A Book Haul Too Big to Carry!

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All the Violet Tiaras: www.404ink.com/store/inklings...
Dragons, Wyverns & Serpents: www.waterstones.com/book/drag...
Witches, Wizards, & Sorcerers: www.waterstones.com/book/witc...
Book Haul Books:
Out There Screaming: tidd.ly/41MF2ZT
Storyland: tidd.ly/48nYNtt
Lore of the Stars: tidd.ly/4aMFnA8
Idol Burning: tidd.ly/4aIhcTh
The Sorcerers Apprentice: tidd.ly/3vwyBxX
Wild: tidd.ly/41Q462s
Bluebeard's Castle: tidd.ly/3TRBOlY
Peasant Citizen and Slave: tidd.ly/3TPccGf
Free Them All: tidd.ly/3U7nFl1
Internet for the People: tidd.ly/48K2JEK
How To Be an Anticapitalist: tidd.ly/4aMeD2v
Tastes Like Shakkar: tidd.ly/3tHqEFP
Rent to Be: tidd.ly/3NRnM03
Thank You For Sharing: tidd.ly/47xwszK
Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell: tidd.ly/48HSznP
The Witch is Back: tidd.ly/3S4Yhe6
The Truth about Melody Brown: tidd.ly/47jVkL6
Sweet Little Lies: tidd.ly/48K30rg
The Locked Door: tidd.ly/48Ir5OZ
The Night She Disappeared: tidd.ly/48nZlj1
Miracle Creek: tidd.ly/3S7hiN3
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: tidd.ly/3S7hlIJ
The Bromance Book Club: tidd.ly/41K85NT
Bitterthorn: tidd.ly/41KpCW9
Untouchable: tidd.ly/3H3nqzA
That Kind of Guy: amzn.to/3H3nHm6
Unreal Sex: tidd.ly/41LNEQy
Murdle: tidd.ly/3TT6hQD
Koku Akanbi and the Heart of Midnight: tidd.ly/3N1lU4f
Never Whistle at Night: tidd.ly/3vwztCJ
Amazing Octopus: tidd.ly/48omUbe
Witch's Forest: tidd.ly/47s16dD
A Stroke of the Pen: tidd.ly/49PgNxS
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My Other Books:
Live Like a Goddess (young adult): tidd.ly/3qZJlTE
Goddesses and Heroines (middle grade): uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978024...
Greek Myths (middle grade): amzn.to/3y4me9P
Egyptian Myths (middle grade): amzn.to/3dxcueF
The Flames of Albiyon (adult): amzn.to/3SfEvtP
Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses (adult): uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978152...
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines (adult): uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978152...
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Пікірлер: 46

@theinkedpath9631 5 ай бұрын

You are so great talking about books. It is like I am stoping to talk with a friend. Great haul, Jean!

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

That is so kind of you to say, I'm so glad!!

@ruthhouston4437 5 ай бұрын

I’d love a non-fiction vlog! I spent 2023 reading science fiction/fantasy and am aiming to widen my horizons this year. Wild sounds so good that I’ve just bought it as an ebook. My latest Waterstones purchase was “Where are the Women? A guide to an imagined Scotland” which focuses on women’s contribution, past and present. It’s written by Sara Sheridan and published by Historic Environment Scotland.

@karenmiddlebrook5069 5 ай бұрын

Loved Idol, Burning. Gave me insight into a world I know nothing about, 'Oshi's". I, too, love a short read. Those are often the ones which stay with me in my thoughts.

@28bruch 5 ай бұрын

Non- fiction vlogs sound like a brilliant idea, don't think I have seen any before!. And your first anthology might be the February book club pick for the Literally Dead Book Club hosted by booksandlala. It was a horror anthology and the cover looks familiar, couldn't find the announcement, though.

@ngairepowell2022 5 ай бұрын

The bromance bookclub series is actually really sweet, I enjoyed it a few years ago

@rorororos 5 ай бұрын

Youre such a delight to watch, I found your channel recently and I really love it (plus we have a similar-ish reading taste, which is a treat!)❤️

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Oh that is so kind!!! Welcome ☺️

@Dcong16 5 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the bromance book club!! It was one of my favorite series I read last year.

@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk 5 ай бұрын

So many good books to choose from. Best wishes with your reading choices in 2024.

@edwardsjarje 5 ай бұрын

I think I’ll plan better next year to shop for books after I see what you and Lianne recommend.

@sarahhall4107 5 ай бұрын

Hi Jean. I loved The Bromance Bookclub when I read it. You are in for a treat! I can't wait to get to the eat of the serie. Happy reading.

@oliviabradley8638 5 ай бұрын

I just read Never Whistle at Night and it was excellent. There were a few I didn't love (which is expected in an anthology) but so many of them were so spooky and well-written.

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Ooooh ok I’m extra excited! But yeah I always feel like you’re guaranteed to dislike at least one aha

@SabsileT 5 ай бұрын

I really liked Miracle Creek, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (although it may be a bit overhyped)! I think you're gonna like them, too.

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Aha I will try to go in without tooooo high expectations 😉

@shannonkatereadsstuff 5 ай бұрын

I have read some of out there screaming and it’s awesome! I want to get a copy of Wild, but I’m also searching for Chinese and Japanese lore retellings in English because I know so much about the more ‘popular’ mythologies in English.

@louiselangton 5 ай бұрын

Yay Manchester! And yay Queer Lit if that's where you're referring to in Manny 😉 always love a Jean Vlog if you're doing a non fiction one and Happy New Year! X

@Sad.Purple.unicorn 5 ай бұрын

I liked Starling House but it definitely should have been shorter.

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Aha the truth about many books.

@witchssecret 5 ай бұрын

Maybe I missed the video when you talked about it, but I would love to know whether you're still writing your highland romance novel. Thank you for wonderful videos, I always check out your recommendations

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Definitly! I plotted it out and wrote a quarter of it but then I signed a deal for another historical (fantasy) novel and had to focus on that. I’m editing it atm and as soon as I’m done it’s back to the highlander romance (I cannot research two time periods at one I’ve learned aha). Thank you for asking!!!

@witchssecret 5 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to both of them 😊

@suse4164 5 ай бұрын

Nice shade of finger nail-polish!

@Maria_Efe 5 ай бұрын

Those Verso books sound so interesting!

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

I'm excited to read them!!

@burymewithabook 5 ай бұрын

They have a daily Murdle online too 🔍 my partner and I do them too! Haven't tried the book yet.

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Oooooh yes I forgot it was originally online! I should definitely try that too.

@ladyfox6705 5 ай бұрын

Jean, I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm already writing a comment because you said 1/2 price sale!!! WHAT?! I wouldn't know what to do, where to look lol XD Books are very expensive here in NZ, and we never get huge sales 😞 Secondly, I also love horror and am not into gratuitously gory stuff. Love old school mostly, like M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, etc, J-horror movies, and Jordan Peele and Guillermo del Toro are my favourite directors. 🙂Amazing just how scary something can be with no/minimal 'gross-ness'. I count on Libby to experiment with books and authors nowdays, and am very fussy with my purchases, but I did recently buy the gorgeous and lovely Manga, 'Witch Hat Atelier', and pre-ordered 'Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands' and 'Sunbringer', the sequel to the superb 'Godkiller' and I'm very excited to read these 🙂 📚📚📚

@karenmiddlebrook5069 5 ай бұрын

I am also in NZ, and can concur. Was shocked how affordable books are when I was visiting the UK. I want to support book stores but find $30-40 paperback book too expensive given the volume I read. Thank goodness for the Libby App!

@ladyfox6705 5 ай бұрын

@@karenmiddlebrook5069 Hello there! Yes, some Manga can be cheaper with us being closer to Japan, but yeah novels etc are crazy prices. Yesterday I bought Rouge by Mona Awad with a book voucher, and that was $39 for a paperback. I love my physical books, and would love to go to a Barnes & Noble hardback sale in the US. So cheap! Libby has been amazing, and I can get through a book really fast on 2x speed just as I go about my day 👏👌📚

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

This is wild. Is it a general cost of living/wages are higher? Or is it perhaps tax? In the UK at least we don't pay tax on books.

@ladyfox6705 5 ай бұрын

@@JeansThoughts Cost of living in NZ is very high. Food costs a LOT, and we definitely pay tax on books 😞 I think also that items are generally expensive because so many things need to be imported, and we are a very long way from other places down here at the bottom of the world. That's why I (and many of us bookworms) were very sad when the Book Depository UK closed down, and went NUTS buying up books because BD was tax and free international freight. I think I bought over 20 books, some are also very difficult to get here (or you just can't get here at all.) Lovely country in many ways, but expensive, yes 😢

@karenmiddlebrook5069 5 ай бұрын

Also lack of bookstore "vibes". My hometown in the UK has one of the most beautiful Waterstones, with a lovely Cafe overlooking the store. Sofas, and coffee etc.

@Sad.Purple.unicorn 5 ай бұрын

I Love Book hauls

@dontfretreadbooks 5 ай бұрын

P Djeli Clark is one of my favourite authors. Makes me wish I was a writer 😅 I liked Starling House, it's kinda creepy kinda cozy??

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

He can literally do no wrong!! Also I love the idea of creepy meets cozy aha. Maybe that's my next read.

@Sad.Purple.unicorn 5 ай бұрын

So many interesting non fiction picks

@jamgart6880 5 ай бұрын

I’m not into the romance books, but the blurbs sound a lot like Mills & Boons from back in the day! Do they still make them?? 😂 I miss our old The Works. It used to have a couple of floors of books, then they moved across the road into another building and now they only have one wall of books (by authors I’ve never heard of) the rest of the shop is crafts and games. Quite sad for me!

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Aha I love Mills and Boons, they're still going strong, although thankfully with improving diversity of stories and characters. I will say I did my Works order on line, they definitely didn't have all of these in my local store :(

@jamgart6880 5 ай бұрын

@@JeansThoughts Weirdly, when I was a little girl. I knew 2 Mills & Boons authors. My friend who lived across the street from me (we lived in military quarters, she lived in a thatched cottage surrounded by fields and oak trees) her mother and grandmother were both writing for M&B. I wasn’t really aware of what it was back then, but we’re talking the 70’s and they were well known. They both used pseudonyms of course. Which is a shame as ld like to check out what they were writing all those years ago! I used to see (and hear them!) using their typewriters in their office. To this day hearing a typewriter reminds me of their home 😁

@LoptrL 5 ай бұрын

Ha! I appreciated the anti-capitalism book, followed by gushing over the bargains found at The Works🤣

@JeansThoughts 5 ай бұрын

Aha I mean disagreeing with the capitalist system does not mean we don’t live in one or that individuals must give up small purchases. It’s about larger change like campaigning for public ownership. At least to me 😊