Re-Reading My Childhood Faves 📚Reading Vlog📚 | More Hannah

[@salvaje1]

I am liking the occasional change in filming locations.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin

[@elt1135]

Another of my favourite Jojen Reed quotes is ‘... If ice can burn, love can hate, mate.’ Such wisdom!

[@jessicamoore1289]

With how overwhelming this year as been. I found it difficult to take in new books. So basically since COVID I had been rereading old faves. Then I switched to just like fluffy easy reads.

[@caitlin329]

The Magician's Nephew is interesting purely because it was written as a prequel, so you can see how he worked the key elements of Narnia from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe especially into the story. I always find it interesting how it's such an obvious Christian metaphor (as is a lot of the series), but it attracts so many different people because it's such a well crafted fantasy universe. Some of it has definitely aged strangely, but they're still quite good I think.

[@malb9236]

Hannah, i have a challenge for you: find and read diverse children's books. This could also be a really fun video- maybe.

[@urturningviolet]

Whenever I am in a reading slump I just pick up a romance that everyone has been talking about. I usually love it or absolutely hate it, regardless it makes me want to read more.

[@admirbarucija2018]

Re-reading your childhood favorites is such an awesome idea!! I miss the Magic Tree House books, I used to collect them as a kid haha ☺️

[@morehannah]

Oooh magic tree???? Was that Enid blyton? Was there a moon face and saucepan head or something???

[@admirbarucija2018]

More Hannah Magic Tree House was a series by Mary Pope Osborne! It was these two kids that used their magical treehouse to travel back in time to a certain historical period in each book like the renaissance

[@admirbarucija2018]

Nicole I think it might be!

[@camillelee-own8380]

More Hannah that’s the Magic Faraway Tree! Lovely series but definitely of the time they were published !

[@Anna-ie4dq]

@@Nicole-zy4vb it was also big in Germany!

[@GloriaTulwan]

HALF OF A YELLOW SUN !!!!! My favorite book EVER !! You are in for a ride. And you're gonna CRY !

[@malb9236]

Reading it right now and loving it!

[@GloriaTulwan]

@@malb9236

[@aaronbonogofsky4463]

My favorite series growing up was the Redwall series growing up by Brian Jacques. War, food, and a medieval with animals as the main characters. It still makes me smile when I think of the characters and stories. 😁

[@louisacoote2337]

My brother loved that series, and I normally read anything I could get my hands on, but never picked those books up!

[@thatjillgirl]

A friend of mine once described the Redwall books as, "After a while, it was all the same book, but it was a good book, so you didn't mind." So accurate.

[@May-wm3vc]

Ohh did you read "Kensuke's kingdom" as a child? I remember reading and loving it 😍

[@inno4ka333]

Yeppp - rereading Harry Potter any time I forget I like reading :D Works like maaaaaagic

[@samanthabartlett4562]

Short stories also help get me out of reading slumps! I have a few compilations that I can always rely on to get the reading gears turning

[@babitferreira]

I go to fanfiction lol I know the characters, the world and it’s just a easy read

[@KeZhi999]

Journey to the River Sea was my absolute favourite Eva Ibbotson book. Also the Star of Kazan was petty good. I didn't even realise that she wrote more fantasy-ish books

[@thatjillgirl]

Yes! She wrote several. My favorite of the more fantasy ones was Island of the Aunts. But Journey to the River Sea is definitely a favorite.

[@CorinneDemyanovich]

Ooh I've never reread my childhood favorites, and I know there are some gems that would make me giddy to read again! But I'm having the same realization... most of the books I read as a kid were not diverse. :/

[@mexDpeace]

I really loved this video! It's so nostalgic in a positive way, I feel like nostalgia can easily become kinda negative (either because you're sad it's over or because you didn't like the past)

[@meamela9820]

I totally reread things when I have a reading slump. Then you know you're going to enjoy it. And it feels nostalgic and safe.

[@naomibrown3972]

I'm sad you didn't get around to Ruby in the Smoke, it was the one I cared about the most! I also happened to get it out of the library as a childhood re-read, probably at the same time you did!

[@kencoleman5007]

I sometimes return to old early Animorphs books where Rachel's POV was featured. They still stand up very well. I've also been packing away at "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (a John Le Carre Cold War novel about British spies and their East German contacts) and a biography about Coco Chanel.

[@kencoleman5007]

I've been thinking about reading an Ausie book on interpreting body language that a Second Life girlfriend had recommended when I was explaining how sometimes being an Aspie affects how I try reading nonverbal nuances. The other day, I was trying to find a list of definitions for different types of hand waves, an I thought "That book is exactly what I'm looking for.".

[@CourtneyDowellOfTarth]

Eva ibbotson! Everyone should read her!!!

[@morgano9319]

Chronicles of Narnia and Which Witch were some of my childhood faves as well!

[@katem9718]

I've been doing something similar this year with series that I loved as a child! I reread the Ruby Redfort series by Lauren Child and the Secret series by Pseudonymous Bosch, and I'm now working up to things I liked as a younger teen with the Adrian Mole diaries by Sue Townsend. It's been great fun revisiting old favourites now that I am older and seeing if I still enjoy them - so far everything has gotten better with age!

[@louisacoote2337]

I also had a beautiful Narnia box set too, probably a birthday or Christmas present. Half of A Yellow Sun is a wonderful read, hope you enjoy it!

[@PlethoraShae]

I love Hannah upload days :)

[@katyfolk3433]

The Silver Crown is an amazing children's book. Our teacher read it to my year 5/6 class at school and it's something I remember very fondly.

[@Anna-pd6dc]

I also read the silver crown as a kid! That book was so trippy. My vague memories of the plot feel like a weird fever dream.

[@MarnieLuna]

Michael Morpurgo! I still own two of his and they are Private Peaceful and Kensuke's Kingdom, both have impactful moments, I went through a phase of reading him. I love Eva Ibbotson as well, for younger audiences I love The Star of Kazan, older ones, secret countess is my favourite. And Love the The Ruby in The Smoke series as well.

[@holly8215]

I have (and love) that EXACT Narnia box set 😍

[@amandaaaa31]

My go to slump books are always rom-coms. They’re always upbeat and pretty fast paced so I’ll actually finish them when I can’t finish anything else.

[@louisemacdonald5585]

I have exactly the same covered copy of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Narnia book which was the first book I read through for myself cover to cover. ❤️ Would love to get a full set of the same covers though!

[@GeorgieSutton]

I’ve been thinking about re-reading some Michael Morpurgo as I remember some of his books had a big impact on me as a kid so I’m glad you could still appreciate his writing now!

[@glrreid96]

Michael Morpurgo's books are so great. I was always a massive fan and got all his books as they came out. The one that hit me the most was Out of the Ashes which was set in 2001 during the foot and mouth disease crisis and growing up on a farm that thankfully escaped the disease but knowing how much we went through to prevent it and everyone who lost animals it became an obsession. I am on a reread of all my books at the moment (up to author surname (yes I'm that person) letter G) but there's loads I'm looking forward to reading - Morpurgo, Ibbotsen, Lewis!

[@zofiabochenska1240]

Have you read any Astrid Lingren or the Moomins? I like getting back to my faves, but I also love discovering new children stories, especially children classics, when I feel like reading something easy and wholesome.

[@c12486]

Moomins are NOT hippos!

[@laralikesmascara]

Ahh I work at a Jewish film festival and we programmed Waiting for Anya recently! Still have not read the book though... but would love to hear if you watched the movie!

[@AJaymes91]

I reread my favourite series as a kid - The Unicorns of Balinor - as an adult now of 28 and I still LOVE IT! 🦄

[@MewWolf5]

I got the box set of all the Narnia books as a kid. I read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian (started The Horse and His Boy but don't remember ever finishing it), my mum read The Magician's Nephew (she couldn't remember if she'd read all the Narnia books as a kid or just some), and I have never gotten around to any of the others. I still have them. They're by my bed and sometimes I think one day I'll read the others, but I have so many other books I want to read.

[@Hillary429]

Audiobooks always help my reading slumps

[@veronikablang9000]

i dont know if thats unusual, but i re-read soooo many of my books. almost every book i really loved ive read more than once. theres just something very comforting in a story i already know i enjoyed. sometimes makes me think about how many more books i couldve read if i didnt read the same ones over and over again... oh well...

[@amyshaw99]

I’d recommend the Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson if you haven’t read it/don’t remember it. It’s amazing!

[@cheepink683]

Love this! I have done something similar this year. Whenever I have a slump I just read one of the Edge chronicles (highly recommend...Chris Riddle is everything). On another note, I also read the Ruby in the smoke series this year. It is incredibly under rated!!!

[@betsys.5311]

Oh my gosh rereading childhood favs (and finishing series I "aged out of" before they were all published) has absolutely saved me during quarantine. The Penderwicks specifically :)

[@lavenderhoney7310]

Oh my god I just remembered waiting for Anya i loved it so much

[@ktcnuttymoo]

Crusader Kings III is so great that I've had to ban myself from it until I finish my masters degree. Glad you're enjoying it too! Because I have been studying so much I haven't had much time for reading in lockdown, but I love this idea and think I will adopt it to get myself back in the habit :)

[@YK-hr5tu]

Well, I'll have to thank you for these reading'rush videos, you got me into the habit of reading almost everyday 😆 Thanks a lot!

[@jaimiesam16]

This was fun! I love rereading books but haven’t had a chance to read old favourites again, but I’m dying to dive into some soon

[@freyatewnion241]

I remember reading The Ruby in the Smoke in English in like year 8 or 9 which I'd completely forgotten about until you mentioned it in this video. Had no idea it was a series!

[@amyhardwood]

I loved books by Michael Morpurgo and Eva Ibbotson when I was a child too (and have kept a few of them). I also remember reading Ruby in the Smoke, but I'm not sure if I ever finished it. I do still have Waiting for Anya, but have never read it. Maybe this video is the push I need to pick it up.

[@louisacoote2337]

I loved Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. I re-read both over the last few years for Anne with an E on Netflix ( which I loved, in spite of some of the major plot deviations) and for the 2020 Little Women film, which I also adored ( the 1994 version isn’t quite as good as I remembered it being). I also read a Holocaust story aged 10 or so, called The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier. It’s about a group of Polish siblings who are trying to reunite with their parents in Switzerland, I think.

[@heloise5931]

I think your video just got me out of my reading slump actually 😃

[@Sophie_Cleverly]

Sally Lockhart was a big inspiration to me as a mystery writer! I hope you get round to re-reading those. The whole opium aspect is wild though, haha. I can't imagine my editor letting me put that in!

[@sakura9400]

The Ruby in the Smoke 💖 I picked up that book in my library as a kid and it stayed with me, hazily, in my mind. Then a couple of years ago I was reading blurbs of books on my boyfriend's bookshelf and read the blurb of the Tin Princess, I realised it was the same series and read it and loved it and then bought the whole set! I love them all but the Tin Princess is my favourite. I've named called my money planet Sally, which for anyone eho hasn't read the series seems like a strange choice of name

[@asmallplacecalledhom]

My childhood favourite was The Story of Tracey Beaker, Out of the Ashes/ Kensukes Kingdom and Morris Gliezman books

[@Rhi0290]

Ruby in the Smoke was one of my favourites too! Also may need to get Crusader Kings III everyone seems to be playing it!!!

[@19ninetythree]

I also want to re-read childhood faves at some point! For me that would be books by Enid Blyton, Astrid Lindgren and Jacqueline Wilson. Of the books you read I only know The Magicians Nephew. My mum read it to me as a child and I remember it being quite scary

[@arjenH2Os]

I really should reread some childhood favourites. First on my list would be the Thea Beckmann Children's of Mother Earth trilogy and the Klaus Kordon German family trilogy running from 1918 to 1945, I forgot the name.

[@alisoncatz]

I used to love 'The Edge Chronicles' as a child - the fantasy word and the illustrations were so amazing. My school even went to meet the illustrator, Chris Riddell - but I wasn't in the book club so I missed out. Still regret to this day :'(

[@SamWest96]

I really enjoyed this. It's made me really want to reread my childhood favourite - The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson. But I get to revisit all my favourites as my daughter grows up now (she's 11 days old) so that's incredibly special

[@teresaurcelay]

I absolutely adore your vlogs I am so happy

[@filmgeek520]

I'm a strong proponent of reading the Chronicles of Narnia in publication order because that's how i first read it. Some of the mystery and wonder of Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe if you read magician's nephew first because you're meant to be experiencing the wonders of a new world with the children. I understand that the chronological box sets started coming out shortly before I was born so I can understand that lots of kids grew up thinking it was the first book, but please don't say magician's nephew is the first without mentioning that caveat.

[@mhussey9841]

Which witch is soooo good, also one of my childhood favorites

[@ladyicondraco]

I don't generally re-read, or re-watch anything, I actually find having to read/watch/listen to something a second time to be emotionally painful. However, I do read children's books to get out of reading slumps. I'll turn to children's fiction because it is easy and quick and after 2 or 3 books, it generally breaks me out of my 'reader's block'. Edit: "Rightly so" indeed, you take that time off, Hannah!

[@aayeshashaik4204]

OMG! I've recently been rereading childhood favorites too! (including the "Magician's nephew") I also reread "Because of Winn-Dixie" and the "Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane". Rereading those really did reignite my passion for reading, and I hope it does the same for you !! ☺👏📚

[@ellenjames2451]

Yesss! I recommended Childhood books too. Totally forgot about Michael Morpurgo - he wrote some amazing books! I’m so getting them out. And yes, Ruby in the Smoke! This is making me so excited! Can we have a childhood book book club? 😁 x

[@mschrisfrank2420]

I like to go back to Agatha Christie, The Hardy Boys, and Narnia when I need to refresh my reading because they’re short and still enjoyable despite basically having memorized them.

[@kari4036]

I was just thinking I want a new Hannah video😍

[@immiemaclean]

Oh my god! I'm literally halfway through rereading The Tin Princess (Sally Lockhart 4) because I've been in a Corona reading slum!

[@khushboomathuria5311]

I prefer thrillers when I'm in a reading slump. The mystery keeps me going and the pages turning.

[@eli_drottningu]

I usually do re-reads or read something that is easy, like a fanfiction xD even if I don't finish stuff it doesn't matter bc I have already read them and I can now continue my reading (I usually read several books at a time... tho last year it got out of hand and I have 19 started books xD)

[@MidwinterNightingale]

Awww I hope you make it back to The Ruby in the Smoke sometime because the Sally Lockhart books are some of my all-time favourites (and actually, I think, quite feminist in themselves). I've been rereading them on audiobook recently and they are great, the narrator is Anton Lesser who is a great performer and has one of my favourite radio voices

[@TheBookfrog]

I also read "which witch" as a child, but I forgot so much about it. I might have to check it out again, cause I kinda wanna know about that plottwist again 🙈

[@marthehr]

What to do when in a reading slump?....Watch Hannah’s reading vlogs! 😊

[@Anna-pd6dc]

Which witch!! Wow I entirely forgot about that book but I probably read it five times

[@KaylaLords]

The idea of re-reading childhood favorites sounds fun but I worry that what I used to love might be problematic now. That being said as a kid I read and loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder series (Little House on the Prairie), Chronicles of Narnia, anything by Roald Dahl, and the Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary.

[@Charassic]

Hey Hannah! Have you read Throne of Glass? I’ve been reading it in iso and it has been saviour!

[@cutegixie]

Have a very similar memory of the Silver Crown, but I don't really remember what it is about. I do know it is where I learned the word 'vulgar' at like nine years old

[@caleighrosebud]

I also read a lot of historical/Holocaust/WWII literature. I always thought it was bc I love learning and different time periods/history interests me, but recently I’ve started to worry that those stories are... inspiration p*rn? I guess that’s the best way to describe it. I love a hopeful, inspiring story that has truths to it even when it’s sad, but it is worrying (same with books or movies-looking at you, Wonder-about disabilities and such). I dunno, I’d love to hear your take on it!

[@elt1135]

Waiting For Anya (the movie) is available to download free on Sky Cinema at the moment!

[@garyshearer895]

What I found interesting is that Pullman was a student of c.s. Lewis who was a student of a Scot who wrote obviously Christian novels and some fantasy in his day.

[@WillowTree1215]

Ah the rearranged Chronicles of Narnia. I can't stand it myself But I'm glad you enjoy it

[@clementinevalentin3584]

Im really trying to reach my reading goal but the slump is intense! I’ve deleted tiktok so that helps!

[@emilyhp6160]

I do love reading but being dyslexic and partly signed makes it difficult if I can't read a book I listen to audio books or my friends read books to me they even read fan fiction that I like they have been doing this a lot during lockdown for me we go on video call and they read as much as they can which is great keeps us all busy xx

[@unepommeverte17]

I'm weirdly disappointed that you consider Magician's Nephew the first book lol. I grew up with my mom's copy of the series, which was in the old original order- LWW, Prince Caspian, Dawn Treader, Silver Chair, Horse and his Boy, Magician's Nephew, Last Battle. To me, putting them in chronological order is like watching Star Wars prequels first, instead of originals first. I love backstory and world building, but I appreciate it even more when you get it after being familiar with the world. I remember finding out about the new chronological order in middle school (around age 11), and getting really curious about one specific line I remembered from my copy of LWW. The first time a character mentions Aslan, the narrator talks directly to the reader, commenting on how the kids didn't know who Aslan was any more than you did. But if you already read Magician's Nephew, you would know who Aslan was, so that line wouldn't make sense. When my friend brought his copy to school, I borrowed it to check that scene, and that line had been removed entirely!

[@mongo7129]

Book Depository is owned by Amazon

[@XxWingedMischiefxX]

I have always reread books when I can't read something new and rereading old childhood favourites is so etging I've done but is it weird that as a late-20-year old I reread The Famous Five by Enid Blyton 😂 I still have these in book form (I'm keeping them for future kids if I have them) but I also have some on kindle and sometimes think of rereading them again but feel it's weird as I'm actually now 31 lol

[@AlthenaLuna]

I was VERY confused by you saying that The Magician's Nephew was the first book. It's the 6th. I had to google it to find out what was going on - apparently newer sets have re-ordered the books according to when they happen in Narnia's timeline rather than writing and publication order like previous sets. That alternate ordering might also be why the bible allegory would be clearer now than it was before (though age and context would also facilitate that).

[@lizzie14]

Yeah in most box sets it's book 1 just because it's a prequel 😊

[@morehannah]

Yeah I meant first book chronologically. I’ve actually no idea what order the books were published in (other than LWW first) but my set is chronological.

[@ciara1045]

I absolutely loved Eva ibbotsons kids books (and still love her older books) and completely agree with you! All her books pass the Bechdel test with flying colours but she's not exactly a feminist icon haha

[@Enrique305]

What was your favorite book?

[@athab8256]

Hannah - I really enjoy your content; interesting and informative! BTW. Dr Lindsey Doe of Sexplanations had some very nice things to say about you in her 7 Oct post called "Ask Lindsey: Rough sex, pregnancy & sex drive. Check it out at about the 3:25 mark. Thanks again!

[@thatjillgirl]

Oh yes, the Biblical allusions in the Narnia books are definitely not subtle once you are no longer a small child. But hey, the Bible has some interesting stories in it. Not hard to turn some of them into interesting novels.

[@helenapalmieri8148]

are you going to learn the dance (once the video comes out) to the new K/DA song? 😱

[@morehannah]

it's already out!! I dunno... I'll need to listen to the song more and see if I like it. The dance looks HARD!! I'll also need to wait for other people to create tutorial videos online otherwise I've got no chance of learning it lol!

[@helenapalmieri8148]

@@morehannah ah valid haha maybe Dan can join this time 😂

[@katybechnikova2821]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That's the first one. If you gonna read them in chronological order, you won't get it. Big nono there.

[@morehannah]

I read the lion the witch and the wardrobe first but I do enjoy the books in chronological order.

[@katybechnikova2821]

@@morehannah I hate to say it but you're wrong. I love both your channels deeply, I love what you're doing, I agree with most of the things you put up on the internet but here you're wrong. :D (Obviously do whatever you want, it's books, not human life or whatever. You're still wrong btw. :D)

[@lizzie14]

Getting a bit defensive there 😅 she's read all the books she can pick up whichever she wants to re-read haha

[@lizzie14]

I am more likely to read The Magicians Nephew tbh because I forget what happens given that there wasn't a film made, films tend to drill the plot into my brain 😂

[@katybechnikova2821]

@@lizzie14 It's more for the lols but Magician Nephew is still the sixth book. But ofc, everyone can do whatever, unless they're harming someone.

[@moi379]

It's interesting that your adult mind saw a commentary on patriarchy in a scene where a woman is manipulating other women 🤔 But maybe you were thinking of the whole book idk

[@morehannah]

Women can work for the patriarchy, we’re not immune from doing the patriarchy’s dirty work.

[@tunafarrell2067]

"The Magician's Nephew" the first book? Blasphemy.

[@kaisakindgrove6685]

Just so you know, the Narnia series as a whole is also quite racist in places (literally one of the neighboring countries people are called the "calormen").

[@lizzie14]

It's such a shame that it's a part of so many works of fiction when they have the chance to create a whole new world. As Hannah said, most of the popular childhood books have white characters especially as the main ones. Hopefully this will change and get better. Looking back at books that you liked when you were little or from different times in history can be really difficult once you've become aware of things like that

[@n1s2e]

I love rereading or relistening to harry potter all the time. But i kind of stopt after all the shit JK rowling did. I just dont wanna support that, at the same time i am such a fucking potterhead. I dont know how to coupe with it. I usely sepprate the art from the artist but i dont know its hard to read harry potter the same agian.

[@n1s2e]

Oh yeah the resson i talk about this is just that i only ever liked reading 7 books ever and its the hp francise

[@filthiestfish]

Jesus, I would not pull out 💦

[@filthiestfish]

6:52 OK I take that back 😐

[@filthiestfish]

You stayed in the UK for your honeymoon? Pah 😲