Books I Read in April (2020)

[@lilsvintageworld]

Hello!! I have just discovered your channel!! I am loving watching all your videos! I think we have quite similar taste, I love reading classics and modern classics too!! I have to say that Persephone book sounds great and I have added it to my tbr. I haven’t read any Trollope yet....but need too!! Haha

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so much! So glad you like my recommendations!

[@WorldWanderer1000]

Dearest Miranda, when I need to escape and lose myself in another world I watch and listen to you. Thankyou for your reviews, your loveliness, and just everything about you.💜💙

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you for your lovely comment! It made me so happy to read it! xxx

[@cpfrey3119]

Love how thorough your reviews are! Definitely adding a couple of these to my To Read list!

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so much! And that's great - I hope you enjoy them :)

[@julieg_quebec-julesselivre8641]

The English countryside is on my bucket list (I’m in Quebec, Canada) and everytime I watch one of your videos I want to read all the books you mention with the countryside in it! 🤣 Thanks for sharing!

[@MirandaMills]

The English countryside is very beautiful - I hope you're able to have a proper tour of it sometime! I think you'd love 'The Light Years' if you enjoy reading about town and country and life in an English manor house xxx

[@MameysMedley]

Hi Miranda! What a diverse reading month you had! How wonderful! It's nice to see a variety to appeal to all tastes. I just received Business As Usual, The Bass Rock and the The Light Years series. I am currently reading books for the booktube prize, so I'm not quite sure when I will get to them, but I am definitely looking forward to immersing myself in them. A few others that I must get for my library are: The Mercies, Hamnet and Love after Love. They all sound right up my alley. I so appreciate your videos Miranda, thank you so much!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you for your lovely comment as always Mamey! It sounds like you're having a great reading month too! I hope you enjoy the books; it must be hard to decide which to start on first. Happy reading! xxx

[@MameysMedley]

@@MirandaMills By the way, I listened to your podcast with Kate Eberlen so I just had to get her books as well. I just loved her interview!

[@MirandaMills]

I’m so happy to hear that! Kate was one of my favourite guests from the moment she told me she’d got dressed up in a tea dress for the interview 😄 👗

[@MameysMedley]

@@MirandaMills Yes!! I loved that in the very beginning. Also as the interview progressed, I could relate to her on so many levels. I can't wait to read her work. Again, thanks to you, I am introduced to so many wonderful talented writers.

[@MyLocsareREAL]

Hello Miranda, I recently discovered your KZbin channel and instantly became a subscriber...from one of your Cozy Book Review videos, I ordered several of the books based on your recommendations..one in particular that captivated me from the start was “The Shell Seekers” by Rosamunde Pilcher, that I’m current reading now..This is my first Rosamunde Pilcher book and it is definitely not my last..your description of her writing style and the way she describes a scene was Perfect.. Thank you for such great content, 🥰 oh and lastly, I haven’t Started on the other books yet, like “Miss Carter and the Ifrit” or “Someone at a Distane” and “Business as Usual” but I can’t wait to read them too..again Thank You 😊

[@MirandaMills]

I'm so happy to read this comment - thank you! It's such a joy to introduce Rosamunde Pilcher to new readers; I love her work so much. Very much hope you enjoy those other books too! xxx

[@manjiri2]

Hi Miranda! I recently came across your videos and I absolutely love your passion towards books. 🤗

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much! :) xxx

[@margarettaylor920]

An interesting selection of reads! I need to listen to Tea and Tattle. I have read The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, this was quite complex and covers so many aspects of life. There was a little to much detail in some areas but the portrayal of close relationships and friendships was well developed and some quite lovely. I found a quote for my commonplace book from this novel, "Words are our tools of resurrection." It is a story that stays with you. A completely different light read was D E Stevenson's Summerhills the sequel to Amberwell. Slightly Foxed's book I Was a Stranger by John Hackett was an appropriate read following Easter. And a children's book that I looked over again was Vendela in Venice by the same author of Linnea in Monet's Garden, Christina Björk . This book is part story part travelogue for children but equally good for adults. Oh to be able to visit Venice again if only I could be there when its quiet. thank you for your inspiring video!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you very much! The Dictionary of Lost Words sounds like an interesting read, and I always love D E Stevenson. I adored the 'Linnea' books when I was little (and even had a Linnea doll!), so I'm curious to read Vendela in Venice. Thank you for the recommendations! xxx

[@teresaparkins1255]

Hello Miranda, lots of great reviews which I enjoyed hearing. I read Hamnet and found a lot to agree with you about the book and the character of Agnes. I would really class this as a young adult fairytale and as such I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was nothing I could relate to how I already imagined the character and life of Shakespeare's wife Anne and that was the problem, for me, with choosing such a famous person to write a fantasy about. As I said, though, I did enjoy reading this book. I'm sure you have read Dear Mrs Bird and The Chilbury Ladies Choir but I would recommend the audible versions and very timely with VE Day being celebrate this month (May). Thank you for another lovely video, Keep safe and well and happy reading, Teresa 📚

[@MirandaMills]

Definitely agree with what you've said about Hamnet too! I have not read The Chilbury Ladies Choir, so have instantly added that to my list - thank you for the recommendation! I adore Dear Mrs Bird :)

[@katrinadessavre5293]

I’ve added a few of these to my TBR, so thank you. :) I do have “The Mercies” on hold at the library, but it seems pretty popular so it might be a while before I get to it. I listened to “Dark Salt Clear”, which was in one of your videos. It was fantastic - the writing is very lyrical and really works with how unglamorous the subject might seem. I also read “The Nutmeg Tree” by Margery Sharpe because I enjoyed “Cluny Brown” so much and found that it was just as delightful.

[@MirandaMills]

I'm so happy to hear that - thank you! And delighted you enjoyed 'Dark Salt Clear' and are becoming a Margery Sharp fan too - yay! Her books are so delightful :) xxx

[@karenwhite2601]

I've never heard of Catherine Storr or Marianne Dreams but I#m definitely adding it to my list. I'll search Abe Books after listening to the end of this video. I'd also love all the descriptions of food in Love After Love! Food in Literature is almost an obsession - I have to find the recipes for dishes I like the sound of and then try them out. Have you read the book Fictitious Dishes by Dinah Fried? I loved looking through 'Literature's Most Memorable Meals' (the book's tag line).

[@MirandaMills]

I have! A fun book!

[@purplesunflower8242]

Totally love that you love books ! ❤️😌...I am checking your recommendations...Thank you🌻Defo the Bass Rock...

[@LS-qq4zc]

Excellent reviews. I found your channel while looking for reviews on Hamnet because I wanted to know how others felt about it. I wasn’t wowed although there is much to appreciate and admire,. I I rarely felt fully engaged or involved in the story. Still trying to work it out 🤔 Enjoyed your comments though.

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks very much! I don't think Hamnet was quite what I expected either!

[@muhlenstedt]

I think your videos are an intelectual and aestheric joy!You look beautiful and have good taste for clothes.I would like to have a grandaughter like you.Thank you for your work!

[@MirandaMills]

That's so kind of you to say. Thank you very much! xxx