December 2017 Reading Vlog

[@victoriatuttle8429]

I love all of your videos, but these monthly reading vlogs are my favorites! Thanks for sharing them with us!

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Victoria Tuttle That’s very sweet! Thank YOU 🙂

[@Literatiloves]

I love your vlogs! They're so cozy and they motivate me to read. I love seeing Zeus! He's so cute and seems so cuddly. ❤️ I hope this is a fantastic year for you!

[@helenejeppesen2133]

amylauren Thank you so much! My main reason for having this channel is to motivate and inspire people to read, so that makes me so happy to hear 🙂

[@karinhwangbooks]

Happy New Year, Helene. Hope your 2018 will be filled with love and peace. I love all of your reading vlogs and I admire your consistent love for reading.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Karin Hwang Thank you so much for that comment and for always being so supportive of my channel ❤️

[@letriciaaa]

Hi! My name is Letícia, I'm from Brazil and I was looking for classic book videos and found your channel. I've been watching the videos for the last 2 hours and I'm really enjoying, so thank you very much. I really really love books and I get very excited when I found someone who has similar taste as mine for books :) You cat is adorable!! I also have two cats: Ramona and Luna :) Anyway! I love Christmas time, so that's why I'm watching the vlogs from December. Wish you the best and I will be here often! :)

[@TobiasSuzanne]

Happy new year to you, Helene! Thank you so much for sharing your reading journey with all of us. Yours is one of my favorite Booktube channels. 😀❤️📚

[@caitiec5721]

I love your monthly vlogs. I have watched all of them and I can’t wait for the next one😊

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Caitie C You’re very sweet 🙂 I actually haven’t even started my January Reading Vlog yet because I still haven’t finished a single book (I’m reading huge books at the moment 😬) - but I will get to it 🙂

[@margaretg7773]

Once again a wonderful and honest video. Happy New Year.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Margaret G Happy New Year to you, too! 🙂

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Thank you for sharing your reading experiences, Helene. I noticed you take such good care of your books that even books you've read look new. I'm also reading several books at once including one from the library: "The Written World--The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization" by Martin Puchner. I'm looking forward to hearing about your 2018 reading!

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Andrew Brendan You’re welcome, Andrew! And yes, I tend to not (always) break the spine just because I can’t make myself do so 😂 Some of my books do look rather worn, though...

[@karenkoutsoumbaris6308]

Thankyou Helene, happy new year , I'm reading his dark materials book one the compass and I also have Daniel Deronda!

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Karen Koutsoumbaris Good luck with your reading! 😉

[@Ottawa3453]

5:44 - Wow what a stylish knitted hoodie! :D

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Ottawa3453 😉

[@Analog0219]

Love your vlogs and all your videos. A very happy new year....hope you have a great 2018.....much better than 2017.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Nita Kohli Thank you so much, Nita! You too 🙂

[@familyfun2784]

Lovely vlog! You have convinced me to pick up Daniel Deronda - am currently reading Lonesome Dove.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Kathy Wilson Awesome! 🤪

[@catreadsabunch]

I loved this so much! I wish I could read like you! I need to get rid of my tv! 😂

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Catherine Leimberg Haha we all have our different tastes, but yeah - I prefer my books to my tv 🤗

[@Rec426]

Hope you get out of your reading slump! I only read 2 books last month but thats quite good for me really. Can't wait for your future videos this year :)

[@helenejeppesen2133]

RachelLovesBooks Thank you! 2 books in a month is amazing - it’s more than what most people read 🙂

[@nikkivenable3700]

I LOVE how much you love Steinbeck. EEEEEEKKKK! You have Lonesome Dove? Oh, Helene, it is the most incredible of books. I feel about it as I feel about Steinbeck, honestly. These books have broken my heart in the best of ways. So much humanity in those pages! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! Also, there is a tv adaptation that is phenomenal, as well.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

nikki venable Yeah! I’m currently reading “Lonesome Dove” and LOVING it, and I just heard about the mini series which I will have to check out afterwards ❤️ I’m so excited about this 😬

[@nikkivenable3700]

This makes me ALL KINDS of happy! I cannot wait to hear your thoughts!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I do the same thing with most books by George Elliott, struggle a little bit in the first half then fall in love and rip through the second half!

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Gina, Living Medium Haha exactly 😂

[@LynxieDove]

Though Larry McMurtry's books tend to be a bit to depressing for me most of the time, quite a few of his books are my favorite. Lonesome Dove is probably his best. Terms of Endearment and Evening Star (the sequel to Terms of Endearment.)are both beautifully written. Last Picture Show and Texasville are also worth reading. (There was a 3rd book, Duane's Depressed, but it was way to depressing for me.) The majority of those books were also made into movies, with the exception of Lonesome Dove which was made into a mini series, and while the books are better then the movie, I found them all to be worth watching. I have no idea how you would get a hold of any of the movies, though sorry.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Lynxie Dove Thanks! I have heard that he’s quite a prolific writer although “Lonesome Dove” is going to be my first book of his. I might have to check out that mini series afterwards 🧐

[@shoosh587]

i love ur reading vlogs & have watched every single one .

[@helenejeppesen2133]

shatha Abdulrahman That’s devotion! I love it ❤️

[@godsbuckets]

Your videos are so peaceful, and I feel so inspired to read after watching. I’m loving East of Eden, thanks again for the recommendation. Have you read Anne Patchett’s Bel Canto? It’s a great one. Hope to see you make many more videos.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Misty O'Donnell “Bel Canto” has actually been on my radar for the past year, but the synopsis puts me off from reading it. I’m not sure I want to read about terrorists 🤨 Anyway, I’m thrilled to hear you enjoy my vlogs 🙂

[@MayV93]

Glad you found some enjoyment in /Extremely Loud.../. It was a favorite of mine in high school but I think to some extent it's necessarily timely, not sure I'd enjoy it as much today. Zeus is such a majestic creature, lovely pattern, floof all over the place! :3 Glad he's proven to be such a reliable reading companion

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Mason Varnado I agree with you on “Extremely Loud...”! I never got around to rewatching the movie, though, which I think I might prefer a bit more... Zeus says hi 🙂

[@MayV93]

Hi Zeus! Can't believe so great a cat would notice little old me 😌

[@melissagalliford9747]

Well done on finishing those 3 books before New Year’s eve. I really enjoyed this vlog. See you again in 2018 😊

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Melissa Galliford Definitely see you again 🙂

[@Ottawa3453]

When you give a book 3 stars, is that out of 5? :P

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Ottawa3453 Yes it is! According to the Goodreads rating system 😉

[@laki74]

Couldn't agree more with Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. A highly overrated book. Also frustrating in that it had such potential for greatness.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

laki74 It definitely had such potential! It should just have been half the size 🤨

[@Burps___]

👍🏻 200 people who ❤️ books; 👎🏻 2 illiterate persons 😢

[@lameshahale2990]

Cool One EXACTLY!! LOL

[@laki74]

More like 2 people who read YA novels and were disappointed that this channel is not like the other thousand booktuber channels that talk about YA.

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Cool One I don’t get why people dislike videos like these - I mean what’s so offensive about following me and my reading for a month? Thanks for the much needed comment 🙂