny Story I think is called)
3) again, im not even sure whats coming out later this year haha
4) happy place by emily henry, im not a big romance reader but i really really enjoyed that one
5) Gabrielle Zevin or Isabel Allende, read both of them for the first time this year and loved them, also Margaret Atwood, can't choose haha
6) Clara from the House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
7) Even if this love dissapears tonight (read it because of what it did to Emma haha)
8) I reread with a friend the infernal devices trilogy and it made me really happy, it was nostalgic
9) I got a beautiful edition of a book called delirio by Laura Restrepo (colombian author)
10) I'm due for a reread of one hundred years of solitude and Hamnet (east of eden is also very high on my tbr actually) ❤ love your videos Carolyn
1) Best book of 2024 so far: Jane Eyre !! miss it so much
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to: The Paradise Problem
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: have to say Intermezzo as well (love Sally Rooney!!)
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far: Slaughterhouse Five
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you): Toshikazu Kawaguchi
6) Newest favorite character: Hermione Granger
7) A book that made you cry: Before we say goodbye
8) A book that made you happy: Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year:
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year: Pride and Prejudice
I was just looking for some info about what Sally Rooney's doing and voila - your comment! I didn't know she publishes this year but now I can't wait :)
Best book this year ? American Gods by Neil Gaiman and what I'm reading now is The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. Both highly recommended.
1) Best book of 2024 so far - Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio (please read it)
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to - Vladivostok Circus by Elisa Shua Dusapin
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year - I actually have no idea what's coming out
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far - Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin - it was my first time reading anything by him
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you) - Clarice Lispector and James Baldwin
6) Newest favorite character - Esther Greenwood. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is actually a reread, but I didn't appreciate it first time around
7) A book that made you cry - Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
8) A book that made you happy - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, a non-fiction book about physics that blew me away
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. It's the 75th anniversary edition with the cover art by Elmer Hader that was used on the first edition in 1939
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway!
Love these kinds of videos from you. I've officially decided to read Sally Rooney. You have convinced me.
1. Best Book so far: Tie: What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life (Mark Doty) and Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (Dame Judi Dench)
2. A new release you want to read-My Mama, Cass (O Elliot-Kugell); Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution (A Higonnet); The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture (T Romano)
3. Most anticipated release for 2nd half of the year. The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women’s Movement (S Gibson); and Etcetera: an Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases (M Lee-Chin)
5. New-to-me favorite living author Mark Doty and deceased author W Somerset Maugham
6. New favorite character-Felix Holt
7. Book that made me cry-A Man Called Ove, (F Backman-because of your raves) They say its humorous--now THAT is funny!
8. Book that made you happy-Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (Dame Judi Dench)
10. Book that you need to read by the end of the year-Look Homeward Angel (T Wolfe), I’m one chapter in.
NOTE: I read novels: Tom Lake, Western Lane, The Painted Veil, North Woods, A Man Called Ove, Felix Holt: The Radical. All good books. This list didn't draw them out.
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1) Best book of 2024 so far
- My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far
- The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd 🐝
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you)
- Annie Ernaux!!
6) Newest favorite character
- August Boatwright, from The Secret Life of Bees
7) A book that made you cry
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
8) A book that made you happy
- The Man Who Knew Javanese, by Lima Barreto
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year
- Dom Casmurro, by Machado de Assis. I read at least one of his works every year! 💗
1) Best book of 2024 so far:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to:
I don't follow new release, so IDK.
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year:
I don't follow new release, so IDK.
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far:
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you):
Alice Oseman
6) Newest favorite character:
Gareth from The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
7) A book that made you cry:
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
8) A book that made you happy:
Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year:
NA
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year:
Swing Low, vol 1: A History of the Black Christianity in the United States by Walter R. Strickland
My fave so far has been The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow! It’s a sweet and reflective read perfect for my fellow Jane Austen stans 😊
Make sure you read Appendix B when you finish Return of the King
My top books, in no particular order, so far have been:
Troy by Stephen Fry
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Other Words for Home ( middle grade) by Jasmine Warga
A Place to Hang the Moon (middle grade) by Kate Albus
I am a Floridian so it’s no surprise that I have to congratulate the Florida Panthers on their Stanley Cup win! 🏒👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😃
My answers!
1) Best book of 2024 so far
The Brothers Karamazov
2) New release you haven't read yet, but want to
Until August
3) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
I don’t really keep up!
4) Most surprising book of 2024 so far
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
5) Favorite author of 2024 so far (debut or new to you)
Dostoyevsky (new to me😂)
6) Newest favorite character
Elena Greco
7) A book that made you cry
One Hundred Years of Solitude
8) A book that made you happy
A Room of One’s Own
9) Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year
Watership Down (A hardback edition!)
10) A book you need to read by the end of the year
East of Eden
carolyn, did jrr do his own sketches/maps?
1. Lord of The Rings by JRRTolkien
2.The Ministry of Time By Kallane Bradley
3. Ferris By Kate DeCamillo( Thank You For Introducing The New Release😊📚)
4. The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
5. Alexandre Dumas(😮The Count of Monte Cristo)
6. Abbe Faria ( Warned Edmund Dantè About The Effects of Revenge)
7The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane By Kate DiCamillo/ Piranesi By Susanna Clark
8.Persuasion By Jane Austen
9. Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
10.1Q84 By Harukami / The Secret Life of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd
Thank You So Much For All Book Recommendations And Book Questions😊📚🌻🌻🌻🙋♀️
Amazing!!! 📖💕
@CarolynMarieReads Thank You🌻🌻🌻🌻📚💕
I’m so surprised the count of monte cristo is not in this video 😮
It was very close to being in it, but Fellowship and Sense and Sensibility kicked it out of first place (for me personally) 👀🙈
After two and a half years of reading a lot of books and really enjoying it, 40% of my favorite books I read in 2023 alone, I now am reading the only book that matters this year. Here is a summary of my reading this year.
WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?
Amos 1:6-7 “For thus saith Yahweh, “for three transgressions of Gaza, four, I will not revoke being against: they capture people at peace with them (1) and bring them to be shut up (2), bloody (3). And send fire over the wall of Gaza (4), and consume all of the citadels.”
Habakkuk 1:9-11 "All come, Hamas, assemble the horde of the east, gather the captives like sand. Mock the ruler, and their judgment a joke, laugh as all strongholds become rubble, seize them, then pass through like the wind, pass through guilty by the strength of your god.”
Amos 4:12 “Therefore, thus, I will make Israel a consequence, because you have made it this, firmly meeting your god, Israel! Behold who can form a mountain, creating, The Spirit declared unto man, what a thought! I come at the dawn of the darkness, treading the high places of the Earth, Yahweh, our God, Lord of hosts, is a name.”
Obadiah 1:10-11 “from out of Hamas, your brother, a deceiver, cover your shame, and you will be cut off forever. In that day you stood afar, on the day the strangers were carried away in strength. And the stranger entered to cast lots for Jerusalem, then you were one of them.”
Micah 6:16 "It is owed unto America, and all who work the deed and the house Ahaz ("he has grasp the ten") and watch and keep you with their strange counsel. Walk in it for the purpose; I will give you up to desolation. And your inhabitants shall be a derision, for you will bear and be a reproach my people."
Hosea 10:10 “It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows (West Bank and Gaza Strip).”
Obadiah 1:12-13 “Do not gloat over your brother’s day of taking strangers captive, nor rejoice in the day the sons of Judah are destroyed, do not boast in the day of distress. You should never enter at the gate of My people, in the day of their distress. Moreover do not gloat over their calamity in the day of their disaster, sending wealth in the day of disaster.”
Habakkuk 3:11-13 "From the east the crescent stood at the heights, walking in the light of the weapons, the radiance of Barack (Husein Obama) from the thrust. There is indignation at his march on the Earth; in anger he trampled the nations. He went forth for the salvation of his people; for the salvation he's anointed. Now strike the head of the house of the wicked; lay him open from thigh to neck, commune with the Lifted High."
Nahum 3:3 “The Man of War (Yashu’a Son of Yahweh) lifts up the sword, & the blade pierces Barack, the multitude is slain, & the mass of corpses is innumerable dead bodies, and they stumble over the dead.”
Zechariah 13:8-9 "and it shall come to pass that all in the land shall fall, declares Yahweh. Two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and the last third shall be left to remain. I shall bring the last third through fire. Smelt some to silver refine, test some to gold in the trials. They will call on a name and I will answer some saying, “they are my people.” They shall have uttered, "YAHWEH IS MY ELOHIM."
Zechariah 14:12 “This is the plague which Yahweh will strike all people with, who war against Jerusalem, the flesh consumed as they stand on their feet, the eye consumed in the socket, the tongue consumed in the mouth.”
Ezekiel 1:13-14 “for the living being was like a consumed ember, a consumed vision upright, shall he walk among living beings, fiery and bright was Barack, he had come out of the consummation. The living beings ran to and fro before the vision of Barack.”
Ezekiel 21:2-5 "Son of man set your face towards Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuary and prophecy against the land of Israel, and say to the land of Israel, "Thus saith Yahweh, "Behold I am against, and the drawn sword from the sheath, and cut off shall be the righteous and the wicked. ON THIS ACCOUNT cut off the righteous and the wicked, thus the drawn sword from the sheath, against all flesh south north, ALL FLESH SHALL KNOW YAHWEH, the drawn sword from the sheath, never to turn back again."""
Ezekiel 21:9-12 “Son of man prophecy and say, Yahweh utters, “a sword, a sword is sharpened and moreover laid bare, sharpened for slaughter the slaughter of laid bare Barack, for shall we rejoice at the son who rejects all the branches of humanity? For it was first given laid bare the handle sharpened and laid bare and set into the hand of the destroyer (Abaddon or Apollyon). Cry out in anguish, son of man. And my people, all the so blessed of God’s Word (Israel) are delivered unto the sword. My people! Thus I shall strike him at the thigh.”
Ezekiel 21:13-15 “Test your community. Truly, also the scepter which despises shall be no more, declares the Lord Yahweh. Son of man prophecy and clap your hands together, the sword twice, and now the third time, the sword pierces, the sword for the great one as it pierces those who indwelt and surrounded them. The inner being (demons) weaken greatly, they were brought down to cause stumbling, All of them are at the gate (of hell). Give them to slaughter by the sword. Alas, they had made Barack (Hussein Obama) and caught themselves up for the slaughter.”
Ezekiel 21:28 “and son of man prophecy and say, All utters Lord Yahweh, towards teaching towards this reproach, say a sword, a sword has been drawn and laid bare for the slaughter to consume Barack.”
Deuteronomy 29:25-29 "and they will say, 'ALLAH (the accursed), for they forsook the covenant of Yahweh the God of their fathers, Asshur (he who shall come forth) shall cut off they who were brought out of the land of Egypt.' They will come to serve another god (Allah), and prostrate before a god, Asshur (he who shall come forth) shall know to divide. And the breath of Yahweh shall burn against that land (Palestine whole - see Isaiah 14:29-31) to bring upon all a curse written in this book. Yahweh shall uproot the land in anger, fury of great wrath, to cast another land as it is this day concealed. Yahweh our God. Uncover the Son. For unto the last, this is the observance of all of the words of this book of law."
Deuteronomy 32:41 “Truly I cut into Barack with a sword, for My hand shall accomplish justice, I will turn back the vengeance of My adversaries, to repay all those who hate Me.”
IT WOULD SEEM A SWORD WIELDED BY YAHWEH GOES INTO BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. Wonder why?
WHAT WERE THESE GUYS ARGUING ABOUT???
Zophar has a point about a backstabber.
Job 20:25-29 “Draw out and go through the back, BARACK shall remove all strength, a dreadful overcoming shall flow forth. All is darkness, the reserve he has stored it up, an unfanned fire will devour consuming the survivor in his tent. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity and the Earth will rise up. The increase of his house will desist downward the run forth, the day of his anger. This wickedness of man is the portion of gods, and the inheritance decreed by the Word of God.”
Job mentions he's heard of the Anti-Christ and what he can accomplish, but so what?
Job 26:6 "naked death before Abaddon, and nothing shall cover them over."
Job 26:13-14 “by his breath the heavens are cleared, his hand shall pierce BARACK, a serpent. Behold ALLAH the end of his ways. How? A whisper, a word, hear the strength and the thunder. Who can discern?”
Yahweh points out the understanding can improve thanks to an Anti-Christ and ultimate death on the planet.
Job 38:35-36 “Can you send BARACK, and make him go and say, “Behold who pierced wisdom in the inward parts to run forth,” also given understanding to the appearing.”
Barack - lightening.
Obama - springing forth onto from the heights.
Luke 10:18 reveals Satan is Barack Obama.
Isaiah 14:14 “Allah Obama ab dama elyown.” Or “The Most High springs forth onto from above heights in dark outer garment, I will become the god over all things.”
Isaiah 14:16 "They that see thee shall squint, saying, "This the man who shakes the whole world? He shook merely the region of the first."
Isaiah 14:27-31 "Yahweh is the head of a force of armies, who can plan to frustrate? If His hand is stretched out who can turn it back? For the year is the year of the brought down king, Ahaz ("ahaz" means "he has grasp the ten"). He is dead is the oracle to come. Rejoice not Palestine though now thee be whole, for the rod who struck has been broken. The serpent is at the root with a venom. It shall go forth as a fruit, a flying forth from the serpent. Those most hopeless shall lie down in bonds, and shall die at the root in need, for their remnant will be slain. Wail at the judgment, cry out city as you melt, O Palestine now whole. For smoke from the North, and none shall break rank.”
Isaiah 14:18-19 "All the kings of the Earth shall lie down in a manner most glorious, each in a tomb, yet you shall be cast out of a tomb. An abhorrent branch, clothed with the slain yet pierced by a sword. Kneel to the ROCK and descend in a pit to be trampled as a corpse."
TOP BOOKS
0) "The Holy Bible: King James Version" copyright 1967
15) The Silmarillion - The Hobbit, or there and back again - The Lord of the Rings - Middle Earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien
24) "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
43) "Emma" by Jane Austen
68) “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen
The stars pointed to one passage the most about Rapture, which is Revelation 12, and this happened on September 23rd, 2017 and seven (7) is the number of completion and thus seven years from that would be and they became one, so the possible rapture of the bride may be soon. That was a point from a video I heard this year on You Tube and thought I'd share it with you, since you bring up stars.
FAVORITE AUTHORS
1) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Insulted and Humilitated)
2) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection)
3) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons)
4) James A. Michener (Chesapeake)
5) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich)
6) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)
7) Charlotte Brontë (Vilette)
8) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
9) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire)
10) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
11) Anne Brontë (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
12) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
13) Anthony Trollope (He Knew He Was Right)
14) Dr. Burrhus Frederic (B. F.) Skinner (Verbal Behavior)
15) George Eliot (Silas Marner)
16) Charles Dickens (Hard Times)
17) Thomas Hardy (Jude the Obscure)
Hola belleza, recomendarias la Biblia
mid year? You literally got married
Mid-year as in the middle of the year :) It was far from a mid year! It was the best year hahaha
@@CarolynMarieReads guurl that was the joke. Congrats!!!
I saw your instagram and Goodreads posts showing that you started East Of Eden. Yayyyyy😁👏👏😻
I’m loving it!!!