Tag Tuesday | The April Showers Book Tag | my most despised book😤😨

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I would definitely leave Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy in the rain. Lol

[@chezgopherchezgopher7130]

My first Thomas Hardy. More fool me!

[@woldenburnreads]

I haven't read that one, but I've heard that Thomas Hardy can definitely be a less "happy" author! So good to know to avoid that one! 😁

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

@@woldenburnreads yeah he's definitely not a happy author but I have liked one book (so far) from him. I don't mind depressing books...I gravitate toward them actually, but I hated every. Single. thing. About Jude. Lol

[@novelideea]

LMA is always magical for me, there is a sense of nostalgia and the enchantment of childhood in most of her stories. Love the strong moral character and family bonds too🤗

[@woldenburnreads]

Yes! That perfectly describes her books! And it's exactly why I love them so much 🥰

[@novelideea]

Gone Away! Nobody talks about Enright’s GAL! I loved it too 🥰

[@novelideea]

I just reread Woman in White. Agreed 🥰 I enjoyed it so much. I had forgotten most of it!

[@lindsaybolton7174]

Loved this video, especially your rant! I haven’t read that but sounds terrible. And I also loved that cooking scene in Little Men, makes the Easy Bake Oven pale in comparison!

[@woldenburnreads]

Thank you Lindsay! 💕 I am definitely a little biased since my background at the time made it hit on such a personal level.... But I'm pretty sure I would have hated it regardless! It was such a cozy chapter! I was more than a little jealous of Daisy 😅

[@novelideea]

I adore the Harvester too❣️

[@novelideea]

My “out in the rain” book would be Dr Zhivago !

[@woldenburnreads]

Ooh! I haven't read that one, but I'm pretty sure I've heard about some of the plot and have not been remotely interested in reading it. 🤭

[@jensreadinglife]

Love all your answers to the tag! We have such similar reading tastes and I’ve now added the books you mentioned to my TBR that I hadn’t already read! And I loved your rant about Me Before You…even though I enjoyed the book, I completely understand your viewpoint. Great video! 😊

[@woldenburnreads]

Thank you, Jen!! I think I add new books to my TBR every time I watch one of your videos 🤭 And I'm glad you enjoyed my rant! There are so few books that I'll read all the way through and end up disliking, Me Before You might be the only one. But I definitely don't think I would have had such strong feelings about it if it hadn't felt much too close to home. Probably still would have disliked it though because I just love a good, happy ending! 😁

[@jensreadinglife]

@@woldenburnreads I'm really glad you ranted about the book because I don't think I would have thought about it in the way you approached it but it's definitely given me something to reflect on. I read the book when it first came out so I bet if I reread it, I'd feel differently about it.

[@insearchofwonder]

You can tag me any time! I love your answers. I've not read Me Before You but I agree from everything I've heard about it, it doesn't deserve to survive. 😂

[@woldenburnreads]

Thank you, Anne!! ❤️ I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. I'll definitely keep you in mind for future tags!! 😁

[@jeterhome2354]

I came over to your channel at a recommendation from Jen at Jen's Reading Life because she said you felt the same as I do about Me Before You. And she was right! I was nodding along to not only your opinion on that one, but also your opinion on so many of the other books you mentioned! Looking forward to watching more of your videos! 😊

[@woldenburnreads]

I'm so glad you're here!! 🥰 It is definitely the book I have the strongest feelings about. 🤭 Thank you so much for watching!!

[@sarahp.5673]

Emily, this was such a fun video! I really enjoyed "The Harvester", and loved the descriptions of the house David built for his future wife. Plus all of the flowers! It sounded heavenly. "The Woman in White" is such an excellent book! Have you read "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins? My husband and I both read "The Moonstone" at the same time and had our own mini book club. It was a fantastic mystery! "An Old-Fashioned Girl" was my absolute favorite book when I was an early teen. I always related to Polly being an old-fashioned girl too. I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to the audio version of "Gone Away Lake" and "Return to Gone Away Lake". That is one of my daughters favorite series. She listens to the audio books over and over all summer long, for the past couple of years! We read "Thimble Summer" by Elizabeth Enright together and really loved that story too. Currently my daughter and I reading "Under the Lilacs" by Louisa May Alcott. It is a really sweet story. Another Alcott favorite is "Eight Cousins" and "Rose in Bloom". Have you read those two books?

[@woldenburnreads]

The Harvester is probably my top favorite Gene Stratton Porter. I loved the house descriptions too!! I haven't read The Moonstone yet! I've been meaning to because I loved The Woman in White so much. My husband wasn't planning to read TWiW any time soon so I was able to tell him the entire plot and talk all about it with him which was so much fun! I didn't find out about An Old-Fashioned Girl until I was in my later teens, but it was definitely an immediate favorite. I didn't realize there were audiobook versions of the Gone Away Lake books!! I loved the books so much, especially in the second one where they start restoring the old house. 😍 It was just brilliant. I read Thimble Summer when I was younger so I don't remember much about it, but I remember thoroughly enjoying it too. I LOVE Eight Cousins!! It's such a sweet, fun, wholesome book! I definitely enjoyed it more than Rose in Bloom, but both books are really good. I actually haven't read Under the Lilacs yet though! I really should because so far I've loved every Alcott book I have read except for The Long and Fatal Love Chase (I think that's the correct title) which was just odd and I don't remember it having a very happy ending. It was a very different style of book from the rest of hers that I've read.

[@karenbrouard697]

Oh loved you talking about two of my favourite books Woman in White and Little men Lovely podcast

[@woldenburnreads]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. ❤️

[@chezgopherchezgopher7130]

Oh my LORD! I didn't know "Me Before You" was a book (first) when I watched film. Both the film and the book should only be ever used as fire-starters or to line birdcages. 😠 I will spare you my rant on the war on the dignity of the human person and just tell you I couldn't agree with you more! But I did want Polly in "An Old-Fashioned Girl" to marry Mr Sydney -instead of feckless Tom. :)

[@woldenburnreads]

Yes!! And I spent hours reading it only for THAT ending!!!! I was just appalled. 😱 Polly and Mr. Sydney would have been such a lovely couple!! I would have been rooting for them more if I hadn't wanted Fanny to be happy too. 😁

[@forevermoordiary3008]

I adore Gene Stratton Porter!!!!🥰

[@woldenburnreads]

Yes! She is an all time favorite of mine!! ❤️

[@eileennielsen5165]

I wrote some titles down that you recommended. Sense And Sensibility is my favorite Jane Austen also!😊

[@woldenburnreads]

It's just such a fantastic story! I do love P&P, but I think it has massively overshadowed the rest of the Austen novels and sometimes I wish it wasn't considered THE Jane Austen book since the rest of her novels are fantastic too!

[@MsTimmy1987]

Thank you for another great video! I love Miss Silver too! ❤️🌈📚

[@woldenburnreads]

She is a firm favorite of mine. I've read most of the books in the series at least twice!

[@MsTimmy1987]

@@woldenburnreads I’m working my way through for the first time and LOVING them! Also, I found your channel recently and I just wanted to say thank you for such brilliant videos! ❤️🌈📚

[@amyofhearthridge]

I looove Miss Silver and Miss Alice! ♥️I want to try Ngaio Marsh!!!! My Cousin Rachel is the last book I read that I hated. 😂

[@woldenburnreads]

I highly recommend Ngaio Marsh! I have absolutely loved her Inspector Alleyn series. 😍 I haven't read My Cousin Rachel, but I've been wanting to read more of Daphne de Maurier books. Have you read any of her other novels and enjoyed them? I've been trying to decide which one to tackle. 😊

[@amyofhearthridge]

@@woldenburnreads I put this first in the Marsh series on hold. Thank you! Rebecca is very atmospheric. The plot was just ok for me. 😄♥️

[@nathaliapanesi3474]

Do you watch Kate Howe? I think you two have similar tastes

[@woldenburnreads]

I don't! I'll have to look her up. Thank you for the suggestion!! 💕

[@jensreadinglife]

@@woldenburnreads oh, you will absolutely love Kate! She's one of the main reasons I started my channel. She's taking a hiatus now but she has tons of videos to keep you busy watching for quite awhile!

[@believeinyourshelf]

I would gladly use The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier as an umbrella. Good riddance to that book. 😂

[@woldenburnreads]

I haven't read any of her books other than Rebecca which I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm trying to decide which of her books to try next, but maybe not that one! 😅