@@krisreviews ooh nice! I’m glad there are some good ones in there! I only wish I had more time to read 🤩.

@@Already-Overbooked thank you! I know what you mean, I’ve read thr first three JD Robbs and I keep forgetting to keep going. They are really good so there’s no excuse!

@@Man-With-a-Hat-Who-Reads Haha, the more books the merrier! That’s great that you enjoyed both Frankenstein and The Night Circus and I’m excited to get to those. I also really loved Dracula when I read it last year. Such a great story! If only I had more time to read, October is definitely a fun month for reading!

@@KatJack-vl8xj I love those old LPs that used to be like audiobooks. I remember my sister and I listening to some children’s books that way back in the 80s. Loved the cracking sound as it played and that will always feel nostalgic ✨. I bet the LOTR would be great as audio! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed both Hill House and Frankenstein. Oh boy, I hope Hill House isn’t too scary! 😱😄. Ah yes, haha I think I’ve talked about Clarissa in over 75% of these videos lol. Don’t worry, there will be one more Vlog to come about it and then I should be done. 😂

Thanks Kat! I was so happy to finish Clarissa. I saw that there was a BBC Radio production of Clarissa with Richard Armitage as Lovelace and I'm dying to listen to that. :) It's definitely a book I will re-read some day, but not for a while! I've heard Candide is a mixed bag haha. I'm hopefully going to start that one in November! That's great that Garlic and the Witch is good too as I have that one on my shelf to read sooner than later. It's so funny about the cats, I never realize they are there until I edit the video! :) Thanks for watching, Kat and hope you have a great weekend!

Wow, that's crazy you mentioned Emily Dickinson! I just read my "Greatest Works of Emily Dickinson" book of poems that I thrifted last year and I really loved it. I haven't read much poetry in the past, and was so surprised how much I liked them! I also have Leaves of Grass on my shelf that I will eventually get to. Hope you are still enjoying Dante! :)

@@bookstalgic No kidding?!! I’m glad that you ended up enjoying it! I’ve heard amazing things about her style and subject handling, so I may just try one of her collected works. Robert Frost is sitting on my shelf but I may wait until January to read from him. And Dante goes well, though sometimes tough when I don’t immediately understand his references.

Wow, that's so interesting! I have Paradise Lost on my shelf to get to eventually, so I'll have to remember this when I read it. I'm glad you enjoyed Frankenstein! I think I'll hopefully be able to start it this weekend. :)

Oh awesome! I'm glad that you're inspired to listen to The Interview with a Vampire! I bet it's a fun audiobook :) I'm glad to hear you loved The Hobbit too. It seems like a great time to read that series and I think I will really like it too. :)

@@bookstalgic I hope you do :)

Thanks, Jacob! I hope you enjoy your books this month. I had to look up"Being and Nothingness" by Sartre as I hadn't heard of it before (and yes, lovely title, lol) and it sounds interesting. I got into existentialism a little bit in my early 20s. I can't remember what I read at the time, but I found it all very fascinating. Life got busy and I guess I must've moved on from it, but that was the first time I started to "think outside the box" of my Catholic upbringing. I've never read any of James Baldwin's works, but every time I've heard someone on Booktube talk about him, it's always in positive terms in regards to his writing. In regards to "rawness of the writing", a fellow Booktuber I watched recently talked about that little window in the 90s when authors seemed to feel safer being honest and raw with their writing, more so than they do today due to the lack of the internet being what it now is. Nowadays with social media and instant sharing of thoughts across a large audience, writers may feel less safe to be raw in fear of being canceled if they rely on their works to pay the bills. Definitely interesting to think about. Russian lit is absolutely something I want to dive into some day. There are a bunch of books on my Greatest Books of all Time list (the obvious Russian classics ones of course), but there are a few others I would like read too. Hope you have a great week ahead!

@@bookstalgic Existentialism is really important to me, especially as I head into my late twenties. It invites me into a whole world of possibilities and things that contend with the soul; it's a steadily beating drum that renders our lives clear, as well as my own feelings on certain subjects, or even the lack thereof. Writers definitely have to be careful with what they write about: there's a standard for the "acceptable" and "most needed" topics for one to delve into. Not only delve into them, but how they delve into them (which often times carries an agenda). I'm always hesitant with contemporary writers, because I question the intentions behind their books: who or what exactly are you trying to serve or convince?

Haha! I've been waiting on the TV show too. My sister has been trying to get me to read the books and watch the show for years now, I don't know why I kept putting it off :D

Haha, I better get reading then! ;) Thanks, Groz!

That one has been on my list, too, I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks, Ven! Yeah, there's no real reason why I keep pushing Frankenstein away for another month either. I think I sometimes do that because I'm waiting for the perfect time to read it because I think I'm really going to enjoy it. Well, I'm going to start it as soon as I'm done with my ebook I'm reading now so I will definite get to it this month! I really enjoyed The Hobbit movies, but I had never read the books so I didn't have anything to compare it too. At the very least, at least it will help me visualize some of the characters and settings. I hope you have a great October of reading!

Hi Ellis! It's so nice to hear from you, and thank you for your sweet comment, as always! I have a really good friend that lives in San Antonio and she always complains about the heat down there this time of year. She came to visit us one year in October to see the fall foliage and it was so cute to see how in awe she was and how happy she was to be wearing a sweater outside! Bowling Alone sounds really interesting. The decline of community is not something that usually pops into my thoughts, but it's so true and I'm sure very thought-provoking to read about his thoughts on why this would've happened. I hope you enjoy it as well as your Library of America collections. Thanks again for visiting and saying hi. :)

Thanks, Kat! I think from now on, I'll just make TBRs every so often, when the mood strikes and that will give me a chance to catch up with the ones I already made months before, haha. Sorry to hear you didn't like Frankenstein, I know it's a mixed bag or whether people liked it or not. Yeah, "horror" looks like we should be saying "horr - orr" but it doesn't naturally roll off the tongue like that! Lol, your grandma gave you Interview with a Vampire? That's amazing. I'm sure I read it way to young too, but I remember loving it! Of course, the Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise/Christian Bale adaptation was very easy on the eyes too, when it came out! :D I would also love to go to New Zealand to have a tour of filming locations for LOTR. I'm so excited to get to that one! Thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comments, as always :) Hope you have a great weekend!

Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one that has put off reading certain books for so long! I know, I feel so guilty to still have these books of hers. Luckily, she has two little kids and zero time to read right now anyway so she probably forgot I even have them, lol. :D

I agree, it's fun to finally read these spooky classics we've always known about but never read. Last year I read Bram Stoker's Dracula and it was fun to finally be able to chat with others about what the book was actually about! I'm glad to hear you liked The Night Circus! I started it and was intrigued, so I'm looking forward to finishing it this fall sometime. :)

I’m glad you enjoyed some of those books on my TBR! I know what you mean about Victober and I wish it was in a different month so I could fully enjoy it. I decided to try Vanity Fair as Mark from Booktime with Elvis is doing a group read of that, but it will probably take me a few months going at the rate I get through books 😂. I can see myself having similar vibes with The LOTR series over fall and Christmas too. So cozy and nostalgic. Hope you have a great upcoming weekend of reading 🍁✨📚

Thank you!

Thanks Cliff! You’re not the only one who didn’t like The Haunting of Hill House, don’t worry 😂. I’m exited for this month of reading for sure! 👻✨I also can’t wait to start The Hobbit. I’ll hope to get to it in November. 😊 Hope you like whatever you read this month!

@@bookstalgic Hey Farrah, I would still love to have a live chat with you one day. It doesn't have to be all about horror, but there is enough there to make it spooky.

@@CliffsDarkGems Yes definitely! I think it would be fun to chat now that I am actually reading some Stephen King and have some other horror lined up. Maybe sometime in the next few months when my weekends will be more free as the kids sports wind down in our winter (your summer!) haha. :)

Hi Julie! I know what you mean about the library books! There is nothing better than to pick out a book as you go and just mood read your way through the month. 😊 I think I’m going to try Vanity Fair for Victober as well. It was a last minute addition, haha! I’m sure I won’t finish it this month so it will likely be an ongoing read. I hope you enjoy your Victober choices! I’ve never read anything by Anthony Trollope, but I definitely want to!

Thanks, Pat! How fun that you used to teach about Frankenstein in your classics! I think I will really like it. I love that 70s edition of The Hobbit. I found it in a thrift store and also found The Return of the King in the same edition. I’m on the hunt for the other two as well. I’m looking forward to the Marple books too, by Agatha Christie. I know I’m going to LOVE her 😊. I hope you enjoy Oryx and Crake. I remember reading that book about 10 yrs ago and I can’t fully remember the plot, but I remember being hooked. Thank you for the reminder as I wanted to follow along on Fable to see what everyone’s thoughts were! Hope you have a great reading month, Pat ❤.

@@bookstalgic hi Farrah. I do love Miss Marple. I’ve started Oryx and Crake and started commenting in Fable. It’s a really powerful and disturbing book. I’m definitely hooked. I don’t think any books should be banned; but I don’t think this a book-or a trilogy-for kids. It’s a very adult story. Lots of really creepy, disturbing stuff in it.

@@BookChatWithPat8668 That's great! I also remember being a little surprised as the book got going as it was nothing like I had expected!

Hahaha, well glad to know there is someone here to keep me in check! Hope you enjoy Frankenstein too! Yeah, I think Hill House is one that people either love or dislike so I hope I end up liking it. Oh by the way, I saw on FB that there might be a chance to see the Northern Lights again tonight or tomorrow night in NY so if you find yourself outside, point your phone up to the Northwest sky take a pic 📸 😊

@@M-J Thanks MJ, happy spooky season to you too! 👻❤️✨📚

@@martinelanglois3158 Ooh excellent, spooky list 👻. I didn’t know Anne Rice had a witch trilogy! I haven’t read of The Road or The Penguin Book of the Undead, but I hope you enjoy them if you get to them! Yes, the fall colors are starting up here now and it’s so beautiful. I hope you have a great Autumn season too 🍁✨😊

@@clarepotter7584 That one sounds fun! I hope you enjoy it! I love the premise 🕵️‍♀️✨📚

@@starlasell5698 I’ve heard great things about the Inheritance Games and I definitely have those on my list to read. I would also love to read The Picture of Dorian Gray as I also heard that one is great! You have so many good books lined up! 📚✨🍁

@@bookstalgic Thank you! I hope you can get to them. 😃

@@ReadbyFred Thanks, Fred! Glad you enjoyed both Frankenstein and Hill House, I think I will like them too. I hope you enjoy the “hahra” books you get too and sounds like you’re still sticking to the Read What You Own challenge/Kindle Kobo Clean-out! I need to speed read to reach my goal of 36 books before the next one starts! 😬😆

@@munajedski Oh, I’ve heard that Agatha Christie one was a really good one! I just read the premise for Angelica Frankstein Makes Her Match and that sounds great 😂 “never judge a man by his cadaver” lol. I hope you have a great October! 🍁✨📚

Thanks Abel! Wow, Shakespeare! I hope you enjoy whatever you get to! 😄

It was so cute! I think I want to read it again. :D

I'm the same way about wanting to keep books I've read! I'm such a nostaglic person. I think I donated this one to my little free library as soon as I was done so I wouldn't hoard it, haha. I brought a pile of books to the thrift store too and it was hard to let go even though they were all 3 stars or less. Oooh, I hope you like both Garlic and the Vampire as well as Sheets and I hope your daughter likes them too! All Boys Aren't Blue was actually more uplifting than I thought. It was sad some of the things that happened to the author, but they was so positive and I could tell they healed a lot from some of that trauma they went through! I know, I don't know how people can be so horrible to others. I just don't get it. Thank you, I was so excited to get to the end of Clarissa! :)

Thank you, I really liked it! I agree, it's hard for me to even read when I'm near the ocean because I get so mesmorized by the waves!

Thanks, Clare! I'm glad you liked Candide, hopefully I do too. :)

Thank you, I loved it! ✨

Clarissa was a super slow burn, but the character work was amazing! I think I remember reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream in school too and not really caring about it and I think I may have seen the play as well and not really cared about it either, but hoping that now that I’m older and wiser, I might enjoy it more now 😂. Hope you have a great rest of your reading month too! How’s Dante going?

@@bookstalgic It’s a wonder that people get drawn back to Shakespeare after grade-school anyhow. I don’t think the environment allows for deep reading. Too many distractions and not to mention insufferable worksheets/graded papers. Bleh. Lol. I definitely didn’t care about it either back then 😂 And Dante goes well. Something that I had to get over while reading him is the fact that he borrows people from his life as the characters who make up the condemned. So some verses are a plodding sequence of names and descriptors while others are very very imaginative and borrow from Greek mythology/lit. I purchased a portable translation to enjoy at work-the Laurence Binyon transl. ed. by Paolo Milano. It’s out of print but it’s probably the only translation written by a poet with a poets eye and ear for language. Ebay is where I found mine if you decide to find it. $20 or less are most of the listings.