May Wrap Up | The Great and the DNF!

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Time for my May Reading Wrap Up! This month's total books read is much more indicative of a typical reading month for me than the past couple of months!
Books Mentioned:
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The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West - amzn.to/3x9XFfB
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift - amzn.to/3yTtWrN
White Swan, Black Swan by Adrienne Sharp - amzn.to/3VwdrLb
Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell - amzn.to/3V5zeHW
Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - amzn.to/3xh33NT
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie - amzn.to/3KvtpyX
Exiles by Jane Harper - amzn.to/4c6JDu0
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers - amzn.to/4ca1jot
Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse - amzn.to/4aNnDDf
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder - amzn.to/3REOtHh
Darling by India Knight - amzn.to/3KyD87x
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lyon by Beth Brower - amzn.to/3RibCif
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - amzn.to/4bMJgVP
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@miriamelizabethreads Месяц назад

Awesome wrap-up, Jen!! I really want to give the Barsetshire Chronicles a try. I've heard great things about P.G. Wodehouse, haven't read anything by him yet. I adore the Little House books! The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax was just wonderful, I'm sooo so glad we both loved it!!!

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Our buddy read was a highlight of my month for sure! You should definitely give Thirkell and Wodehouse a try...I think you will really enjoy them!

@faribareads Месяц назад

I love listening to yoh talk about books. I really need to get to Mrs. Polifax.

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

That is so sweet of you to say! And I hope you enjoy Mrs. Pollifax when you get to her. 😊

@MsTerriB Месяц назад

I'm currently doing a re-read of the Little House Books too. They are bringing back all the childhood reading memories! I just picked up the first two Mrs. Pollifax books recently (mentioned in my latest book haul video in which you get a shout out!) and am looking forward to reading them. They sound like so much fun!

@susanfryman5156 Месяц назад

Really enjoyed this, thank you.

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Thank you! And thanks for watching! 😊

@bonnieshelangi Месяц назад

I think it's good to read Angela Thirkell's barsetshire series in order because characters reappear and develop, and you can get spoilers if you read them out of order. For example, Summer Half and Cheerfulness Breaks In have many of the same characters. So far, I haven't rated any in the series less than 3 stars, and mostly, they're 4-5 star reads for me.

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Everyone is telling me to read them in order so that’s what I’m going to do!

@eileennielsen5165 Месяц назад

Thanks Jen. You give good reviews. Yes, I do DNF and do not feel bad if I do. Too many good books out there. Haven't been reading since my sister died. Want to, but can't. Prior to that I read a very wierd, very small ( maybe 4x5?) bk I found wandering through the library. " An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good". Had seen it advertised in the Bas Bleu catalog numerous times. I was moving g bks. on a shelf and it fell out (so small). So I checked it out. It was a collection of murders all done by this elderly woman. Wierd, unsettling. The first one wasn't so bad even though it showed she was diabolical. Each one got worse, but the last was the grossest. She kept the corpse in her apt. living there w/ her for over a month? Shld. have DNF'd it, don't know why I didn't. I think it may have been possesed???? Still can't get it out of my mind. Have a good week end.

@JacquelineCaron Месяц назад

DNF'ing is becoming part of my reading journey - I have too many books and if it's not peaking my interest I need to not feel guilty about dropping it. I finished Rose Cottage in a couple days - enjoyed it and looking forward to my next Mary Stewart read. have a great weekend! Jacqueline

@allisonryder4781 Месяц назад

I added Darling to my TBR! I managed to find 5 books of the Mrs. Pollifax series at my thrift store , so I am excited to start them!

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Enjoy them all! Mrs. Pollifax is perfect for summer reading!

@bethanybringsbooks Месяц назад

Ooh that is so cool that you were in a play of "Cards on the Table". I read Cat Among Pigeons this month. I enjoyed it. Can't wait to pick up my next by Agatha. I am working my way through them!

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Cat Among the Pigeons is a good one! Enjoy your Christie journey! 😊

@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 Месяц назад

Hi Jen! Thanks for this video. I’m going to check out Laurie Colwin and Jane Harper. It’s so cool that you were in Cards on the Table! Glad you enjoyed Mrs. Pollifax! I’m on book two; I read the first one last August and loved it! My mother had stacks of Dorothy Gilman books on her bedside table for years, and got such a big kick out of them! 😊

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

I hope you enjoy both Laurie Colwin and Jane Harper! And I’m so glad I discovered Mrs. Pollifax! It’s such a fun series to escape into. 😊

@emmareads734 Месяц назад

I agree, I really enjoyed Cards on the Table.

@mattiez3545 Месяц назад

Thank you for giving us the heads up about Mothering Sunday. I am one of those who likes to read closed door romances when romance is in the story. It's sad to hear the book is like that with that sweet title. I can't wait to dive into the Little House on the Prairie series. That show always seem to make me tear up. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax sounds so interesting and way more adventurous than me. 😂 I dnf books and try to be more intentional with my time since I've gotten older. I used to power through as well though. Thank you for sharing. I always enjoy your videos.

@MMjones6459 Месяц назад

I wish I'd read Strong Poison before Gaudy Night which features Harriet Vane. I enjoyed audio version of book 1, Whose Body?

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

I do think it’s helpful to read the series in order!

@MLLatUtube Месяц назад

Sounds like a very good reading month! My favorites for May were Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Someone Else's Bucket List, and Love at First Book. I recommend all of them.

@joyceredman2136 Месяц назад

Thank you for talking about more authors that I have not read-except for Jane Harper. I really enjoyed reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and the Truth About the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline. And I am currently reading Maisie Dobbs, thanks to your recommendation. I see that this series is going to end right when I am beginning it! But I am glad that Jacqueline Winspear has started a different series following life after WWII.

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

I’m happy you are finding new to you books and authors on my channel! Enjoy Maisie Dobbs. It’s a great series. 😊

@bjminton2698 Месяц назад

You had a good month! Love Mrs Pollifax!! My May was very good! I read 13 books, the best being To The Hilt by Dick Francis and Innocent In Death by Robb. No DNFs this month, but I am getting better at quitting books that are just not my cup of tea. Enjoy your reads!

@Bryndisdaugtherofgunnar Месяц назад

I'm very good at DNFing if I don't like a book, except if it's a part of a project. There are too many good books out there to be wasting time on the bad ones 😜

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

So, so true! 😁

@alliemccormick3034 Месяц назад

Dear Jen, two stand alone P.G. Wodehouse books I really enjoyed and you might like are The Girl on The Boat and French Leave. Also, I too liked Arranged Marriage by Chitra Divakaruni but my favorite of her books is Sister of My Heart.

@elizabethbrink3761 Месяц назад

I'm almost finished reading the full Barsetshire series. I think I just have three books to go! I think the pre-war and WWII books in the series are the best ones. My favorites are Summer Half, August Folly, The Headmistress, and Peace Breaks Out. I think reading the series in order is helpful because characters are always popping back up the further you read. Yay for Emma M Lion!

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Thanks Elizabeth! I will keep going in order. I have both Summer Half and August Folly on my shelf so I’m glad they are two of your favorites! 😊

@elizabethbrink3761 Месяц назад

@@jensreadinglife They're so fun! And it's the perfect season for them!

@938quilt Месяц назад

Did the other 2 like The Fountain Overflows? It sounds good but I totally understand disliking the characters! Had several of those myself 😂😢

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

One of them finished it and I think she liked it but didn’t love it. My other friend also DNF’d it! The premise sounded so good but I just couldn’t get along with any of the characters.

@ACanuckinAlabama Месяц назад

Oh Jen, I'm so sorry about "Mothering Sunday" since you were so looking forward to it (I think it was a gift?). Right now, I'm reading our Book Club pick "This Tender Land" by William Kent Krueger, super boring cover and the cover says it's about 3 orphans in a canoe riding down the Gilead River in 1932 (yawn...) and I was not looking forward to it.... Super Read! I'm almost finished and I'm going to rate it a 4.5. Trigger warning re: child abuse Terrific wrap up as usual!

@MJ-in-Canada Месяц назад

Hello from a fellow Canuck.😀I have relatives in Alabama and have visited.

@ACanuckinAlabama Месяц назад

@@MJ-in-Canada we are from BC and in Alabama for three more years. Loving it!

@MJ-in-Canada Месяц назад

@@ACanuckinAlabama It's hard to beat beautiful BC so I'm glad you're loving Alabama.😀

@michaelmccarty Месяц назад

There has to be better ballet books out there -- hopefully you'll get some good recommendations from this community! 🙂 My favorite reads in May were both memoirs and both on audio: Barbra Streisand's and Whoopi Goldberg's new one.

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

I want to read (well, listen) to the Streisand memoir but it’s a time commitment! I didn’t know Whoopi Goldberg had a memoir out - I’ll have to look for that one!

@cassandra3399 Месяц назад

Hi Jen, I have a question about two series. Do you think the Lord Whimsey books and the Miss Polifax series need to be read in order? I am wondering if I could start with Strong Poison since it is so good and then go back to the first ones later. We’re the first two good also? I have collected all the Angela Thirkell books and I am very slowly reading through them. Some were definitely better than others but I am so sorry that I can’t really remember which ones were the best. I remember the funny parts but not which ones they were in. And that is because I only like to read her writing every so often. It is just a bit slower or harder but definitely worth it! I should have made some notes on them!! 😮 Thank you.😊

@beachbum3129 Месяц назад

Bummer about White Swan, Black Swan. Can you recommend good ballet/dance themed books? 🩰

@jensreadinglife Месяц назад

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild is wonderful if you want a classic children’s book. I really loved Hester’s Story by Adele Geras which I never hear talked about. If you like nonfiction, Gelsey Kirkland’s memoir, Dancing on My Grave is excellent!

@MJ-in-Canada Месяц назад

I’m pleased to hear that you’re getting on with the “Blandings” series. Wodehouse never fails to make me chuckle.😀 Have you read “Swan Dive: The Makings of a Rogue Ballerina” (2021)? 🩰It’s Georgina Pazcoguin’s gritty but fascinating memoir of life with a ballet company. One the highlights of my May reading month was “I Hope This Finds You Well” by Natalie Sue (2024) in which a Canadian office worker named Joleen accidentally gains access to the emails of her colleagues. If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’ll recognize yourself and/or your colleagues, and you’ll have a laugh.