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@aimee_lou13 27 күн бұрын
Love this ❤
@ToddsBookTube91 Ай бұрын
Todd here. Nice video! Just stumbled upon your channel.
@hannahkathleenx 2 ай бұрын
Hey gf! I don’t know how I fell upon your channel but I’m loving these recommendations!!! Do you have an insta? I’m terrible on KZbin but all these recommendations are amazing!!!
@breakallhearts 2 ай бұрын
What should I read? Doctor Zhivago Hotel? Trivago
@Preteahumblegirl 3 ай бұрын
This was so cool that you did this I’m just getting back to into reading so I’m enjoying this 🥰❤️
@mary-annka8218 6 ай бұрын
I think Stephen Aryans books would be great as films
@bethandmilly 6 ай бұрын
hello, do you have a Goodreads account/page?
@kiki-vg5zc 6 ай бұрын
Hope you are doing good ❤and miss you
@cosmic-fortytwo 9 ай бұрын
I think Toibin is like Toe-Bean and Chiam is said like High-Am. (Hey man are you high? High am!) Great review. I know I should read Catcher in the Rye and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Never got around to it but they are definitely classics.
@JoRN1222 9 ай бұрын
Some of her book choices were not that good imo.
@Xylah 10 ай бұрын
Love Stephen King - IT is a long read but the character development is 👌 I would just start with that, as daunting as it is!! 11.22.63 is another great book of his. And if you listen to audiobooks then the Pet Sematary audio is amazing. Some of his books are hit & miss, just need to find the ones that work for you ☺️
@elisanorth7150 10 ай бұрын
Great video, I only knew Toibin and my 2024 tbr has just grown by a few books. 😊
@myepictbr6968 10 ай бұрын
You have very naive view regarding what America is all about. Just look up the Puritans and what their deal was, specifically exactly why they emigrated in the first place.
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
I was thinking of the Boston tea party when I made that comment
@myepictbr6968 10 ай бұрын
I think there is no deeper reason for recommendation than these are all very popular, accessible and relatively non-controversial “classics”.
@lena_blue 10 ай бұрын
The Historian sounds so interesting! Adding it to my tbr 😊 The last book I bought is Kate Morton’s Homecoming, it is a 2023 release but I got it used yay
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Oooh I’ve heard of Kate Morton but I’ll have to check that book out! ☺️
@lightscamerasashley. 10 ай бұрын
the bell jar 🥺💞 this is such a fun video, several of these are on my tbr.
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
It was so fun to make! ☺️
@sarahhead9274 10 ай бұрын
The Bell Jar and The Road are two of my faves. both so heartbreaking but so beautiful
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Such great books! But so heartbreaking for sure! ☺️🥺
@kerens2069 10 ай бұрын
Great range of reading recommendations Elly. Have read a few of those but keen to have a look at The Offing and a few of the others you mention. Recently read Tom Lake which references Our Town quite heavily and i reckon you would enjoy too. I don't really think about the season when i choose books, but a few I will be reading this summer are Anne Enright's The Wren, The wren, Wifedom by Anna Funder, and Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater. Nice to have you back.
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
These are some great recommendations! I’ve been seeing Tom Lake a lot and definitely want to check it out ☺️👀
@lena_blue 10 ай бұрын
It is winter here ❄️ but I found Our Town in a local bookstore, so very excited to read it! Great recommendations as always 😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy it! ☺️
@jadeduffy84 10 ай бұрын
Had a 'huh?' moment thinking, it's December love, then remembered Australia exists! 😂
@lena_blue 10 ай бұрын
Wow that’s a lot of D. H. Lawrence! I will have to see now if my used book store has Sons and Lovers, as well as Our Town (I do remember that scene from Stardust!!) I just finished Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and my last 5 star was the Hollow Places by T Kingfisher 😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
I almost cleared out half a shelf with all those Lawrence books for this wrap up lol! Hopefully they have them 🤞 Ooh I haven't heard of either of those books-- I'll definitely check them out!
@lena_blue 10 ай бұрын
Godkiller is a fantasy book, so I am not sure if it will be something you are interested in, but I do highly recommend the Hollow Places, if you ever want to try some cosmic horror that is not graphic or extreme in any way 😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
@@lena_blueOoh okay, I am a scaredy cat when it comes to horror (lol) but if Hollow Places isn't graphic or extreme I will definitely give it a go! 😯
@CaroReads787 10 ай бұрын
Really great to see you back. I really enjoy hearing about the wide variety of books you read.
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! That's so sweet 😊✨
@Elizabeth-Reads 10 ай бұрын
Great job summarizing so many books so quickly! Ineed to reread Beartown, I loved it so much. (Sadly I didn’t love the other books in the series as much, especially The Winners which was a DNF.)
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
hahahah thank you! (the original footage was just over an hour and 20 minutes 😯 I talked too much lol) Oh that's so disappointing about the Beartown sequels 😭 I will definitely try to lower my expectations going into them so I'm not too disappointed if I don't like them!
@BeckyLStoutWriter 10 ай бұрын
My local libraries often have used book sales where you can fill a bag with whatever and it's only $5. So, yeah, since it doesn't break the bank, I have picked up quite a few books simply because of pretty covers on those occasions. And some of them I've read and hated but have not gotten rid of. Because they are SO PRETTY! 🤗 Plus, I might need them if I ever start my KZbin channel and do some of those book tag things. 😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Hahahah I love that! Pretty covers really have us in a chokehold! 😍😂
@lena_blue 10 ай бұрын
Great video! I added the White Girl to my tbr, I don’t think I read from any Australian authors before, so going to give it a go 😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! 💖 Ooh I really hope you like it! (I would also definitely recommend Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey!) 😊
@charlottesinclair9354 10 ай бұрын
If you like beach town thrillers I'd definitely recommend The Drowning by Bryan Brown who is an Aussie!
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Ooh I just looked this up-- it's blurbed by Trent Dalton! It sounds really really interesting. I will definitely add it to my book wishlist! 😊✨
@charlottesinclair9354 10 ай бұрын
@@literally_elly I love finding good southern hemisphere authors, since I feel like it can be so hard for them to get the recognition of authors from the UK/USA, so always love recommending them when I do find them!
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
@@charlottesinclair9354 I love that so much! Feel free to comment any recommendations you have! 🥰✨
@theworddegree 10 ай бұрын
You always put so many books on my radar! I adore you channel so much ❤
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Aw thank you so much! That's so sweet 🥰✨
@neens1369 10 ай бұрын
Those are pretty covers
@nevenaredzic 10 ай бұрын
Leon, that's si funny😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Not my smartest moment 😂😂
@Sunflwrbtch 10 ай бұрын
Elly.. i see ' a fine balance' just sitting pretty there.. its such a good book. Have you read it yet? I hope you do soon if you havent yet 😊
@literally_elly 10 ай бұрын
Hahahaha right?! I kept staring at it while editing 😂 I have a video planned for January where I will DEFINITELY read this book! 😊✨
@Sunflwrbtch 10 ай бұрын
@@literally_elly haha 😂😂 I cannot wait to hear your thoughts about it!!! 😁
@fedebooks 11 ай бұрын
So glad you're back! For me, the last book that made me cry just out of sadness for humanity was Amygdalatropolis by B. R. Yeager
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Thankyou so much! ☺️ Ooh that book sounds so interesting! It sounds like Bret Easton Ellis’ Less Than Zero for the modern age in a way 😲 I’m adding it to my list of books to keep my eyes out for
@hannahamendola-or4rp 11 ай бұрын
a woman is no man is definitely a heavy hitter
@Sunflwrbtch 11 ай бұрын
You're backkkkk ❤❤❤❤ finally 😊😊
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Hahahah I know, it's been so long! Glad to be back 😊🥰
@Hillary429 11 ай бұрын
Are you still continuing with the Oprah challenge? Even if it continues into 2024 I’d still be really interested to continue watching the reading vlog series. Welcome back!
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Thankyou! That means so much to hear that those videos are loved 🥰✨ Yeah I still really want to keep making those videos-- I enjoy making them and I think I'd feel unsatisfied to not finish the series! I'm currently planning the next episode, but it probably won't be filmed or uploaded until early next year 😊
@Hillary429 11 ай бұрын
Raeleen from the Books Unbound podcast says October is for spooky and December is joyous, so November is for crying 😿
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Ohh that's a good way to look at it! I love that podcast 🥰
@mariatavares8513 11 ай бұрын
Nice to see you gain.😊
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
So sweet, thankyou! 😊
@nevenaredzic 11 ай бұрын
Finally, new video. Welcome back❤❤
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Hahahah I know right!? Thank you! 😊
@kiki-vg5zc 11 ай бұрын
So happy to see you back :).
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
thankyou so much! 😊
@lena_blue 11 ай бұрын
Welcome back!
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Thankyou!!
@ArielReads_ 11 ай бұрын
absolutely adore this video idea , and i've been wanting to read Virgin Suicides so your review was helpful!
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Aw thank you so much!! ☺
@aimeechellew2972 Жыл бұрын
Hope you are okay. Would love to see more videos from you!
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Aw thankyou so much Aimee! I really appreciate your comment ☺🥰 Exciting things are coming I promise! I'm currently editing a video that I can't wait to share!!
@sparklemymind Жыл бұрын
I love how you've arranged your books as well. Will you be doing a bookshelf tour? <3
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! 😊🥰 I have a few videos to upload in the next couple weeks but I'm hoping to post a bookshelf tour early December! 👀 (I'm currently trying to decide what type of tour I want to do -- whether a more overview-y tour, one where I show every single book (eek), or a tour focusing on my classics shelves. Or all of them! I haven't decided yet hahahah!)
@petitgarcon9675 Жыл бұрын
I like your videos! My 2nd time watching this one. YOur bookshelf looks good Btw, i thought the book mentioned in Serendipity was something else, Love in the Time of Cholera?
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Oh wow thank you so much! The fact you watched it twice makes me smile so much! 😊😊 You're definitely right! The Márquez book is the book mentioned in Serendipity. I was thinking of Must Love Dogs because Cusack's character is obsessed with the Dr Zhivago film but accidentally said Serendipity. Oops!
@megreads9 Жыл бұрын
Wow very lovely bookshelves it resembles so much my new one that I ordered recently but with a brown color as my home furniture is brown but there is a difference in one thing that I don't have such English books collection which makes me so sad because English books are so expensive in my country and I can barely have some, the books I've collected through my entire life is Arabic and french as I am an author, because my country is fluent in french more than English, if you want to get rid next time of some books I will be glad to receive them in my home and I will be thankful indeed. By the way I love the way that you can build a new shelves to the ordinary ones wow that's so nice to have more rooms to more books.
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Your new bookshelves look amazing by the way! 😊
@sharontaylor1999 Жыл бұрын
Elly...I am really enjoying this Oprah book club series and how you review books...I just love it 😊. I am so looking forward to what you read next. Toni Morrison is my absolute favorite author. For Song of Solomon, if you do a KZbin search for "Toni Morrison Song of Solomon"...she explains in an interview some of what she was trying to accomplish when she wrote the book. She has done lengthy interviews for all of her books and I have watched them many times...they're addictive.
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Thank you thank you! I'm so happy you're enjoying the series! I love watching author interviews too (you're so right-- they are so addictive!) so I will definitely check that out! 😊😊
@mjb3335 Жыл бұрын
I love your Oprah reviews!
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
Aw thank you!! 😊
@BeckyLStoutWriter Жыл бұрын
Jane Hamilton's other book, A Map of the World, was the first Oprah book I ever read. It was really good. And it got made into a movie! As did some of my other favorites, Back Roads, House of Sand and Fog, and White Oleander. 👍 (P.S. I just found your channel and I see you started quite recently. Well, I'm enjoying your videos so far. Good luck!)
@literally_elly 11 ай бұрын
I can't wait to get to those books! Of the ones you've listed I've only read House of Sand and Fog (a couple years ago now) and really enjoyed it! I definitely want to get to more of the book club books soon! Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying them! 😊😊
@fedebooks Жыл бұрын
"And then she lost all of her money..." *Can't stop laughing", looooool idk why but I started laughing too, great vid as always Elly
@literally_elly Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha oops! 😂😅 Thankyou! ☺️
@lena_blue Жыл бұрын
Congrats on 1k!!! Your content is great, and you talk about books that no one else ever mentions ❤
@literally_elly Жыл бұрын
Aw thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment 🥰🫶