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VLOGMAS 2024 - Winter Books to Curl Up & Get Cozy! Seasonal Reading Recommendations

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Jen's Reading Life

Jen's Reading Life

Күн бұрын

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@insearchofwonder
@insearchofwonder 7 күн бұрын
Small Things Like These.... loved that one!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 7 күн бұрын
Such a wonderful book! One of my favorites. 😊
@jeannettesmith501
@jeannettesmith501 2 күн бұрын
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah is my favorite next to WINTER SOLSTICE ! A must read for winter. Thanks for sharing so many good reads.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 2 күн бұрын
You are welcome! I haven’t read that Kristin Hannah but I’ll have to check it out. 😊
@miriamelizabethreads
@miriamelizabethreads 8 күн бұрын
Great recommendations, thanks for sharing!!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 7 күн бұрын
You’re welcome! I loved your winter book recommendations as well!
@sherrystengel9673
@sherrystengel9673 12 күн бұрын
I am currently reading Winter Solstice and really enjoying it! Love this video!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
Thank you! And Winter Solstice is just the best. 😊🎄
@MicheleBlumberg-u6n
@MicheleBlumberg-u6n 12 күн бұрын
Winter Solstice is one of those books I wish I could read again as if it was the first time. I have ordered the Marcia Willet book- and Happy Holidays to you and your family- thanks for the great recommendations.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
I hope you enjoy Marcia Willett! I agree about wishing to be able to read Winter Solstice again for the first time…though rereading it is even more lovely! Happy holidays to you as well, Michele! 😊🎄
@TarmoAlholinna
@TarmoAlholinna 11 күн бұрын
I love Maeve Binchy, next to Rosamunde Pilcher.. Marcia Willett is also a favorite of mine!! ❤ I will have to reread some of her books. ❤ Eileen
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 10 күн бұрын
All three of them are wonderful writers!
@aned246
@aned246 11 күн бұрын
New to your channel. Love your recommendations. Will definitely try to read these.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
Welcome! And thank you so much. I hope you enjoy these when you get to them. 😊
@mandyc1280
@mandyc1280 11 күн бұрын
Goodness my list of reads is ever growing. I'm reading The Last Christmas in Paris at your recommendation and I'm loving it.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
I'm so glad! I am going to start my reread of it this weekend!
@JessieTBRoverflowing
@JessieTBRoverflowing 12 күн бұрын
Looking forward to reading persuasion and Winter Solstice in January. 😁 Last year one of my first January reads was Frozen River, and what a fantastic start to the year that was!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
Your January reading is going to be wonderful! And I’ve heard such good things about Frozen River…I need to request it from the library!
@MarthaBlevins-fo4cm
@MarthaBlevins-fo4cm 12 күн бұрын
Thank you for the wonderful suggestions! I'll have to come back to this video after we read Persuasion :). One that stands out to me right now that I would love to read this winter is Winter Solstice.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
I’m so glad you enjoyed this! Winter Solstice is wonderful. I hope you are able to get to it this winter. 😊
@lindarose2327
@lindarose2327 11 күн бұрын
Thanks for those great ideas. Mine to you for the winter is Laura Child’s (l love her Tea shop mysteries) “Twisted Tea Christmas”
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
Thank you for the recommendation! I will check that one out. Does the series need to be read in order or can I read this one as a standalone?
@lindarose2327
@lindarose2327 11 күн бұрын
@ l don’t think that is necessary. Each Tea Shop Mystery seems to stand alone. I haven’t done it in order.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 10 күн бұрын
@@lindarose2327sounds good. Thanks!
@judykovach6912
@judykovach6912 12 күн бұрын
Always soo informative!😍
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed this!
@susanmay4215
@susanmay4215 11 күн бұрын
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher is an absolute favorite, I'm rereading it now! And I thoroughly enjoyed A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy when I first read it a few years ago A funny thing, I purchased A Week in Winter by Marcia Willet when I was in the States this September. I'm really looking forward to reading it, hopefully in January. Another great video, Jen. Thanks!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
Thanks Susan! How funny that you picked up the Marcia Willett book! I hope you enjoy it. 😊
@michaelmccarty
@michaelmccarty 12 күн бұрын
Great recommendations, thanks! I'll finish my annual reread of Winter Solstice tomorrow :-). Have you heard the audiobook read by Jilly Bond? So good...
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
I actually have listened to part of the audiobook because my mom was reading it while we were on a car trip together. I think for my next reread, I will listen to it!
@eileennielsen5165
@eileennielsen5165 13 күн бұрын
Reading Winter Solstice right now! Re-read🤗
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
Always a good choice for this time of year! ❤️🎄
@allisonryder4781
@allisonryder4781 12 күн бұрын
Me too!!!!!❤
@katejones5396
@katejones5396 12 күн бұрын
Great selection! Winter Solstice and A Week in Winter (Maeve Binchy) are two of my favourites. I need to try something by Laurie Colwin, what's a good one to start with? This winter I've been in the mood for something a little spooky though... I've been cozying up with The Toll House by Carly Reagon and it's perfect.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
Spooky can be very satisfying this time of year! For Laurie Colwin, I recommend starting with either Happy All the Time if you want a novel or else Home Cooking if you are in the mood for nonfiction.
@RosemaryG65
@RosemaryG65 12 күн бұрын
I loved A Place to Hang the Moon. I’m adding the Claire Keegan book to my TBR.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
Both of those are wonderful! I hope you enjoy Claire Keegan. 😊
@starlasell5698
@starlasell5698 13 күн бұрын
❄️📚❄️📚 A Place to Hang the Moon was a beautiful read. I also enjoyed Small Things Like These. 😊 I'm reading Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher for the first time. I'm halfway through and loving it. I see more of this author's work in my future!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 13 күн бұрын
I’m so glad you are loving Winter Solstice! I would recommend Coming Home or The Shell Seekers for your next Rosamunde Pilcher. 😊
@starlasell5698
@starlasell5698 13 күн бұрын
@jensreadinglife Thank you!! I thrifted The Shell Seekers and Snow in April at the same time. I'm really looking forward to them. I'll watch for your other suggestion. Thank you!
@barbaralin3053
@barbaralin3053 12 күн бұрын
Maeve Binchy is my favorite and i am reading from her first book to Circle of Friends this year.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
She's wonderful! And what a lovely reading project. I may have to do the same one of these years. I love Circle of Friends - such a fantastic book!
@ACanuckinAlabama
@ACanuckinAlabama 12 күн бұрын
Except for Christmas, I don't think I can call myself a seasonal reader. But I do have Winter Solstice on my shelf and getting it started in January or February might be a great idea!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
That sounds like the perfect time to read it! Though you can’t go wrong with Rosamunde Pilcher anytime of year! 😊
@Readingindarknesss
@Readingindarknesss 12 күн бұрын
I found a Jane Austen podcast called pod and prejudice so I’m gonna be reading along with it throughout the year. I go in order of episodes so not sure what order they read the books in.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
That sounds like a wonderful way to read Austen. Enjoy!
@allisonryder4781
@allisonryder4781 12 күн бұрын
I used to have Rosamunde Pilcher books on my shelves in my mid teens but I let them go! Now, I’m finding them again at second hand book shops! I have just started Winter Solstice this week, so it’s perfect! I don’t honk I ever did read that one back then!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
I’m so glad you are enjoying Winter Solstice. Rosamunde Pilcher is just the best! 🥰
@miekeligtenberg6858
@miekeligtenberg6858 12 күн бұрын
I just finished Winter Solstice yesterday and loved it! I tryed to read her books in Dutch translation, at a time I didn't read books in English yet and didn't like them...but love to read it in English, the conversation do make so much more sense. Might also be a age thing ...And I just was gifted Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie, a really lovely hardback by HarperCollens Publishers, so I will read that next. I noticed A Place to Hang the Moon as a free audiobook after you talked about it in another video, a really nice story indeed!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
I’m so glad you loved Winter Solstice! That’s interesting that the translation made it hard to read. I’m glad you have had a chance to read her books in English. Enjoy Midwinter Murder! Those hardback editions are beautiful. ❤️
@eileennielsen5165
@eileennielsen5165 12 күн бұрын
After listening to you this morn; I had to go out to get a RX. Stopped by library and took out Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery. HA!!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
Wonderful! It’s a great wintery mystery!
@janetsmith8566
@janetsmith8566 12 күн бұрын
Enjoy and bundle up 😁
@BernasBookishAdventures
@BernasBookishAdventures 3 күн бұрын
Have you read the Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie? Although it is not seasonal, it has the best heroine in her stand alone novels. Great recommendations 🤗
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 3 күн бұрын
Yes! I love that one and have read it twice! Anne Beddingford is a fantastic plucky young heroine! I also adore They Came to Baghdad which is one of my very favorite of Christie’s mysteries.
@BernasBookishAdventures
@BernasBookishAdventures 3 күн бұрын
@ I also like They Came to Baghdad a lot, it is an exciting one and it gives lots of clues about Christie’s own life 😉
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife Күн бұрын
@@BernasBookishAdventures so true! I enjoy all of her books set in the Middle East. You can really get a feel for her love of that part of the world.
@elizabethbrink3761
@elizabethbrink3761 12 күн бұрын
Lovely video, Jen! I really want to get to Marcia Willett in 2025! For some reason I love reading WWII era fiction in January. I have no idea why. 😂 I can't wait for Jane-uary!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
I think you will really enjoy Marcia Willett! I’m curious to know what WWII books you have planned for this coming January. 😊
@elizabethbrink3761
@elizabethbrink3761 12 күн бұрын
@@jensreadinglife I've really been enjoying a WWII mystery by Julia Kelly called Betrayal at Blackthorn Hall, so I think I want to read some more of Julia Kelly's back catalogue!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 10 күн бұрын
@@elizabethbrink3761I haven’t read anything by her. I will have to check her out. Though I should probably focus on all the historical fiction books I already have on my shelves first! 😂
@elizabethbrink3761
@elizabethbrink3761 8 күн бұрын
@@jensreadinglife Haha, right?
@BorderCollieInALibrary
@BorderCollieInALibrary 12 күн бұрын
Maeve Binchy is amazing!! Too bad so few people on BookTube talk about her. Winter for me is mostly about reading Victorian classics. Thank you for the lovely recommendations!
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
You are welcome! And I agree about Maeve Binchy! I have read a number of her books but want to read them all! Victorian classics in the winter sounds lovely. What are you planning to read this winter?
@BorderCollieInALibrary
@BorderCollieInALibrary 10 күн бұрын
The Belton Estate, Daniel Deronda, and Bleak House. Maybe also Stevenson's Edinburgh. I'm also reading Orley Farm with Kate Howe's Patreon group in January. Can't wait for that one.
@katnissfire5605
@katnissfire5605 12 күн бұрын
Currently reading A Christmas Promise. Recently finished reading A Week in Winter by Marcia Willett. As of this time in my winter mood read pile A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy, High Rising by Angela Thirkell and (just bought!) A Place to Hang the Moon. Oh and adding to my TBR 📚 The Long Shadow. 🙂
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 12 күн бұрын
You have some wonderful festive and wintery reads ahead of you! I can’t wait to hear what you think of them. 😊
@katnissfire5605
@katnissfire5605 12 күн бұрын
Indeed Jen. I feel this winter I have been more at ease with my reading. That it is okay to have different piles of books ready to be discovered when I am ready.
@Readingindarknesss
@Readingindarknesss 12 күн бұрын
A week in winter was Maeve binchy’s last book before she died. I’ve read other books by her and loved them but you have to read them in certain order because of recurring characters.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 11 күн бұрын
That is true that you need to read some of them in a specific order! I need to go on a Maeve Binchy deep dive and figure out which of her books I still need to read and in what order!
@ccbarr58
@ccbarr58 3 күн бұрын
Mysteries....snore. ok, I have to start one to get into it.
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 3 күн бұрын
Mysteries aren’t for everyone! You should read what you enjoy!
@MJ-in-Canada
@MJ-in-Canada 13 күн бұрын
What's wrong with me that I've never read a Laurie Colwin book?🩺
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 13 күн бұрын
Nothing at all! I could say that about so many authors. Maybe I need to do a Laurie Colwin Readalong later this year! 😉
@katarinasvensson9801
@katarinasvensson9801 12 күн бұрын
​@@jensreadinglifepleas do I have only read one in Swedish about polly and her excentric family I love this book
@jensreadinglife
@jensreadinglife 10 күн бұрын
@@katarinasvensson9801that’s a great one! I think I’ll have to do a Readalong in the fall. That’s always a good time to read Laurie Colwin!
@katarinasvensson9801
@katarinasvensson9801 10 күн бұрын
@@jensreadinglife must try to find more of her books
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