VLOGMAS 2024 - Cozy Chatty Bookish Catch Up || Vlogmas, Readalongs, and My Holiday Reads

It's my FINAL Vlogmas Video of 2024! This has been such a wonderful experience! Thank you to all of you for watching, liking, and commenting on all my videos this month. And thank you for helping me get to 3,000 subscribers...it seems a bit unreal still. But let us sit down, catch up for a bit, and chat about Vlogmas, my upcoming readalongs, and all the holiday books I have read this month.
VLOGMAS 2024 SCHEDULE (DEC. 1-25):
New videos on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
New shorts on Mondays and Wednesdays.
PEOPLE/VIDEOS MENTIONED:
Chantel Klassen ‪@ChantelKlassen‬
My Bookish Chat with Melissa - • VLOGMAS 2024 - A Booki...
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BOOKS MENTIONED:
Persuasion by Jane Austen - amzn.to/4grs36E
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley - amzn.to/3Dw14bl
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower - amzn.to/3P8nGkK
A Holiday By Gaslight by Mimi Matthews - amzn.to/3BLvPIS
The Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston (the gorgeous 70th anniversary edition) - amzn.to/4iTpXhh
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - amzn.to/4gQSqm2
Murder at Christmas - amzn.to/49QKyic
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas - amzn.to/3VRqkPu
Christmas at the Grange by T.E. Kinsey - amzn.to/427rjPR
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[@debbiew7496]

Jen, I appreciate all the extra work you put in making vlogmas videos. I thought that yours were very well curated and felt the topics were well thought out, which I appreciated. I also enjoyed your Christmas outfits, mugs and decor. The video that stood out to me was the conversation you had with your bookish friend. Merry Christmas, and happy reading.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much, Debbie! That means a lot to me. 🥰 I’ll be having more bookish conversations this coming year!

[@katehowereads]

So lovely to be spoiled by all the Jen content this month!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Kate! Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄❤️

[@janetsmith8566]

That teapot lamp!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@jensreadinglife]

Isn’t it great? My mom gave it to me. 🫖🥰

[@amyc1752]

Thank you so much for all of the work you put into Vlogmas, Jen! Congratulations on 3K subscribers! Merry Christmas 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much, Amy! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@ADuchessInside]

Wow, over 3,000 followers in less than one year! Your posting consistency and the quality of your videos have really paid off. Congratulations, I'm so happy for you. 🥳 I've really enjoyed your Vlogmas videos. They've helped me feel Christmassy during a year in which I've struggled to be in the holiday mood. I've done quite a bit of seasonal reading this year - more than usual. The Children of Green Knowe, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Christmas: A Story by Zona Gale, and The Story of Holly and Ivy. I also listened to Hugh Grant's narration of A Christmas Carol, which was super enjoyable. I'm currently reading Noel Streatfeild's Christmas Stories. I'm feeling a strong urge to reread Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher, but with all the group and buddy reads coming up soon I'm not sure I'll have time. I never got around to Last Christmas in Paris or Small Things Like These, both of which I wanted to read this month. I guess they'll go on the 2025 holiday reading list! Have a wonderful Christmas, my friend! Looking forward to Persuasion and Emma Vol. 1 in January, and to all our other shared reading adventures in the new year. ❤🎄🎅

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much, Melissa! And thank you for being a part of my Vlogmas this year. I loved our bookish conversation and am excited for part 2 to come out. 😊 I’m so glad you got in so much holiday reading this year! I also love the Hugh Grant Christmas Carol! I’m also looking forward to all our shared reading experiences next year! Have a wonderful Christmas, my friend! 🎄❤️🎄❤️

[@delltaylor9678]

Hey, Jen …. just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful Vlogmas you brought to us this year. I enjoyed it so much, got lots of recommendations, and really appreciate the time and effort you put in to each episode. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.🎉

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so very much for your sweet words! This made my day! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas as well. 😊🎄

[@jackiecasey5165]

I'm so pleased to have found your channel and thoroughly enjoyed the content. I have added so many books to my tbr, and planning to try a "read your bookshelves " challenge, but think I will fail miserably with all your excellent recommendations AND readalongs, AND bookclub !! Keep up your excellent work. Have a Happy Christmas ❤🎉

[@jensreadinglife]

Happy Christmas to you! Thank you so much for your kind words. And the one problem with Booktube is not adding more and more books to my TBR so I completely understand! We will support each other to keep reading off our bookshelves next year! 😁

[@helencheckley7536]

Thankyou Jen for all Your beautiful content. Here in the uk we have charity shops .i picked up The Oxford Illustrated Dickens. Christmas books. Inside the book.so I’m reading that.another is Little women I read every Christmas merry Christmas Jen to you and your family. From us in the uk.❤❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much for watching! And for the holiday wishes from the UK! It’s on my bucket list to do a literary tour of the UK at some point. Wishing you a very Happy Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

Merry Christmas 🎄 I love all your content. You have an excellent balance between reviews, updates, and tags. Maybe a video about forgotten greats next year: the authors who are not talked about much on BookTube? Or where you started in your favorite literature genres/time periods? I loved your try a chapter videos, too.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! And I will add those ideas to my content idea list…love them! Merry Christmas to you too. ❤️🎄

[@pennyhouston9959]

🎄So glad I found your channel! Love your book suggestions! Merry Christmas!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄❤️

[@rhondanelson1976]

Merry Christmas Jen. I’ve enjoyed your vlogmas series! 🎄❤️

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Rhonda! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@miriamelizabethreads]

Christmas at the Grange was such a highlight of December for me!! I adored it!

[@jensreadinglife]

I love it (and the Lady Hardcastle series as a whole) so much! 🥰

[@marep17]

Jen, your Vlogmas videos were lovely treats that made this holiday even brighter. I will miss them. On to the new year we go. I finished Evergreen Christmas written under Janet Dailey's name. It was a typical romance in many ways, but I enjoyed it. Very sweet, and the four older women characters added much to its appeal for me. Happy Holidays to you.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed my Vlogmas videos. 🥰 I’ll have to check out Evergreen Christmas…I love older protagonists. Happy holidays to you as well!

[@megsreadingroom]

Merry Christmas, my friend! Thank you for a wonderful month of bookish videos! 🤍

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Meg! Merry Christmas to you too. Thank you for all of your support this year! I am so glad this bookish corner of the internet brought us together. ❤️🎄

[@marinarees3828]

Merry 🎄 Christmas 🎁. Your videos are very cozy. Very much enjoyed your Christmas decor and tea mugs.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed them. Merry Christmas! 😊🎄

[@elizabethbrink3761]

Your Vlogmas videos have been such a gift, Jen! Thank you for all your hard work behind the scenes! I love this chatty video. Mimi Matthews is a favorite of mine! I love her Belles of London series. Fair as a Star is my favorite standalone of hers. I loved reading The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin. I also finally got around to reading Dickens' other Christmas novels, and I loved The Cricket on the Hearth and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much, Elizabeth! ❤️ And thank you for all your support of my channel this year. It means so much to me. And I’ll be adding all those books to my TBR! 😁

[@nataliemarciniak4333]

I’m so glad I found your channel this year through Meg’s podcast. Thank you for the delightful Bookmas content.

[@jensreadinglife]

I’m so glad you found me too! Thank you so much for being here! Happy holidays. ❤️

[@janea4427]

I enjoy your channel so much. Thank you for your harrd work! I love vintage mysteries. Merry Christmas!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you! 🎄❤️

[@jillbellaus385]

Your content is great and so are you!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! That is so lovely of you to say. 🥰

[@katnissfire5605]

Jen, thank you for all your wonderful content. Merry Christmas 🎄🙂

[@jensreadinglife]

You are welcome! Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel this year. Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@mandyc1280]

I loved Last Christmas in Paris. Merry Christmas!!

[@jensreadinglife]

It’s such a good book! I’m enjoying me reread so very much! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@karronwhite9134]

Thanks Jen, I really appreciate you and your channel. Merry Christmas from the UK 🌲 snowman ⛄️❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much for your kind words! Merry Christmas a little late! 😊

[@alireadsbooks3597]

🎄Merry Christmas, Jen! Your taste in books is the same as mine. We’ve read so many of the same books! I hope you enjoy Leif (pronounced Layf) Enger’s book. He is my cousin. I will be joining you for Persuasion, my favorite Austen book. 🥰

[@jensreadinglife]

Wait, Leif Enger is your cousin? How wonderful! I just started his book but am loving it already. And thank you for correcting my pronunciation. Wishing you a very happy holidays! 😊

[@j.kendall]

Thanks you! I really enjoyed watching your blogs. Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed them. Merry Christmas. 😊🎄

[@MarthaBlevins-fo4cm]

Thank you for all of your wonderful vlogmas videos! I really enjoyed them and sure look forward to the January bookclub! Merry Christmas!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you Martha! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@magicalemmarose]

Jen it’s been wonderful following your Vlogmas videos and your channel this year! I love Mimi Matthews, Holiday by Gaslight is one of my favourites but my ultimate favourite is Gentleman Jim. One of those books I had to read deep into the night to finish because I just couldn’t put it down! Happy Christmas!! 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you for the Mimi Matthews recommendation. I will add that one to my TBR! Happy Christmas to you. 🎄❤️

[@JillYoung-v7p]

I joined your channel within the last month and have thoroughly enjoyed your various presentations. I was surprised with the number of videos you do in a week. I appreciate your time and effort you put in creating them. I will be reading Persuasion and hope to take part in your discussion. I have never read it. I was also intrigued with the Unselected Journals of Emma…and requested it from the library. I will also read Woods in Winter, your cozy group read. Oh boy! We’ll see how far I get, as I’m a slow, “intentional” reader. Wishing you and your family a joyful Christmas.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you Jill! I put out a lot more content during Vlogmas than usual. Normally I do two videos a week. I’m glad you’ll be joining in on the readalongs and book club for whatever amount is doable for you! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@anneupton7776]

🎄A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! And to you as well! 😊

[@teresaglasco6082]

So glad I found your channel this year!!! Really enjoyed Vlogmas! Happiest of holidays to you and yours.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much, Teresa! Happy holidays to you as well! ❤️

[@teresaglasco6082]

@jensreadinglife ty!

[@miriamelizabethreads]

Your vlogmas content was so fun and cozy, thank you for sharing all these videos and putting in the time and effort!!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thanks Miriam! It was a lot of fun! 😊❤️

[@abigailhortencia5901]

Thank you Jen❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@JacquelineCaron]

🎄Merry Christmas Jen🎄 appreciate all the time and effort put into your vlogmas videos, have enjoyed them all. Have to say ,,, next year a video of all your beautiful mugs would be a great one. thank you!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Jacqueline! And thank you for your support of my channel this year, your sweet gifts and all your kind words! I’m so glad you are here. I will definitely have to share all my mugs next year…great idea! Happy holidays! ❤️

[@LauraR00]

I'm happy that I discovered your channel this year. Merry Christmas!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄❤️

[@carollynch1277]

I have loved all your vlogs and I look forward to what you have planned for 3025

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed them. I have lots of good stuff planned for the coming year. 😊

[@gabrielaspaull6238]

I love your channel. Thank you!!! ❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank YOU, Gabriela! I appreciate all of your support. Happy New Year! 😊❤️

[@laurac56]

Merry Christmas! I don’t usually read Christmas books but this year between you and Miranda Mills, you two inspired me to do so. I read A Holiday by Gaslight, Lanterns Across the Snow, and Rumpole at Christmas. All were enjoyable but Lanterns was definitely a favorite.

[@jensreadinglife]

I need to read Lanterns Across the Snow. Miranda always has such wonderful recommendations. Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@susanmay4215]

Thanks Jen, for all your Vlogmas posts, content. It surely represents a lot of work - and we your followers appreciate it. Have a joyful Christmas.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Susan! And thank you for all your support of my channel this year. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@susanmay4215]

@@jensreadinglife 💟

[@verodunstan7864]

Thanks for all your suggestions Jen! Wish you a Merry Christmas! ❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@lindajane8962]

Merry Christmas, Jen! 🎅🤶🎄📖

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas, Linda! 🎄❤️

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Keep doing everything that you’re doing because I’m enjoying all the content, including your first Vlogmas. I’m happy because we had a big snowfall yesterday, and it’s going to snow all day today and into Christmas Day. Magical! 🌨☃Merry Christmas to you, Jen, and to all your viewers.🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much, MJ! And for all your support of my channel this year. ❤️ I would love to have a white Christmas sometime but it’s doubtful it will ever happen here in California! Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@MJ-in-Canada]

@@jensreadinglife The snow is beautiful but you might not enjoy the cold that goes along with it. There's a trade-off with everything.😄

[@nadineaugustyn130]

🎄🕎 Happy Holidays!

[@jensreadinglife]

Happy holidays to you!

[@natashachesney178]

I love the Lady Hardcastle and Flo series! I hope you have a Merry Christmas and continued holiday reading!

[@jensreadinglife]

Lady Hardcastle and Flo are the best! Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄😊

[@deborahracette9755]

I love all your videos. Wouldn't change a thing! Im always looking for new or new to me Christmas reads, and you had so many rhis year. And I enjoyed a tour of your book shelves. Im currently reading Winter Fire Christmas with GK Chesterton. Merry Christmas and I'm so excited to see what you have in store for us next year!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Deborah! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed my content. I haven’t heard of that GK Chesterton book but I’m going to look it up now! Wishing you a wonderful holiday. ❤️🎄

[@vanessaedwards-so1fi]

🎄🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you for watching! 😊

[@sallybiank5663]

🎄 Merry Christmas, Jen!

[@jensreadinglife]

Meet Christmas, Sally! 🎄❤️

[@tambooks]

I always enjoy your posts. Happy holidays! I wanted to suggest that many of us, including myself, need to lessen our expectations for what we can each manage during the holiday season. If we take on too much due to the holiday dream, we should feel no shame if we need to cut back. Enjoy your holidays!

[@jensreadinglife]

That is fantastic advice! Wishing you very happy, and calm, holidays! ❤️

[@paulamoreshead1694]

I have appreciated finding your vlog this year. I especially like book vlogs that focus on books and little else. Thank you and have a wonderful Christmas 😊

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you, Paula! I will make a note of that. Merry Christmas to you too! 😊

[@midgeh]

Thank you for Vlogmas. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too. 🎄❤️

[@RiaIndigo]

Merry Christmas to you and your family Jen 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! And to you as well! 🎄❤️

[@joyceredman2136]

I would like to read my Kindle edition of Jane Austen by Lucy Worsley for January too. Was able to request some of the books mentioned in this video from my library. Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Year!

[@jensreadinglife]

I’m so glad you are planning to read the Lucy Worsley book as well! It’s been on my shelves for so long! Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄❤️

[@MeMyDogAndBooks]

Watching this whilst I make my nut roast this morning. I’ve loved your vlogmas videos and know this will have been a lot of work! And you’ve inspired me to try and do some of this next year. I’d love to do some live videos next year but no idea how to do it so any tips please share. Thank you for being an amazing booktuber. I just posted the video you tagged me in this morning. Happy holidays my lovely friend ❤

[@jensreadinglife]

Happy holidays Johanna! I will be looking forward to some Vlogmas content from you next year. As for lives, after I do my first one, I’ll give you all my tips! 😉 And now I have to go watch your tag video! ❤️

[@allisonryder4781]

Merry Christmas, Jen🎄🇨🇦❤️

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas to you, Allison! 🎄❤️

[@paperpagespossibilities]

🎄Merry Christmas!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you! 🎄❤️

[@melissawatson9974]

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[@janetsmith8566]

Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas to you too, Janet! 🎄❤️

[@katekono]

🎄Merry Christmas

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

[@lorenevaughn9358]

Love your videos and Merry Christmas😍❤️

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! ❤️

[@ohiojen9390]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@LS-yk5zd]

🎄Merry Christmas to you!

[@jensreadinglife]

Same to you! 😊🎄

[@jillbellaus385]

Going to bookstores and buying books, going to coffee shops

[@jensreadinglife]

I will put those on the list for next year. 😊

[@MJ-in-Canada]

@@jensreadinglife And maybe a library? 😀

[@alexandramacgregor]

Thanks for all your vlogs Ty is year… really enjoy them. I’m hoping to participate in some of your readings this year. I’m just reading The Children of Green Knowe, never having read it as a child. 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

I’m so glad you enjoyed my videos! And I’m so glad you are going to try to participate in some of the readalongs. I would love to have you join for whatever you are able. And I hope you’re enjoying Green Knowe! Happy Holidays. 😊

[@carlaking3459]

🎄❤ 🎄

[@bridgetvollmer6337]

Congrats on hitting 3K!

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you so much! 😀

[@ReadBrucey]

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[@jensreadinglife]

Happy holidays! 😊

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚🎄❤️ Merry Christmas, Jen.

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas to you as well! 🎄❤️

[@starlasell5698]

@jensreadinglife Thank you!

[@lizanelson4777]

🌳 So, for the “cozy reader book club” we just read it for the month, or is there some kind of discussion? I haven’t gotten the book yet, so no rush! 😊

[@jensreadinglife]

For the CRBC we meet over Google Meet on the third Saturday of the month. If you want to be added to our mailing list you can email me. 😊

[@miriamelizabethreads]

I love Mimi Matthews! I wouldn't call her books spicy but so far most of her books have been a little on the spicier end of "non-spicy" romance if that makes sense (I know that's not for everyone). But she writes characters with depth and I adored her book The Lily of Ludgate Hill (third in the Belles of London series). I'm not a huge romance reader but love her writing!

[@jensreadinglife]

I’m ok with some spice. 😉 Thank you for the recommendation. I will add that one to my list! A few other people also recommended a couple of her books so at least I have a starting point! Does this series need to be read in order?

[@miriamelizabethreads]

@ I personally would read them in order! The main female characters are all friends and we’re introduced to them all in The Siren of Sussex. Not absolutely necessary but I think it makes sense to read them in order.

[@jensreadinglife]

@@miriamelizabethreads got it! I will do that then. 🙂

[@michelled.3849]

I honestly enjoyed them all. Not sure if that helps being that it’s a general statement, but it’s true.

[@jensreadinglife]

Thank you! That’s actually very helpful. This way I can cater similar content for next year. 😁

[@kimberlybeebe1902]

Wait I’m mixed up. I found another book club for 2025 with you. Is this a different one with the Persuasion one?

[@kimberlybeebe1902]

Also, I love your book choices. ❤

[@jensreadinglife]

I am the cohost of the Cozy Reader Book Club which is probably what you are thinking of. The other two readalongs are just events I am hosting here on my channel and on Discord. I hope that clarifies! 😊

[@kimberlybeebe1902]

@ oh, got it! I’m so excited to join your club and at least one readalong! ❤️🎄 Merry Christmas!

[@susanmccoy1992]

🎄 Merry Christmas!

[@jensreadinglife]

Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄

[@prov31able]

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[@shelliecadmes2284]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@jensreadinglife]

Same to you! 🎄😊

[@margaretgroom389]

🎄