Balancing the Books for December | Drinking By My Shelf

[@Magicme79]

I am so invested in this book accounting thing, it’s ridiculous 😂

[@BohoBookworm]

Glad Raph is back from aus safely.. with book presents to boot! She's a keeper!

[@benreadsgood]

What a brilliant format - love it! This might be the push I need to finally pick up Life After Life… one of my resolutions is to read some more of my longer books 👀

[@racheljacobson3685]

Commonwealth is one of my all time favorite books, beautiful. ❤

[@Rachel-6016]

oh my god ur in for a treat with the harp in the south. It’s devastating! there’s books later in the series if you enjoy your time with the characters 😊

[@SavidgeReads]

Happy New Year Emma! I’ve wanted to try Emma Straub for a while. Maybe 2023 is the year. Helen Oyeyemi too. Life After Life is genius.

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

I got small things like these for christmas and am really looking forward to read it :) Good job with unhauling as well. Always difficult.

[@emmaloris]

Miss your vids Emma, I hope 2023 is treating you well so far ❤️

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

New video coming tomorrow! 😍

[@the_reading_apprentice]

Oh I'm so jealous that you've got the new Kate Morton book! She's one of my favourite authors ever and I'm so keen to hold Homecoming in my hands!

[@Chitownreader]

I really recommend picking up Foster by Claire Keegan as well and watching the film adaptation (A Quiet Girl)! The book is short and the movie is PHENOMENAL 😭

[@twistinyourside]

A God in Ruins is absolutely incredible. Not sure if you'll enjoy it as much as Life After Life as it's a much more conventional historical fiction but, as someone who enjoys historical fiction, it's one of my favourite books. Both books were five stars for me.

[@josiewallace4478]

My New Year’s resolution is to balance the books on my TBR because of you! Thanks for sharing; I’m excited to play along this year.

[@CaitlynAnneReads]

I read Life After Life last year, and I adored it! So glad that you loved it ☺️

[@ButtercupBooks15]

I’m going to have to look into the Emma Straub and Kate Atkinson. They sound sort of like The Midnight Library which I loved

[@OnlyIfForAPage]

I really liked some of the stories in Love in Colour, overall I thought it was a great collection.

[@harrietthomas-bush7274]

A joy, as always

[@grinselamm]

Do you love time travel time in series as well? Have you heard of Being Erica? Erica is not happy, loosing her boyfriend, her job, don't know what to do next, a therapist is coming in her life and brings her opportunities to do things different by traveling back in time.

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I totally forgot about this show but yes I watched it!

[@kirstypritchard2872]

I’m trying a book ban for January 😂

[@benreadsgood]

I thought about this, but then my local indie was open on New Year’s Day… and now I have a copy of Annie Erneaux’s The Years 😬

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

@@benreadsgood Book buying bans never work for me 😂

[@kirstypritchard2872]

I’m trying 😂😂😂📚

[@TheHexedLibrary]

I must've spaced out because I thought you were talking about a golden hair and I was just like..... how are you supposed to find a hair strand that's buried? That's crazy. But yeah, golden hare makes much more sense hahahaha

[@CheyeW13]

I keep shelving Great Circle at work and thinking of you and then wondering if you'd read seating arrangements and now i know! lol

[@karenmiddlebrook5069]

Can't wait for The Marriage Act to be available

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I love the cover of The Skeleton Key. That sucks you were disappointed

[@booksandbargains]

Totally agree with Insatiable! Its filthy, but possibly the best bi rep I have ever read! I am scared of great circle! It looks amazing but it scares me!

[@meghannpalmer7417]

Kate Morton is an insta buy and I’ll be preordering it 😆

[@PumpkinMozie]

The Marriage Act sounds just like the YA series “Matched” haha

[@melina0903]

Hi, Emma! Did you see the Undone tv serie? It has time travel and it's one of my favourites, I watched it on Prime Video

[@exlibrisdabarai8773]

omg YOU HAVE NEW moRTON i AM SO JEALOUS...!

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

I love Australian literature. Have you ever done #aussieapril ? I’ve preordered Exiles by Jane Harper as my first Aussie read this year.

[@lizziesliterarylife]

you should read Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAlister! its a time travel mystery that's very unique in format and quite good

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

Yes I read it a few months ago! So good!

[@tradingaddress]

Emma, what color are your eyes?

[@karenmiddlebrook5069]

I want to love reading Agatha Christie but I just don't, whereas they are perfect for tv/film adaptations which I do love.

[@Mo_msh]

💜

[@jenniferdobbs7092]

I'm up and down with Ruth Ware also. But I have to say, I was disappointed in One By One. It was way too predictable! However, as reading, my mind did change quite a bit making me wonder. She definitely goes up and down on book writing.

[@karenmiddlebrook5069]

I feel the same, yet I've just finished The IT Girl which I really enjoyed.

[@jenniferdobbs7092]

@@karenmiddlebrook5069 oh that's good to hear! I was hesitant on it. Now I'll look into it.