I just love your excitement. Your boys are so blessed with the exposure you're giving them to such a rich variety of reading 📚 ❤
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
It is so fun to share wonderful books with them!
@barbaramiller2643
7 ай бұрын
I am enjoying this series so much! I agree with you about the Betsy/ Tacy series and The All- of-a-Kind Family series. Every episode I find beloved books and books that I know will become new friends. Thank you 😊
@glendaslanina9939
7 ай бұрын
You mentioned so many of my favorite titles and James Herriot’s books being my all time favorite series. The Blue Castle was a highlight of 2023. David Copperfield will be my spring read this year. Thank you for your cozy suggestions.🐾
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
Lovely to know readers with similar taste in books!
@jensreadinglife
7 ай бұрын
I adored The All-of-a-Kind Family as a child and really need to reread it! I may see if my library has the audiobooks. And I’ve been rereading each of the James Herriot books for the past few years in the week between Christmas and New Years and this year I’ll be doing Every Little Thing and I’ll be so sad when I’m done. I might just begin all over again! This series is so lovely!
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
They really are fabulous on audio...That is such a cozy Christmas tradition!
@novelideea
7 ай бұрын
I'm reading King's General in May! Now I'm doubly excited!!
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
I can't wait to hear what you think!
@gwynpowers4734
4 ай бұрын
I am just now watching this series. Thank you so much for this. I have started a list of the books that I already own that are on your list. I believe I will prioritize these reads. I trust your recommendations, which is the reason I purchased some of these books to begin with. This series is reminding me of books that I already own. Again, thank you!
@RubySlippersReads
6 ай бұрын
Lots of favorites on this list! Valancy’s family remind me a bit of the Murrays in Emily New Moon. Also, LMM wrote one other adult novel, A Tangled Web.
@jodihowe7274
7 ай бұрын
This has been delightful! I really enjoy your enthusiasm Kate. I am thankful for this life softening series💛
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Jodi!
@lkitten
6 ай бұрын
I just finished my first read of Little Women. I loved it and all the sisters so much. I'm most familiar with two movie versions from the 1930s and 40s and you are correct, the movies do not do all the sisters justice. Marmee is also a wonderful character in the book.
@ReadJournalLove
7 ай бұрын
Hi Kate. Thank you for this list. I have added several to my want to read list. I was thinking I’d read All Creatures for your animal prompt. My hubby really enjoyed that book.
@darrylfriesen
6 ай бұрын
OK, it’s official-I need to read Betsy Tacy and All-Of-A-Kind Family!! Any comparison to Anne of Green Gables or Little Women is a total clincher, since those are forever favourites!! And I’m so excited to be reading The Blue Castle for the first time this spring!! 😃 It was one of my Grandpa’s favourite books!!
@fernandamurari8577
6 ай бұрын
Hello and thank you for the recommendations! I have just managed to find a copy where I live and am eager to read it!
@Homeward_Pilgrim
6 ай бұрын
I totally agree on the Thrush Green series. I also liked it better than Fairacre, though I love that one, too. I felt Thrush Green was more structured around family and neighborhood, while Fairacre was centered in the school. I only read the first couple James Herriot's veterinary books in the past year, and thought they were great. I had also avoided them because I thought they were for "animal people." They turned out to be very much about the people who owned the animals, as well as the animals. What wonderful characters Herriot creates! The background of the Yorkshire landscape and weather created a beautiful texture for the lives to be lived within.
@katehowereads
6 ай бұрын
That's a really good point about Thrush Green vs. Fairacre! I do enjoy a school setting but will always prefer a neighborhood and families over it. I'm so glad that James Herriot decided to write about his life!
@gerridauer9092
7 ай бұрын
If you haven’t listened to the audiobook of All Creatures, that’s read by Nicholas Ralph (plays James Herriot in PBS series) it’s a wonderful family road-trip listen. I’ve got to go back and finish Little Women which I started before Christmas and David Copperfield. I adore the Thrush Green series. Just finished the third one. It’s my bedtime read.
@melissarebecca8
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. A few books of the part four list are already on my shelves waiting to be read, a few I added to my tbr thanks to you, and I just so happen to be reading The Blue Castle now! Also, I think it's so lovely that you read literature to your children.
@amyofhearthridge
7 ай бұрын
Kate, your videos are a “warm hug”, sooooo lovely to hear of so many favorites. I have yet to find an Agatha Christie that I really love, except I do like The Man in the Brown Suit. I have to try Evans!!!
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Amy!! Why Didn't They Ask Evans feels different enough I think it's definitely worth a try.
@kerrytrumble8121
7 ай бұрын
I love the Gone away lake books! I just discovered them last year.
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
They are so enchanting.
@skyy3123
7 ай бұрын
I’m currently reading The Blue Castle based off of Miranda Mills recommendation and I am liking it so far!
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
I'm so glad!
@heatherpickle
6 ай бұрын
I love the Blue Castle! Did you know that Louise and Kevin's cabin in Canada is in the same area that the book is set in?
@katehowereads
6 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness, I did not! I bet it's so lovely.
@davebonello1944
7 ай бұрын
(Melanie here) I've read 6 of the 10 so I will check out the others :)
@martins1964
7 ай бұрын
great list, James Herriot is very enjoyable.
@fortheloveofclassics03
7 ай бұрын
Loving this series sooooo much! Thank you ❤️❤️
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you are!
@BorderCollieInALibrary
7 ай бұрын
What a wonderful series! I look forward to every new installment. I love your description of James Harriot's works: Someone who is living out their calling. Spot-on! I have been curious about Why Didn't They Ask Evans for decades. Ever since a professor in a literary translation class brought it up as a translation conundrum: you can't translate the title "as is" into Russian without giving away the mystery (revealing the gender of Evans). So, this title is a perfect example of one of literary translation devices.
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
That is absolutely fascinating about the title translation of Why Didn't They Ask Evans!!!
@kellybarrett1561
7 ай бұрын
Oh Kate I am LOVING this series!! So many great stories! Some I loved to and so many delicious new books to explore! I too loved all of a kind family.. I was the only girl in my family and wanted sisters so bad!! I just read my first Miss Reads and fell instantly in love with the writing and character. You might enjoy the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton . start with the first book so you know what happening and please know it gets so much better once she is moved to the village and every book she solves A mystery. Its a all time favorite of mine.
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Kelly!! I keep hearing wonderful things about the Aunt Dimity series.
@amyofhearthridge
7 ай бұрын
I’m sooo curious about The King’s General 👀 because I hated My Cousin Rebecca and decided De Maurier wasn’t for me. 😮
@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD
7 ай бұрын
I was shocked to see The King's General.😅 i definitely intend to pick it up again.
@CharlesHeathcote
7 ай бұрын
I will definitely have to go back and watch the other videos in this series. All Creatures Great and Small was a favourite of my grandmother's - she would regularly rewatch the television series and re-read the books - and yet I still haven't got around to it. This is despite enjoying the most recent adaptation. David Copperfield is a priority for me when it comes to re-reading Dickens because I adored my experience reading that one. Thank you for these recommendations.
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
It's so fun to have nostalgia about wonderful book series as you experienced them vicariously through your grandmother and the TV series.
@carlabrown6849
7 ай бұрын
Ooh-- these are some good recommendations. I've read almost all of them. I especially love James Herriot! And I read the whole series of All of a Kind Family this year. I found the first one at a Goodwill and the rest on Libby. What a treat!
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
All of a Kind Family is great on audio!
@faithbooks7906
7 ай бұрын
This is such a fun series. I completely agree about All of a Kind Family.
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Faith! Yes,it's such a breath of fresh air in the children's literature that was being published at that time.
@windowinthesky88
7 ай бұрын
I love “Little Women”. I have not read “All Creatures Great and Small” so I will be putting that on my future TBR list. “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” is a book I will be reading soon. I finally began reading works by Agatha Christie. Great video! Have a wonderful rest of your week.
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
There are so many amazing Agatha Christie books waiting for you!
@windowinthesky88
7 ай бұрын
@@katehowereads I have now read three of her works. Cannot wait to read more.
@gracetaylor7351
7 ай бұрын
Need to read little woman David copper field want to get the letters edition of little woman and why didn’t they ask evans? The audio is good need to read . I watched the bbc version of it.❤
@sandra3616
7 ай бұрын
I'm curious . . . Does The King's General have that gothic creepy feel? I haven't read a duMaurier because I'm a wimp, who has to be in the right mood for that. 😆
@katehowereads
7 ай бұрын
It definitely doesn't. It feels much more like your typical historical fiction.
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