Favorite Books of 2024

[@meghanthestorygirl4581]

I'm so glad that books have been there for you this year ❤

[@heatherinoklahoma]

Such a great book year! I have written down several in my book journal on my recommended by Kate! ❤

[@insearchofwonder]

That science curriculum sounds incredible. I love the whole idea of the premise.

[@martinezfamily5425]

Awesome list Kate. Thank you for the video!

[@JacquelineCaron]

So glad you gave attention to a series I've been recommending for years - The Morland Dynasty. It is a very long series and like you mentioned very emotional stories, but such a great investment of time. I think I read one each season of a year, as each book was quite a chunker ( there are currently 36 books ). I'm currently reading Cynthia Harrod-Eagles War at Home series, very 'Downton Abbey' like. Another older series I never hear talked about and really enjoyed was Sara Donati 'Into the Wilderness' ( US Historical fiction series, I think 6 books? ). Highly recommend. thanks for sharing your favorites - and I've added a few more to my TBR!! I really need to start on the Trollope books I have. 😊 Happy, Healthy New Year to you and your family!!

[@jensreadinglife]

This was such a lovely wrap up of your reading year, Kate. I am so impressed by your spirit and your resilience in the face of all you are dealing with. ❤ You are an inspiration. I’m adding a number of these books to my TBR. Thank you for all your wonderful content and bookish enthusiasm. It is a blessing to be in your community.

[@amberemory200]

I am glad you’re enjoying reading biographies of the presidents! My husband and I are doing the same thing. 😊 We just finished up Theodore Roosevelt.

[@marenlatham4349]

I am so glad to hear that even with this being the hardest year of your life, books have been there for you. God bless you Kate! Oh and I did get Parables of the Cross for Christmas, thanks to you.

[@insearchofwonder]

I read Phantastes last year (well, 2023) and enjoyed it.

[@rebeccaharris4823]

I discovered my library has several of the Elizabeth Cadell novels. I picked up a couple this week after hearing you talk about her. So excited. The covers are so beautiful!

[@WilsonHillWorks]

I also read the Vicar of Bullhampton this past year. I loved the GRACE that is extended to all characters. It was beautiful. Thanks for sharing all these books you loved this year 🥰

[@jenrutherford9172]

Loved the episode! My daughter and I have been waiting expectantly for it :) Since you loved Mere Motherhood (and Cindy's curiosity), you'd love her Beyond Mere Motherhood book, I think.

[@emmareads734]

Thank you for sharing your list! I am a recent follower and will be praying for your health and for your son’s health and for you to experience the peace that surpasses all understanding ❤️

[@99kylies15]

What a lovely video! I'm so sorry about your rough year :( 2024 was rough for my family, too, and the refuge that a good piece of engaging fiction can give us in that time can be such a true gift from God.

[@katehowereads]

@@99kylies15 Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. I'm so sorry to hear that last year was a hard one for your family. 💜 Books truly are such a comfort. I hope you enjoy the ones that called out to you on the list!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Wonderful Kate! I'm keeping a list of books that keep popping up all the time and Vicar of Bullhampton, CrossRiggs and Dynevor Terrace made the list to get to this year. 😜

[@deblawrence8341]

Kate, I love this for you! So many wonderful books that you enjoyed this year. I hope 2025 finds medical answers and healing for you and your son. 🙏

[@scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

Lovely to see what you have been enjoying. Your reading is so different from mine apart from 19th century authors. Wonderful that you find the time and energy for books when life is so challenging. Happy new year.

[@setayeshsbooks]

Love your videos so so much 💌 you recommend such unique beautiful books and the way you describe them and the vibe of your channel is so cozy and nostalgic.

[@lifesbanquet4501]

Just finished the Essays of E B White- an excellent read. 😊

[@amusicalbookworm]

Love hearing your favorites! A much anticipated video 😊

[@blueevening]

It was lovely to hear about these 😊

[@tatilouise1201]

I absolutely LOVE Green Rider! Just finished the 7th book and learned the 8th will be coming out some time in the fall.

[@MicahHarris-k9m]

Kate, in researching a lecture on Tolkien I'm giving, I came across a surprising but welcome Charlotte Yonge connection. Pre-Raphaelite artist and father of modern high fantasy William Morris discovered a translation of the French/German author Fouque through being a fan of Yonge, probably Fouque's English translation collection of his two works Sintram and Undine, for which Yonge wrote the introduction. Morris had become a fan of Yonge when he was a student and read The Heir of Redclyffe. B/c of Fouque's fiction, Morris wrote his own Nordic tales and other fiction that directly inspired Tolkien's writing of the Lord of the Rings. So, even if indirectly, Yonge had an influence on Tolkien's fantasy. I'm dying to find out if both Morris and Tolkien, especially, read Fouque's The Magic Ring, since he appears to create in it the multiple pov narrative structure of modern epic fantasy novels back in 1812 that everyone credits to Tolkien himself.

[@NadaOQ96]

Added The Chaplet of Pearls to my 2025 Victorian TBR/Pile of Possibilities! I really enjoyed CMY's writing & character work in The Stokesley Secret so I'm super excited to read a highly recommended work of historical fiction by her 😃 Hopefully The Dove in the Eagle's Nest ends up being another favourite of yours because the premise sounds really interesting

[@tennille9dawn]

I joined a Green Rider readalong in 2024 and loved it. People felt books 4-7 in particular really showed the author's development, but had fun with them all! And Rilla of Ingleside is my favourite book. I read it first as a teen and re-read it so many times.

[@taylorrae3316]

Loved seeing your favorites!

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

I have read 3 David McCullough books and loved them all. His style just works for me. I do feel bad, though, for the authors who write about the same subjects as he did. They get terribly overshadowed. So many people will just automatically recommend McCullough books. I appreciate very much your videos with all the extra research you do. I absolutely loved Jefferson's biography you recommended. I wanted to reread it as soon as I was done reading it.

[@katehowereads]

@@BorderCollieInALibrary Yes! I know a lot of readers love his style but it is sad when other authors get overlooked. Ahhh! I'm so thrilled you enjoyed the Jefferson biography! I definitely want to reread it at some point.

[@fernandamurari8577]

Happy New year! Thank you for the list!

[@insearchofwonder]

I live in Virginia and never heard about Nazis here! I'm definitely going to have to go learn all about that!

[@millercgr]

Hi Kate could you elaborate a bit on exactly what displeased you about the McCollough book about John Adams. He is a gifted writer. I read his book on Truman which was wonderful, informative and fascinating. It's hard to imagine his book on Adams would not be an interesting read.

[@whitneydotson643]

I just read my first Jaime Jo Wright this year...A Premonition at Withers Farm---and it definitely won't be my last. Apparently, she's coming out with one in April, based on Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee

[@LizziebelleXOX]

Hi Kate ❤❤ 👋

[@clarepotter7584]

Thanks for this.

[@Catloudan]

Hi!! I sent you a friend request on goodreads since it’s private I can’t just follow and I want to follow your reviews! I love them! What was the other Jaime Jo Wright you enjoyed? She can be hit or miss with me also but I did love the one you mentioned here.

[@greenlimabean]

Hi Book Friends, Any rece for my 13 year old daughter? In the likes of Heidi (not Anne of GG or Little Women), and Betsy Tacy, and the Arleta Richardson’s Grandma’s Attic older series. Could be modern, but with conservative values. She’s never wanted to read before so I must get her a book at this request.

[@katehowereads]

@@greenlimabean Caddie Woodlawn, Family Grandstand and Family Sabbatical, Winter Cottage, and Baby Island all by Carol Ryrie Brink are wonderful. The Melendy Family Quartet by Elizabeth Enright is another great family series. The All of a Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor is one of my all time favorites. Each Little Bird That Sings and Love Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles are both a little heavy but very age appropriate. Penny From Heaven and Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm are great historical fiction. Countess Kate by Charlotte Mary Yonge features a very Anne Shirleyesque heroine. I hope she enjoys some of these!

[@katehowereads]

And I can't forget to mention The Vanderbeekers series by Karina Yan Glaser!

[@buzzselous3757]

Hi Kate, is Cloak and Dagger Christmas no more?

[@darrylfriesen]

Bated breath over here!!

[@katehowereads]

@@darrylfriesen 😄

[@gustavobritish]

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