I am Spanish, you pronounce Don Quijote perfectly fine. The book is considered the first modern novel and it is the second most translated book in the world after the Bible. I am glad you loved it, I do too. Fun fact, both Cervantes and Shakespeare, which is also considered the first writer of modern theatre/drama, died the same day of the same year.
the BBC adaptation of War and Peace is nice but the Soviet version from the 60s is incomparable. Its very long (12 hours if I remember correctly) but beyond rewarding. Highly recommend!
My Favorite Books Of 2021: Honorable Mentions - Frankenstein, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Grapes of Wrath, The Yellow-wallpaper Favorite Audiobook - Dial A for Aunties. I didn't realise the true power of audiobook until december so there wasn't a lot of competition. This one was just very funny and a delight to listen to Favorite Author - John Steinbeck! Favorite Non-fiction book - Expeditionen (The Expedition) A Swedish book about Andrée's artic balloon expedition which has always interested me, so much original research was done and just solidly entertaining meanwhile. Favorite Middle Grade/ Children’s lit. - Anne of Green Gables Favorite Classic - East of Eden. Just fantastic in every regard (my favourite book I have ever read??) Favorite Sci-fi - Project Hail Mary Favorite Graphic Novel - Mumin: Tove Janssons Collected Comics. Just so funny and adorable, there is some questionable themes though
A Series of Unfortunate Events is such a good one!! I grew up on that series and still love it to this day. I might be older but I never outgrow that. Thank you for your helpful reviews and opinions!!
I’m Russian, and I’m really happy to see that you read Russian literature. It’s so amazing that most of your favourite books of the year(or life) is classic Russian literature. I also love Bulgakov and I would really suggest for you to read “Master and Margarita”. This is like his most famous novel and the best one in my opinion. I read it and re-read it many times. You do amazing work with those little sketches (portraits )you have and I noticed Pushkin right away, and if I’m not mistaking you have Chekhov behind you? I would really love to have some of those sketches for myself, so I hope you shared a link for your Etsy shop where you sell those.
My Favorite Books Of 2021: Honorable Mentions - Die Physiker, Black Sunday, Persuasion, The Master and Margarita, A Christmas Carol Favorite Audiobooks - Pillars of the Earth Favorite Author - Herrmann Hesse Favorite Non-fiction book/writer - Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh Favorite Contemporary - The Secret History Favorite Classic - Siddhartha. Eine indische Dichtung (my favorite book of the year) Favorite Fantasy - Cresent City. House of Earth and Blood Favorite Sci-fi - Scythe Favorite Historical Fiction - Kingsbridge Trilogy I started reading classics for the first time this year because of you and fell in love with every one of them! Thank you :)
willow's snores get me everytime 😂 favorite of the year - the song of achilles favorite audiobooks - everything i never told you favorite re-read - red white and royal blue favorite author - madeline miller favorite contemporary - other words for home favorite middle grade - percy jackson favorite classic - tess of the d'urbervilles favorite fantasy - wheel of time favorite romance - the love hypothesis favorite gothic novel - mysteries of udolpho 😉 favorite graphic novel - hearstopper volume one
Loved the video, Carolyn! Also, your pronunciation of "Don Quixote" is perfect 🙏👌🙌, as well as your pronunciation of the author and characters. As a native Spanish speaker, it's very satisfying to finally hear someone saying it right.
Being fully immersed in a long-term project, creating a best list isn't possible. However, for you I will choose one: A re-read from the OT, the Book of Daniel. I am so very glad you enjoyed W&P and DQ. Both of them are old favorites.
Really enjoyed this presentation, Carolyn. Because you enjoyed Eugene Onegin so much, I wonder if you have ever seen Tchaikovsky's opera. It's superb and you can probably get the DVD from your library. Try to get the Met version featuring Anna Netrebko. Also, War and Peace is truly life changing. It rescued me from a truly dark time in my life in late 1970. About all I did in the latter months of that year was read War and Peace and sleep. To this day, I reread every few years and greatly revere it. Thanks again for your wonderful choices, Carolyn and all the best for 2022.
I’m just a very happy person, because I can watch your videos) My favourites of this year are: War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy Fathers and sons by Ivan Turgenev A Hero of our time by Mikhail Lermontov Fatal Eggs by Mikhail Bulgakov Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Captain’s daughter by Alexander Pushkin I would highly recommend you to read Fathers and Sons…it’s amazing and very interesting book!!! I enjoyed it) P.s. I have just realised that I forgot about one play “Thunderstorm” by Ostrovskiy I don’t really know how it called in English version, so I hope I was right or quite right)) Happy New Year and always amazing books!!!
I once bumped into Peter O'Toole (literally!) I was leaving Hampstead train station on my way to visit the home of poet John Keats...turned a corner and walked slap bang into Peter O'Toole! In our typically British way we both apologised profusely and went on our way. "Ode To A Nightingale" and "Man Of La Mancha" in one memorable afternoon!
Favorite Re-read: - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (also the only book I reread this year but I enjoyed it so much more than the first time) Favorite Author: - Agatha Christie Favorite Non-fiction book: - A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf - Wish Lanterns - Young Lives in New China by Alec Ash Favorite Contemporary: - We Are Okay by Nina LaCour Favorite Middle Grade/ Children’s lit.: - Momo by Michael Ende Favorite Classic: - The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Honorable mentions: - Dune by Frank Herbert (I didn't actually finish this in 2021 though😅) - Loveless by Alice Oseman - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
What a wonderful ramble! Such enthusiasm; it's contagious. A few random thoughts...I must read Pushkin. When you read out loud I heard immediately the same rhythm from one of my favourite books, The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth. I just know you will enjoy it, as well as his epic, A Suitable Boy. This weekend my 20 year old son decided to clear out his bookcase. One book that I rescued was The Invention of Hugo Cabernet written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. I will definitely read it now.
you pronounced don quijote perfectly carolyn! so happy you had such a great reading year! and yay to war and peace! and you make me want to read eugene onegin !
Omg i have been watching emma for a long time and she is my absolute favorite youtuber ever, ive seen your face on the bookclub thumbnail but have never got around to visiting your channel. Im so mad at myself for that now, you are so cute an precious and i love the way you talk, i wasnt bored one second. Im so excited to binge your entire channel now YAYYYY
If you like Robert Macfarlane I recommend 'The living mountain' by nan shepherd. It's a poetic love letter to life in the Cairngorms in Scotland. She talks a lot about just existing in nature and the different facets of the mountain. Plus the foreword is my Robert Macfarlane as well!
Loved all your classical selections for the year especially War and Peace, really looking forward to delving into the short stories category in the new year for the Dickens vs Tolstoy debate. "The death of ivan ilyich" by Tolstoy, though not a short story, is a shorter work of his which is still one of my favorites. It will be great to see that also incorporated onto the debate if possible. 🙂
84 Charing Cross Road is on of my favorite books and films. I learned so much from, it titles I had never heard of before. Love it!!! I love Don Quixote, its such a sweet, beautiful and f love Peter O'Toole. How To Steel a Million is an all time fave for me, it is such fun. Everyone in is sensational, I think Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole was a great team in it.
Winnie the Pooh has also probably been my first favourite story as a child ❤ I'm re-reading and rewatching it now as an adult, it feels so cosy and wholesome, like a warm blanket 🥰
I've read War and Peace in 2021 because of you and it became my favourite book in the whole universe. It's just soooo good. Like I have many other all time favourites of course but this one just stands out. It's genius. I will read this year Don Quixote and hopefully Eugene Onegin. I can't thank you enough for introducing me to these books. I mean, I always knew they existed but would never even think of picking them up on my own. You talk about books with so much love and passion I have to read them :). Good luck to your reading this year, I hope you will introduce us to more amazing books, especially classics. And Happy New Year, thank you for being here 🥰.
Hi! I recently found your channel and I really enjoy your videos! I love classic literature and feel inspired and motivated to read more thanks to you!! Wishing you a happy new year!
What a great list of books to add to my never ending pile of things to read. War and Peace is definitely on my list for this year. I'm curious what translation you read. I have the Rosemary Edmonds edition. There is such a huge debate over which is the best translation so I'm always curious what people think is the best one. The copy I have had such a horrid cover which was warped and just hard to handle that I actually cut it apart and divided the book into it's four books. I work in a print shop so I had all of the supplies needed to recreate them into actual books with new soft covers. My arthritis loves it. lol It's a pretty old copy and I didn't want to toss it. I love the way it smells, almost a spicy paper scent! I also just added Marvels to my library holds list as well. It looks amazing! Always a pleasure to see you Carolyn. Happy Reading!
My favourite translators for all things classical Russian literature are richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky. Their award winning translations are usually the closest to the original as you can find for the great works of the Russian classics
Highly recommend watching the film version of 84 Charring Cross Rd if you can get your hands on it. Felt that the direction stayed true to the book and of course, beautifully played by the wonderful Anne Bancroft and Sir Anthony Hopkins! really took me back into that time period with all of it's flavors and lovely, classic British and NY Jewish accents.
Oooh! I stumbled upon your channel, watching this thought ''oh what a lovely girl and she loves classics too! subscribed'' then you said about *emmie*, who I've been following since spring I think and whose channel I adoore but somehow never got to watching those Tolstoy vs. Dickens videos. Ha! Nice to see it's you :) I am profoundly intrigued by basically all of your recommendations???? I love that there are (plenty) books I didn't know about and haven't seen others mention them, added some of them to my bookstore wishlists :D My fave read this year has been Bulgakov's The master and Margarita! Absolutely in love with this free, fun, imaginative insanity
Thank you for such an amazing year of videos and amazing books! It was simply a blast watching your videos and listening to you (and Willow of course ❤). I can't express the impact you've had on my life in general and my reading life! As for some of my favourites of the year: audiobooks - anything by Dan Jones, he's a British historian who narrates his own books and has a very good writing style, author - the man himself Leo Tolstoy, non-fiction - Becoming (Michelle Obama), middle-grade/children's lit - The Hobbit. But the most impactful books, clearly War and Peace and Anna Karenina. I hope you'll have great year reading-wise, as well as in everything you do. Much love!
I also read a fortnight in September on a family vacation this year and loved it! Everyone should read it that way I think. My favorite book I read this year was Matrix by Lauren Groff, but I also loved Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter. Excited to read more books by her now.
Because of War And Peace's scope it comes out on top for me,though Eugene Onegin was a wonderful read.I hope you continue to grow as a creative artist steady and true to your calling!
Carolyn, please read Villette by Charlotte Brontë. i saw in one of your vids you have that book and it's unread by you. i just finished the book and don't know what enough to say about it. it's soo different from Jane Eyre and it will have you expecting so much from the characters but Charlotte will give you something you never would have imagined. she so cleverly weaves the characters and their lives together, it just makes sense that each and every character she has mentioned in the story, each plays their role in their own major ways, and i'm sure you'll just looove the beautiful writing and the solemn book. READ IT!
Alright, let's see how much of this I can fill out. My favorites of 2021: Favorite Audiobook - Hell House by Richard Matheson, narrated by Ray Porter (I listened to a video I found on RU-vid) Favorite Re-read - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill Favorite Author - Angela Carter with The Bloody Chamber short story collection Favorite Non-fiction book/writer - My Story by Marilyn Monroe (though it is hard to say how much was really written by her and what was/how much was edited) Favorite Classic - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Favorite Fantasy - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Favorite Mystery - The Séance by John Harwood (I listened to the audiobook, which was very well done) Favorite Romance - Carol by Patricia Highsmith I read a number of plays this year, my two favorites being The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore by Tennessee Williams and Tea & Sympathy by Robert Anderson And to emphasize, my top 3 books I read (in no particular order) are: Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Bloody Chamber (and Other Stories), and Six of Crows!
I used to read and loved it . I have been so detached since I stopped reading due to my job since it takes up most of my time , and I have to upskill every week . It gives me anxiety remembering how fun it was and I am not able to do it anymore and what I am missing out on.
Carolyn, such a cute personality you have! anyone can fall in love with your intelligence, looks, voice, everything 😍 so many new books for me to explore. Before this day I watched only Russian booktubers but now I found you. thank you!!! By the way, if you like Anna Karenina, maybe you are also familiar with another movie of 2013 with an Italian actress Vittoria Puccini. For me it's the best one. Good luck to you and happy new year ❄️
Happy New Year, Carolyn! Seeing Willow again is so great! Ethan Frome was among my favourites too and my reaction to the ending was very much like yours 😅. I was wondering if you've watched the film adaptation of War and Peace with Audrey Hepburn.
My favorite books of 2021: Honorable mentions: The Kite Runner by K. Hosseini, Norwegian Wood by H. Murakami and The Lost Apothecary by S. Penner Best New release: Infinite Country by P. Engel Best Audiobook: The Song of Achilles by M. Miller, The Bell Jar by S. Plath Best Re-read: The Little Prince by A. De Saint-Exuperi Best author: Madeline Miller Best Non fiction: El Olvido que Seremos (Oblivion: a memoir) by H. Abad Faciolince Best Classic: Rebecca by D. Du Maurier, The Picture of Dorian Gray by O. Wilde Best children's book: Holes by L. Sachar, Coraline by N. Gaiman Best thriller: The Guest List by L. Foley Best Gothic novel: The Woman in White by W. Collins Best graphic novel: Fun House by A. Bechdel Best historical fiction: Lilac Girls by M. Hall Kelly Best dystopian novel: Lord of the Flies by W. Golding Best romance: The Notebook by N. Sparks Best book by a Colombian author: The Armies by E. Rosero Best Latin American novel: La Casa de los Espiritus (the House of the Spirits) by I. Allende Best Russian book: White Nights by F. Dostoevsky
My Favorite Books Of 2021: Favorite Audiobooks - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Favorite Re-read - Game of Thrones by GRRM Favorite Non-fiction book/writer - Know My Name by Chanel Miller, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder, Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Favorite Contemporary - My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Favorite Middle Grade/ Children’s lit. - Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones Favorite Classic - Rebecca by Daphne Du Marier, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg Favorite Mystery/Thriller - The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Lost Man by Jane Harper Favorite Romance - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson Favorite Sci-fi - Hyperion Dan Simmons, The Humans by Matt Haig, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Favorite Manga - My Brother's Husband 1 & 2 by Gengorah Tagame/ Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiomu Arakawa
I read in Russian mostly. Sorry for the Russian titles, but I didn't feel like trying to translate them. Honorable Mentions - Poison for Breakfast Lemony Snicket (2021), Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stevenson (1886) Favorite Audiobooks - Волшебник Изумрудного города Волкова (1959) Favorite Re-read - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lewis (1950) Favorite Author - Agatha Christie, I read so many of hers. I loved them so much I read a few in both English and Russian almost back to back. Favorite Non-fiction book/writer - The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk (2014) A must read for those experiencing trauma. Favorite Children’s Series - Волшебник Изумрудного города. It is the Russian Wizard of Oz. I don't mean a translation. It was written by a Russian for Russians. It is even better than the Wizard of Oz. Favorite Middle Grade/ Children’s lit. - Dana Girls Mysteries. By the same ghost writing team as Nancy Drew. They are out of print, but easy to find. Favorite Classic - Палата №6 Чехова (1892) ***other categories I didn’t personally mention*** Favorite Play - Три сестры Чехова (1901) Favorite Thriller - Endless Night Christie (1967) Favorite Mystery - I read almost exclusively mysteries, so this is a hard one. Death on the Nile Christie (1937). I read it in English and Russian. I watched two film adaptations. It just couldn't get enough. Favorite Romance - Love Comes Softly Janette Oke (2003)
Adding so many of these to my goodreads!!! Thank you for sharing Carolyn, I’m so glad I found your channel this past year! These are some of my favorite reads from 2021: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Howards End by E.M. Forster Dracula by Bram Stoker The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles I am currently reading two books that I know will become some of my all time favorites: Anna Karenina by Tolstoy of course, and Figuring by Maria Popova, which is a nonfiction that I so highly recommend! I’m looking forward this year to reading War and Peace by Tolstoy, Don Quixote by Cervantes, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham! Happy New Year everyone, here’s to reading some amazing books in 2022 💜
You should read 'The Overstory' by Robert Powers! I have heard so much about it and its a fiction book about people but I believe through the metaphors of trees and supposedly it is incredible
My Favorite Books Of 2021: Honorable Mentions - Anna Karenina, The Seven Sisters Favorite Re-read - The night circus Favorite Author - Leo Tolstoy Favorite Non-fiction book/writer - The secret Favorite Classic - War and Peace Favorite Romance - Tatiana and Alexander Favorite Gothic Novel - Thus were their faces Favorite Graphic Novel - The ATLA graphic novels Favorite Poet/poetry collection - The Hill We Climb
My favorite re-read is a tie for all of The Edge Chronicle books. I've been wondering if you've read them or what you think about them if you have. They're my absolute favorite children's books and since you love Illustrations, I think you might enjoy them as they are Illustrated by Chris Riddell, my favorite Illustrator of all time!
Thank you! I'm currently reading Eugene Onegin and I just found the audiobook too. How amazing it's for free! I love that Fry has narrated some classics and plays recently.
I loved The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and it has become my favorite book of the year💘 Lover of classic literature as you are, I hope you read it soon💕
As a spaniard myself, I've to say: you pronounce "Don Quijote" in the cutest of the ways (and also, you pronounce it correctly). And there are a lot ways to pronounce it here in Spain due to all our dialects!!
What wonderful favorites, Carolyn! 💕♥️ These are my 2021 favorites: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 💕 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 💕 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 💕 Summer by Edith Wharton 💕
I discovered your channel last year and I‘m in love with you and your channel!! I even started reading War and Peace because of you (haven’t finished it yet but I’m working on it 😅💜💜
How could i not know of Ally McBeal. Written by David E Kelley and starting Calista Flockhart. I particularly like Peter McNicol's character in the show.
Love Peter rabbit an do agree about animals that act like humans I’m sure you have read wind in the willows my mother use to read that to me. I’ve read Peter rabbit to my boys💕
My Favorite Books Of 2021: Honorable Mentions - And then there were none by Agatha Christie, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Favorite Audiobooks - Sherlock Holmes The Hound of the Baskervilles read by Greg Wagland Favorite Re-read - The entire Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan and The Outsiders by S.E Hinton Favorite Contemporary - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Favorite Middle Grade/ Children’s lit. - Peter Pan by J.M Barrie Favorite Classic - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Favorite Fantasy - The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Favorite Mystery - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Favorite Gothic Novel - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley I just got back into reading at the end of the year and hopefully will get more books read in 2022
A big thank you (to you and emmie), because in 2021 I've read War and Peace and it has changed my life! It has become my favourite book of all times with Wuthering Heights! Also, I'm reading russian classics again!! Thank you and Willow is adorable as always!
OMG! Yes, Ethan Frome! I read it last year for the first time and it blew me away. I read it again last week(praying it would hold up as well as on the first read) and OMG, it did! I gave it 4.5 on my first read, but 5 stars on the 2nd read. How I didn't give it 5 stars the first time is beyond me. It is a perfect read and I rarely say that. I have maybe 4 books(from the thousands I've read) that are perfect reads. EF is one!
My favorite books of 2021 - and of the life - are: The Red and the Black by Stendhal, The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoievsky, and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Greetings from Brazil.
The movie version of "84 Charing Cross Road" starring Anne Bancroft and an under-stated Anthony Hopkins is warmly recommended and succeeds surprisingly well in transforming such un-cinematic material into a compelling viewing experience that perfectly compliments the book.
I saw 84 Charing Cross Road in the West End of London back in the early 80s. Now I am intrigued to see the film and read the book. Also, Anthony Hopkins; I was blown away by his portrayal of Pierre in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace many years ago.
@@lizrobertson2704 Many thanks for the message! I too have fond memories of the Anthony Hopkins "War & Peace" but if anything I thought the more recent BBC adaptation (2016) was even better although I'm ashamed to say I still haven't read the book. .yet!
For Christmas I received a copy of the revised edition of "The Novel 100: A Ranking Of The Greatest Novels Of All Time" edited by Daniel S. Burt. Any top 100 of anything list is necessarily subjective but I thought you would like to know that...drumroll please..."Don Quixote" is ranked number one followed by "War And Peace" at number two! "Ulysses" (TBR?) by James Joyce limps in at number three and Proust's "In Search Of Lost Time/Remembrance Of Things Past" (another TBR?) misses out on the medals in fourth.
Favourite Audiobook - ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison, narrated by Toni Morrison Favourite Re-read - ‘To the Lighthouse’ Favourite Author - Virginia Woolf Favourite Non-fiction book - ‘Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee’ Favourite Short-story Collection - ‘The Secret Lives of Church Ladies’ by Deesha Philyaw Favourite Contemporary - ‘LOTE’ by Shola Von Reinhold Favourite Middle English text - ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ Favourite Classic - Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ Favourite Vibes Book - ‘Dusty Answer’ by Rosamond Lehmann Favourite Fast-paced Book - 'Rebecca' by Daphne Du Maurier Favourite Wholesome Book - ’84 Charing Cross Road’ Favourite Poetry - ‘Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons’ by Marilyn Hacker Honourable Mentions - ‘Pamela’ by Richardson, ‘Hamlet’ by Shakespeare, ‘The Merchant’s Prologue and Tale’ by Chaucer, ‘Roxana’ by Defoe
Love hearing all your faves, also your voice is so soothing! My favourites for 2021: Favourite Audiobook - Mythos by Stephen Fry Favourite Author - Virginia Woolf (I read The Waves, A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas) Favourite Non-fiction book - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Favourite Contemporary - My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Favourite Classic - The Waves by Virginia Woolf Favourite Fantasy - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Favourite Sci-fi - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Favourite Graphic Novel - Saga Vol 2 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples Favourite Manga - Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata Honourable Mentions - Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Favorites of 2021: Cinderella is Dead, Gates of Rome, Bartimaeus Trilogy, Needful Things, The Poppy War, The Velveteen Daughter, Never Let Me Go, Magician: Master (book 2), Middlemarch, The Odyssey, The Clockmaker's Daughter, Miracle Creek, H is for Hawk, Strange the Dreamer, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dracul, Something Wicked this way Comes, Mrs. March, The Mist, The Great Hunt, NOS4A2, Nyphron Rising.
*My Favorite Books of 2021* Colombian Lit: Algún día, hoy by Ángela Becerra ( This one isn't translated into English, yet) Russian Lit: War And Peace by Lev Tolstói English / Victorian Lit: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Mexican Lit: The Murmurs of The Bees by Sofía Segovia Lithuanian /American /YA Lit: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
When you talk about your favorite books, well, you convince me haha. I read Eugene Onegin by Pushkin, First Love by Ivan Turgenev and White Nights by Dostoevsky (this last one has become one of my favorite books EVER) and I've liked all of them so I think I can trust you with recommendations 😂 In this 2022 I want to read War and Peace, I hope I love it too 🤞 By the way you pronunciation of "Don Quixote" is really good! It sounds as we pronounce it in spanish. I've thought about reading this book but I'm worried lol, I might try and read it in this year. Thank you for another lovely video!
Gentile Carolyn, Dovrebbe essere obbligatorio che I ragazzini guardino i Suoi video in classe! Leggono così poco, oggi... Mademoiselle Carolyn, it should be mandatory for young students to watch your videos in class! Soooo few read nowadays, it's sad...
D. Quijote, what a great book, what a skilled writer Cervantes was. I am glad you have this novel as your favorite since this book is not frequently mentioned in youtuve. It will certainly find more lovers now! My favorite of 2021 is Frenchman`s Creek by Daphne Du Maurier and I think you could like it also. Have a happy day!
