The Hearts Invisible Furies is also my favourite book of the year omg! Its SO good I feel like everyone needs to read this! Just added it to my favourite of the year video too ❤️️
Great selection here Lauren 😀 I have The Hearts Invisible Furies ready to read bloody soon 👍🏻 my favourite read of this year was The Binding! It knocked my bloomin socks off! Happy new year 😀🎉👍🏻
I'm totally in love with your look in this Lauren! That make-up with the colour of your hair, and top and the accessories...I gots major heart eyes right now
Thank you for a year of Booktube. I love hearing you and getting new ideas from your content. My favourite book of 2019 was the The Last Runaway by Tracey Chevalier. I learnt a lot from it about the Quakers, the Free States and the Underground Rail Road. It is so shocking, I still think about it now. Only 30000 slaves escaped out of more than 3 millions via the Underground Rail Road. I also liked Washington Black which is a different take on the same topic. Keep your videos coming in 2020 and have a smashing new year.
I am a big fan of Jamie Oliver as well. We get several of his programs on TV in Canada and his recipes are so accessible. Great to see a cookbook amongst your favourite reads! I am a collector of random recipes and many, many books!!! Have a great reading year , Lauren!!😀📚🇨🇦
Hi Lauren. The Fair Fight is phenomenal, you're in for a real treat! I too find that there's something about Daphne du Maurier's books that makes you keep thinking about them. It's the reason why I decided to read all her books.
I'm reading Queenie at the moment and really enjoying it. I can see why it would be compared to Bridget Jones' Diary but I think it's fresh and more modern. Loving the writing. It's very sharp and witty.
Queenie was SO GOOD. That and The Heart's Invisible Furies were my two favorites of 2019, I'm already rereading Hearts, and I've just loaned out Queenie
Yay for this video, Lauren!! I'm glad to see An American Marriage here - I also loved that book. Daphne Du Maurier is incredible, isn't she? I need to read more by her. Ahhh, Lowborn. That book sounds incredible, and I've heard lots of great things. Going on my tbr. I'm also borrowing Queenie off my friend soon! I'm super excited for it. 😊
I'll never be able to thank you enough for the Patreon pick of The Scapegoat. BLOODY LOVED IT!! I will not shut up about it ;) and it is my Number 1 read of 2019. My other Top Reads of 2019 are Circe, The Skylarks War and Mythos (on audio, read by Stephen Fry). Best graphic novel read of the year has to go to Heartstopper Vols 1 and 2 :)
@@LaurenAndTheBooks My favorite fiction was the Bible. Okay, maybe fantasy but still...not really believable but a fun read with lots of violence and begetting.
I bought the whole collection on Daphne Du Maurier last year and didn't know where to start as I have only read Rebbeca in the past. Scapegoat sounds great.
Happy New Year Lauren. Love watching people’s best books of the year videos and yours is no exception! Just a quick note to ask if you have read du Maurier’s ‘The Breaking Point’. It’s a collection of eight (?) short stories. I REALLY struggle with story stories, but there were a few in here that were great, specifically The Blue Lenses (so good!), Rondoland (propaganda/fake news anyone?) and Alibi (these names may not be exactly right but hopefully close enough! 😅). I found a couple of stories fairly ‘meh’, but even if it were only the three mentioned, that’s a really high hit rate for me with short story collections. The writing is what one might euphemistically call “of its time” in places, but if you can deal with that then I’d definitely give The Breaking Point a whirl if you haven’t previously done so. Happy reading for 2020. 🤓📖📚
I’m so glad that you read so many fabulous books this year, they all sounded so interesting and were so different! Also I adore your headband and earrings, they look incredible on you!
An American Marriage almost, almost made my books of the year. The Five is incredible, my non fiction of the year. So pleased you love The Christmas Chronicles so much. I must read more Daphers this year. I haven’t for ages. Shame on me. Five Days of Fog I had completely forgotten about, you’ve reminded me how much I wanted to read it, especially with your (as always) enthusiasm. Hurray for Lowborn. I don’t think I shouted about Queenie enough last year as I read the proof in 2018. No proofs before the year the book comes out ever again. I want to read more John Boyne in 2020 too. Fab choices.
Totally agree with all your comments about the Hearts Invisible Furies. Absolutely my favourite book of 2019. Loooved it and recommend it to everyone who’ll listen 😊
I recently bought Queenie and am so excited to read it! Really pleased you liked The Scapegoat, I feel it's a really underrated book. Loved seeing what books made your top 10 😍
These are all on my radar to read!! Queenie is currently on order from the library. I have the heart's invisible furies but haven't read it yet.. I also have an American marriage as yet unread! Loved watching, great list x
One of my favorite books of all time is Frenchman's Creek cause of you!!! A classic pirate's tale with so much suspense and convincing romance...and ooohhh...the way Daphne writes...😍😍😍 Loved all Du Maurier's book except Jamaica Inn (a little too dark and disturbing for my taste. And the audio book reader made the women sound ridiculous 😆). I will add The Scapegoat to my reads for 2020! Please please please read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Such a beautifully told story with such amazing character development!!! Would love to hear your thoughts.
The Five sounds amazing, hopefully I'll get to it this year! just added Turning the Tide on Plastic to my tbr, it must be a very important read! aaah I just got The Heart's Invisible Furies recently, so excited to read it ^^ great video
Lowborn is the one apart from Queenie I would have predicted to be on this list ... Definitely one I want to get to in 2020 . Queenie was brilliant and The Five I learnt so much from . ❤️ Such a great list, thank you for sharing !! My fave book from the year was Boy Swallows Universe just LOVE LOVE LOVED it with all my heart 🥰 XXX
The hearts invisible furies was in my top 3 for last year as well and would not have even known about it if weren't for your recommendation so thankyou!
Great list of books 📚🤗 The Hearts Invisible Furies was my favourite book of 2018. I really enjoyed An American Marriage last year. I think The Five and Daisy Jones and the Six were my favourite audiobooks in 2019. I have Queenie and think I will start reading this week. I will download Lowborn on Audible with my next credit and get to that for my commute to work when I return next week! Have you read Skint Estate? I have heard it’s brilliant audiobook.
Yay top reads! I am a massive fan of Five days of fog & it's in my top ten of 2019 too. I have The Five ready to listen to and I am very interested in Queenie :)
Loved these! I've been meaning to pick up de Maurier for a long time now! Have you read Expectation? A lot of that is set in Canterbury and I also studied there and I found it very nostalgic! 💕
I've seen you and Simon talk about Five Days of Fog for a bit now, but it hasn't been available in the US. I had my Hubby order 6 books from the UK for me including Five Days of Fog. I have some library loans to read before I can start it --but I am so looking forward to it.
My fav was Girl, Woman, Other. I also loved The Heart's Invisible Furies. I laughed out loud so much in this book. You make me want to read all the others. I have Queenie and must get to it soon.
I'd still love to see a plastic reduction video- it's one of my pastimes, I've taken up soft plastic recycling as a hobby. I've bought Jamie's Veg but haven't cooked anything out of it yet. It's too hot in Australia for cooking right now, if it ever calms down I'll have to check it out.
Oh my. I've just read Veg. You're quite right! From My Cauliflower Tikka Masala I was in. And oh Rogan Josh Scotch Eggs! Hello. There are a couple of summer recipes I can look at - My Panzanella Gazpacho looks good and I'm just starting to harvest what looks like a bumper crop of tomatoes. And that big filled cobb loaf will be delicious for a big event I have coming up in a few weeks.
My 10 favorite books of 2019 are the frenchman’s Creek, Rebecca, my cousin Rachel, the parasites and the scapegoat by daphne du maurier. The silence of the girls by pat Barker, purple hibiscus by chimamanda ngozi adichie, affinity by Sarah waters, the song of achilles by Madeline miller and the English animals by Laura Kaye. I know half of this list is daphne du maurier books but I discovered her thanks to your book club and she’s so amazing that I had to bingeread as many books as I could.
When you were talking about the 'Johns' in the Scapegoat it made me think of the Christmas Gavin and Stacey! "Step brother John" 😂
Haha! You know he has been to Nepal over three times.
The Hearts Invisible Furies is also my favourite book of the year omg! Its SO good I feel like everyone needs to read this! Just added it to my favourite of the year video too ❤️️
Loving the hair band!
Great selection here Lauren 😀 I have The Hearts Invisible Furies ready to read bloody soon 👍🏻 my favourite read of this year was The Binding! It knocked my bloomin socks off! Happy new year 😀🎉👍🏻
I almost bought The Binding in Waterstones yesterday, now I regret it! I will have to pick it up next time I see it!
I'm totally in love with your look in this Lauren! That make-up with the colour of your hair, and top and the accessories...I gots major heart eyes right now
Thank you for a year of Booktube. I love hearing you and getting new ideas from your content. My favourite book of 2019 was the The Last Runaway by Tracey Chevalier. I learnt a lot from it about the Quakers, the Free States and the Underground Rail Road. It is so shocking, I still think about it now. Only 30000 slaves escaped out of more than 3 millions via the Underground Rail Road. I also liked Washington Black which is a different take on the same topic. Keep your videos coming in 2020 and have a smashing new year.
I am a big fan of Jamie Oliver as well. We get several of his programs on TV in Canada and his recipes are so accessible. Great to see a cookbook amongst your favourite reads! I am a collector of random recipes and many, many books!!! Have a great reading year , Lauren!!😀📚🇨🇦
I think Queenie’s Nan should have her own book. Loved her! 💕😁📚
Hi Lauren. The Fair Fight is phenomenal, you're in for a real treat! I too find that there's something about Daphne du Maurier's books that makes you keep thinking about them. It's the reason why I decided to read all her books.
Loved this video, but most importantly LOVE your headband!
The hearts invisible furies was my favourite book too! I never wanted that book to end...you felt it was a part of you xxx
I'm reading Queenie at the moment and really enjoying it. I can see why it would be compared to Bridget Jones' Diary but I think it's fresh and more modern. Loving the writing. It's very sharp and witty.
Queenie was SO GOOD. That and The Heart's Invisible Furies were my two favorites of 2019, I'm already rereading Hearts, and I've just loaned out Queenie
Yay for this video, Lauren!! I'm glad to see An American Marriage here - I also loved that book. Daphne Du Maurier is incredible, isn't she? I need to read more by her. Ahhh, Lowborn. That book sounds incredible, and I've heard lots of great things. Going on my tbr. I'm also borrowing Queenie off my friend soon! I'm super excited for it. 😊
I'll never be able to thank you enough for the Patreon pick of The Scapegoat. BLOODY LOVED IT!! I will not shut up about it ;) and it is my Number 1 read of 2019. My other Top Reads of 2019 are Circe, The Skylarks War and Mythos (on audio, read by Stephen Fry). Best graphic novel read of the year has to go to Heartstopper Vols 1 and 2 :)
Oh I'm so pleased! I loved it and was such a lovely discussion that month. Hopefully we;ll all love The Glassblowers as much too!
@@LaurenAndTheBooks My favorite fiction was the Bible. Okay, maybe fantasy but still...not really believable but a fun read with lots of violence and begetting.
Thanks for all the great recommendations in 2019. Looking forward to another year of Lauren and the books 🙂
I bought the whole collection on Daphne Du Maurier last year and didn't know where to start as I have only read Rebbeca in the past. Scapegoat sounds great.
Happy New Year Lauren. Love watching people’s best books of the year videos and yours is no exception! Just a quick note to ask if you have read du Maurier’s ‘The Breaking Point’. It’s a collection of eight (?) short stories. I REALLY struggle with story stories, but there were a few in here that were great, specifically The Blue Lenses (so good!), Rondoland (propaganda/fake news anyone?) and Alibi (these names may not be exactly right but hopefully close enough! 😅). I found a couple of stories fairly ‘meh’, but even if it were only the three mentioned, that’s a really high hit rate for me with short story collections. The writing is what one might euphemistically call “of its time” in places, but if you can deal with that then I’d definitely give The Breaking Point a whirl if you haven’t previously done so. Happy reading for 2020. 🤓📖📚
I’m so glad that you read so many fabulous books this year, they all sounded so interesting and were so different! Also I adore your headband and earrings, they look incredible on you!
An American Marriage almost, almost made my books of the year. The Five is incredible, my non fiction of the year. So pleased you love The Christmas Chronicles so much. I must read more Daphers this year. I haven’t for ages. Shame on me. Five Days of Fog I had completely forgotten about, you’ve reminded me how much I wanted to read it, especially with your (as always) enthusiasm. Hurray for Lowborn. I don’t think I shouted about Queenie enough last year as I read the proof in 2018. No proofs before the year the book comes out ever again. I want to read more John Boyne in 2020 too. Fab choices.
Totally agree with all your comments about the Hearts Invisible Furies. Absolutely my favourite book of 2019. Loooved it and recommend it to everyone who’ll listen 😊
Finished The Five on audible yesterday and LOVED it and Queenie too. Happy New Year! Looking forward to book club 2020 xx
I recently bought Queenie and am so excited to read it! Really pleased you liked The Scapegoat, I feel it's a really underrated book. Loved seeing what books made your top 10 😍
These are all on my radar to read!! Queenie is currently on order from the library. I have the heart's invisible furies but haven't read it yet.. I also have an American marriage as yet unread!
Loved watching, great list x
One of my favorite books of all time is Frenchman's Creek cause of you!!! A classic pirate's tale with so much suspense and convincing romance...and ooohhh...the way Daphne writes...😍😍😍
Loved all Du Maurier's book except Jamaica Inn (a little too dark and disturbing for my taste. And the audio book reader made the women sound ridiculous 😆).
I will add The Scapegoat to my reads for 2020!
Please please please read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Such a beautifully told story with such amazing character development!!! Would love to hear your thoughts.
I adore your videos! Your hairband and earrings are everthing!
Veg is going on my TBR, my library has it :)
The Five sounds amazing, hopefully I'll get to it this year!
just added Turning the Tide on Plastic to my tbr, it must be a very important read!
aaah I just got The Heart's Invisible Furies recently, so excited to read it ^^
great video
Lowborn is the one apart from Queenie I would have predicted to be on this list ... Definitely one I want to get to in 2020 . Queenie was brilliant and The Five I learnt so much from . ❤️ Such a great list, thank you for sharing !! My fave book from the year was Boy Swallows Universe just LOVE LOVE LOVED it with all my heart 🥰 XXX
The Five sounds so so interesting!!
I texted it to my friends! I should get them to all buddy read it together!
The hearts invisible furies was in my top 3 for last year as well and would not have even known about it if weren't for your recommendation so thankyou!
Great list of books 📚🤗 The Hearts Invisible Furies was my favourite book of 2018. I really enjoyed An American Marriage last year. I think The Five and Daisy Jones and the Six were my favourite audiobooks in 2019. I have Queenie and think I will start reading this week. I will download Lowborn on Audible with my next credit and get to that for my commute to work when I return next week! Have you read Skint Estate? I have heard it’s brilliant audiobook.
Yay top reads! I am a massive fan of Five days of fog & it's in my top ten of 2019 too. I have The Five ready to listen to and I am very interested in Queenie :)
Quennie was on my favs! Love I want the UK cover because it’s pink. Mine is orange. Just a tad shallow
I haven't read any of those! Going to add some to my Goodreads
Go on then I'll add Queenie onto my TBR 🤣
Loved these! I've been meaning to pick up de Maurier for a long time now! Have you read Expectation? A lot of that is set in Canterbury and I also studied there and I found it very nostalgic! 💕
I've just got it out from the library!
@@LaurenAndTheBooks I hope you enjoy it!!
Your hair looks so nice!
I have heard so many good things about Queenie, so adding that to my tbr pile
I've seen you and Simon talk about Five Days of Fog for a bit now, but it hasn't been available in the US. I had my Hubby order 6 books from the UK for me including Five Days of Fog. I have some library loans to read before I can start it --but I am so looking forward to it.
My fav was Girl, Woman, Other. I also loved The Heart's Invisible Furies. I laughed out loud so much in this book. You make me want to read all the others. I have Queenie and must get to it soon.
I'd still love to see a plastic reduction video- it's one of my pastimes, I've taken up soft plastic recycling as a hobby. I've bought Jamie's Veg but haven't cooked anything out of it yet. It's too hot in Australia for cooking right now, if it ever calms down I'll have to check it out.
Oh my. I've just read Veg. You're quite right! From My Cauliflower Tikka Masala I was in. And oh Rogan Josh Scotch Eggs! Hello. There are a couple of summer recipes I can look at - My Panzanella Gazpacho looks good and I'm just starting to harvest what looks like a bumper crop of tomatoes. And that big filled cobb loaf will be delicious for a big event I have coming up in a few weeks.
My 10 favorite books of 2019 are the frenchman’s Creek, Rebecca, my cousin Rachel, the parasites and the scapegoat by daphne du maurier. The silence of the girls by pat Barker, purple hibiscus by chimamanda ngozi adichie, affinity by Sarah waters, the song of achilles by Madeline miller and the English animals by Laura Kaye. I know half of this list is daphne du maurier books but I discovered her thanks to your book club and she’s so amazing that I had to bingeread as many books as I could.
Amazing selection of Du Mauriers there, I've never read Parasites so I'll have to keep an eye out for that.
It’s very different than the other du Maurier books but brilliant as usual.
I loved Queenie too.
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