Weekly Wrap-Up: November 23, 2024

[@constancecampbell4610]

Thank you, Pat. Loved seeing your gifts from Allen. 🎁🌈🤗

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@@constancecampbell4610 thank you, Constance! Isn’t Allen incredibly talented?

[@constancecampbell4610]

@ He certainly is. 👍

[@ollieshomecomforts]

Hiya Pat, so lovely to see you again and you look radiant as always. I do like Matt Haig, I haven't got his new book but it's on my list to Father Christmas 🎅 I always enjoy a good comfort read. You are so good at analysing and chatting so warmly about books. Enjoy the remainder of the weekend *hugs* Ollie ❤👍

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@@ollieshomecomforts thanks, Ollie. Nice to see you again. I hope you’re doing well.

[@ariannefowler455]

How special to receive those from Allen. Isn't Booktube an amazing community?!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Arianne. It sure is amazing!

[@literarylove123]

Time of the Flies sounds really interesting. Othello is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, too. I always enjoy hearing you talk about what you're reading.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks, Jen. I think you would really like Claudia Pineiro. She's an Argentinian crime writer and a very powerful voice for women's issues in Argentina. We have a group that is reading all of her works that have been translated into English so far. If you'd be interested, you are welcome to join us. No pressure, though. I hope you are doing well. Happy Thanksgiving....

[@melisabell7770]

Thanks, Pat! You are a gift to us, and such a reading inspiration! I learn tons from you! And build my TBR! 😬♥️

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@@melisabell7770 awww thank you so much for this lovely comment! 🥰

[@patriciah8579]

Original Allens are real treasures. 'Pat's Dream' is wonderful! You've got me thinking about Othello now, think I'll make it my next Shakespeare. Also, that sweater is gorgeous, love those colors! 💙

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Aww thank you, Patricia. Yes, Allen's artwork is extraordinary. I highly recommend Othello, and there are also some great productions of it to watch afterwards.

[@paperpagespossibilities]

Beautiful artwork! I love the idea of sending other BookTuber's gifts. It makes me want to see about arranging a BookTuber's Secret Santa or gift exchange for the holidays.

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@@paperpagespossibilities wouldn’t that be fun!

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Not read any of these Pat so thanks for the reviews. Best wishes from over the water!

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@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk hi Nigel. I was just thinking about you. Hope you’re doing well!

[@BernasBookishAdventures]

Matt Haig book sounds very good, I very much enjoyed your wrap up 🤗 Lovely gifts from Allen, Booktube is such a special community

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@BernasBookishAdventures Allen is very special. The Matt Haig book is terrific! You are right: this is a very special community.

[@stuartgriffin1001]

Very nice gifts. I'm glad you had a good reading week

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks, Stuart. Allen is a terrific artist.

[@BeyondBooks-wt5il]

The Matt Haig book sounds like something I would enjoy! Chekoff sounds VERY intriguing, but I agree that now is not the time to explore that darkness. I need to stay in the light. Your paintings from Allen are amazing! What a talented guy! You will have to show us how they look framed! Take care, Pat! Happy Reading!

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@@BeyondBooks-wt5il Matt Haig is wonderful. I think you would definitely like this new book. I will indeed show Allen’s pictures when I get them framed. Hope you’re having a great trip!

[@BeyondBooks-wt5il]

@BookChatWithPat8668 So far, so good!

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@ wonderful!

[@Adventures_in_Literature]

Great reading week Pat. Thank you for sharing.

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@@Adventures_in_Literature thank you for watching!

[@TedReadInstead]

You've done a lot of reading, Pat! Thanks for the video. :)

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thanks for watching and for commenting!

[@kevintowle9665]

It’s my bday today and my good friend Pat has a video! Such a great day!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@kevintowle9665 oh my goodness!! Happy, Happy Birthday, my friend! Wishing you all that is good in the year to come! 🥰

[@LibroParadiso-ep4zt]

"Pat's Dream" is excellent! Wonderful gifts, Pat:)

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Allen is a real treasure!

[@WildHeartsandWildflowers]

I enjoyed this reading wrap-up, Pat. You have such a relaxing style. I love Matt Haig and Billy Collins, and now both of those books are calling my name. 😊 Thanks for sharing!

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@@WildHeartsandWildflowers aww thank you so much! 🥰

[@helenclare3250]

Really lovely to receive such special pictures, just for you. I'm glad you've had a good week. I'm very slumpy, which is unusual for me. Hoping it will pass. I've just picked up The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada, I'm hoping it does the trick. I hope you have a good upcoming week.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Helen. I'm sorry you've been in a slump. I completely understand. I'm on again/off again myself. The Bookshop Woman sounds good. I hope that does the trick. The pictures from Allen are real treasures.

[@joshuacreboreads]

I loved hearing you talk about Othello. We just read it in one of my classes. Iago is such a memorable villain. The ambiguity around his motivations is so intriguing! Thanks for update, Pat.

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@@joshuacreboreads thanks, Josh. I’ve been thinking about you. Hope you’re doing well.

[@MyMessyBookshelf]

Hi Pat! I’ve been wanting to read some of Matt Haig’s work so I am glad to hear you’re enjoying that one. Also, what a lovely package to receive. The paintings were very vibrant. Hope you’re having an amazing Thanksgiving holiday!

[@vickicoleman2474]

What an amazing gift from your friend, Allen! I thoroughly enjoyed your wrap up.❤️

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@@vickicoleman2474 thank you, Vicki! Allen is a real sweetheart and such a talented artist!

[@majelthesurreal5723]

I mentioned before that I had started reading Amanda Cross thx to your recommendation and am enjoying them. I also recommended her to my cousin who loves mysteries and she emailed me yesterday a grouchy TY for recommending Cross. HAHA. She can't stop reading them. So TY from both of us! Loved the art from Allen. Esp Pat's House. What a fun surprise in the mail.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Oh I’m so glad you’re both enjoying Amanda Cross! Thanks for letting me know! Yes, Allen’s artwork is wonderful! 🥰

[@RaynorReadsStuff]

What a great week you’ve had 😊. Fabulous wrap up. I can see why you are probably not in the right frame of mind for Chekhov at the moment. I love Othello. Like you, it’s one of my favourite Shakespeare plays. Iago is a fabulous villain. Allen is a star, and so talented 😊Great video Pat

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@@RaynorReadsStuff thank you, dear Debs! I hope you’re doing well. I’m so envious of your snow this week!

[@Nina_DP]

Hiya, Pat. While I haven't been commenting, I have been watching. Seeing your videos pop up always brings a smile.

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@@Nina_DP hi Nina. Thanks! I hope you’re doing well.

[@ellenmadebookclub]

I don’t know if I’m ever in a frame of mind for Russian existentialism 😂 Love “Pat’s House”, looks really good! The Faulkner one was great as well, made me want to paint something 😊 What a precious gift! Good seeing you 😊

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@@ellenmadebookclub I was just thinking about you! How are you?

[@ellenmadebookclub]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I'm good, thank you for thinking of me! 🥰 I've been meaning to respond to you, I'm just a scatterbrain. Planning all of the end of year booktube things at the moment, and having fun with that! How are you? You look well!

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@ellenmadebookclub I’m doing well. Thanks.

[@JamesRuchala]

Thanks for your thoughts on AC. I read "Gooseberries" yesterday and it is not the dark journey that these other works have been at all.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@JamesRuchala don’t get me wrong, James. I appreciate Chekhov. I just need something not quite so dark right now. Glad to hear “Gooseberries” is lighter. I’ll get to it in a day or so.

[@readandre-read]

I'm so much enjoying the Piñeiro novels. And Othello! What a "portrait of villainy" indeed. Iago plays everyone. I would like to read that Billy Collins' collection. The art gifts from Allen are wonderful. Great wrap up!

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@@readandre-read thank you, my friend! Allen is so talented!

[@GenreBooks23]

I never got beyond past the plays with Chekhov. The names were just too confusing, and to my teenage brain it seemed to be just people “staring out of windows, whining about ducks going to Moscow”. I’ll have to give him another go…

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@GenreBooks23 funny! The names are a challenge, for sure. With the plays, I had to keep turning back to the beginning to remind myself who was who. It did help to watch film productions afterwards. Ward No. 6, though, almost did me in. Too dark for right now for me.

[@booksoffthebeatenpath]

I wish I could read as much as you do. I’m a one book girl and a slow reader at that! You have a wonderful gift ❤

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@booksoffthebeatenpath I kind of have to read multiples at once for all the different events I want to take part in. So long as they are sufficiently different, I’m usually okay. I think I’m able to do this because, as a teacher, I was always teaching three or four different books at a time for the three or four different courses I taught simultaneously. Allen’s artwork is wonderful, isn’t it?

[@Ali-AvidReader]

You’ve done a lot of reading Pat. I’m looking forward to reading the new Matt Haig.

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@@Ali-AvidReader hi Ali! The new Matt Haig is terrific!

[@Travsbookshelf]

Wonderful video, Miss Pat! The Matt Haig book sounds incredible. I will be reading “The Midnight Library” in December as I feel the premise has a tad of an “It’s a Wonderful Life” tone to it, which I feel would be fitting for the aesthetic of the holiday season. I loved “The Humans” when I read that last year so I’m looking forward to reading more of Haig’s literature.

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@@Travsbookshelf thank you! I’m really enjoying Matt Haig! I liked The Midnight Library very much also.

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

Gosh I really ought to squeeze jn a Chekhov play or short story before the end of the month. In October I watched a stunning version of Uncle Vanya on National Theatre at Home. Time of the Flies first though.

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@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 hi Ros. I loved the Chekhov plays we read, and I loved the film productions I watched especially. But Ward No. 6 was just unrelentingly grim. We’re reading a couple of short stories in this last week of November. Maybe they’ll be a bit more hopeful. Hope you’re doing well!

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

@BookChatWithPat8668 he is always miserable but not always unrelentingly so. I'll avoid that one!

[@marciajohansson769]

Hi Pat, how the heck are ya! I have had Matt Haig's novel The Midnight Library on my shelf for awhile. I am seeing it EVERYWHERE lately! I think I am getting the message that I need to pick it us soon! I hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you are doing well. My best to you!

[@JessBookgirlTV]

Did you read 'The Midnight Library,' by Matt Haig? That book sent a very powerful message. The paintings that Allen from Big Hard Books And Classics are beautiful.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@JessBookgirlTV hi Jess! Yes, I did read Midnight Library, and I agree-very powerful. Allen’s paintings are real treasures.

[@EveningReader]

Oh yes, the Russians would be tough right now. Those paintings are wonderful!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@EveningReader yes! Just too dark for me for right now! Allen’s paintings are real treasures! Hope you’re doing well.

[@BookishTexan]

Russian names are my kryptonite! There’s not a lot of cheer in the average piece of Russian literature is there? Allen is Avery talented person.

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@@BookishTexan I don’t remember struggling so with the names when I read Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in college and graduate school. But I’ve really struggled this time around with the names in Chekhov. I can’t keep straight who’s who. And no, there is nothing cheerful or hopeful in anything that I’ve read so far for “Chek-hovember”! Allen’s gifts are real treasures.

[@books_and_bocadillos]

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[@books_and_bocadillos]

Sending love and also, lovely sweater...I sure wish it was sweater weather where I live. 😅

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

⁠Thank you! It has just gotten chilly about two days ago. It was still in the 70’s earlier in the week! 😳 Sending love to you too!