REVIEWING MY RECENT READS - A BOOKISH CHAT

[@jangroves4978]

Beautiful hairstyle and lovely dress

[@BrigitteDeRoover-mr9ow]

Just to mention (as I am a big Barbara Pym fan), there’s an excellent BBC radio collection of several of Barbara Pym’s books on Audible. It has Some Tame Gazelle, Hampton Crodnet and several other books on there. My absolute favourite is the Some Tame Gazelle rendition because it has the brilliant Myriam Margoyles in it and she makes me laugh out loud so many times ! It is very uplifting and most definitely my favourite book on Audible !! I just panic by the idea that I might one day not be able to listen to it.

[@hayleyc5594]

Through your channel I have discovered Barbara Pym. I can’t thank you enormously enough for introducing books that I might not otherwise have picked up.

[@GemmaCreegan-tp4dk]

Yes same here, loved Quartet in Autumn and so many other wonderful recommendations, my to be read pile is growing😅

[@MirandaMills]

You are so welcome, Hayley ❤️📚

[@MJ-in-Canada]

I hope you’re enjoying your visit to Bath!

[@anitaalfred2880]

Thanks for sharing your recent reads! I need to check out that Barbara Pym book! I've been reading The Brothers Karamazov and Harold Bloom's Poetry Anthology. Recently finished Village Christmas by Miss Read and about to begin Paradise Lost by Milton. Also listening to the Silver Chair (Narnia) that my husband reads to the kids at bedtime ❤. Enjoy your trip to Bath!

[@TLK526]

Your hair looks so beautiful. I hope you had a wonderful time in Bath. Thank you for all the book suggestions .

[@MirandaMills]

You are so welcome!❤️📚

[@Welivebythesea]

I'm a little late to the party but I've just read The Secret Garden, the painted edition, and very much enjoyed it. I do like the sound of Rural Hours, I don't think I've ever read a group biography. The concept is intriguing and the subjects of this particular volume are fascinating. I hope you enjoyed your break and have a lovely time in Bath

[@marty9011]

Nice to see a couple of Barbara Pym books reviewed, she doesn't seem to be widely known now. Once you " get " Pym, the books are very enjoyable. I love " I Capture the Castle " & regularly re-read it.

[@FinallyMajor]

Looking radiant! Fabulous content as always!!

[@florence7743]

Your dress is stunning ❤ Thank you for your wonderful videos🌸💐🌷

[@sarahculley4646]

The covers of the Barbara Pym books are very eye catching.

[@ivanalassandro4511]

Thank you so much for your book recommandations! Have a nice trip to Bath! Ivana

[@jug3435]

I only recently came across your content while laid up due to an ankle injury and it has been an absolute godsend! Introduced me to authors I’d not heard of (enjoying Elizabeth Von Arnim anthology - especially tracts on garden, now that I can hobble out to mine!) and rekindled interest in others. I really love vlogs when you are out and about and also baking with your mum. Thank you for sharing🙏.

[@KarenPiggott]

Looking beautiful 🌺 Love the illustrations on the Barbara Pym books 🌺

[@gillianholter-hovind2367]

The Green Gables series is my absolute favorite series. I have recently enjoyed both of these prequel books : Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah MaCoy and Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson. I am still waiting to receive Marilla Before Anne by Louise Michalos. I especially recommend Before Green Gables🙂

[@DebMcDonald]

I love audiobooks read by Anna Massey. I’m just finishing The Fraud by Anita Brookner and have In Dubious Legacy by Mary Wesley next. I finally read Thunderclap after it was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize and I see why you loved it. I was fascinated by all the new to me information.

[@isamandrino9082]

I love "Crampton Hodnet", it was one of the first Barbara Pym's books I read, and a delightful discovery.

[@carolinesimmill4962]

Thank you Miranda such an interesting review of your recent reads. I recall a young writer who described herself as a stalker in jest as she found she really had to observe people in order to explore the personality of the characters she needed to use in her novels. I will read a Barbara Pym as not only do I love the book covers but the setting and characters in England at that time interest me very much. I have finished Kate Morton Homecoming which was wonderful and am now nicely settling into Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively, which is fascinating, a great book to discuss with my husband at meal times! Thank you and have a lovely time in Bath!

[@maryfilippou6667]

Thanks a heap, Miranda! Rushing out to get the Anna Rose Johnson and see if Crampton Hodnet among my Pyms.

[@JillK-re4gv]

Really interesting recommendations Miranda. I have yet to read Barbara Pym and I’m looking forward to the experience. I’m currently reading Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang, which you reviewed recently. Am very much enjoying the critique of the publishing world, social media and who can or cannot write a particular book! I’ve just finished The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell and I loved it. Completely transported to Florence and Ferrara! Dark and compelling. Have a wonderful time in Bath and maybe treat yourself at Persephone Books?!

[@loiswells3564]

I love Barbara Pym 😊

[@carolsutton8565]

Thanks! Can’t wait to hear about your time in Bath!

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so very much for your generous support, Carole: I so appreciate your kindness. We had a fabulous time, and I’m looking forward to sharing it❤️📚💐🙏 xx

[@AprilMcComb]

Thanks!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much for your generosity support! I appreciate your kindness so much! 💐❤️🙏❤️xx

[@inlaterdays]

I always find things to add to my TBR from your book lists! Lately, I've been reading some of the Chalet School books, which you have mentioned, and they are delightful. I never read them when I was growing up, but I have really been enjoying them. Thank you for the video, and I look forward to seeing your adventures in Bath!

[@thimganhayden115]

The Star Who Always Stays is now on my list! I am familiar with where the book is set and it sounds just my style! TY

[@MirandaMills]

That's lovely to read! Thank you! ❤️

[@maryflaherty7096]

Thank you! Many books to read. Found you as you are here on Thursday’s now.

[@DibBaggy1]

I love all of your book recommendations, authors that I’d never heard of before now grace a place on my TBR list. Thank you for sharing your favourite reads 🥰 The dress your wearing is stunning 🤩

[@Daria-4215]

Thank you, Miranda! A “new” Barbara Pym novel, so wonderful! Have a good trip to Bath!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you! ❤️

[@deborahracette9755]

I'm intrigued by The Star that Always Stays!

[@tamarapearce707]

Thank you Miranda. You are looking very beautiful ❤ I on the other hand have an awful chest infection and look quite frightful! Thank goodness I have your wonderful 'vlogs' to cheer me up xxxx

[@janeglew6281]

Thanks

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so very much for your kind support. I appreciate it very much, Jane! ❤️💐🙏❤️

[@kimswhims8435]

Lovely wrap up. I'm enjoying The Fraud by Zadie Smith at the moment, it's a lot of fun on audiobook.

[@elizabethbrink3761]

I've been meaning to read The Star That Always Stays for months. Thank you for the push to pick it up! I can't wait to hear your interview! I've really been enjoying Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope. It's good fun but has several interesting dilemmas at the heart of the novel.

[@MirandaMills]

I love Trollope too, Elizabeth! ❤️📚

[@ingaurban404]

Dear Miranda, thank you for this enjoyable video. I just received my copy of "the star that always stays" and now I'm even more keen to read it right away even though it will be a CBC pick in fall. Have a lovely time in Bath❤

[@sandyokey1019]

Have a wonderful trip, Miranda. I am very excited to read Rural Hours. There are so many great books you spoke about but that, and a reread of My Salinger Year are topping my list of what I want to read soon.❤️

[@MirandaMills]

I hope you enjoy them too, Sandy! ❤️📚

[@Lynne1960s]

Oh happy Thursday! I'm still not used to your move to Thursday's so this was a lovely surprise! As always you make every book sound so interesting. I recently read The Fortnight in September, my first Persephone read, and really loved it so thank you for the introduction. I've just finished reading The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, my favourite book of the year so far and am dipping in and out of Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively and The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens by Helena Kelly which is so interesting. Have a lovely time in Bath, hope you are having the same lovely weather as York this week 🤞x

[@WaterBearReads]

Hi Miranda! I am so excited for you and your Mom that you are going to Bath! I saw your IG story pictures and you look so lovely and happy! I am currently reading China Court and am looking forward to going back to your CBC discussion and watching it (it was before my discovery of your channel). I also recently finished 'A Room with a View' which was just wonderful. I want to make a study of E.M. Forster's work now. I am captivated by his prose and how he has such a knack for social situations. I hope you have a lovely holiday!💕

[@christophermaulden733]

I adore listening to the late Anna Massey and Penelope Keith read audiobooks . Did the late actor Jeremy Brett ever utilize his outstanding performance voice in audiobooks ?

[@insearchofwonder]

Ahhhh Bath, I'm jealous! We had a trip planned there.... for March 2020. 😔Haven't made it across the pond since, but hope to!

[@SallyAnn191]

Have a lovely time in Bath. Thank you for recommending The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. I finished it yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. x

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Good luck with the trip to Bath! 👍🏽

[@myriammourani3145]

Thank you for this wonderful video, as always! I'd like to check out Barbara Pym's books once I finish the other books on my list that you recommended-- I can't read as fast as all of you! Anyway, have fun in Bath-- I hope you take pictures and videos for us, as I'd love to go there as well.

[@MirandaMills]

Hope you can make it yourself before too long, Myriam! ❤️

[@sassycatz4470]

I read the Anne of Green Gables series many years ago -- although I was definitely an adult. I can't remember exactly how far I got in the series. I know I read past Anne's House of Dreams and into the books where she was raising a family. I think I stopped at the point where her children became the main focus rather than Anne, herself. I mention that because I just recently read L.M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle and really enjoyed that. I'm going to have to look into her other "non-Anne" books. As for Barbara Pym, I have a number of her books, including the two you talked about today, but the only one I've read was Quartet in Autumn, which I really loved.

[@susanfryman5156]

I always enjoy your videos and get wonderful suggestions to read.

[@amandatrask9695]

Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen.

[@maureendeming]

Ooo, Bath! Your trip to Bath during the Christmas season was the first video of yours I watched when I found your channel over the summer ❤️ this feels like a lovely full circle moment!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you, Maureen! ❤️

[@AnneBarlow]

Love your book recommendations. Thank you.

[@ElfGoblin]

I must admit, every book that i've read that you have recommended i've very much enjoyed. I finished Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer last month and I really liked it. Not exactly an adult book, more of a book for a teenage girl , but interesting nonetheless. I shall go forth and read I Capture The Castle asap after i've finished John Cowper Powys' After My Fashion which is, as usual for him, a minor classic.

[@sarahculley4646]

Anne of Ingleside is my next one. I really loved Anne's House of Dreams aswell. I've loved everyone so far. They make me happy.😀

[@vickycroft9146]

I know you usually mention persephone books and I just wanted to say I've become a huge fan and have recently joined their mailing list. I have received my persephone biannual and my free book mark and catalogue is on the way 😊

[@elizabethdabor2359]

Enjoy your time in Bath, have a wonderful time! 🥰🇨🇦

[@rosemarysykes6178]

Oh, my goodness, I know that picture of STW and it's totally innocent. Looking forward to Harriet Baker's book. Thanks for another great bookish chat.

[@julierogers1155]

Thank you for your enjoyable post. I just finished reading 'The Nightingale' by Kristin Hannah. Once I was about 100 pages in, I just wanted to keep reading ... especially in the last 100 pages. Bloody hell, KZbin is RIDICULOUS about the book cover art of 'Rural Hours'!

[@karenspence3434]

I have just finished listening to one two buckle my shoe. Like you love listening to Agatha Christie.

[@natalied3279]

thank you

[@jode378]

Looking forward to a video about Bath!

[@justysiakowa]

The Hair looks gorgeous ❤

[@maries3000]

Enjoy your stay in Bath, Miranda.

[@isabel4957]

Your haitstyle suits you so well!

[@angelinegeary298]

Like the sound of Barbara Pam not read any what is best to start with x

[@suzannegagne8692]

Wow looking really lovely Miranda. Love that top…hair really stunning…new look?

[@LisaofHopewell]

Barbara Pym!

[@mimishimaineko1173]

Do you feel that the Yorkshire countryside has given your creativity a boost (as opposed to being in London), or is it a different type of "productivity"?🧡

[@mentinfusion]

Ah, Anne of Green Gables series really has some ups and downs for me, I do really enjoy the first three books in the series, but the others are just ok for me, mainly because Anne isn't the main character anymore and I wish she would have had a bit more of a different trajectory in life.

[@jug3435]

So glad to see you but I hope all is well with you and mum, Donna.

[@MirandaMills]

Yes, indeed! After a wonderful time in Bath, we are heading home today! ❤️

[@hope-joy-peace]

Miranda you look lovely today.

[@thomasceneri867]

There are Soooo many images that are allowed on KZbin that are borderline explicit, if not explicit, and they're allowed! How silly, and how annoying for you!

[@Bearcub599]

Enjoy your visit to Bath🩷🧡❤

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you! We’ve had a wonderful time! ❤️

[@jug3435]

Thanks

[@MirandaMills]

Thanks so much for your kind support and words which is very much appreciated ❤️📚💐🙏 xx

[@lindakirisits370]

Thanks!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much, Linda, for your generosity! Your kindness is very much appreciated! ❤️📚💐🙏❤️ xx

[@niceademers4574]

Thanks!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you so much for your kind support, Nicea! I appreciate it so much! ❤️📚💐🙏 xxx

[@myriammourani3145]

Thanks!

[@MirandaMills]

Thank you, Myriam, for your much appreciated and kind support! ❤️📚💐🙏 xxx