Winter Shelves/ Tags To Join/A New Bookcase/A Haul & A Reading Spell

[@lizzieh5284]

I live the cover of the Val McDermid. I recognise Angela Hardinge's work. She does beautiful work. ❤😊 I like Dilly Court's books. What a brilliant haul for this time of year.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@lizzieh5284 thank you Lizzie ❤️

[@MarleneTheresa]

I love this! I’m happy to watch the mash up of all your projects and passions on one channel. ❤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Thank you Marlene ❤️

[@GlindaDoll]

Great idea for a tag. You have such a mixture of books there Candy. Happy reading!🖤🤍🖤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@GlindaDoll thank you glinda ❄️💙 having watched wicked this morning your user name is making me smile so much

[@GlindaDoll]

@ 🌟😂🩷

[@lizzieh5284]

Hans Fallada - I have read a few of hus books. 'Alone in Berlin' was nade into a film which is very good. It is based on a true story.I love books about people's experience during the war from the Gernan as well as British perspective. The way in which ordinary people coped never ceases to amaze me. ❤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@lizzieh5284 oh it’s a true story that I did not know! ❄️💙

[@cheZZa1512]

Such an exciting project. I loved the Snow Queen so much I’ve gone straight to eBay to buy it. I adored that story as a child. Little Women was the first book to make me weep as a young girl. And no my darling, you will never be niche; thank goodness!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Aww little women is a book I think that can survive being a yearly re read and I can Remeber weeping as a teenager over it but Charlotte’s web is the first book that broke me 🖤

[@feedingmysoul1212]

I love this Candy! What a fantastic idea! I love the Crime at Christmas book! 🥰 I have a whole shelf of Christmas murder mystery books (murder mystery being my favourite genre and all!) and the For the Wolf book! 🤩😍🤩 Wow! Great thrifted book haul & I l♡ve the spell idea 💡 I'm here for all of your content! 🤗 Happy Saturday to you!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@feedingmysoul1212 aww that’s so kind of you. Murder mystery is almost completely new to me really. Thank you lovely it’s been a great Saturday it’s my birthday and I took the kids to see wicked at the cinema and I’m still not back on earth after the magic of it ❄️💙

[@feedingmysoul1212]

@CandySoulAndSoil Oh 🤗 happy birthday to you Candy! What a lovely way to celebrate your birthday! 🥰 Very many happy returns to you! 🎀🎂🎈🎉✨️💜

[@lizzieh5284]

I think you will like Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie books. She explores the characters involved in the cases. I love her writing. She also is brilliant at evoking a sense of place.😊❤❤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@lizzieh5284 ooo Lizzie that’s great to know ❄️💙

[@SunshineDawn7]

Your channel is the best kind Candy 🍬 🍬 I never get bored with your video's 🥰It's always something exciting and new and i can't wait to go to a charity shop and do a book spell🪄🪄I want to read some of those books 📚 I am really wondering about ,For the Wolf and The Crowfiels Curse. Happy Birthday Candy 🍬🍬🎂🎂I hope it was a fun one 🤗🤗💖💖

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Thank you so much 🤗 can’t wait to hear what you read. Birthday was wonderful I took the kids to go see wicked and then out for lunch. It’s was beautiful then we came home put Christmas music on and put up the decorations and tree together ❄️❤️❤️🥰

[@SunshineDawn7]

@@CandySoulAndSoil That's Awesome! Sounds Wonderful 🥰I can't wait to see Wicked i actually got a couple of the dolls for my Bday. I bet you all had so much fun 🤗🤗Putting up the lights too! What a Great way to end such a Fun Day! Much Love to you and the Family ❤❤Hi Tilly Sweetheart 🥰🥰🤗🤗💖💖

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Aww sunshine dawn thank you. Tilly sends big hello hugs 🥰 ❄️❤️☺️🤩

[@LarimarTide]

Love seeing & hearing about all your interests in one place Candy! What a fabu6book haul, and whilst I'm much slower to get through them I'm definitely going to dip into idea of seasonal shelves! Only book there I know is For The Wolf - loved it & eagerly picked up book 2 afterwards (pretty sure it ended at 2). Some great sounding reads there 🧡😊xXx

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@LarimarTide ooo holly it has a second book that’s great to know. I can’t wait ❄️💙

[@britchickny]

Am really enjoying your "bookish" videos Candy. An have been googling and saving many of your reads to my ever-expanding to be read list. A few years ago, when I still lived in the very snowy west of New York State, I struggled every winter with SAD (seasonal Affective Disorder) The winters up there are long and grey. so...I decided to start collecting and reading anything "winter" themed and amassed a nice collection of books to help me enjoy the season. From science books about snowflakes, poetry (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers) , cozy murder mysteries and beautifully illustrated children's books (like your snow queen). I now live in sunny Florida, but those books still come out each year to remind me that each and every season has its own beauty and value.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

I love this so much that you made a winter shelf ❄️

[@lizzieh5284]

Jayne Eyre - one of my all-time favourites. Also 'A 'Christmas Carol'. I always read Dicken's ghost stories around Christmas. ❤❤😊 I believe books call to us. I worked in libraries for years and numerous times I would pick a book off the shelves and ittold a story that ws set in an area i was familiar with and its message was relevant to my life at that time. That's Magick. ❤😊 Winter reading - 'Winter Solstice' by Rosamund Pilcher. A blast from the past for me - Jostein Gaardner 'Sophie's World' a brilliant introduction to Philosophy. My Philosophy tutor recommended it at college.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@lizzieh5284 oh I love that idea of the book magic in the library! And thank you so much for those book recommendations ❄️💙

[@demeldapenkitty7937]

Jostein Gaarder is wonderful! Enjoy your reading lovely x

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Ooo that’s so fun to know thank you ❤️

[@kaylawild4019]

Great video as ever Candy, looks like you’ve got some good books there (love Val McDermid) ❤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@kaylawild4019 thanks for watching Kayla ❄️💙

[@amandamonaghan1190]

Hi candy great books, great idea to read. Gets people of their phones and to. Love your content what ever you do. Happy birthday hope you have a lovely day. What ever you do❤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@amandamonaghan1190 Amanda thank you so much for remembering my birthday! I took the kids to watch wicked this morning and it was such a treat 💙❄️

[@amandamonaghan1190]

@ I hope you all had a great time. xx

[@Ejcfarley]

I completely feel literature has always been part of my magical practice but I also feel I haven’t read enough of the classics. I do love A Christmas Carol - my dad got me this beautiful antique copy when I was younger - but plenty of other Dickens I’ve never read and i literally want to reread any classics and goth literature etc that i have read and then also read what I haven’t. I feel I’m totally with u on the journey - lol slowly!!! Only just finished Frankenstein ❤❤❤ it’s so fun… loving your ideas and adventures. Sending u warm blessings lovely 🥰 Xxx

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@Ejcfarley Emily it’s so exciting you are reading too ❄️💙

[@mageriver3388]

Love the seasonal book and shelf idea. All books with winter scenes. That’s a good charity book rate. The dickens series sounds wonderful. Gonna look for that dickens larger book. In school I took women’s literature and began to read those books that today is gothic lit. There are so many now to read! Love both books and tarot in the gothic style. What a book haul !

[@mageriver3388]

I think I will apply this to my local library!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

So excited to hear about what your library offers up amd thank you so much for watching. The amount of women writing gothic lit is astounding and makes me wonder on repeat why so many? 🖤

[@Anna-ft2mi]

Yes, I can’t afford new books or hardcovers either! I don’t mind. I like getting something a little quirky usually (like the cover) or used, it feels comforting knowing it’s pre-loved or been around for a while (ie: old) 😂❤ 📚 with books it really is what’s on the inside that counts anyway

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@Anna-ft2mi I so agree 💙❄️

[@lizzieh5284]

Another great winter read is 'The Winter Ghosts' by Kate Mosse. ❤😊

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@lizzieh5284 ❄️💙❄️💙

[@downbythewillowtreessarah]

Love all your videos! Some fabulous books. I'll be heading to the charity shop on Monday with my tenner to see what I can find. Excited about the fairy tales for January. I have a few fairy tale books on my Christmas wish list, fingers crossed for those. I hope Storm Bert is being kind to you xxx

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@downbythewillowtreessarah ooo let me know what you find. We were in the cinema this morning I took the kids to watch wicked for my birthday and when we came out there was such a storm blowing. I didn’t realise it had been named ❄️💙

[@downbythewillowtreessarah]

@CandySoulAndSoil Happy Birthday 🎂 I hope it's a good one! No snow for me 😕 just endless rain, I'm on the south coast in Kent, we hardly ever get the white stuff. Boo hoo! 😭

[@dawn-valentine-dolls]

You're so brave re-reading Jane Eyre, I cried so much the first time I don't think I could handle it again 😅😂

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Honestly right! It feels like a new book though coming to it older 🖤

[@tanyaabel1543]

Fantastic ideas. I’ve set myself the challenge of reading all the books on my bookshelves that I’ve bought in charity shops over the years before buying any more. It’s going to be so hard but I bought them for a reason 😂😂. Good luck with your reading challenges x

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@tanyaabel1543 wow that’s a big challenge but fun ❤️

[@tanyaabel1543]

@ hopefully 😂. I’m hoping that I will then be able to create more space for all the books I have on my wish list. 📚📚📚📚😂

[@jinxminx55]

your poncho really matches your lights! I am currently working through a decades-long backlog of to-be-read books that I own. I want to read them all so I can just use the library or get a book and read it and be free from the pressure of books I haven't read sitting on my shelf. the shelf has varied from 50 - 70 books for the last 26 years, and there are some books that have been on there for over 20 years. I have tried and failed in the past but this year I got serious about it, banned myself from the library, reorganized it by length of time they've been sitting, and made a spreadsheet with images of the covers on it. I won't clear it this year, but I have made progress and I think I can do it next year. then I'll be free to do reading tags!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Oh wow that’s an incredible achievement ❤️❤️

[@MarchPaynesMidlifeDollyCrisis]

I listened to the audio version of The Bear and the Nightingale a few years back over the winter months and loved it so much. It is the first part of a trilogy but it can definitely be read as a standalone, I have yet to read the other two books and don't feel like I'm missing out. It is full of references to Russian myths and mythical creatures which was really interesting.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@MarchPaynesMidlifeDollyCrisis ooo I can’t wait March ❄️💙

[@themoreintuitiveme]

Candy, so savvy! I was recently recommended a book and I immediately went to Amazon, but I paused and instead asked my daughter to pick it up for me from the library. So many beautiful books waiting to be enjoyed! #smartshopper

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Absolutely this. I was at the library this week doing the very same 🖤

[@DebbysWitchyVlog]

I have just got into reading fiction again, Im such a studying person I forget to add in a story now and then, Ive been loving it. Im looking forward to seeing what your reading next❤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Debby I feel that happened to me to. Being on here as a content creator also pushed me into study too, it’s a joy to think I’ve got story back. Happy reading lovely ❤️

[@aspasiarising4732]

Thank you for sharing these books, Candy. I've jotted down a few of them to read. If you ever dive into the magical realism genre, I strongly suggest "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" by Louise Erdrich and "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" by Jorge Amado.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Ooo magical realism I love!!!!!! So thank you so much for that ❤️

[@Lin46thenetherlands]

Hi Candy i go to thrift stores. But on fb there was a book called stoner looked very interessant and you know what. It was too expensive. I want to a thriftstore and guess what i found ...it! Last week

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Ooo book magic right there! I love that lin for you ❤️ is it stoner by John Williams? I read that about 10 years ago, academia vibes and slow but beautiful language 🖤

[@emlawrence8521]

Do you record your reading on Goodreads, Candy? I cannot resist buying novels in charity shops, but Goodreads helps me to keep track of my temporary piles of fiction. Currently, I see I have 104 novels waiting to be read. (And this is after a declutter!) As I have already met my reading challenge for 2024, I think I will focus on reading the longest books in my pile for the rest of the year. Although your video has made me long to read some of my dark fairy tales for adults! Could you tie in your retellings with the Tarot? I'm thinking about the Inner Child Tarot, maybe Forest of Enchantment, Chrysalis etc.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

I do record my readings on goodreads yes and I just am constantly clicking on want to read too, there is no organisation of books really anywhere. 😂 I love that you have met your reading goal. Next year I’m setting it to 1 book to not be under any pressure. I think that the tarot does tie in so easily on so many ways with books so yes I definitely will be pulling out the fairy tale decks. Thank you so much for taking the time to suggest this I appreciate you so much for that ❤️

[@emlawrence8521]

@@CandySoulAndSoil Ahh, you are welcome. I love your videos. You speak of layering everything, and I have just realised that my interests ... the fiction I read ... the music I listen to ... the clothes I wear ... and even my style of gardening are all related.

[@AstariaSen]

Look at all those great books!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@AstariaSen summer I know right! ❄️💙

[@MoonflowerMoments]

The Bear and the Nightgale is SUCH A DELIGHT. I am totally adding it to my winter shelf for a reread. I hope you enjoy!!!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@MoonflowerMoments ooo how fantastic I can’t wait ❄️💙

[@EmmaGaywood]

I was in a charity book shop last year talking to my aunt about a book series and decided I wanted the first book, couldn’t find it in that shop but 5 mins later in the next charity shop, it was sat on a small shelf of books for £1 - my aunt laughed out loud and I said ‘that’s magic book talk!’ ✨ love it when that happens - you definitely have a magic connection with all your finds, both books and dolls 😍 I love that you use your channel to share all of your various interests as and when you dive into them 🥰keep doing you Candy 💖

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@EmmaGaywood thank you emna that’s so nice of you ….. ooo magic book talk! I love that so much ….. could I use that phrase on here? It’s exactly that ❄️💙

[@EmmaGaywood]

@ you are very welcome to lovely 💖

[@butterflycucumbers6279]

That Snow Queen book is out of print and someone is selling it on Amazon for $800 😂 who needs it? Hell no.

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@butterflycucumbers6279 oh wow I had no idea! I’ve had it a long time 🖤

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

@@butterflycucumbers6279 I’ve just looked it’s on uk eBay here the cheapest is £8 but lots at about £36 so it seems it’s easier to get here ❤️