Hi Rosamunde, I loved that movie, and would like to read the book! Thank you. Hi to Tilly! ❤

Hello Rosamund, I would enjoy a video about Daphne du Maurier, one of my favourite authors. Best wishes Susanne

I own all the books except Barnaby, Chuzzlewit, and Dombey. I have BBC films of most all Dickens including those three. But now I should seek out Barnaby It was adapted by the BBC in thirteen episodes between 30 September and 23 December 1960

I read the Alchemist and that was a great book.

LOVE the new location Sending Tillie EXTRA hug and kiss as always Thank You for the review - I do adore Nick Hornby's writing and About A Boy - the book and the movie - nobody other than Hugh Grant could bring that to life so very well. A bit of autumn / gothic reading could be nice on the way to spooky season.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies! I had no ideathecending was different in the book, so now I need to read it. This new setting is nice, too, but I will watch no matter where you film.

And loved the sound of the rain ❤

Love the new setting 🎉

Thanks, Rosamunde. Your new location is lovely. 💐 Carol

This was delightful. I also love Nick Hornby. Which reaminds me, I've been meaning to read Juliet Naked for ages, since that is one of my favourite movies... And I love your new filming angle. Your place is so charming and beautiful. I really enjoyed having a little peek, since I love interior design... 😍

I love watching your videos Rosamunde! It doesn't really matter where you sit and what is in the background! Always happy to see Tilly too! She is so adorable!🙂 I must say I usually prefer the books to the movie! I haven't seen this one yet though so I guess I'm going to have to check it out! Thank you for another great video!

Love the new film location though I can see more of your home and now I want a home tour. Hahaha. I didn’t know the movie was based off a book I may have to check it out now.

Love the new setting! Your chair is beautiful. I remember seeing the movie About A Boy and really enjoying it but youve inspired me to read the book now. I have Gentlemen and Players on my TBR so be interested to see what you think. If you’re after ideas, I’d love you to do a “Shelfie Tour” I was trying to read what the books were in the shelf beside you 😊 and when doing the A-Z of authors please do yourself. I’m currently reading Out of Time and absolutely loving it! Would like to hear about your other books too. Give sweet Tilly a hug for us 🥰

Great new location. Love it. As always, your book review is very interesting.

I love Tilly’s tail wherever it goes and the new setting is lovely.

A change of scenery is always welcome and Tilly is such a scene stealer. However, even I get a little tired of her tail swishing over your face. I welcome the change but that doesn't' mean I never want to see little Tilly!

I studied several sections of this book with the film some 10 years ago with some of my French students in France : they loved it😅

Also, I love the room you are filming in.

Thanks, I’ve always wondered about this book. Now I’ll give it a try.

Like the new location.

I very much enjoy all your book reviews. And I love the new location. Happy reading.😊

Love the new location ❤

Hello, thanks for this review ! I just loved the movie fever pitch, and thus discovered Nick Hornby. Such good movie. You make me want to read his books. Thank you !

That recognition thing. I had it when I read Barbara Pym’s Quartet in Autumn. It was England and London of the mid-70s all over again, although I was then much younger than the protagonists of the book! I didn’t feel that Tilly was upstaging you, everyone has their own podcasting style (and I love dogs). Happy reading!

I am definitely ready for a seasonal shift, and don't think it's too early for a bit of autumnal reading.

I have no idea who Nick Hornby is being a 77 year old New Englander, but enjoyed your review anyway. Nice to see the rest of your cozy home too! And it’s never too early for Halloween recommendations. How do you spell Tillie, LE or Y? Anyway she is adorable as always. 😊

Great review. I haven't read anything by Nick Hornby, but this sounds so good. I'll definitely be checking it out. I like the new location. Whatever works better for you. I'm looking forward to your Halloween video. I always love spooky or creepy no matter the time of year. It's always nice to see sweet Tillie.

I confess to having 7 Brookner books on my library shelves. Alas, the stories, over the years, have been interwoven in my memory with Barbara Pym, and oddly, Julian Barnes, which means a bit of a muddle. I do remember, however, being very taken up with Brookner's characters and their self-searching. And then, I got tired of them. I am so pleased that you have reminded me of her books, which I might quite enjoy rereading.

Thank you for your Anita Brookner recommendations. On my TBR list now 😊 So far I've read Hotel du Lac and Incidents in the Rue Laugier, the latter I can also recommend

Hallo Rosamund, lately I read "Divine Misfortune" by A. Lee Martinez. The story takes place in the near future. Its normal to people to hire Gods to have a better life, for example to get rich, to have more luck, or to climb the career ladder more quickly. Its a very funny read because to life with Gods is not simple and full of complications. Best wishes from Berlin Susanne

Enjoyed your Anita Brookner books review ,Rosamund, thank you!. I'm a big fan, & also of Barbara Pym's books . Hotel du Lac, my favourite, & have read & enjoyed 'Family & Friends' ,also 'A Friend From England' , which I bought in 2010, from a CharingCross Rd,Book Shop while on a 4 day visit to London. All the best;,keep up the good work,it's much appreciated!

So glad you've included her. I have many and read them years ago. I do appreciate her. I have one of her fine art history books too

I’ve only read Hotel du Lac which was a beautifully written book. And the TV adaptation was excellent and one of my favorites. I’ve quite forgotten about her and check out other of her books. She rather reminds me of Joanna Trollope

Great video. You sound as if you come from an interesting family. I would love to hear about your artist mother. Not books but I’m sure there are others who would love to hear as well. I’ve read Anita Brookner and as you say her books seem to have similar themes. I quite like her writing style

I'd never heard of Anita Brookner. Her having many middle-aged single women protagonists appeals to me. We don't often find that perspective in fiction. Thank you for the video, Ros! 🌻

Didn’t Anna Massey star in a tv production of Hotel du Lac? I don’t remember the details but the atmosphere of the location has lingered. Gently melancholic?

I love Barbara Pym and I immediately thought of her when you spoke of single women of a certain age. I love Miss Read too. Take care of yourself and Tilly. ❤

Based on this recommendation, I read all three books in the trilogy. As a Scot, I knew about James VI &I, and also Bonnie Prince Charlie so the period covered by this trilogy filled in a lot of gaps for me. Also, having the North American and West Indies included provided useful contexts. Overall I enjoyed how the fiction was woven within actual history. The characters were an eclectic mix; I appreciated that most of them were neither unrealistically heroic or villainous. Definitely worth a read but I recommend reading all three within the same time period so you don’t forget who is whom.

I will definitely try some of these books on your tbr. I enjoy reading at a slow pace myself. 😊

Thank you so much. I have read both Agnes Grey and Tenant of Wildfell Hall and I loved them both. I also loved Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights was just too disturbing for me. The other books, I would gladly read again, though.

I thoroughly enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities. I bought an edition with notes, which helped. That book still lives in my head many months later.

I LOVE A Muppet Christmas Carol!

Oh, you’ve got to read ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. It is a can’t put the book down page turner. My big sister got me into reading Sci-Fi. I read all the classics while I was still a teeny-bopper. I know what grok means.😉

Finally, someone utters the name Mark Twain. You are the first booktuber I have heard mention him at all, which is perplexing and disappointing. A bit ironic that it was in the context of science fiction. I loved Connecticut Yankee ❤

Thanks for the review. I like to watch a film before I read the book. That way I more often enjoy the film. If I read the book first I am usually disappointed in the film.

Thank you for this lovely review - Tilly is a star! Truly appreciate it - as well as your eagle eye! xoxo. F.

Hi Rosamunde. Have you ever thought of starting your own channel instead of gaitcrashing Tillie's 😂😂

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Thank you for the expanded list of books and history review. I didn't think that science fiction started so early in time. One more recommendation from myself in the time travel category is Stephen Fry's "Making history" about time travel as a try to prevent Hitler's born 😅 A lot of humour as always with this author and predictable consequences of the protagonist's actions. 🖖🖖🖖

I've not heard of either the book or the author sounds interesting reading. Agree about seeing a film then reading the book it was based on and visualising the actor as the main character. Funnily enough I prefer this than to read the book and get a picture of the main character and then to have them played by someone who looks nothing like I imagined!