THE COMFORT BOOK CLUB / Bookworm by Lucy Mangan

[@MJ-in-Canada]

A shout-out to Donna for inspiring Miranda to become a bookworm. That gift keeps on giving to all of us whenever Miranda creates a new video.😀

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so very much! It’s lovely to feel connected with fellow bookworms around the world through these videos! 🧡👋🏻🇨🇦

[@suzannegagne8692]

Donna blue is your colour!

[@paulaevans2555]

So true, Miranda and Donna……with a book, life is a lot less lonely. I love to watch you both on this Chanel as you remind me of the most wonderful closeness I had with my lovely mum who passed three years ago this Christmas. She loved reading too and we lived together and were so close. Books ( and our little dogs ) have so helped with the loneliness since then. Thanks for this wonderful Chanel 💕

[@MirandaMills]

That’s so lovely to read, Paula! I’m so happy you find these videos a comfort and that they bring back happy memories of your much-missed mother 🧡🍂

[@paulaevans2555]

@@MirandaMills Thank you so much.

[@RmcK444]

Donna is so great.. i love the story of how she was so absorbed on the train... She probably trusted you, Miranda, to let her know if something important was going on! I would LOVE to have that kind of focus. You and your mum, all of your videos, bring so much to my life! Thank you!

[@martialiafiles1426]

My Dad passed away when I was nine years old. I can still remember him reading to me, A Time to Keep by Tasha Tudor. I have the same copy, and treasure it well. Her illustrations are charming, with such detail, that one can feel one is there.

[@MirandaMills]

That is indeed a lovely book and how wonderful you still have that very special copy your father shared with you ❤️📚

[@JudithThornhill-xc9ms]

I love EVERYTHING about your vlogs. So enjoyable for all of us that are isolated from ‘kindred spirits’ ❤️ Please keep indulging us. God bless 🙏

[@debbiew7496]

Reading Bookworm brought back a lot of reading memories for me and I enjoyed it very much. My childhood books included Canadian classics such as Mrs. Mike, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, Owls in the Family, Who Has Seen the Wind, the Janette Oke books and the Anne of Green Gables series. I also loved Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, Heide, Black Beauty and the Mother West Wind stories. Even if my reading material was different to Lucy's I recognized many of the same experiences..."Is your nose STILL in that book?" Such fun.

[@MirandaMills]

That’s wonderful, Debbie! I recognise and have read and loved some of the Canadian/Prairie classics you mention too. I agree with you that Lucy’s experiences are really not dependent upon the specific books she mentions: there is so much wonderful children’s literature, but rather show the universal nature of a bookworm’s devotion to books and reading 🧡📚🧡

[@sharonsideris]

When I was little I had picked up "The School at the Chalet" somewhere and my mum had said she had read the Chalet School books when she was younger but didn't have the books anymore. The problem was after I had read it I actually felt quite stressed because when we looked in bookshops around town there were not many of them in print and they were from different parts of the series so I knew there'd be big parts of the story I was missing. Then we were at my grandma's one afternoon and she said she thought she had some of my mum's old books in a box in the box room. I can still remember going up there and opening up a big box with my mum's whole collection in it. We couldn't believe she'd kept them all, it was a real treasure.

[@carolaustin3785]

What a marvellous moment that must have been!

[@acwilson4714]

Nice to see you ladies laughing and having a fun time chatting about books. :)

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you! I’m so happy you enjoyed the discussion 🧡🍂

[@juliethomson8745]

Really enjoyed this discussion❤ Couldn't help but notice how the colour of clothing you both wore today,really suit you both very much.😊😊Juliexx

[@MirandaMills]

So glad you enjoyed it, Julie! Thank you so much! 🧡🍂

[@pamelapoet9]

And I love how their colors are echoed in the vase and flowers in the background!

[@juliethomson8745]

Oh yes!Such wonderful detail.A lot of work goes into these videos!Perfection!

[@naomihickman5098]

Really loved this discussion, and I love Bookworm - books about books are always a favourite! I have so many childhood favourites that I reread many times - Narnia, Just William, Anne, the Faraway Tree, the Chalet School, Malory Towers, Little Women, What Katy Did, A Little Princess, Paddington (I could probably go on and on!). I also loved historical books about King Arthur and viking sagas, and devoured my dad’s old Biggles books. I remember so well the feeling of being so completely immersed in the book when reading as a child, the book seemed to cast a spell and the book world felt more real than ours, I miss that feeling!

[@Catherine-2008]

James Herriot audio books bring me comfort and gives me a sense of safety and peace. I know that probably sounds a little dramatic but the world can seem a little bonkers at times lol. Anyway, your videos ALWAYS bring me comfort, Miranda. You and Donna are such a gift! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your KZbin and Seasons of Story communities! It doesn't go unnoticed.

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much for your very kind words, Catherine - they’re so appreciated! I so agree that Herriot’s books are so comforting 🧡🍂📚

[@bookprincess612]

Just what I feel....there are so much scaring things around. I love to read or hear James Herriot, Miss Read or Agatha Christie and children books. This channel is such a treat to me because of Donna and Miranda, their trips and all the wonderful book recommendations and mugs, fashion....

[@MirandaMills]

All wonderful cosy reads! Thank you very much. Enjoy a cosy week ahead! 🧡🍂

[@susanfisher4344]

Your discussion of keeping records of the books you read in childhood brings back a disappointment of mine. In middle school, I read and loved a series of books in our school library. They were about King Arthur and his knights and each character had his own volume with lovely illustrations. But I can’t recall the author’s name and have never seen the series in any bookstore or online. 😢

[@_RebeccaLynn]

@@susanfisher4344 Hi, Susan. Was it possibly Howard Pyle?

[@OpheliaBarsketis]

you both have gorgeous colors. so flattering.

[@julianowskachapter]

So much fun, I enjoy myself immensely when I hear you talk about books...you both look very lovely too. Thank you for this discussion!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much for your fabulous support and lovely comment, Julia! I so appreciate both, and I'm really glad you enjoyed our discussion of Bookworm. Have a wonderful October 🧡

[@CharmaineC-h1s]

Thank you again for a lovely book club! Over 50 years ago my teacher read a book aloud that has stayed in my heart. I have tried to find it for sometime, but to no avail. I knew the names of the children characters and that they lived under a bridge. When I found the Newbery Honor book, The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson I thought at last I had found it. Though a delightful story, it was not the story I remembered. Only 2 weeks ago I finally stumbled upon it! It is Matthew, Mark, Luke and John by Pearl S Buck. I have it on order and am waiting to receive it. That is my 'Wind Boy' story. Even after so many years those youthful read-alouds linger.

[@Lethesiana]

Really enjoyed this heartwarming discussion. Ah, the joys of reading! 💞

[@juliewhite3225]

I went to Waterstones and bought Bookworm today, along with Tom's Midnight Garden ( which I have never read) and Goodnight Mr Tom. Talk about influencers😂 I am 73 and still love my childhood reads. Heavy on the nostalgia. I've still got all my Rupert books. ❤

[@MirandaMills]

Wonderful, Julie! Enjoy! 🧡📚

[@blessyourmemory]

The both of you are such an inspiration to us all! One of my best memories for reading, was going to school and it was time for the SCHOLASTIC Book Sale! Every month a little newspaper pamphlet would come home with us with an order form. Then it was off to BEG mum to buy me more books.

[@hollyawoods]

Scholastic book order day was the best day of the school year.

[@faithwentworth7906]

Me too! Scholastic book order days were a big highlight.

[@bookprincess612]

This ❤️ warm ❤️ feeling when you both pop up and starting to talk about books or having days bookish themed out and about or telling about favourite things like seasonal fragrances, candles or mugs. And of course your visits of places where authors lived. I sincerely wish you both would know how much all this is appreciated !! 📚📖📚📖📚📖📚📖📚📖📚

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you very much indeed! That’s heartwarming to hear 🧡📚

[@mistycypret9486]

First Donna, I love your sweater and the color is gorgeous! My first memory of falling in love with a book is the Francis series by Russel Hoban. I was probably in the first grade. Then later on my dad bought me the Anne of Green Gables series. I still have them and they are very special to me since my dad gave them to me. I also loved the Little House on the Prairie books. 📚

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so much, Misty! Those are all wonderful children’s books. How lovely to have the copies your father gave you! 🧡🍂📚

[@DibBaggy1]

Miranda you are so right it is so very special when you connect with someone who shares your love of reading. Just like you & your lovely mum 💐 x

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you! 📚❤️

[@bridgettlongust4818]

That royal blue pullover is simply stunning on Donna!

[@tinytina301]

Jolly Mr Postman. A really interactive book for little ones. I went searching for it when I had my eldest and it was still in print. Now that she is 7 I’m trying to introduce my other childhood favourites. Great video ladies xx

[@mtngrl5859]

As a child I read many books that fueled my love for animals & some of the mistreatments and abuse they endure. Chiefly I remember Black Beauty and Beautiful Joe as two of my favorites. Over the years I've donated to charities to protect rescue horses & dogs as well.

[@sandyokey7728]

What a lovely video. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love books and reading but most of my friends and family weren’t great readers so it was mostly a solitary pursuit for me. I think that may be why I fell in love with booktube when I found it, and found kindred hearts like you and Donna. These videos from you and other creators I watch really do mean so very much to me and bring great enjoyment. 💗💙

[@jode378]

Love seeing you laughing together!

[@carolinesimmill4962]

Thank you Miranda and Donna! I really enjoyed Bookworm and thought Lucy's humour was wonderful. Especially the bit about wearing three jumpers to keep warm while reading! I loved 'Little House on the Prairie', The Anne of Green Gables books, Winnie the Pooh and Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass to name but a few but these were my favourite books. I also was able to get quite a few books out from my local library which were mostly Fairy Tales and Myths and Legends. I believe that reading as a child is terribly important as it opens up your mind to learn new things and to travel into the lives of others and have adventures with them. I am reading 'Tom's Midnight Garden' again!

[@johannaochbockerna]

I so appreciate this recent change in book club where you and Donna discuss the book in dept just the two of you before you include the voicemails. I love listening to your thoughts and discussion. ❤

[@faithwentworth7906]

What a fun and joyful discussion!! I love books about books and lists, so Bookworm hit the right notes for me. I completely enjoyed this read. The childhood book I most remember ( and still have) is a 1956 edition of Wynken, Blynken and Nod with The Sugar Plum Tree. It was illustrated by Helen Page, and I poured over the verses and dreamy illustrations again and again. My mom must have bought it second hand because it was published years before I was born. When I read it now, it brings me all the way back to my childhood bedroom and the smell of my mom's perfume. Priceless.

[@MirandaMills]

I love that remembrance, Faith! Very special and the book and illustrations sound like real treasures! Thank you so much for your most generous support of my channel! I so appreciate it! 🧡🍂📚

[@MarcelaChandía]

Nothing better than watching you, Miranda and Donna, talking about books. It was an excellent company for my Sunday lunch here in Chile. I'm putting Bookworm on my TBR for sure! I didn't read many children's books when I was a child, I read classic literature because that was what my school library had 😅 Which in it its own way was a good thing, it allowed me to have a wide vocabulary, a broad knowledge of topics and ideas. Thank you for another wonderful video!!! Have a great week!!! ❤ Edit: Loved Donna's sweater!!! That collar and the colour 😍

[@MirandaMills]

That’s wonderful to hear Marcela! I’m sure reading the Classics at a young age did indeed benefit your vocabulary and helped in reading books from different time periods. 💙

[@ljb3135]

Hello M&D, Continue to watch all your videos & enjoy all your adventures. I loved this book & really enjoyed your review. Hope your both enjoying autumn in Yorkshire. Lisa 🧡🍁🥮🧡

[@JaniceAnsel7730]

Loved your discussion, Donna and Miranda! Thank you so much! I remember reading “Charlotte’s Web” as a child and enjoyed it so much. I have a number of copies of that book. I tend to rescue old versions from library book stores and thrift stores. They need a home! ❤

[@MirandaMills]

It’s a wonderful book, and I really enjoyed Lucy’s discussion of her experience when first reading it! 🧡🐖🕷️🕸️

[@moweaquas]

The title and description of this book didn’t interest me so I just started it this week. I am loving it and have started a long list of books to buy for myself and my grandchildren. I have a clear memory of 13 year old me sitting in the back seat of my parent’s car reading The Hobbit while driving through the Canadian Rockies (we were coming from Arizona!). Sadly I can’t read in a car anymore without getting ill. But I remember looking up at the waterfalls out the window and feeling like I was in Middle Earth. Thanks for another great choice that I would have missed!

[@elizabethbrink3761]

Lovely video! I loved a book in my childhood called No Flying in the House by Betty Brock. I also lost sight of it for a long time after my childhood and rediscovered it in a used bookstore. That was a happy day!

[@MirandaMills]

I so understand that feeling, Elizabeth! 🧡

[@prov31able]

This is such a joy filled video -loved every minute of it! I have just received a copy of ‘Bookworm’ and cannot wait to dive into it now.

[@susievega3256]

My mom at age 90 is still and my grandma was an avid reader until she passed away at age 92. She always had a couple of books going. At age five, one of my aunties took me to get a library card. What a blessing to be surrounded by books. My favorite series of books as a child was The Little House series.

[@pomme800]

Wonderful, heart-warming discussion today, Mesdames.. The interesting commentaries also added to it all. .I always had my nose in a book throughout my childhood and adolescence...dead to the world, I would get lost in another world, another century in a way that no other media permits...and yes as we read a book we love , it becomes ours❤

[@MirandaMills]

That’s so true! 🧡📚🧡

[@isamandrino9082]

There are so many books I read as a child and that enchanted me ; a child can enter a story so much that it becomes more real than reality itself and it's heartbreaking to come to the end ; we would like that it never ends. Many of these books were written by french authors : the books by Zénaïde Fleuriot, by Trilby, and so many others ; but some ones were written by english or american authors (in french, I am not bilingual) : I loved "Mother Carey's chickens" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, and "When Patty went to college" by Jean Webster ; and "A little princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Such wonderful memories.

[@2_pencil]

I was so happy when the Scholastic magazine was distributed in class in elementary school and I would pour over all the books available to purchase. Some of my favorites were the Mad Scientist Club books.

[@MaryHelenDonnelly-ev2ww]

Thank you so much for this recommendation! I thoroughly enjoyed the dead and Lucy has wonderful humor. I am 60yrs old and live in US so many of the books were not familiar to me. I owned only a few books as a child - neither of my parents are readers so we also never went to the library. I relied heavily on the school library and in summer was outside playing so my reading was minimal then. I have made up for it ever since! Lol. My child had a ton of books and was a bookworm until pre teens and now at eighteen doesn't read, I am hoping they will come back to reading in the future

[@pomme800]

Forgot to say......I admired the beautiful earrings you both were wearing ...baroque pearls, so pretty!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@micheleelvin-bc8sw]

This book is now a must to add to my tbr pile. Miranda and Donna your love for this book shone through your conversation. I loved to hear your shared memories and train experiences too! My mother was French and keen I read all the English children's books, which she frequently read with me for the first time. I have a clear memory of us sobbing together over Black Beauty as my mother had no idea how sad the book was! Extensive reading as a child really helps to develop your vocabulary and I remember learning the word soporific at a very young age because it was used by Breatrix Potter to describe how Peter Rabbit felt after eating too many vegetables. I delighted in using it whenever I had an opportunity.

[@MirandaMills]

So true, Michele! Mum and I have sobbed over Black Beauty too🧡📚🧡

[@mariacristinabuenoasensio3071]

Thank you Miranda and Donna, I wasn't able to read this time, but I've already begun the October choice ❤. I loved the discussion and I'll read this one as soon as possible❤ ❤ course

[@mhairigilchrist9792]

Super discussion, I have been listening to Bookworm on audible and laughing out loud. I completely identify with what Lucy Mangan writes although I read different books to her ( with exception of Enid Blyton and Ladybird books). I too get lost in a book and can be surrounded by complete mayhem but am oblivious to all . I also agree with the comments on the beautiful sweaters you are both wearing, such stunning colours. X

[@MirandaMills]

So glad you enjoyed it, Mhairi! Thanks so much! 🧡

[@Shannon-xe9bm]

Such a vlog filled with so much joy! (Except the loss of the first edition and the lesson learned ... not to lend hardcover books! Oh, my! Even that made me chuckle!) I absolutely loved this! And I love books and reading! Thank you! (Beautiful sweater, Donna!)

[@Shannon-xe9bm]

My childhood favorites.... As a very little girl, my absolute favorite picture book was Jennifer's Walk by Anne Carriere. When I was older, I was taken with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House series; my favorite was The Long Winter. My mother bought me an especially beautiful copy, at least for the time, of Little Women by Alcott. I think I was around ten. It was a special present. She told me later that she bought that copy because she wanted me to love it so much. :) I did! I also really loved Little Men. For some reason, though I don't remember the reason, I loved Little Men even more.

[@librarian1701-D]

I love your CBC! 📚📖Wish i had a local book group with these picks for reads! 😊

[@karenwhite2601]

I'm enjoying reading Bookworm, many reminders of childhood reads. I haven't finished yet, I've had a busy month and three books currently on my bedside table which is the only time I've been reading.

[@alisonbarrow5711]

Milly Molly Mandy,Mrs Pepperpot,Just William and My naughty sister books and Enid Blyton were all great favourites as a child.Books were something I spent my precious birthday money on usually given by way of a “book token”.I was definitely a bookworm as a child but wouldn’t be allowed to stay indoors ,”under my mums feet “as she would say ,but then myself two brothers and our next door but two friends would be more like just William and the Outlaws ,a lot of outdoor adventures in the day and a lot of reading after tea.

[@christinebrown6154]

Lovely to hear the comfort book for this month. I remember so clearly my teacher reading us Dr Dolittle & it has always given me happy memories. Thank you Miranda & Donna 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@karencamer7723]

I was an avid reader as a child of the 1960s but one book that really sticks out as being a favourite was Robert the Rose Horse. After listening to this video, I had the urge to read a children’s book and reached for Stig of the Dump and thoroughly enjoyed it as an adult

[@lindahenderson1625]

Another heartwarming,charming visit with two lovely bookworms. Thank you for sharing your special experiences as readers. I feel sad for those who don’t experience the sheer joy of reading, whether fiction or non-fiction. How empty their lives seem to me. Happy Autumn, ladies. 🍂🍁. Best wishes from Alabama , USA🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MirandaMills]

You are so welcome, Linda! Have a great week ahead! 🧡📚

[@Marly51]

I still have to buy a copy of 'Bookworm', having read, some years ago in The Guardian, Lucy Mangan's column on her favourite children's books! Like yourselves, I love revisiting my own childhood collection, which I also shared with my daughter. Her earliest memories are of the two of us sitting in front of the Rayburn reading another chapter of a bedtime story. Thank you for your lovely videos! 😊❤️

[@ljcreations6094]

What a hoot! Loved your stories xx

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you!! 😊

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

One of my favorite children’s books is “The Borrowers,” which explains my love of the recent movie “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.” But my first turning point memory of reading was when I was eight and my mom gave me her old copy of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” I devoured it and was off! I next became obsessed with the Nancy Drew series, which combined girl power and suspense, the latter of which remains a favorite. I still have that copy of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”

[@deborahracette9755]

What a fun episode! I loved your personal stories. Even though I'm in the US and haven't heard of some of the books, it didn't matter as the love of the book was what I enjoyed hearing. I took a class on classic children's literature a few years ago and have been enjoying these books ever since. The books and authors that meant so much to me growing up were The Bobbsey Twins series and authors Eleanor Estes and Carolyn Haywood. Thank you for a great selection and fun discussion!

[@MirandaMills]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Deborah! The children’s literature class must have been very interesting. Have a great reading week!🧡📚

[@DibBaggy1]

Another inspiring video xx

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so much for your enthusiasm and very kind support of my channel! It is much appreciated 🧡

[@eliasmokbel1638]

Hello Miranda. I still remember so well a book from my early childhood; it's "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Anderson. Even after 30 yrs now, I even remember the colored illustrations in that fairy tale book. Then I sadly abandoned reading for a certain time, but then became an avid reader again since year 2015. These memories are precious. Thank you!!

[@lp4265]

Hello beautiful ladies ! It is always so fun to see both of you lovely ladies discuss the book you have recommended to us. I cannot wait to hear your review. Have a wonderful evening and week 🤗❤️

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much! You too! 🧡📚

[@lp4265]

@@MirandaMills 🤗🥰

[@aekorfker]

I haven’t read the book yet but thoroughly enjoyed this discussion on childhood books, my absolute favorite was the five, I asked for them every December and I also have a vivid reading memory sitting in the shade one summer while my family was in the water, totally lost in a book of Cynthia Voight homecoming I’m afraid I was so inspired by the book to take my sisters and the neighbor kids on an adventure, i planned out the whole thing, even with food for all the 10 kids or so which I took with me on bicycles, our parents were worried to death before they found us in another town 😅

[@CharmaineC-h1s]

I, too, love Cynthia Voight books

[@MirandaMills]

What an incredible adventure from your reading! I bet your parents were just so relieved to find you! 🧡📚🧡

[@MirandaMills]

Love your story!

[@aekorfker]

@@MirandaMills I’m glad 😄 That’s what’s so lovely about conversations like these; all the stories we’re reminded of. Loved hearing the reading memories of you and your mom as well! 💛

[@aekorfker]

@@CharmaineC-h1s ☺️ speaking of getting lost in a book..she really did that for me!

[@angiecowell5619]

Oh my goodness, what an incredible 1/2 an hour I have had with you lovely ladies. Thank you so much. I haven’t read this book but I’m going to buy it this week such is my love of reading books like this. I remember with such joy my parents teaching my sister and I to read; I think it’s one of the greatest things they gave us along with their love and guidance. I remember my sister and I going into book shops clutching the book vouchers we had been given as presents to choose our books; these were truly magical times and we have carried on like this all our lives - reading, reading, reading! Our favourite was The Railway Children and today I have many different copies of it! I don’t lend my books out any more as I am a bit possessive of my library as it’s been built up over the years into something quite magical and comforting. I felt your pain Miranda when you said someone had lost one of yours 🙈! So thank you both, as always you are an absolute joy to spend time with. Wishing you both a happy week xx

[@MirandaMills]

I love The Railway Children too! I also remember the thrill of being given book vouchers! Hope you have a great week ahead📚🧡📚

[@deborahmoffat6645]

Thank you both for this wonderful discussion, you asked for a book from our childhood which is still important. When I was at junior school, my teacher read to us a number of books which I held very dear, but my favourite one, which I asked for my own copy of was Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams ❤

[@maryflaherty7096]

Loved it! Lovely to see Donna!

[@gracetaylor7351]

Thank you Miranda and Donna I ever read this book love to tried this out .❤

[@kirstyhatton1857]

I did love the garden gang books as a young child!

[@anitaalfred2880]

Great discussion! I will have to pick up some of these books she mentioned! Some of the ones I remember from my childhood are Enid Blyton's St. Clare's, Malory Towers, Secret Seven, Five Find Outers, etc EBD's Chalet School! And you both look lovely!!

[@MirandaMills]

Wonderful, Anita! 🧡

[@Bearcub599]

Thank you for the heartwarming discussion! I too can relate to the pain of not having your beloved books returned as a child as you so humorously recounted Miranda 😁😆 Yes I rarely lend books to anyone now, especially my cherished books! It was lovely seeing you both sharing the love of books 📚 Thank you 😊

[@Noortje-hm3ov]

Dear Miranda and Donna, thank you for this interesting video. I will try to obtain this book myself. As always you both look very beautiful! Have a nice week! Greetings Astrid❤

[@MirandaMills]

Our pleasure, Astrid! I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Have a great week ahead! 🧡🍂📚

[@charlenefripp4773]

I very much enjoyed watching your video today, Bookworm is now on my way to me 😊. My childhood book was Chilly Billy and now I get to read it to my daughter

[@JudithHutchinson-w1r]

Donna , youlook beautiful in that colour,such a lady . Miranda you look beautiful too ..... gorgeous

[@kirstyhatton1857]

I enjoyed your discussion of Lucy Mangan's book. When l read it l realised how many books l missed out on when l was trying to get through Lord of the Rings! But l'm thankful l still have most of my childhood books and am able to buy new ones if l want to.

[@inlaterdays]

I really enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to this discussion! 📚😊

[@MirandaMills]

Yay!

[@andraste6746]

I’m 4 years younger than Lucy Mangan and despite being Australian so many of her childhood books were ones from my childhood. I loved Enid Blyton, Little Women, The Secret Garden, Heidi, Pollyanna, Wind in the Willows and had copies of those. But there were lots of books I read multiple times from borrowing from the library-Eleanor Estes The Hundred Dresses and The Moffats series, Sydney Taylor All-of-A-Kind Family series, The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson, all of which I bought in the US when I travelled there. And reading Bookworm I was reminded of a book called Maggie Gumption which I’d completely forgotten about which was a Scholastic book and I found a copy online and ordered it.

[@jennifermarigold]

Lovely - I didn't read much as a child but became a bookworm at 13. My favourites then and i still love them now were the Narnia books. I laughed when you were talking about losing your Phillip Pullman book when you lent it to your teacher - my original Narnia books I lent to my friend who folded back the bindings so they split and returned them in pieces and covered in raspberry jam!

[@MirandaMills]

Eek! The raspberry jam must have been very, very sticky too! 😧

[@ingertsvard6731]

Thank u for a lovely video. The Bookworm is a fantastic book and I laughed out loud many times. I read Edith Blyton’s books when I was 9-11 years old and I did it along with my best friend! What a joy it was! Every autumn for many years my friend and I also picked berries in the forest and sold so we could buy books. I still have many of those book, but as u Miranda I once lend one book series out to a friend’s daughter and never got it back! I am still a bit upset about that - I worked really hard to be able to buy those books. Today I never lend my books out, if I need one of my friends to read a book I buy it to them, much better for the friendship.

[@MirandaMills]

That’s a brilliant idea, Ingert! 📚🧡

[@ingaurban404]

Dear Miranda and Donna, thank you so much for the lovely discussion. I liked Bookworm a lot and ordered some books afterwards, because I thought the stories sounded so interesting. Obviously I was introduced to different books in my childhood, because I'm German. But there were translations of good English classics. My mother and father are avid readers, my siblings and I as well. My mother was quite strict about some books sometimes though. We were not really allowed to read Enis Blyton, because her books were published in Germany by a publisher my mother deemed not suitable. We lend some from the library but weren't too hooked because there was a bit of redundancy in our opinion. But we had clandestine midnight feasts with treats we had bought from our sparce pocket money, that was always fun and inspired by Enid Blyton.. We loved the books of Rosemary Sutcliff. They were so fascinating. Also we loved Mary Poppins, some of E. Nesbits books (not all of them were translated) and later we read Lord of the Rings, and those kind of stories. I wasn't a huge fan of fantasy though, I could better relate with the stories when there were "real" people in it. As I have mentioned before I was and still am a huge Astrid Lindgren fan. But not Pippi Longstocking, I didn't like her. But I loved Madita, about two sisters who lead a wonderful live in the Swedish countryside and their eveyday adventures. Also I loved The Brothers Lionheart, even though it is actually fantasy. Such a long comment, I'm sorry, I got carried away. Have a lovely week!❤❤

[@MirandaMills]

I’m so pleased you enjoyed Bookworm, Inga! I loved the Noisy Village books by Lindgren and remember them as picture books as well as chapter books. Madita sounds charming! Wishing you a lovely week too! 🧡📚🍂

[@PatHerranz]

This was such a lovely discussion 🤍 I laughed so hard at all your funny observations and I must confess I also felt very much validated as a bookworm myself 🤣 Thank you for a wonderful video, Donna and Miranda 🤍

[@MirandaMills]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and commenting! 🧡🍂

[@JaneWalker257]

I was an avid reader as a children. One of my favourites was the Phantom Tollbooth which I read when I was around 9. I recently read it as an a adult in my 50's. It had lost none of its magic. I loved it just as much. Another favourite was The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudgexx

[@MirandaMills]

Two wonderful books, Jane! 🧡📚

[@amyolson2551]

You both look lovely!

[@glendaslanina9939]

Thank you Miranda and Donna for choosing Bookworm. This book brought back so many memories and prompted a journey through my childhood bookcase. I started mysteries very early with The Bobsey Twins, Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon. Progressed to Charlottes Web, Mary Poppins and Pippi. Then my dog books (which I now collect) and horse books and nature books. After that phase, I started reading a bit more classics such as Little Woman. I must stop rambling! Donna, how did you record what Miranda read? A very interesting discussion. Thank you again.🍂🐿️🍁

[@MirandaMills]

I’m so glad you enjoyed the discussion, Glenda! I think it’s fascinating to read about other bookworms’ childhood reading, and how many of us have special collections. Mum jotted down what I was reading as a child as a list in her diaries. 🧡🍂📚

[@michalaharesnape5434]

I adored this discussion, thank you ladies. Donna, that blue jumper is stunning on you. I loved ‘Bookworm’ when I read it years ago, I read a library copy but I think I need to buy my own so I can read it again. You asked about our childhood reading and the author that I really remember loving was Roald Dahl, I loved his books so much and funnily enough I was just looking today at some of his short story collections for adults, he writes really deliciously wicked stories I find! Thank you for a wonderful video, I enjoyed it so much x

[@MirandaMills]

I’m just reading some of his adult short stories now, Michala! A great choice for October I think! I think Lucy writes very well about Dahl’s children’s books too in Bookworm! 🧡🍂

[@michalaharesnape5434]

Ooh, which collection is it? I’m not sure which one to buy? I’ve read some of his in the past and thought they were so wicked and creepy, but I can’t remember what I read.

[@MirandaMills]

Mine is out of print now, but any of the collections would be excellent I’m sure. Mine had stories from “Kiss, Kiss” and “Someone Like You.”

[@michalaharesnape5434]

@@MirandaMillsthank you, I’ll look them up x

[@joysedgwick812]

Thank you for introducing me to this book, I have only listened to it on Audible and from your discussion I feel I may have lost concentration occasionally! Having always thought of myself as a bookworm I am now less sure….. or at least have to accept that I came to reading for myself later than either you or Lucy. Enid Blyton delighted me through until nearly teenage, though I adored our headmistress reading Dickens to us from age 8. Much of my nostalgia was for the books I read to my daughters, as I am considerably older than your mother!! Nevertheless a pleasing listen and one to which I shall return I have no doubt.

[@MirandaMills]

I’m sure the audiobook was lots of fun too. So glad this had you reflecting on your own childhood reading. 🧡🍂📚

[@glendaslanina9939]

Thanks!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much, Glenda, for your lovely comments and very generous support! Have a great start to your October reading! 🧡🍂

[@doreene11]

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[@GraceMed]

I cannot remember a time when I wasn't lost in a book... I was 3 when my family immigrated here to Canada, and I started grade one when I was 6 without knowing a single word of English or French (we're Portuguese. In those days you didn't need to go to kindergarten). By the end of grade one, I was an avid reader in English. I remember once, when I was 7, and was off school for the day, I sneaked out of my house to get new books from the library (I'd finished all my books from the week before and didn't want to wait another 3 weeks for my monthly library day), and the panic I caused when my aunt, who was babysitting me that day, couldn't find me! In my childish mind, I thought I could go to the library, several blocks away, in a big city, and be back without my aunt knowing, LOL Well, my parents "punished" me by taking me to the library to return those books that very day.... and wait another month before I was allowed back to the library. A most tortuous month!!! LOL In high school, I was given daily lunch money, but I never bought a single morsel of food, ever! --- I saved that money to buy books, and went hungry LOL I have read many of the books mentioned in this book, but not all. Some are hard to find here now. But I would love to read them... 🙂 Both my daughters (29 and 31yrs old) are bookworms too--- I take credit for that! LOL

[@MirandaMills]

How lovely to have both of your daughters bookworms too! There must be much discussion about books in your family! 🧡📚🧡

[@GraceMed]

@@MirandaMills We do! And it’s a lot of fun!

[@shanne6625]

I was thinking this morning about favorite childhood books. It is by an American author. My all-time favorite has always been: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. In the book, Caddie was a tomboy who rode horses bareback and ran free in the woods with her brothers. They made friends with a native American tribe and become friends. It’s a sixth grade book, but I read it in third or fourth grade. If you had to choose one book during your elementary school reading days, what would yours be and why? This is mine still🥰

[@robbinvanbebber7339]

Hello Miranda I wanted to comment on two books that I read as a little girl that were my favorites and after I finish reading them I would carry the books around hold it close to my chest and I would feel the books they were hardbacks of course and those two books are… Black Beauty … and Charlotte‘s Web which I still have the books

[@pushpindersyal1888]

Does anyone remember the books by Susan Coolidge - What Katy Did and What Katy Did Next? Story of sisters in America, like Little Women, but less popular.

[@MirandaMills]

I love those books too! Lucy talks about them in Bookworm. I enjoyed the later sequels Clover and In the High Valley also, but only found copies much later. Like Lucy my favourites are the first three though 🧡📚🧡

[@adeleamorosi852]

Three readers from Italy!

[@MirandaMills]

Yay! 🇮🇹

[@shamyasuresh5976]

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[@clairedurbin8848]

Have you read the Flambards books by K.M.Peyton? They are so well written and combine that elusive quality of being 'childlike' but actually adult reads. Really enjoyed this video, so agree that Lucy's book was hugely evocative.

[@MirandaMills]

Yes, I really enjoy the Flambards books too. 🧡

[@quietlife7186]

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