Books I have because of my dear friend Alice

[@jorjastonej]

❤You have my full sympathy for the loss of your (our-but only virtual for me) Alice. Take all the time you need to grieve. Thank you so much for your past and future books with Alice. Take the greatest care. 💔📚

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much 🤍

[@lindysmagpiereads]

❤️‍🩹 Jack, it is good to see your face again. Thanks for this heartfelt tribute to Alice. Thank you also for talking about the impact that our friends have on our lives. I’m sending you big hugs.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much Lindy 🤍

[@GemofBooks]

Well done Jack. I know exactly what you mean - I see Alice’s influence everywhere. I think Rudi may have eaten my crochet Rudi 😬 I think Alice would forgive him though. We will get there with where we go next re. FOMO and Abercrombie. I feel like putting out videos this week is a big step for both of us. Love you in lots 🧡

[@spreadbookjoy]

Alice would definitely forgive Rudi 😂 This has indeed been a big step for us both - glad we are making it and have each other still. Love you lots too 🤍🤍🤍

[@zachreads]

If Alice got 1% of the joy I get from Rudi mayhem she would certainly forgive him.

[@GemofBooks]

@@zachreads 🧡🧡🧡

[@saintdonoghue]

This was the most touching video I've seen all week. Thank you so much.

[@spreadbookjoy]

It was not easy to make but I’m glad that I did it. Thank you for your kind words, Steve.

[@RovingReader]

I 100% understand the depth of friendships that can be developed on BookTube. I'm so so so sorry for your loss and for the loss in our community. She was such a wonderful person.

[@spreadbookjoy]

I never realised just how important and real the friendships on here would be when I started. Grateful for each and every one of them. Thank you for your kind words 🤍

[@bookum]

So sorry to hear about Alice! Thank you for sharing about her and her books!

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you 🤍

[@novelideea]

I love how you, & Gemma & Charlie have shared Alice with us the past few weeks. I feel gathered into the chosen family through your memories and the deposits she made in all of you. ❣

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much Deea - I am so thankful for her friendship and how she inspired my reading. Grateful to still have so much to enjoy from her 🤍

[@peggykeith4391]

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[@BellesBooksbyCarly]

Lovely video Jack, great to hear about your wonderful friendship with Alice. Sending lots of love xx

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much. I feel so very grateful to have had such a wonderful friend 🤍

[@hopesprings7812]

I loved Alice and her channel, she did leave a fantastic legacy. So sorry you've lost a friend 💔

[@spreadbookjoy]

She was a wonderful person. Thank you so much 🤍

[@star2405]

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[@ameliabarlowbooks]

hello buddy ♥️ great to see you. this was a beautiful tribute to Alice and I’m very happy you’re back xxxxxx

[@spreadbookjoy]

Hi Amelia - thank you so much. I’m glad to be back 🤍

[@theresas709]

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[@novellenovels]

This is absolutely perfect 💜💜 She would love this and want you to carry on reading. She was an amazing and I feel a big hole in our lives. Love you loads ❤❤❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you, Em - love you lots too 🤍🤍🤍

[@janeduffield4801]

Thank you Jack for this lovely video and your heartfelt comments. So many books and so many memories. Alice loved so many authors and so many different genres,you showed this infinite variety so well - she just loved books full stop! Please do try and carry on with your reading plans. Unsheltered got me into reading BK so I hope FOMO will continue with that. And The Lacuna is brilliant too. You absolutely must finish Susan Cooper! That would be Alice's greatest wish for everyone. Thank you so much for this tribute and extending your friendship to me. 💔

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@janeduffield4801 thank you, Jane. I am so glad that I have these books because of Alice as they make me feel connected to her. I intend to read them all, as well as several Alice-inspired books on my Kindle that I didn’t mention here - Demon Copperhead and Cloud Cuckoo Land to name but a few. She inspired so much wonderful reading and enriched my life immeasurably, for which I’m hugely grateful. Sending you lots of love 🤍🤍🤍

[@Lynn_Ann_Jackson]

Thank you for sharing the friend you will carry in your heart, forever. I will miss her videos… her kindness, and the lovely lilt of her voice. Her inspiration will carry on through the years to come and through you and all her Book Tube friends; I am so sorry for your loss.💔❤️

[@spreadbookjoy]

She was a very special person. Thank you so much for your kind words 🤍

[@bjminton2698]

I'm so proud to have been touched by Alice's love of reading! Thank you for the beautiful tribute! ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@bjminton2698 thank you so much. It is wonderful to know how much Alice inspired and connected with people 🤍

[@clarepotter7584]

I loved Alice's channel and will miss her take on books. Very sorry that you've lost a friend.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you 🤍

[@lizh9497]

A lovely tribute to Alice and reflection of your friendship. Sending my condolences ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@lizh9497 thank you so much 🤍🤍🤍

[@joy_ofbooks]

Such a beautiful tribute to Alice and the books that connected you. ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you 🤍

[@katiemcneece9291]

Alice had great taste. Thanks for sharing your memories and thoughts of her. So sorry for your loss and thinking of all of you who loved her so well.

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@katiemcneece9291 thank you so much - she certainly did have wonderful taste and I’m so grateful to have these books because of her 🤍🤍🤍

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

This video is so full of warmth and love which is perfect for remembering Alice and her influence. I hope reading can go back to being a haven and a joy for you. Taking stock is natural. You are often in my thoughts Jack.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much, Ros. Reading has been difficult because it highlighted her absence, but it’s the books and Booktube which connected us and will continue to do so. This is why I’m grateful to get back to reading and the community.

[@Heatherskl]

Lovely video ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you 🤍

[@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing]

Sending loads of love ♥️

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing thank you 🤍🤍🤍

[@michaelmccarty]

Jolene's quote is so true -- thank you for sharing!

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@michaelmccarty I’ve found that a beautiful thought to hold on to 🤍

[@WandaWonderer]

We should all be so lucky to have a wonderful friendship such as you have! Beautiful memories and anecdotes about Alice! I hope Gemma and you keep bringing great content

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much. It was such a special friendship and I feel fortunate to have had it. Gemma and I will do our best 🤍

[@booksimnotreading]

Jack, this was a brave and beautiful video! It makes me feel like I know Alice a little better. Please be kind to yourself and extend yourself some grace. 💛

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@booksimnotreading I was really not sure I could make a video about Alice, but I’m glad I did. Thank you, Kelly, for your thoughtful, kind words.🤍

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

Loved this video. A wonderful way to remember Alice. I am hoping to read Demon Copperhead myself. Let me know if you are up for a buddy read. Perhaps we can do it as a way of remembering Alice, together. Sending you lots of love, friend. 😊💙

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@BookwormAdventureGirl a buddy read sounds great. I think she would have loved that - she was such a champion for that book! 🤍🤍🤍

[@rachelwoodisse]

Lovely video ❤ miss her channel too…… I have a tabby too ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

She is sorely missed. I am biased but tabbies are the best! 🤍

[@readingoffmyshelf2088]

❤ thank you, Jack, for some of your lovely memories of Alice and for talking about books you shared.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you, Angela - she was such a wonderful friend 🤍

[@Cobaltdragon]

Lovely to see you back. John Wyndham is an amazing author- loved The Midwich Cuckoos, Day of the Triffids, Chocky and The Chrysalids. Glad you are taking care of yourself and taking it slowly. Lovely tribute 💕

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@Cobaltdragon thank you so much, Elaine. I am still looking forward to our chat at some point. I will let you know when I’m ready for it 🤍

[@Cobaltdragon]

@@spreadbookjoy no rush, lots on your plate. I look forward to chatting when you are ready 😎💕

[@awebofstories]

Alice was such a wonderful person. I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much 🤍

[@CarolAttrux]

This was such a lovely video! You and Alice were so connected! Thank you for sharing that connection with us. ❤️

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you so much - she was such a wonderful friend

[@Michele-n2h]

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[@jf8559]

❤️ Such a good video. Beautifully said and lovely memories and thoughts.

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@jf8559 thank you so much 🤍

[@katsnoveladventures1863]

I'm so happy to see you, Jack! 🥰 Alice was a lovely person, and it is heartwarming to hear you sharing how special she is to you because she will always be with you. You have been blessed with making wonderful memories with Alice, and those memories are now treasures. While I hope that you and Gemma will continue with FOMO, I understand if you choose not to because Alice will be sadly missed. I am still planning to read the last two books for this year as a way to remember Alice. I'm grateful Alice's channel is still available because there are so many videos I still need to watch. I found this quote comforting after my best friend died in November. "The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love." ~ Hilary Stanton Zunin Hugs and much love to you, Jack. ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

Dear Kat, thank you so much for this lovely message and I’m so sorry I didn’t respond sooner! Not sure how I missed this. Thank you for your kind words and thoughts about Alice. It is much appreciated. Gemma and I talked this week and we have decided we are going to carry on, as this was a project we all loved so much and we are sure Alice would want it to carry on as well. The first few lives will be difficult without her, but we will get there. She gifted us both the Kingsolver, so it would be terrible if we didn’t get to it and talk about it. Will announce live date soon but probably beginning of September 🤍🤍🤍

[@katsnoveladventures1863]

@@spreadbookjoy No need to be sorry, Jack. 😊 Ever! 💜 You’ve had a lot going on. I’m delighted that you and Gemma are continuing with FOMO. 🥰 I’m sure Alice will be pleased, especially since she gifted you Unsheltered, and she would want ya’ll to carry on discussing good books. I ordered the last two books today. 📚 I’ll keep my eyes open for ya’ll’s announcement.

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@katsnoveladventures1863 🤍🤍🤍

[@melissahouse1296]

Beautiful Jack. Grieving myself at the mo (family) so i know it's not all smiles but there is a lot of joy here which i think is very apt & i can't help but think Alice would approve 🤝❤‍🩹💖🌻🌤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@melissahouse1296 I’m so sorry to hear that Melissa and sending lots of love. Alice was the kindest of souls and would definitely want us to remember the joy, so I’m really trying to do that every day, though at the moment it’s a strange mixture of joy laced with sorrow. Take care of yourself 🤍🤍🤍

[@melissahouse1296]

@@spreadbookjoy You too ❤

[@GeraldineRowe]

Sadly I hadn't heard of Alice's channel until after her death, but so many booktubers have had such lovely things to say about her she must have been a genuinely lovely person ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

She really was. I hope you are enjoying her videos 🤍

[@glendaw5221]

💜 Hi Jack. I am over here in the US wanting to give all of Alice’s closest friends a huge hug. I agree with Jolene that Alice leaves quite a legacy to her subscribers like me, her close friends and of course her family. I think ofher buddy readers, her PlodAlong gang, her FOMO book club, and fellow Christie fans. She was always so thoughtful in her replies to my comments. I will miss her terribly and hope that you, Gemma and Charlie (and others) can, with time, get back into the booktube groove, whatever that will look like. Please post short videos to let us know how you are doing. We care. I’ve cried with some and laughed with others of you. Take care. ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@glendaw5221 thank you so much Glenda. What has been wonderful is seeing just how many people Alice connected with - she was always so genuine and thoughtful in her responses to others. A beautiful legacy 🤍

[@betinaceciliafeld9854]

I still have no words so here's my emoji ❤ Alice was so warm and smart and sweet. I never knew her in person but I watched her videos almost from the start. I'm so sad for her mom and for her husband and friends.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you 🤍

[@RovingRedhead]

Well said Jaq 😊

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you Julie 🤍

[@insearchofwonder]

❤ Thank you so much for sharing. ♥️

[@deborahwager5883]

Thank you for this! ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@deborahwager5883 🤍🤍🤍

[@Shellyish]

Wonderful wonderful video, Jack. ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@Shellyish thank you, Shelly 🤍🤍🤍

[@CharlieBrookReads]

Wonderful video Jack❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@CharlieBrookReads thanks, Charlie 🤍🤍🤍

[@ritacarmo4721]

💔🖤 a big hug

[@spreadbookjoy]

Thank you 🤍

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

Hello Jack, my dear friend. Alice introduced me to many books I never would have heard of. We both loved Agatha Christie, but she also pointed me to a book from the woman prize called “careless“ by Kristi Capes and “how not to get murdered in acquaint English village“. It was also a book about books that she said was her favorite book and I bought it. I’m sending you a lot of wonderful healing vibes. Friendships on this community are strong and everlasting. Aloha friend.

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@MarilynMayaMendoza dear Marilyn, thank you. I also read Careless because of Alice and it was such a wonderful book. The connections we make on here are so important and I am looking forward to reconnecting with everyone after this absence 🤍🤍🤍

[@zachreads]

I'm doing BookTuber appreciation month in August called Alice August I was going to start Strangers on a Train the day we got the news and will probably still read it regardless of what ultimatly ends up happening with fomo. One of my last books I finished before getting the news was Sundial by Shirley Jackson which was a June buddy read with Alice, I thought it was rubbish but was excited to hear Alice's thoughts. A few books I have selected to read in her honor are Cloud Cukoo Land, Case Histories, Agatha Christy, and Jack Reacher; but not sure when that won't be rio painful to start.

[@spreadbookjoy]

What a wonderful tribute, Zach, to our lovely friend. I also have yet to pick up Strangers on a Train - it was all too painful at the time. But I will get to it. I will get to all of these books and more because of her. Thinking of reading these books connected with Alice just highlighted her absence in the beginning, so it hurt to think we would read something she didn’t get to. But am starting to see it differently. I know Alice would never want us to not read something because of her - that would be the exact opposite of everything she stood for! Cloud Cuckoo Land and Demon Copperhead are on my kindle as well because of Alice. She leaves us a wonderful legacy of books, for which I am immensely grateful.

[@kellyoconnor1035]

❤ Hi Jack , I thank you for sharing parts of your friendship with Alice. This was such a warm video. Jack, I am so glad to see you here. Be gentle with yourself. You and Gemma take the time you need with the FOMO Book Club . You both will know what is right. I am sending lots of love to you. XX P.S. I do think the Buffy Comic was a gift from Alice. ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@kellyoconnor1035 thank you so much, Kelly. I imagine I will always think of that book as the last one from Alice 🤍

[@kellyoconnor1035]

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[@sallyhughes4803]

Lovely video Jack ❤

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@sallyhughes4803 thank you, Sally 🤍

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