Literary Boston Vlog #2: Beacon Hill Books, Authors’ Homes, and the Esplanade

[@sarahhepworth]

Oh Hannah! These vlogs are such a treat! Thank you so much for sharing your trip and knowledge of the area. ❤❤❤

[@HannahsBooks]

Thank you so much, Sarah! I had such a great trip there!

[@Shellyish]

The children’s section! How special!

[@HannahsBooks]

I thought of you while I was there! (By the way, I have loved your reviews and am so happy you’re reviewing for OLR. Welcome!)

[@tealorturquoise]

Was looking forward to this vlog and thoroughly enjoyed it. What a wonderful children's section at Beacon Hill Books. It has that magical bookish feel to it.

[@HannahsBooks]

Magical is the perfect word!

[@sm-k5513]

Dear Hannah, What a great bookish vlog!!! I so enjoyed coming on your ambles with you. I especially loved the atmosphere of the bookstore with all its amazing books and bookish knickknacks, the beautiful displays and most of all the fabulous children's section. If money would be no object, I could go crazy spending a fortune there!!! I might never get a chance in my life of going to Boston, but you have shown me that places I would have liked to have seen.🦆🌳🌳☕️🫖 📚🚂♥️

[@HannahsBooks]

@@sm-k5513 Thank you so much. Beacon Hill Books certainly is lovely. I hope I will have a chance to visit the bookstores in your neck of the woods someday!

[@michaelmoore6481]

Fascinating and very enjoyable, thank you from over the pond.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@michaelmoore6481 Thank you so much! Boston is a wonderful place to visit!

[@bookofdust]

Lovely, thanks for sharing!

[@HannahsBooks]

@@bookofdust ♥️

[@ariannefowler455]

I'm so enjoying your tour of Boston vlogs. It makes me want to visit. I was only in Boston once, but it was a very brief trip and there was no time for getting out and seeing the city.

[@HannahsBooks]

I hope you do get a chance sometime! It is one of my favorite places.

[@readandre-read]

I love that tote bag! I just bought The History of Sound, my first Ben Shattuck book. That bookstore is dreamy. This whole tour is marvelous!

[@HannahsBooks]

It was a wonderful trip! I can’t wait to hear what you think of The History of Sound.

[@GypsyRoSesx]

I’m very much enjoying these bookish tours. 💚

[@HannahsBooks]

@@GypsyRoSesx Thanks so much! I’m sorry I am so slow to get them out…

[@lindseyreads5450]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip to Boston. I will be visiting Boston for the first time in October and can’t wait!

[@HannahsBooks]

How fantastic! I am eager to hear all about your trip! Boston in the autumn is especially beautiful. Hope you have a wonderful time!

[@michaelmccarty]

Great to see Abe! 🙂

[@HannahsBooks]

@@michaelmccarty ♥️

[@mikeinbostonma9990]

What a lovely, lovely tour, Hannah! Thank you for taking the time to be our guide today. I'm just a few miles outside of Boston and have visited some of the terrain you covered, but your perspective was such a delight! I'm planning to go into town next week and hope to retrace some of your stops. I had no idea Hawthorne and James and Thoreau used to live there. Learned something new! Thanks again.

[@HannahsBooks]

Wonderful! I am definitely jealous-although I do love living in DC, too. I still have a few vlogs to put together…

[@Nina_DP]

I am so enjoying these vlogs. They are a real walk down memory lane for me. Thank you, Hannah.

[@HannahsBooks]

Thanks, Nina! How long did you live in Boston? What a beautiful city!

[@Nina_DP]

@@HannahsBooks I lived there for just about 7 years back in the 1970s. A lot has changed but so many of the iconic historic spots around the city endure. I loved my time there. For one thing, I was a helluva lot younger! 😉

[@hannahwhittaker3951]

Hannah, this video takes me back to a trip I made to Boston in April with a group of friends. With a tour guide, we walked all the streets you showed, and more! Then we enjoyed some time at Beacon Hills Books. I bought a Persephone book that had been recommended by the shop owner (Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M.Delafield) and I could not resist the book Paige of Beacon Hill and the stuffed squirrel, Paige. We had time for only a cup of tea and a delicious popover at the cafe. I look forward to your next video as I’m sure it will stir up memories, too! Thank You!

[@hannahwhittaker3951]

Oh, and I’m slowly making my way through Sister Novelists!

[@HannahsBooks]

Aw! Paige was definitely adorable! I am a big fan of Persephones and it was amazing to see so many of them together. Your trip sounds like it was fantastic!

[@HannahsBooks]

Ooh-are you enjoying it so far?

[@hannahwhittaker3951]

@@HannahsBooks I’m not too far into the book but I have to keep wondering “how come I’ve never heard of the Porter sisters before”? Looking forward to seeing where they go!

[@jorgem71962]

I love Beacon Hill Books. They carry Persephone books, which I love. My other favorite store in the area besides the Brattle, is the Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge. I attended the launch of The History of Sound in Westport, MA, in my corner of the world, and it was wonderful! The Art Thief was a lot of fun to read.

[@HannahsBooks]

I’m so glad to hear more good things about The History of Sound! (And the Harvard Bookstore will be making an appearance soon in a forthcoming Literary Boston blog!)

[@kamicastillo1451]

Another marvelous vlog! It was so wonderful to see the homes of Authors that had lived there previously. Thank you for sharing and I am so happy you were able to meet up with your son. Til next time 😊❤

[@HannahsBooks]

After the B&B stay and the night with Steve, I stayed with Abe for a few days. It was so wonderful to see him at his new job and apartment, etc.!

[@Dawnsbookreviews]

Lovely vlog!!!❤ That bookstore is so nice, I am adding it to my bucket list!!

[@HannahsBooks]

It is such a lovely place!

[@TimeTravelReads]

What a lovely blog! Thank you.

[@HannahsBooks]

Thank you! I’m exhausted today and I am sure it must show here…

[@TimeTravelReads]

@@HannahsBooks You seem just fine to me.

[@HannahsBooks]

♥️

[@BookishTexan]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@HannahsBooks]

♥️ It was such a lovely trip!

[@janethughes7661]

Such a lovely vlog!💜

[@HannahsBooks]

Thank you so much, Janet!

[@clarepotter7584]

Lovely 'The Art Thief' is on a kindle deal at the moment.

[@HannahsBooks]

Oooh! Thank you!

[@heathergregg9975]

You see, you show us the things that Steve doesn't. Yay for a Hannah tour.

[@HannahsBooks]

Thanks! I hope I can get the rest done soon!

[@heathergregg9975]

@@HannahsBooks no rush, it's welcome whenever it comes, and besides, we have "Framed!" about to start:-)

[@HannahsBooks]

@@heathergregg9975 Ha! That is part of the problem: I want to make vlogs of museum visits, too!

[@heathergregg9975]

@@HannahsBooks oh yes please to museum and gallery vlogs. I do them myself and they do take time if you want to do a voiceover and give useful info. But then they're such a resource for other people. And especially exhibitions which are so transitory and ephemeral.

[@HannahsBooks]

@heathergregg9975 I took footage this weekend of a museum I can’t wait to talk about!

[@LeeKempter]

What absolute fun, thank you Hannah!!!

[@HannahsBooks]

Thank you so much for the nice comment!

[@marciajohansson769]

Nice video of your time in Boston. I brought my daughter into Boston for a concert and so of course I found time to visit the Harvard Bookstore on Mass Ave. Have you been there? They have both a new section and a used section in basement floor where I found some Anthony Trollope novels I had been looking for recently. I also ended up picking up The Art Thief with Framed in September in mind. (in the new books section of course). My most recent trip to Boston this Wednesday we went to the Mapparium at the Christian Science Publishing Society. If you have not been to this exhibit it is worth your time! I am so glad you get to visit with your son and also get to visit so many wonderful places as well. I live here in Mass and feel like I am getting a guided tour as I watch your VLOGS! TY

[@HannahsBooks]

The exhibit sounds wonderful! And yes-I love the Harvard bookstore and have been visiting it for almost forty years. It will feature in an upcoming vlog, in fact! Next time I am in town, perhaps we can meet there (or elsewhere)!

[@marciajohansson769]

@@HannahsBooks That would be wonderful. I just finished watching your Philadelphia book crawl and that sounded like so much fun. Meeting fellow booktubers and getting to look at different bookstores is like a dream day out on the town