MY ENTIRE CLASSICS COLLECTION (80+ books!) 

right? those are my favorite! if I ever have lots of money one day, i'd like to own all of them!

helllloooo, friend. :) yeah, i had to do that too, but then the first book I ever taught was Gatsby and it just relit my fire for the story, let me tell you! I loved Washington Square! It's the type of slow-moving, disappointing story that somehow really gets me going haha. you're awesome and thank you for you sweet comments

i totally understand that! a lot of times i look at my books and am tempted to drool all over them! oh my gosh, you're so right about Oscar Wilde! I have read The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, but those were school books so I couldn't keep them :( your comments are always so lovely, and I appreciate you SO much, bookflower :)

Leticia Germán that is so lovely to say! Thank you!

I definitely recommend the Jane Austen one!

haha! oh thank you so much for the advice! on my end it doesn't sound like that, so I definitely need to figure out what's going on! thank you!

yep. that book is one of the few where reading it seems like a chore and just makes me annoyed hahaha

SARA! :) you are MY kind of reader too! :) thaaaaank you! also, that winnie the pooh is my favorite! the illustrations, everything!

Perks of a Bookflower definitely the best illustrations!

thank you, gosh i love them. one day when i have money I will buy them all up and fill my shelves with them (a girl can dream, right?)

haha, thank you! :) i like frankenstein as well!

aww, so happy you relate! :) pride and prejudice is perfection, yes?

yes! poetry is life and love and happiness

yes, barnes and noble does so well with their hardcover editions! i love them! :)

isn't it lovely? :) yes, i also have the mass-market paperbacks for most of her books because I have to sit that book down on a flat surface to read and it's simply not practical haha! my edition is the Barnes and Noble Children's Hardcover edition if you'd like to try to find it. :) the edition you have seems pretty though! i love the story as well. do you feel like you relate more to Wendy or Peter Pan or neither?

Perks of a Bookflower Good question! Definitely Wendy - she’s a child at heart, with a creative spirit. I actually played Wendy in a Peter Pan show about 4 years ago! 😊 Which character do you relate to more?

@@StudioLindsay aww, you look a lot like Wendy actually, so I can see that! I wish I was as motherly as Wendy, but I just don't have that with in me. I'm a bit more stubborn (believe it or not haha) and sulky, so I would actually say I am more of a Tinkerbell!

aww, well if you do, Dracula or Little Women could be a good place to start (both very different, i know hahah)

haha, definitely! a lot of these I read for my English major in college!

thank you so much! :)

thank you! have you ever tried Peter Pan or Little Women? those are really good for getting into classics, i think. thank you so much! i have compiled these books over many,many years.

thank you so much for always leaving such kind comments! :) if you need a classic recommendation, i'd always be happy to help! there are lots of good ones for working your way into the genre as well!

@@PerksofaBookflower thank you!! I'll definitely come to you if I ever need any classics related guidance

@@readmefree aww yay! thank you :)

everyone has different feelings! for some reason the classics just resonate with me.

There are many books you’ve mention here and it is too difficult to choose on my own!

hi, sandy! :) i always feel like a good classic to get started with is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnette. It is a children's story, but honestly, it's more of a timeless story that could be good for anyone. The language isn't too difficult and it's so beautiful. BUT, if you're in the mood for something joyful and sweet than I really recommend Little Women by Louisa May Alcott! The language is really simple, there is a lot of dialogue and action, and it's just so heart-warming and delightful!

thank you! does Waterstones have fancy editions as well? i find myself generally liking UK covers more than US covers actually! thank you so much! :)

@@PerksofaBookflower Sometimes, yes! I think we do often tend to get nicer cover designs!

you are so wonderful! every time I see a comment from you i just smile so much. i'm so happy you're a bookflower!! :) yes, those barnes & noble editions make me DROOL. positively drool. i get what you mean about associating classics with school. a really fun one to get you started would probably either be some Sherlock Holmes OR Little Women (and then you could watch the new movie after!)

@@PerksofaBookflower ooohhh i have read some sherlock holmes stories and im such a fan!! I love them so much! I was gonna ask if you've read them! im definitely going to be trying out some other classics really soon, especially Jane Austen! Little Women is also on my list although the size is a bit intimidating😅 watching the movies right after reading the classics is definitely a fun thing to do! And yes! Glad to be a fellow bookflower!😄

@@coly15 :) even though little women is big, it flies by SO quickly!

right? I love to just look at them and swoon. :)

i know! i love them! one day if I have lots of money, i would like to buy all of them (this is an unrealistic dream)

aww, yay! if you ever need a classic recommendation, let me know! I'd be happy to help! :)

excellent choices! out of those, my favorites are Sherlock Holmes! i can never get enough Sherlock content to satisfy me; i'm just so in love with his brain, you know?

angela, you are absolutely the sweetest. i'm so happy to have met you and thank you for you lovely comments! also, I COMPLETELY FORGOT EMMA bc it was sitting in my reading chair (because I was reading it lol)! love your energy too, and if you ever want some classic rec, i got you!

Perks of a Bookflower haha I thought so but that is a perfectly valid reason. I’m so grateful we met too, and I will be taking you up on the classic recs offer when I get through my tbr!

@@angelarosereads yay! :)

haha, thank you! i'm happy you chuckled! The Secret Garden is SO good. i am re-reading it next month actually.

​@@PerksofaBookflower if it's spoiler-free can't wait for the vid! =D

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YES! :) i love it!

yaaay! :)

thank you, Laura :) yes, even though the old mass-market paperbacks aren't beautiful, i can't make myself toss them. ilove them too much haha

yay! okay, if i remember correctly, we both really like contemporary, right? so, of course I have to recommend Little Women to you. Even though it's old (lol) it feels contemporary because the language is really accessible and it revolves heavily on characters and their relationships to one another. if you've read that one, the same is also true about To Kill a Mockingbird! The Secret Garden also would be a good place to start (the language is a bit more elevated and dense, but besides that it reads more modern). OH MY GOSH! Rebecca! Rebecca fits everything I said above and also has shocking twists! I hope some of these help! :)

Perks of a Bookflower yes they definitely do help!!! Thank you so much! I’ll have a dig around in my house as I’m pretty sure I (or my mum) has a few of those :D

@@emilykathleenreads yay! if you pick one up, i'd love to hear which one you go with!

Perks of a Bookflower I’ll let you know! ☺️

soneasf YES! Let’s please talk about this! First- it is just so like traditionally a hero adventure story! And it’s so very predictable.

@@PerksofaBookflower 100% its's just so generic, and I understand this is one of the first written stories that was originally a spoken story only passed down orally from generation to generation. But reading it in a modern world, there are just so many high fantasies that take what Beowolf offered and just kept expanding it and making it even better, and even more flushed out with world building.

@@soneasf1095 absolutely! and it's so "grrr, i'm a man and I'm going to save the day with my sword" haha.

@@PerksofaBookflower classic good vs. evil and I'm over it lol

Is it because of translations?