Books to Read When You're Self-Isolating (Part 2)

More comforting books to read when you're self-isolating or feeling anxious and in need of a soothing read. Sending you all lots of love and hope you keep safe and well!
Part 1 of my suggested books to read when you're self-isolating is here: • A Selection of My Favo...
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO
A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge: tinyurl.com/uacbcsn
Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck: tinyurl.com/ukmb38o
Meet Mr Mulliner by P. G. Wodehouse: tinyurl.com/td37yqf
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield: tinyurl.com/u33o3fg
Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell: tinyurl.com/rudlacd
Henrietta's War by Joyce Dennys (ebook only): tinyurl.com/t4b2q4z
Mrs Tim of the Regiment by D. E. Stevenson: tinyurl.com/svcblda
The Mennyms by Sylvia Waugh: tinyurl.com/vrlh7l2
Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson: tinyurl.com/rkn47fu
A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr: tinyurl.com/tpartcq
Village School by Miss Read: tinyurl.com/s63zkro
Over the Gate by Miss Read: tinyurl.com/tqcarmw
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively: tinyurl.com/ustp365
Word from Wormingford by Ronald Blythe: tinyurl.com/vzv5ao7
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell: tinyurl.com/umj8h3r
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons: tinyurl.com/u8lfsm2
Miss Marple Stories by Agatha Christie: tinyurl.com/yx42boos
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[@staciewaddell486]

You are a delight! Having so much fun catching up on your videos. (I’m starting at the very beginning.) I have been wondering when you’d mention Mapp and Lucia…. So fun - and perfect - that it was in this episode. Hysterical books.

[@thejoyofreading7661]

I love your videos! You always present original and vintage books that I don't find so easily on other channels! It's always a pleasure to hear from you.

[@MirandaMills]

That's lovely of you to say! Thank you so much :)

[@alisonmanzer8915]

So glad to see My Family and other Animals here! Love Mrs. Durrell!

[@MirandaMills]

Me too! :)

[@maryfilippou6667]

Yes! Rah, Rah! Rah! For Miss Read. I have several and a Christmas book of hers is comforting. For years I had them in arm's reach. Since I've moved they' ve burrowed misplaced; endearing Reads.

[@anitaday599]

Your review of A month in the Country is spot on. Loved it. Miranda, I too climbed the church tower in Rye. A must !

[@MirandaMills]

Oh thank you Anita - it's a wonderful book isn't it? And I agree about climbing the tower (even if you're nervous of heights, as I am!!) xxx

[@joannoriol6444]

I have just subscribed because you seem very sweet and you talk of books that are not on any other book channel. I like that you read books I never heard of and am very interested in. Your channel is not a carbon copy of every other book channel, you taste is very individual, which I love. 🌻❤️🐻👏🏼

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you're enjoying my videos :)

[@tess1433]

Brilliant, I definitely agree with Cold Comfort Farm and Mapp and Lucia. I’ve got more inspiration now too, thank you!

[@MirandaMills]

Super! Happy reading xxx

[@muhlenstedt]

You are wonderful and I love your recomendations and reviews!Thank you very much and best wishes of Joy and Health!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! I'm so glad you're enjoying my content :) xxx

[@tanyawillisanderson]

What fantastic recommendations!! Thank you.

[@MirandaMills]

thank you so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed them :)

[@angelaspielbusch1237]

You’re a beautiful reader!! Lovely 😊 thank you

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you!

[@elizabethbrink3761]

This was another wonderful video, Miranda. I have read about half these books and agree with you wholeheartedly and can't wait to read the rest. I have been reading the post-war books in Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire books, so I'll soon have read the whole series. They're wonderful. I have been re-reading Elizabeth Enright's Melendy books (The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, etc.) and the cozy mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert about Beatrix Potter. I just started reading The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson, and I love it so far.

[@MirandaMills]

So glad you're enjoying The Morning Gift! I don't know those cosy books - will look into them! I love Elizabeth Enright too :)

[@lindahill5194]

A lot of my favorites! Glad to hear some new titles too. Another of my favorites is “Understood Betsy” by Dorothy Canfield. It’s a children’s book and easy to find in the public domain as an ebook. Have you ever read it?

[@MirandaMills]

Yes, I read Understood Betsy when I was little and I still love it! I also enjoy her writing for adults too - 'The Home-Maker' is a favourite of mine xxx

[@lindahill5194]

I’ll have to look up “The Homemaker”. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@HinaLateefShah]

Penelope Lively is one of my favourite authors. I very much hope that you'll choose to discuss one of her novels in your future podcasts.

[@MirandaMills]

She is a wonderful writer! I'm sure I'll be talking about her work more on here xxx

[@GinaHouse]

Another amazing video - I'm so inspired by more books to add to my TBR! I'm a huge Elizabeth Goudge, Agatha Christie and Miss Read fan! Thank you so much, Miranda! :D

[@MirandaMills]

Oh wonderful that you love so many of the same authors :)

[@johnmh1000]

Thanks for the review Miranda. Elizabeth Goudge is probably my most favorite author. I take your point about Christianity, but her writing has something of magic about it.

[@valentinajacome]

I’ve just bought quite a few of those books. Thank you Miranda. I came to this country already as an adult, and I’ve got to know so much though you and your recommendations. 👏🏻✨📚📚

[@MirandaMills]

That makes me so happy to hear - thank you Valentina! I'm so glad you enjoy my recommendations xxx

[@helenrichards7866]

Excellent yes I too love my comfort books and adding to them. Thank you very much Miranda…from Tasmania

[@MirandaMills]

Wonderful! Thank you, Helen!

[@janetsmith8566]

Perfect 🌷🌷🌷

[@teresaparkins1255]

An excellent list to stimulate our reading Miranda and much needed too as you have hit the nail on the head about concentration levels. I adore Map & Lucia and have the series from television on DVD, the costumes are just divine and so beautifully made which is a real tribute to the costume designers. I loved it when you said you liked to read Ronald Blythe's writing before sleep which is exactly what I do and have just finished and enjoyed Stour Seasons. He lives in a village not too far from me and he once came, many years ago, to give an address at a special Sung Evensong in our church. Thank you and it is so lovely to have you keeping our spirits up with your lovely videos. Keep well, Teresa 📚💕

[@MirandaMills]

Oh how lovely to have met Ronald Blythe! I so enjoy his beautiful writing. Thank you so much for your lovely comment Teresa; take care of yourself xxx

[@Prairielily04]

Hello, Miranda. I love your book recommendations! For the most part, the authors are new to me but I will definitely try a few. I just found you and have subscribed. I live in western Canada. 🙋‍♀️🇨🇦

[@MirandaMills]

Hello! Thank you so much for subscribing. I'm actually half Canadian (my Dad is from Saskatchewan). I'm so glad you are enjoying my book recommendations :)

[@dianacameron167]

Just discovered your channel, love your videos. X

[@MirandaMills]

I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you xxx

[@katrinadessavre5293]

Added all of these to my to-read pile! Thank you. The excerpt you read made my day and made me want to pick up those books immediately.

[@MirandaMills]

Oh I'm so happy to hear that, thank you! As you can tell, I really love all these books :) xxx

[@thomaswaugh9250]

My grandma is Sylvia Waugh

[@pamelapoet9]

All of these sound just delightful. Cozy reads are the perfect antidote to these unsettled days. I'm finishing up a re-read of Emma. Patricia Wentworth is next on my list, per your recommendation. Miss Marple is my absolute favorite detective, too. I'm so excited to learn about these short stories and can't wait to curl up with them. How is it that even quarantine time does not seem to allow for enough reading hours!

[@MirandaMills]

I'm listening to so many Patricia Wentworth books on audible at the moment. Hope you enjoy Miss Silver too! And if you love Miss Marple, then you'll absolutely adore the short stories that feature her; they're just so brilliant xxx

[@pamelamotwani5352]

You’ll love Ms Silver if you like Ms Marple

[@julieg_quebec-julesselivre8641]

You always have the most orignal and vintage books to suggest. Love it! I ordered The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell. 🙂

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much! And so glad you ordered the Gerald Durrell books - I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! xxx

[@yorkshirerose6334]

Hi Miranda. Some of my favourites in your suggestions. All lovely. I am listening to Agatha Christie alternating with Ngaio Marsh as I clean my apartment or exercise. I am finding it harder to read hard copy books right now.

[@MirandaMills]

I'm listening to a lot of audiobooks at the moment too. Lots of Patricia Wentworth!

[@VidhyaVLbooks]

Some interesting picks here! I’ll look some of them up!

[@MirandaMills]

great! :)

[@taram6210]

Oh the Winifred Peck looks really interesting. I've just ordered it on kindle. Am intrigued as it is set in Manchester where I am ! I have also got The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth Von Arnim which I haven't read before. I hadn't realised before there was a sequel to Elizabeth and her German Garden. I agree that My Family and Other Animals is a perfect book to read at this time. You can't help but laugh out loud reading it. I have been reading the Sadler's Wells series by Lorna Hill this last week for the first time and they are just charming. I'm just slightly put out as I managed to buy there first 12 of 14 in the series recently but don't have the last two so won't know how it ends! Surely an excuse to go book hunting when life goes back to normal!

[@MirandaMills]

I want to add The Solitary Summer to my TBR pile as I love Elizabeth and Her German Garden too! The Sadler's Wells books are so lovely; I adored them as a ballet mad youngster. I hope you do manage to track down the last two titles xxx

[@szekelynora772]

I love Agatha Christie novels, my favourites are Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. But áll of them are fine for me, just reread Mrs. Mcginty is dead which features Mrs. Oliver, the alterego of Mrs Christie herself! She's one of the most hilarious yet believable artist character in books I've ever met.

[@MirandaMills]

I love all the Agatha Christie books too, and Ariadne Oliver is a favourite character of mine as well! Mrs McGinty's Dead is such a good one!

[@gracetaylor7351]

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