Great Big BOOK HAUL, Part 1 | Mysteries, Classics, Middle Grade, & More!

[@EmersSarah]

Mrs. Pollifax rocks!!

[@jensreadinglife]

She does! 😁

[@louisity]

Enjoy those books! 💚

[@jensreadinglife]

I will! 😊

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Watching your videos is like visiting the world’s tiniest book shop, sitting down in a comfy chair with a cuppa tea,🍵 and finding everything I want.😀

[@RobynLG]

I agree!

[@jensreadinglife]

Oh my goodness, this is the sweetest compliment I have ever received! Thank you so, so much. You made my day!!!

[@mandyc1280]

I read The first Mrs. Pollifax and loved it and I will definitely keep collecting that series. I love your videos and always am adding books to my wishlist. 😊

[@jensreadinglife]

I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for watching. I just finished the second Mrs. Pollifax and I think I liked it even more than the first! 😁

[@KellyJ-e2t]

I just finished the third Mrs. Polifax book. The audio versions read by Barbara Rosenblat are excellent.

[@jensreadinglife]

Oh thank you for the audiobook recommendation. It looks like my library has some of the later books on audio so I will have to try them!

[@sandraraedeer4849]

I love a book haul. I loved all the Cat Who books.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you for watching! I’m looking forward to getting back to the Cat Who books. 😊

[@miriamelizabethreads]

Such an awesome haul Jen!! Can't wait for our buddy read! 🥰

[@jensreadinglife]

Yay!!!

[@michaelmccarty]

What a haul!!!!!!! Congratulations!! 😊 I read Goodbye Mr. Chips last Fall and it was one of my favorites of the year.

[@jensreadinglife]

Oh, I'm so glad to hear that! I love stories about teachers.

[@WaterBearReads]

Hi Jen! I just returned from Italy and catching up on all my favorite Book Tubers and really enjoyed this video! i hope you enjoy 'In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinso'n as much as we did! I love all your wonderful secondhand book finds! Looking forward to the next part of your book haul!💕 Oh! Thank you so much by the way for the mention!!!! ❤❤❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Italy! How wonderful! Just like The Enchanted April which I just reread. I hope you had an amazing time. Thank you for watching!

[@thebookemporium3577]

Goodbye, Mr. Chips was a wonderful book. Two film versions of this story are worth the watch: 1939 starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson and 2002 starring Martin Clunes and Victoria Hamilton.

[@jensreadinglife]

I didn't realize there were two movies of the book! Thank you for letting me know and I will check them out after I read it.

[@helendeacon7637]

You have some fantastic finds here, Jen. I would so like to read the Edith Wharton- I'll be looking into it. Everything looked in very good condition. Do enjoy working out your order of reading for the summer. I like your Penguin Classics Jane Eyre mug . Definitely tea time 😘🫖☕

[@jensreadinglife]

Definitely give Edith Wharton a try - she is wonderful! Thank you so much for watching!

[@marymcdonald7810]

I loved the Cat Who series. It really does help to read them in order

[@jensreadinglife]

I think I will do that! I need to go back and reread the first few because it's been so long since I read them.

[@see_deb_read]

I just love the Cat Who books! I read them all years ago but they definitely should be read in order.

[@jensreadinglife]

I read the first few years ago so I may go back and reread them and then continue on with the series.

[@insearchofwonder]

Wow, great finds! The "biography" of Hercule Poirot - how fun is that?!

[@jensreadinglife]

So fun! I need to find the Miss Marple one now.

[@JacquelineCaron]

Great pile of books! The picture you shared of Mr Chips looked alot like the old movie character, it was a very good oldie with Greer Garson - if you ever get the chance to see it, try it! I have the book but haven't read it yet - recommendation from Miranda Mills. Will be on the look out for Elizabeth Cadell books! looking forward to Part II. Your local used bookshop sounds like it has some hidden treasures! You have shelf control ( 😀), I've probably be dropping in once a week! Jacqueline

[@jensreadinglife]

Thanks for reminding me about the Mr. Chips movie! I will definitely watch it after I read the book. The used bookstore is wonderful but it's probably good that it's just slightly outside of the places I normally go to in my city otherwise I would stop in there every week!

[@annlitwack5623]

What a great book haul! You got some real treasures!

[@jensreadinglife]

I really lucked out! Not every book shopping trip is like that!

[@eileennielsen5165]

Hello Jenn! I was really happy to see your post, made my tea and here I am! Thank you for explaining about Pango Bks. I see we have another thing g in common...Victoria Magazine. I love it, think I have subscribed since 1987?? I know it stopped publishing for awhile until they found Phyllis. Good reason too! I was shocked to see she had died. Can't remember if I told you about all the used bks. I found this past Thursday (some Mary Stewart, plus). I REALLY, REALLY have to try to let up or stop my book buying for some months. I have tons, but you KNOW how it is. Well, I have car insurance, dental insurance to pay in May, then another big one in June, plus birthdays. I also buy bks. for my 18 yr.old granddaughter. We like some of the same authors (Poe for one) then we can discuss them😊. I ask her what were her favorite middle grades so I can read them if I didn't. YOU really got me into those in March and I'm loving it! This was great! Thank you 🤗

[@jensreadinglife]

I love that you and your granddaughter discuss books - that is so lovely! And I know how hard it is to curb the book buying habit...clearly I have no self control! Lol.

[@MMjones6459]

The Cat Who series... I think I read them all (29) generally in order, but I'm sure the first three were much later. Yum Yum appeared in book #2 The first was written in 1966, with two more following in 1967 and 1968. The fourth appeared eighteen years later, after which at least one new novel was published every year until 2007.

[@jensreadinglife]

I did not know there was such a gap between the first three books and the rest! I think I'm going to go back to the beginning and reread the first few to refresh my memory and then just keep going in order.

[@sezhouse7897]

Thank you for this video. I have read duplicate death a few weeks ago ,really good. The second tree on the corner sounds good,ill have to look out for that one.😊

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed Duplicate Death, it sounds great.

[@gerrid9092]

Goodbye Mr. Chips is a lovely book. And I really enjoy Cadell and have that one on my shelf to read soon.

[@jensreadinglife]

I am really looking forward to both Mr. Chips and the Elizabeth Cadell!

[@MLLatUtube]

Mrs. Pollifax on Safari is my favorite of the series - hope you love it too! I love Daddy Long Legs, and its sequel, Dear Enemy. I paused and bought the Edith Wharton book. I really enjoy travel memoirs. I agree with Shirley that the books that explain his move to "North of everywhere" are good in order but after that I don't think it matters. I seem to recall liking The Cat Who Said Cheese. Looking forward to part 2.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thanks for your insight into the Cat Who books. I may just read them in order so I don't forget which I've read and which I haven't! I hope you enjoy the Edith Wharton travelogue!

[@bjminton2698]

Love Dorothy Gilman! I've read all of the Cat Who books and don't think the order is important at all. Thank you for sharing your haul!!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you for watching!

[@Woldenburn]

So many good books! I read both of those Mrs. Pollifax books in the past couple of weeks and they are just as lovely and fun as the first few! I also have a really cute copy of What Katy Did but have never read it. I keep meaning to read it. Maybe I'll add it to my spring or summer TBR for this year. I LOVE Daddy-Long Legs!! I actually own the copy you linked in the description. 🥰 If you haven't heard of Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay, it is sort of a modern day re-telling that I've also loved and read several times. Something about the epistolary format is so engaging.

[@jensreadinglife]

I'm so glad you are enjoying Mrs. Pollifax! I read Dear Mr. Knightley years ago and really enjoyed it...I should reread it at some point. If you ever want to buddy read What Katy Did, just let me know!

[@thomasceneri867]

Heads up: usually, Reader’s Digest books are abridged.

[@jensreadinglife]

That’s very true but luckily the copyright information inside this one tells that it is the complete text so I lucked out! 😊

[@shirleyjones954]

Really enjoyed the Cat Who series. Might be good to read the first ones to learn when and why he moves “North of everywhere” first but after that I don’t think it makes much difference.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! I think I'll go back and reread the first few because it's been so long!