The First Book Haul of the Year 📚

[@booksnotlovers]

This was such a good haul! You are so lucky to have such caring friends who gift you such wonderful books! I added the Becky Chambers series to my TBR, because I have to know what the hype is about now!

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

When COVID is no longer a problem I dream of going to Edinburgh for the first time. I want you and Lianne to be my guides to all the bookshops.

[@thoroughlyenjoyedbooks8565]

Your book hauls continue to amaze me. There are sooooo many exciting titles here.

[@braincabbage]

Wyrme is a really old word for dragons, it literally means "worm" and is pronounced like worm :) And weald is a forest or wild region, so Wyrmeweald is worm-weald (dragon forest)

[@zara6472]

Ambrose Parrys' work is set in Edinburgh! Historical thriller set in 19th C following a doctor who solves crime :)

[@odditycat6233]

I just finished the cousins yesterday. And I have to say.... I LOVE this book so much. Literally the first line of it almost put me off, like I almost immediately put it down. But I’m sooo glad I read it. I really hope you like it.

[@sashahawkins]

What an awesome haul! So many beautiful books! I read Dead Voices and it's sooo good. I'm super excited for the 3rd book! Love Katherine Arden's writing

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I was SOOO close to getting you Monsters of Rookhaven for our book haul swap omg haha hope you enjoy

[@christinacampbellbooks]

Goldilocks sounds intriguing. The Murders of Molly Southbourne sounds absolutely brilliant. What a unique premise. Definitely adding that to my TBR. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them both.

[@JeansThoughts]

Right!? I've never heard of anything quite like it!

[@marienuit2344]

"even if it's just doing a new jigsaw" so weird to hear that while continuing my jigsaw haha

[@books_andblankets8493]

Interested in reading that book set in Edinburgh. Love to read things set where I live and know!

[@braincabbage]

The libraries have a map of books set in Edinburgh and where in Edinburgh they (sometimes mainly, sometimes partially) take place! You should check it out. I even found a book set in a street I used to live in. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=55.95414998807987%2C-3.204331514453096&z=13&mid=1hkhLnpdhJEkiKa67NmkCTGxA7MY

[@BlinkFly]

That’s so cool that you live there. One of my dream travel destinations!

[@RoisinsReading]

I love your hair here! I really want to read My Name is Why. I've enjoyed listening to Lemm Sissay in interviews and getting to know some of his poetry.

[@rosemannering]

Like you, I’m always intending to go to the Hampstead ladies pond - maybe I’ll get there in 2021! Love all your fantasy recommendations as always - I’m constantly pausing the video to write down recommendations haha

[@JeansThoughts]

One day!!

[@_elizabethmartin8940]

Happy new year! I picked up The Cousins last year as well! I’m so excited to read it soon

[@JeansThoughts]

I just started last night and have a good feeling ^_^

[@LornaWallace]

I've been interested in Goldilocks too! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. The Library of the Dead sounds so fun, I'll be checking that out!

[@vaibhavih4705]

jean you always have the most lovely earrings!!! would love to see a video on your jewelry collection someday

[@JeansThoughts]

Aw thank you - I do love earrings especially aha. These are from fen & ivy on Etsy and instagram, she makes polymer clay earrings and there pretty reasonably priced!

[@AilsaVlogs]

Ooh, I'd seen the cover for The Bone Shard Daughter but not heard what it was about. It sounds interesting :)

[@laurenf4407]

I’ll blow your mind Jen there is a novella of the wayfairers series ;)

[@zara6472]

I too love the Edge Chronicles. I recommend the Stewart/Riddell duo's trilogy Chaos Zone which is much better than Wyrmeweald (but Wyrmeweald is still worth reading).

[@nathalielaine306]

I love the small spaces series!! Definitely couldn’t read them before bed though 😱

[@JeansThoughts]

100% agree 😂

[@rosieringlet1]

Just read The Murders of Molly Southbourne, interesting, unique premise. A bit of a different read. Enjoyed it, will be interested to see what you think!

[@rosieringlet1]

And Goldilocks is fabulous!

[@SarahAsYouWish]

I’m with you on Small Spaces. I read a fair amount of adult horror, and Small Spaces is surprisingly scary for a middle grade. The Bone Shard Daughter was so wonderful. I hope you love it. I’m also about to read the third book in the Wayfarerer series, so you’re not alone. 😉

[@hlndb]

One of the reasons I love your channel so much is that you're an Angela Davis fan (and generally interested in non-fiction and political reading alongside all the exciting fiction)! In the Verso 2021 diary, there is a quote from her for today's date: "Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings. And the practice of disappearing vast numbers of people from poor, immigrant, and racially marginalised communities has literally become business." Gulp, sadly still apt. Happy new year! Looking forward to hearing about all the books you love this year 😊

[@angelalewis6146]

I agree with this statement as well. I love Angela Davis as well.

[@ninisingh4423]

Happy New year 🥳

[@JeansThoughts]

Happy new year!

[@inessamaria2428]

Happy 2021! I want to read more Fantasy in 2021!

[@JeansThoughts]

Yay! I hope you find some new favourites ;). Happy new year to you too!

[@inessamaria2428]

@@JeansThoughts Thank you! :-)

[@reading_with_k]

I've been dying to read The Bone Shard Daughter, I've heard such good things. Sidenote: your earrings are GORGEOUS!

[@carlholland5371]

Kenneth Grahame is always such a pleasure to read , I treated myself to the Folio Society editions of Wind in the Willows and Dream Days. I always find your KZbin videos so rewarding, and you help to fill in the gaps of my reading knowledge and steer me in the right direction of hours of happy reading , keep up the excellent work.

[@caoilo6812]

If you like "My Name is Why" you might like "Where Are You Really From"

[@gracetaylor7351]

I wonder if u know codie at codie corner who lives in Edinburgh who works at fairy loot who loves fantasy has a channel in here.I loves some the same books as you.love this book haul .❤️💜

[@charlottesmith8439]

Are you still learning any languages/ studying? Would you do an update? I found your channel through your Latin and Greek video but got blessed with these bookish videos too. Happy 2021, stay safe!

[@tkem1000]

I’m looking for modern retellings of Celtic mythology, does anyone have any recommendations?

[@SeanMByrne]

They're not quite retellings but I'd recommend 'The Call' and 'The Invasion' by Peadar Ó'Guilín if you're interested in YA Horror/Fantasy. They draw on Irish mythology and how Ireland was taken from the Sidhe (fey). Now they're exacting their revenge by kidnapping Irish children and hunting them.

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Upright Women Wanted sounds like it’s based on the real life mobile library service initiated by Eleanor Roosevelt’. I recommend to you The Leas Dead by Denise Mina After the Silence by Louise O’Neill

[@Emmie4497]

I love your top!

[@paulwinchell6904]

Tea and honey for voice

[@bonnieliedtka9148]

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[@Jane42.]

Great books! I love these haul videos. You always have such a unique collection of books to share. I added many to my (endless) TBR. FYI, Sarah Gailey uses they/them pronouns.

[@JeansThoughts]

Oh thank you!!!! I didn’t think to check and that is entirely my bad. I’ll remember this for next time :)

[@Jane42.]

@@JeansThoughts Looking forward to your review of Upright Women Wanted. I just started it yesterday. I really loved Magic For Liars by them.

[@acrimsondaisy5513]

im pretty sure master of one has a gay main character, which put it on my radar so far a closed and common orbit is my favorite in the series oh! sarah gailey is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns

[@JeansThoughts]

Oooh yay even better! Yeah, thank you, someone else has corrected me already but I really appreciate it. I won't forget!