to be or not TBR? - five books I read recently

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Howdy, bookworms. Here's the third instalment of 'to be or not TBR', my critically acclaimed (maybe) series to let you know which books I've read recently, and whether they were any good or a load of old tripe. This is truly the reading list of someone unhinged.
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@katewillread1509 2 года назад

You’ve transitioned so seamlessly into book content and I LOVE IT! You truly have a knack for talking about literature intelligently while still keeping it fun! Also, ya look stunning in this video and I love your top 💫🌙

@kate80 2 года назад

‘Every so often I like to ruin my own life for 2 weeks and read a classic’ 🤣🤣🤣 hard relate! I want to have read them but rarely enjoy to actual reading of them! x

@ellysheppard3072 Год назад

I absolutely fell in love with The Midnight Library. The plot was so unique and I love the quirky writing and humor. Very touching.

@peachf5533 2 года назад

100% agree with everything you said about midnight library. Felt exactly the same. One thing I did notice after reading this book i do reflect on the messages from it during certain life situations quite regularly so it obviously had a way of serving its purpose x

@sueinns5048 2 года назад

Even though we seem to have a totally different taste in books i really appreciate these book reviews. I may pick one of these up one day. Btw i love your top/dress!!

@jenicat55 2 года назад

For a “classic” I highly recommend “I capture the castle” by Dodie Smith. It’s just beautiful!

@the_eclectic_being5138 2 года назад

Hands down my favourite book. It's great to revisit it over the years (I first read it when I was 13) and pick out different bits I relate to as I grow!

@koplomps 2 года назад

Added this to my tbr-list, it sounds really up my street! Thanks for the suggestion! :--)

@EmmaBlyth7 2 года назад

omg yes, lucy - you’d love it! it’s beautiful and honestly probably one of my all time favourites

@katrinagargett5312 2 года назад

If you haven’t already read it I’d really recommend Witch Light by Susan Fletcher. It’s written in a really beautiful way and is so similar to Where The Crawdads Sing i.e. stunningly descriptive landscapes and a wild, lonely girl who has nothing except her connection to the land - but set in the highlands of Scotland against the back drop of the Glencoe Massacre. It’s dark in places but her story is told so beautifully and it’s one of my absolute favourites!

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Well that sounds RIGHT up my street, thank you!

@jessicawatson7360 2 года назад

Thanks for the suggestion! I love nature writing and haven’t read Crowdads yet.

@BrielleleFay 2 года назад

Ohh I will check this out! Thank you for recommending

@eleanorcox2274 2 года назад

Crawdads is wonderful! Fave book of the year so far

@karinhutchinson2026 2 года назад

I found your channel through your Disney content - love your nostalgic music and video to the opening of your vlogs. Having watched one of your book reviews I found myself wanting to read and have since purchased a few books to restart the love I had of reading. Your book reviews are insightful and I love the way you describe the book without giving too much away! Thank you for reigniting my reading passion and for your super Disney vlogs!

@elliegraace 2 года назад

A total comfort watch as always🥰 would love a rundown of your all time fave reads! Xx

@mirandatuck262 2 года назад

100% agree on Midnight Library. It just didn’t quite hit the mark for some reason. Also kept being bothered by the fact that Nora didn’t know anything about the lives she was being thrust into. Seemed obvious that they wouldn’t quite work out for her because she never had the full context or knowledge base, so the stress of the situations was framed around her confusion/discomfort instead of her deciding if she actually felt fulfilled.

@Lifeonasofa 2 года назад

AGREE with classics. I’ve put myself through the pain of pushing through several and they’re just not for me - it’s okay. Reading is for everyone, but not every book is for everyone. You could try an audiobook of a classic? Takes some of the effort out of reading :) it’s great for us dyslexics that don’t stand a chance with some books. Loving all the other picks in this video though! Sad to say they’re all on my tbr and have been for far too long 😂

@TheAsheTalketh 2 года назад

Really glad to hear you talk about Shuggie Bain! I'm a Glaswegian so everyone under the sun recommends it but for some reason I never had a desire to read it (same as you with the cover, I am bad for judging by covers) so nice to hear positive words about it. Also appreciate the positive chat about it being in Scots dialect because so many people would be put off by that! Currently on Song of Achilles (making my way through your recommendations of old) and, as recommended by a lady in Waterstones, my next book is The Mad Womens' Ball

@autumnkinz 2 года назад

I felt EXACTLY the same way about The Midnight Library. I mean, I whizzed through it and really enjoyed it, but I wanted it to be less...obvious, I guess. Not that it was totally predictable or anything, but that I wanted it to challenge me more. Still recommend it, though! For sure.

@katelock6736 Год назад

I’ve just finished reading Ariadne. I loved it! You’ve summed it up beautifully here. Your book content is wonderful, thank you 😊 xx

@jarsofc555 2 года назад

I’d recommend reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and Uprooted by Naomi Novik. They’re not necessarily like the books you talked about, but they’re both felt like special books!

@natashamason3328 2 года назад

Was hugely disappointed by Midnught Library too. Looking forward to starting Shuggie Bain next, thank you x

@jgsimpson4716 2 года назад

I’ve had Shuggie Bain on my to read pile for ages, finally feeling convinced enough to pick it up now!

@WhyMermaids 2 года назад

I just recently discovered your channel through your old Disney vlogs but stayed for the books. I’m working my way through your recs from earlier this year (just finished If We We’re Villains and now reading The Mercies) but I added some of these to my (woefully overflowing) list.

@pinkiejecca 2 года назад

I hated the midnight library, rated it 2 stars 🙈 I loved the concept but found it soooo obvious, there was absolutely no subtlety and I felt like I knew exactly where it was going. But I just finished Ariadne and loved it, and loved Shuggie Bain when I read that a few months ago! I'm trying to get into classics too and enjoyed the picture of Dorian grey but I'm attempting Oliver Twist right now and it's a very difficult read. The writing and language is so dense but my toxic trait is finishing every book I start even if I hate it 🙃

@WittyOneMN 2 года назад

Midnight Library was an ok read for me. It was self reflecting but it was also a bit of a depressing read and I felt that way even after putting the book down. I've read many classics but can admit I've never even heard of Brideshead Revisited. A book I'd recommend is The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. It's a quick, entertaining read with some history behind it. Thanks for another great video! I'm really enjoying the Disney Vlogs too...your excitement comes thru and I find myself smiling and excited with you and Adam! 😊

@emilyarrowsmith9027 2 года назад

I really struggled to get into the Manningtree Witches and you've inspired me to go back and give it another go!

@iloveguymartin 2 года назад

Ariadne was on of my favourite reads this year so far! I loved the world building and depth of the characters and i wept so much as the ending! Jennifer Saint's next book Elektra is also really good

@SherbetLemonMate Год назад

I get what you mean with Midnight Library. I wanted it to be life affirming and one of those books that I'd gift to others but I just didn't get that from it. Ariadne is on my TBR list so I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on that. I've just read The Book of Lost Names whilst on holiday and it has immediately gone into my top 5 books of all time! Such a beautiful story, moved me to tears at so many parts!

@yj-k1934 2 года назад

I found midnight Library a little basic. Ariadne I enjoyed and its thrown me down the rabbit hole of Greek mythology/fiction which I am enjoying 😊

@rootingbranches 2 года назад

I'm currently reading Shuggie Bain! So glad to hear you loved it. You have to read Hex by Jenni Fagan. It's a novella that's witchy, heartbreaking, and brilliantly written! You'll adore it.

@thirdoctoberchild 2 года назад

I completely agree - Shuggie Bain instantly went up towards to top of my forever list. Such an unbelievably gorgeous book. I had the pleasure of seeing Douglas Stuart talk on an international authors stage in Stockholm in May and they say don’t meet your heroes but my god did Douglas Stuart live up to my hype. He was such a wonderfully eloquent and genuine and passionate and down to earth person. You can really tell that every single word of that book means so much to him. He spent 12 years writing it. Shuggie’s story is somewhat based on his life. He spoke specifically about choosing to write in dialect, and that he wanted to portray life in that time and place as authentically as he could.

@12missmolly 2 года назад

These are without a doubt my Fave videos of yours! Absolutely love your book hauls and content. Can you. Give us an update on the ones you had picked out for you at the book shop xxx

@everydaykelly 2 года назад

I read The Midnight Library last year and I loved it! I couldn't put it down. Matt Haig has become one of my favorite authors recently. I might give Shuggie Bain a go. Thanks for the video!

@yj-k1934 2 года назад

I recommend A thousand ships if you enjoy Ariadne- it's amazing and wriiten extremely well!

@robyn5868 2 года назад

Love that you loved Shuggie Bain - what a brutal, beautiful story. Highly recommend Young Mungo by the same author.

@redolive3012 2 года назад

I think you would really like the Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn! Perfect mix of Victorian London mystery and a little slow burn romance

@sweetForgiveness 2 года назад

I read Ariadne last month while on Crete and that was kinda magical I also read The Couple by Helly Acton and i just loved that romcom with such a cool twist of World building.

@marlenekarl1360 2 года назад

I have just ordered one of your books! Love these videos from you!

@bethfranklin2719 2 года назад

I love these videos! I too don’t really have a pattern of what I read, sometimes it’s light and fluffy and then the next book could be a right heart breaker. Also wanted to say I love your hair! It looks amazing. P.s. can we have a book shelf tour?xx

@sarahsearle9598 2 года назад

Lucy you are spoiling us! Keep the videos coming! if you could upload the next Disney installment this afternoon so I can chill in the garden and watch, that would be lovely 😂🤣 xx

@louisacoote2337 2 года назад

Ariadne was so so good! I loved Circe by Madeline Miller too. The Midnight Library made me cry and reminded me of Life After Life/God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson, both of which I love.

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Oooh I haven’t heard of those, I’ll take a look 😊

@gabbymerry4202 2 года назад

Totally agree about Shuggie Bain. One of the best books I’ve read, and harrowing and heartbreaking. But somehow, at the end, I did leave it with a feeling of hope.

@izzie_bee1235 2 года назад

I loved Ariadne!! I'm currently on Elektra but put it down and need to restart it ❤️

@lcaroline1100 Год назад

I think the Midnight Library is on your bookcase, the spine is yellow. Which I always forget 😂😂

@sopsara 2 года назад

Great video Lucy, I love hearing you talk about books. I recently read the Mercies on your witchy recommendation and loved it!💛 The Nightingale by Kirstin Hannah and The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne are also two I would highly recommend if you like heart wrenching historical fiction!

@fayeviolet 2 года назад

I absolutely fell in love with Ariadne - cried also haha! If you haven't already, add Elektra to your list. It's Jennifer Saint's newest, complete with another stunning cover ;)

@Umbrellanor 2 года назад

Okay firstly, watching this from Adelaide where it is well and truly not the height of summer so all those things you mentioned at the start do in fact apply to me 😆 And secondly, I think the Klaxons are actually playing a festival at one of the wineries here later this year so they must be still going in some capacity! Also, Douglas Stuart did an episode of Annie Mac’s podcast Changes which I would really recommend - the whole podcast in general is brilliant and so interesting!

@Umbrellanor 2 года назад

On further remembering, I think it’s actually The Kooks that are playing, not Klaxons 🙈 an equally great 00s indie throwback though.

@chloeelder75 2 года назад

You might have convinced me to finally read Shuggie Bain, which has also sat on my bookshelf, and that I'm right in my intuition that Midnight Library might not be for me!

@victoriatuff8795 2 года назад

I'm sure I can see the Midnight Library on your bookshelf!! It's got a yellow spine :) xx

@bethany9477 2 года назад

Another RU-vidr recommended Shuggie Bain, so it was on my TBR list. But you have really given me the confidence to give it a read. Thank you 😊

@rachelbrie175 2 года назад

Midnight library has been on my tbr for forever but i cant make myself pull the trigger on it. Such conflicting opinions! 😅 On a separate note, WHERE did you get that galaxy top from? I am obsessed!

@Mjennings16 2 года назад

I also need to know where this dress/ top is from!! 😍

@fmcookie23 2 года назад

If you really appreciated Shuggie Bain then I'd strongly recommend Young Mungo which is Douglas Stuart's latest novel! It has so much of the same social realism but with more of a structured narrative to it. It's a beautiful story but also just as difficult to read at times. Both are two of the best books I've ever read. 🤗

@tinyk68 2 года назад

Couldn't agree more. I think Douglas Stuart is the best writer I've read in a very long time.

@linziclaire6868 Год назад

I adored Ariadne just finished it and was devastated when I finished it ♥️

@Maria-wz8ft 2 года назад

I picked up Shuggie Bain from a charity shop yonks ago and it’s been sitting on my shelf intimidating me ever since… you may have just persuaded me!

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

You’ve gotta give it a try! It’s amazing x

@ZoeShears 2 года назад

I have just finished A court of thorns and roses, man that was a good read. I am now on an Anthony Horowitz book called Night Rise but its painfully slow, May have to find another one to read.

@ABreathOfSerenity 2 года назад

I'm sure The Klaxons are still blaring somewhere :D

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

It’s not over not over not over yeeeet

@meganfarr9919 2 года назад

Try elekta. Loved it!

@jessbowe2807 2 года назад

Really enjoying My Policeman at the moment, currently been made into a film with Harry styles 😍

@georgie96 2 года назад

If you liked The Manningtree Witches, I really think you'd love Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee! I found it a tad more accessible, and raced through it. One of my favourites from the last year.

@DepressedHotmess 2 года назад

Maybe a bit of an odd request but I'd LOVE to see an in depth book collection from you 👼

@ThatRomyKate 2 года назад

Had to comment when you said Vinegar Tom, I did my GCSE drama performance of that play! All I remember from it was that I had to sing a song about churning butter and that I kept accusing people of being witches 😆

@upsidedown9412 2 года назад

Hi Lucy, a few “classics” (what does that even mean anyway!?) I have enjoyed that might work for you are The Painted Veil (Somerset Maugham), In Cold Blood (Truman Capote), I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith) and The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter). Love the book videos x

@emilyd9916 2 года назад

I enjoyed The Midnight Library but I do agree with what you said about it being quite in your face. I also totally didn't buy Ariadne just because I live the cover, I don't know if its my thing but I'm going to give it a go definitely. Also love a witchy book so am going to give The Maningtree Witches a go too. Thank you for your video xx

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! Enjoy the booky goodness 🤩

@lisafreezy 2 года назад

I have shuggie bain on my tbr pile for months lol watch me starting to read it tonight😂♥️

@rachrocks89 Год назад

Watching for the book content, commenting because of the Klaxons reference. I remember them! I’m sad that they disappeared. Where did they go?!

@chooseyourthoughts7692 2 года назад

Thanks Lucy!! 📚📚🥰

@silviashappyplace8831 Год назад

If you like greek mythology, I would recommend "Daughters of Sparta" (female pov) and "The song of Achilles". 😍

@Yahoodoraze 2 года назад

I finished The Silence of the Girls recently! It’s pretty bleak 😅 I think I would have enjoyed it a bit more if I knew the Iliad better as it feels like the author assumes the reader knows the original story so a few things probably went right over my head, but it does what you described the Manningtree Witches (which I have just started) does in creating an atmosphere that is full of suspense and pulls you in to the time period and environment very well 👍

@samantha7389 2 года назад

Tbh I haven’t watched all of your TBR videos yet (I’m making my way through!) but if you haven’t already read The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan, I think it might be one that you enjoy! (My apologies if you already read it and hated it 🙄😂) I only got through the first couple of pages but I enjoy it so far. Something about the way this author writes makes me think of you, and I mean that in the best way, so I figured I would share!

@emilysmith2784 2 года назад

If you liked the midnight library premise you might enjoy a tv show called ‘being Erica’. Sounds exactly the same without the self help stuff. 😉

@lydiahunterdurham7588 2 года назад

I’m not the biggest fan of classics either unless they’re gothic like Dracula and Dorian Gray, though I recently read Maurice and actually found it really enjoyable, even funny in parts! Obviously heartbreaking but beautiful too :)

@claireblaire8174 2 года назад

If you like fantasy and really want to get sucked into a world - I recommend The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I think you'll love it!

@AmberClareHawleyx 2 года назад

I might have recommended it before, but I think you might enjoy Deborah Harkness' "A Discovery of Witches" (it's one of my faves! 😊) Witches ✔ History ✔ Vampires ✔ Daemons ✔ Science ✔ Magic ✔ Academia ✔ The author is really lovely and clever too 🖤

@ashleynewbegin 2 года назад

Love the video!!! Hope everyone who is reading this is having a lovely day 😊

@Snugglecher 2 года назад

I got stuck in with Greek mythology because of Rick Riordan and his Percy Jackson series. And then Marvel, of course. I’m definitely going to check some of these out. I have a very ADHD relationship with reading. Either I want to read all the time or not at all. Anyway, thank you so much for more TBRs in my pile Lol 😂

@KathyDubs 2 года назад

I read Brideshead Revisited some time last year because I was going on this binge of reading essential Catholic reads (I am Catholic, if that's not obvious lol) and it took me forever to read! Still not sure why it's such an essential Catholic read other than the fact that the family in it is Catholic? Oof.

@koplomps 2 года назад

If someone is having a rough time and wants an "easy read", I really loved 'The moon, the stars and Madame Burova' by Ruth Hogan. Gave me a warm feeling and was genuinely a 5/5 book for me!

@librarianminx 2 года назад

Still covid positive, but able to read, so I have been mighty relieved that my snotty nose has allowed this xx

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Get well soon mate!

@librarianminx 2 года назад

Read midnight library, amazing. Got shuggie bain and Ariadne to read. Will get manningtree witches.

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Wow we have very similar taste!

@librarianminx 2 года назад

@@LucyJaneWood I'm a big fan so I'll take that as a compliment. I think I read daisy Jones and the six because of you, and then went on to read the seven husbands of Evelyn hugo too.

@heathernicol7533 2 года назад

I would recommend reading Elektra by Jennifer Saint, it's the story of the trojan war but told by the perspective of 3 female characters

@sarahedwards1599 2 года назад

I love these videos by Lucy! Does anyone have any reccomendations for a book based on witchcraft that is a historical fiction but also fast paced? I have never read a witchcraft fiction before... maybe I should try? Help please xxx

@pinkiejecca 2 года назад

I really enjoyed the Familiars by Stacey Halls and the Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave x

@hollylandis2282 2 года назад

If anyone is looking for a light and sexy summer read, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams is brilliant. I genuinely cannot put this book down and it’s very much not my normal genre. Highly recommend!

@dieSterbendeGiraffe 2 года назад

I love your book content! So ready to hear what you have to say about the books you've read :) Did you read Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid? What did you think about it?

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching 😊 I haven’t read her earlier books tbh, need to give them a try x

@louisacoote2337 2 года назад

Have you read anything by Philippa Gregory? She does historical fiction with engaging characters and great setting.I liked Earthly Delights ( I think that’s what it’s called) about a gardener during the time of James I or II.

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Only for my dissertation many moons ago! I’m have to give her another try x

@chelseagoodman5050 2 года назад

These are my fave vids Lucy! Have you read a little life? x

@hilbo888 2 года назад

When Autumn comes, I urge you to pick up The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, it’s definitely a colder weather book, don’t know why, just some books are better in to read whilst wearing a cosy jumper! I read it years ago and still think about how it made me feel to be a woman. Also, The Yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman a nice short read, but beautifully sad.

@Meirjolanknits Год назад

Did you ever read the rosie project? it is really good :)

@rebelurthesun 2 года назад

As soon as you said "tip of the tongue, teeth and the lips" the "weowwww neowww neowww neowww" played in my head.

@LynnetteReads 2 года назад

hot drinks, blankets woman you are mad! I just filmed a book wrap up video in my 27 degree flat I am watching you with a cold fizzy drink and wearing the smallest, lightest clothes possible without stripping down to my underwear! I'm trying to find the energy to now edit and upload to RU-vid for my regular scheduling! Also Ariadne is one of my favourite books of last year and I recently read Elektra by Jennifer Saint and I cannot wait for her to write more books xx

@ELB95 2 года назад

You need to read The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

@Charlotte.M.S 2 года назад

Is that the shirt turned dress? It certainly looks good.

@neelamsolanki6626 2 года назад

YES The Klaxons!!!

@rachrocks89 Год назад

Ooo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooh! Aaah….

@mondstauberdbeere 2 года назад

I gave up on Midnight Library after just a few chapters as I didn't feel that this difficult and sensitive topic was handled with very much nuance or care at all. Nora's situation and reasoning for ending her life in the beginning felt so forced and bizzare to me - like the author didn't feel like actually dealing with the topic of mental illness and just decided to instead let Nora have a single bad day (side note, very unrealistically bad day!) to make that decision to get the plot going. To me, this almost felt like it made light of mental illness and people that actually struggle with suic*dal thoughts... I don't know, maybe that's just me, but it really didn't sit right with me.

@katiescarlett2694 2 года назад

Can anyone recommend some good Greek mythology retelling like Ariadne mentioned in this video? X

@anniandrea2562 2 года назад

Song of Achilles, Circe, Elektra Non fiction: Pandoras Jar

@janicedeweerd8044 2 года назад

I didn't quite enjoy 'the Midnight Library' either.. I wanted to like it, but I didn't. Might be interested in the Shuggie Bain book, but my own TBR is already about a lifetime's worth..

@tracyolson2739 2 года назад

Have you read Where the Crawdads Sing yet? If you have and you’ve talked about it, please lead me to that video, and, if you haven’t read it please do because I would love to hear your thoughts on the book.

@AmberClareHawleyx 2 года назад

If you look on Lucy's "books" playlist, I think she speaks about it on the video second to last (in chrono order, newest to oldest) - hope that helps :)

@louisacoote2337 2 года назад

School of Rock is infinitely quotable!

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

CELLOOOOO YOU GOT A BASS

@rachrocks89 Год назад

Read between the lines, Theo. Read between the LINES!

@almalore 2 года назад

ugh YES. Ariadne is fantastic, I adore all of the Jennifer Saint books! And yes do read Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker followed by Women of Troy by Pat as well - they are brilliant and show the female perspective of the siege of Troy.

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

That sounds so good! It’s on my list for sure

@jocummings3202 2 года назад

When I saw Shuggie Bain in the thumbnail I had a little fear in case you didn't like it. Literally just finished it myself and think about it all the time.

@erinmaglietta2484 2 года назад

Midnight Library was life changing. Matt Haig writes with such simplicity but conveys SO MUCH. Truly a favorite.

@mr_nincompoop 2 года назад

Agree on reading classics, trying to genuinely enjoy them but failing! I tried to read Emma and the drama is just so low stakes, fancy people having long boring conversations, everything was so stilted! Feels illegal to say it tho 👀 Jane Eyre is my exception cos Miss Brontë brought the drama

@nesspadfield 2 года назад

The Klaxons! One of them married Kiera knightley so he's doing alright I guess....

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

Pahaha good for him!

@riac6786 2 года назад

If you like books about witch trials then you might like This Fearful Thing by L M West

@saz5716 2 года назад

School of Rock 😂😂

@LucyJaneWood 2 года назад

The best film of all time

@alicemlovegrove 2 года назад

I watched the 80s TV version of Brideshead Revisited as a teen, but found the novel unfinishable, despite having read others by Evelyn Waugh. I do recommend the show. (You're definitely not imagining either the gay relationship or the total awfulness of the main character.)