Tag Tuesday: Holmes is where the heart is

[@betsymaher9489]

Hi there. I don't know whether I mentioned these before but I just wanted to tell you my 2 favorite books I read in 2023: A Little Life by Hanna Yanagihara and The Dollmaker by Harriet Arnow.

[@janetsmith8566]

Michael kitchen makes me snack my lips. 💕💕💕I love him playing the oboe!

[@LunabirdBookclub]

The Enchanted April is such a charming book. I really do want to see the movie one day. The cast looks amazing

[@alicenwonderreadsbooks]

I LOVE the movie Enchanted April. I always loved the beginning, in the rain in London. So good. 84 Charing Cross Road is another favorite. The love of books just radiates from the film.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Is t it wonderful? I love everything about these movies.

[@betsymaher9489]

Hi Gina. I'm enjoying Miss Read's Thrush Green. I just wanted to give you a few more recommendations: Anya, by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer and Sophie's Choice by William Styron; also the movie "A Light in the Piazza" with Yvette Mimiuex and Olivia Dehavilland. 📖

[@arlievaughn]

I’m reading another fabulous historical mystery - The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman - so good!

[@michellehyland3675]

That book is brilliant. I loved it.

[@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn]

Great choices for the tag, Gina! Thanks so much for mentioning the Holmes is where the Heart is event! We're getting a lot of good feedback for it. Take care, Gina!

[@booksimnotreading]

You should keep that foster cat! She is so cute! I really need to get to Katie’s book. Loved your answers! 💛

[@CorinneHSmith]

Okay, I finally watched "Enchanted April," since you return to it often. As an independent person, I was kinda hoping for a different ending ... so this story was "interesting." Nevertheless, thanks for the recommendation! Have you seen "Book Club" and "Book Club: The Next Chapter"? Both feature the quartet of Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, and Mary Steenburgen. The sequel reminds me of "Enchanted April," in that they go off to Europe with one purpose and end up with another.

[@punitavisvanathan]

Such a great bunch of books👍. I have read some of them but I have only read one Mrs Polifax, really enjoyed it, must get more of the series and the Iain Pears😊.

[@Shellyish]

What a sweet tag! Love it! I have An Instance of the Fingerpost and I really ought to pick it up. 😊

[@betsymaher9489]

I can't get enough of your videos and Kelly from Books I'm Not Reading's videos. So nice that you two are friends. (I think I usually like what you two like too.)

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Awwww thanks so mix that is so sweet.

[@betsymaher9489]

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[@eileennielsen5165]

I LOVE 84 Charring Cross Rd! It is one of my first "real" books, very old. 😊 Wuthering g Heights is my 2nd all time favorite book. I collect copies of it. Unique ones. I have The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd, but haven't read it yet. I am in the hotel now, while my apt. is being remodeled. I am soooo exhausted from the past month, plus, all I am doing is sleeping...and reading. 😊😀😁😋 Thanks Gina, great as usual!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Get some rest my dear!!!! 🥰

[@amy8458]

Hi Gina, I read my first and maybe last Debbie Macomber last year. There are other sweeter romance authors I like better. I think she's to over hyped. But what do I know? As time goes on I find myself gravitating more to classics. Or books with a classic feel to them. Example, my current read The Mistletoe Kiss by Betty Neels who wrote for Mills &Boone. Amy recommended it. Which I'm reading for Sarah's Retro Romance readathon.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Hi Amy! I’ve never actually read any Debbie Macomber, but I do enjoy romance and cozy. I am gravitating more towards classics too. Mistletoe Kiss sounds good! Sarah has really good taste.

[@amy8458]

@@GinaStanyerBooks Did you mean AmyofHearthridge has really good taste? The Mistletoe Kiss is good. Nice to see domestic detail in category romance.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

@@amy8458 yes I meant Amy!

[@spreadbookjoy]

An Instance of the Fingerpost is going on my wish list! I’ve still not watched the film of The Enchanted April and I LOVED the book! Also, still haven’t watched 84 Charing Cross Road since reading the book and must get to that. I’m sure it will break my heart!

[@michellehyland3675]

Hi Gina. I agree with you 100% on the adaptation.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Aren’t they good!?

[@michellehyland3675]

@@GinaStanyerBooks They are fabulous.

[@melissahouse1296]

I know what you mean about the film adaptation of Enchanted April 💕 i would also say the Merchant Ivory version of Howards End (A.Hopkins & Vanessa Redgrave) is actually even better than the book (which is brilliant anyway) & oh my gosh Shardlake & The Instance Of The Fingerpost! i've had these on my shelves for years & must try to get to at least one in Tudortember 🤗 Beautiful little edition of 84 CCRd 💘🥰

[@AaronReadABook]

I've had that Iain Pears book for ages because I loved his book Arcadia which I recommend if you haven't read that one!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I’ve read that one and looooved it!

[@betsymaher9489]

Hi Gina. I'm sorry to bug you - just one more recommendation for you: Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck. It's a memoir.

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

You never bug me!

[@betsymaher9489]

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[@janetsmith8566]

Have you done an Agatha collection vid and show us all you got??

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I haven't done that video, thanks for the idea!

[@chericarr8015]

What is the favorite series of yours that you pointed to on your shelf? I adore vintage books and they caught my eye...then you pointed to them and said they were your favorite set...now my curiosity is peaked!! (New subscriber)

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Hi! It’s the Thrush Green series by Miss Read. Super cozy books set in an English village. I just love them to bits.

[@chericarr8015]

@@GinaStanyerBooks oh! Miss Read!! I always see books of it and want to read it. I have got to one of these days!!

[@betsymaher9489]

2 more favorite books: Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Have you read them and, if so, did you like them?

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I haven’t read Rebecca (but I own it and I’ve seen a zillion movie adaptations). I have read The Joy Luck Club and loved it!

[@betsymaher9489]

I love the book Rebecca. I think the movie with Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier is very good but the book is better if you haven't seen the movie first. It's a book I could really get lost in. I've read it several times. Thanks for your response. P.S. I love getting books in the mail too. It's a bit addictive but I love it.💙@@GinaStanyerBooks

[@michellehyland3675]

Wuthering Heights.😫