Yay for adopting a senior baby!! I work at a cat hospital and we love our seniors but people often gravitate to kittens so it warms our heart when our lovely seniors go to great homes! ♥️

Celebrate each year. Happy birthday! 42 is not too old for KZfaq videos if you have time to create them. And welcome Biscuit. Such a beautiful cat ❤

Happy Birthday and welcome home Biscuit! There is no age that is too old to make booktube content. While I love the fresh vibrant energy of younger book tubers, I also really appreciate the perspective and thoughtfulness that more seasoned readers bring to the mix as well. Besides you got your mom into this, how would you explain suddenly being too old haha.

In a previous video, when you asked what we’d like to see, I said, “More cats!” You have delivered, and I thank you. Biscuit is the delight that is a ginger Tom - the little rascals of the cat world. 😸 Happy birthday!🎉 No, 42 is NOT too old for a KZfaqr. In fact, I prefer to watch BookTubers who aren’t fresh out of school. The Artist Formerly Known as Your Mother is just one example of the many “mature” BookTubers doing a bang-up job of presenting the kind of content that I want to see. I recently read “Mona of the Manor” and enjoyed it very much. I’ve just finished “James” by Percival Everett; a story told from the perspective of the enslaved character Jim from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and I highly recommend it. Now I’m reading a wonderful new nonfiction book by naturalist Sy Montgomery, “Secrets of the Octopus.” 🐙

Happy birthday! I'm fairly new to your channel (found you early this year) and really enjoy your content. I love watching you and your mom together, i have been watching her channel too. I'm 45 and am always glad to find people in their 40s and above with similar tastes in books to me. Biscuit is lovely. ❤

Happy birthday, Simon. 🎉 I will be 78 next week and still love life and reading and watching your videos! I recently read a smashing novella: Eastbound by Maylis de Karangal, translated by Jessica Moore. Now I'm starting on The Women's Prize longlist with The Maiden and Restless Dolly Maunder. I'm enjoying both, so far. Enjoy the newest member of the household ❤

Happy belated Birthday! And welcome, Biscuits! 🌈🧡📚🥰🐱

I love your color coordination! I just shared this video with far- off daughter whose husband works in vet hospital and they have cat and two lovely small dogs

Hope you had a wonderful birthday. Don’t stop making the videos your never too old to do whatever you want to do. Plus i look forward to watching your videos and content with a cuppa of an afternoon, it keeps me company. So thank you and keep doing what your doing. 🎉

Happy birthday and welcome Biscuit!

Thank you for that Simon and lovely to meet Biscuit. I've just finished Has AnyOne Seen Charlotte Salter ahead of our event with them this week.

Happy 🎉 Birthday 🎁 I wish you a wonderful day.That is a lovely cat story , Simon.

Happy birthday! Also, welcome Biscuit! I enjoy watching whatever you post, I would love to see more sorting out the shelves if that’s something you enjoy filming. I hope you have an amazing day! 🥳🥳

Happy 42nd Birthday, Simon.

Happy Birthday! 🎉 Welcome to Biscuit. 💙 I love being a 40+ booktuber. Great video. 😊

Happy birthday and welcome to Biscuit ❤

Happy Birthday to Simon and Happy New Home & Parents to Biscuit!

Hope you had the happiest of birthdays✨ & congrats on the new addition to the family😻

Happy Birthday! Biscuit is a lovely present. He looks to be settling in so well. I just really surprised myself and absolutely inhaled Kate Foster's The Maiden, which is obviously on the Women's Prize for Fiction longlist. I listened on audio, and loved all three of the Scottish narrators. I would never have picked it up left to my own devices so am so glad it was longlisted. Will be interested to hear your thoughts when you get to it.

Happy Birthday! He’s a cute kitty! You are not to old for KZfaq Chanel book reviews. I’m reading Brotherless Night

Happy birthday🎉🎊🎂and love Biscuit❤

Happy Birthday🎂love Biscuitxxx

🎉Happy Birthday, Simon.

Happy birthday and how adorable is Biscuit? I love orange cat energy!!

Happy beated birthday, mine was in March as well :) Always love hearing about your reading plans. I was just thinking this week I am doing a horrible job at working on my reading goals. Mostly picking up books I had been meaning to read for ages (but not really enjoying them as much as I hoped) or getting distracted by shiny new projects. Finished Winter Love by Han Suyin this morning, a wonderful book I have no recollection of ordering but flew through. That's mostly what I want these days, fast paced immersive books.

Happy birthday, Simon!🎉 oh my!!! What a beauty Biscuit is!! It looks like he is settling in wonderfully 🐈. ❤ I would love to hear you talk about the Womans Prize....which I'm sure you will...and I'd love to hear about your reading in translation journey as I am on my own translated fiction journey right now. I have just read The Vegetarian and it blew my mind a little 😵

Happy Birthday and congratulations on your new fur baby! 🎉❤

What a lovely story and I wish your feline family well for the next couple of weeks as you all settle in ❤

Wishing you the happiest birthday May it be all you wish it to be and more kindest regards from Cape Town

Happy Birthday! Adorable kitty. He reminds me of my beautiful Freckles.

Happy birthday Simon 🥳🎉🎉 and Hello Biscuit 😻😻 I’ve been reading the Tales of the city series and I’m loving them also the Netflix series 📚🐈

🎂😺📚 Happy birthday Simon

Sounds like a great plan. Hope you had a great Birthdayyyyyy! I really enjoyed the vibe of this video. I am currently reading The Power of Now and Life in Five Senses. I'm finding the first book a bid tough to process, but I think it will be worth finishing. Biscuit is a cutie, seems like he's defintely unfolding his personality lol

Thank you for adopting a senior! ❤❤ He's lovely and one lucky guy. Biscuit looks good on the bed, too. And happy birthday, Simon! Here's to a fabulous year ahead.🎉 Love to hear your plans - bookish and otherwise as it's you and how you relate to books is why I'm here.

Happy Belated Birthday, Simon!! Many blessings to you and Chris for adopting an older cat…that doesn’t happen often. I worked in animal rescue for a decade and it’s always kitten mania for people (why?! Theyre little scamps! 😅🤣) Give him his own time to come around and the 3 will live in harmony 🧡 And I’d absolutely love a goals video. Always look forward to Lauren and the books “10 goals in 10 months” videos. Inspiring!

I love him !!!! Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Simon!

Happy birthday, Simon! Aww, your kitty is adorable -- keep us posted on how the integration with your other kitties is going. I'm just happy to see you talking about books in any way you want to. I love your book challenge on storygraph, I love your book hauls, I love your mom and you together, I love all of it! I also have wanted to read more Australian fiction, and so I've been following a booktuber called Gunpowder, fiction & plot. He's really fun, and I adore his recommendations. I would *love* to watch you unpack all those bags and reorganize your library. I'm currently reading The Still Point by Greenwood, and just finished Elena Knows by Pineiro, and So Late in the Day. Good lord, Keegan is an amazing writer! One of my recent favorites is Monstrilio by Cordova. I hope you have a great birthday!

Sending huge happy belated birthday wishes, Simon! Congratulations on the loveliest new addition to your family, too. It always warms my heart to see people adopting senior pets. They’re so often overlooked in spite of them having so much life and love to give. This was such a great idea for a video. Also, reading poetry in the bath - an absolute yes to that! ☺️

I have an endless tbr list. I just finished Franzen’s Crossroads. & am presently reading The Copenhagen Trilogy. Soon I’d like to start The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler . Happy Birthday!

Happy happy birthday, dear sweet Simon! You are a joy! Adorbs kitty, too!

Happy Birthday! Have wonderful new year with books and cats and all the good stuff 😉🎁

Happy Birthday Simon!🎉❤ Biscuit is a gorgeous boy, hope he settles in well. At the moment I'm reading Paradise Lost by John Milton. I'm happy with any content you create, I love all your reccomedations. 🙂

Happy birthday! Biscuit is a beauty and seems very at home already. I am currently reading The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins, loving it so far ❤

Happy Birthday Simon! I’m new to your channel and so much enjoying it. I particularly love seeing you and your wonderful mum together. Your close relationship and shared passion for reading just shines through and is infectious! I really appreciate all your perceptive insights and discussions and very much value your recommendations. I’m also thrilled to see you are a cat lover too! Little Biscuit is a beauty and you are all matchy matchy with him in your stripy t-shirt 😂. Thank you again for everything you do.

Welcome, Biscuit! So happy you’ve adopted your very own ginger cat. 42 is not too old for a KZfaq channel. I’m the voice of wisdom (😂) speaking from the decade older than you. Hope it’s a marvelous year of reading. 🎉🎉🎉

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, Simon. May the coming year bring you much joy, connection, and lap time ❤❤❤😻😻

Simon, what a lovely idea for setting intentions! And a very happy birthday to you.Thank you also for introducing me to Charlotte Wood. Living in South Africa, we do not have access to the lovely book stores you and Louise love to browse in, but one of the benefits of a certain retailer which shall not be named, is that your can peruse via samples and then order from whichever retailer offers the best deal. I have also enjoyed Maupin’s books for many years and have re and re-read the first six Tales of the City books numerous times. What I love most about his writing is how he can make absolutely absurd plots completely believable.

Hope you havea wonderful birthday. ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!!

Happy birthday Simon 🥳 sounds like you’ve had a lovely day 😌 Aww Biscuit 🐈 very handsome - he looks at home already 💛 I’ve been to Kew Gardens today with my husband & our oldest son (the latter bought tickets for my Mother’s Day gift) ☺️ Before going in my son (a keen reader yay) & I popped into The Kew Bookshop (next to the 🚂 station) which was a delight 🤗 I treated myself to Enter Ghost (Isabella Hammad). I’m currently reading one you brought to my attention - The Furrows by Namwali Serpell - which has been poignantly intriguing 👍 Please carry on making these KZfaq videos 🙏🏻😘

Really loved this, Simon. Such a fab idea to take the time for these reflections. Happiest of birthdays to you!! And what a sweet thing that you guys have added a new furry family member 🥳

I always look forward to a new video from you! You’re one of only two KZfaqrs I still consistently watch. Your videos just feel so cosy and such a joy to watch 😊 hope you had a wonderful birthday 🎉

I know what you mean about reading on trains! I find C R Lorac' s Golden Age British Crime so fine past month. Fire in the Thatch and Murder at the Milk- Race. You have tons of reading years ahead. So young! Keep up your BiokTubes! Lovely Biscuit

Happy birthday Simon!! 🎉🎉🎉 Please don't stop making videos for booktube, you're great at it! I enjoy the travel videos and the ones with your mum 🙂 You two are so inspiring, entertaining, and always give the best reviews without spoilers. Many booktubers read the books and start blabbering about every detail and it's so off putting. Not you or your mum! So please keep it up! 🙌🙌 Congratulations on the new cat, he's lovely ❤ Take care! (I'm currently reading 6 totally different books 😅🤭)

Happy Birthday, Simon! 🎂 I enjoyed hearing about how you came to adopt Biscuit- he's beautiful! I'm currently reading How To Say Babylon. I'm going back and forth between the Women's Prize Non-Fiction and Fiction longlists (not all the books, just the ones that most appeal to me).☺ Wishing you a wonderful year ahead!

Happy birthday! Biscuit is adorable ❤

ACE & I are wishing you the very best on your birthday!!! Love your new reading buddy. 🎉🎂🥳

Welcome Biscuit! What a cutie, even if I am a dog person myself 🐈👀💜

Hi Simon. Happy belated birthday, I only get your videos the next day due to time zones. Hope it was a fantastic one! ❤😊

A very happy 42nd birthday to you Simon. There is no such thing as too old to create great KZfaq content! Biscuit is an absolute love and I’m so happy for you and Chris that she has arrived! I just finished The Britannias, the last of the WP for nonfiction longlisted titles I’ll read before the shortlist is announced. I thought it was terrific, like almost all the books on that longlist I have read. Looking forward to more info from you on Charlotte Wood’s backlist!!!

I love your reading goals for the year !! And biscuit❤

Happy Birthday ( it’s probably past your birthday when you read this…so Happy Birthday Season! ) I like your idea of letting content arise from your reading, your reading life. I like your trips, and how reading and bookstores fit in to your trips. I like Biscuit. I’m currently reading *A Flat Place* and *Brotherless Night*.

A birthday and a cat, absolute magic 🎉❤

Happy Birthday Simon! Welcome Biscuit to his new ‘furever’ home and agree he’s a very handsome Ginger! He seems to love all of your attention, for sure!😁 What’s next? Always love seeing a video of you tackle a ‘clean /straighten up of your library. 📚Also, I’ve just had Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch arrive in my mailbox. Look forward to reading it since watching you talk about it with your mom on her channel . Presently reading Polite Society with audible. Cheers to your new birthday year and agree, we are never too old! 😁 🥳🎈🎉

Oh my goodness, Biscuit is adorable! Happy birthday, Simon! And welcome to the family, Biscuit! 🥰

Happy Birthday, Simon!🎂and Welcome, lovely Biscuit!🐈I like your plans very much and am happy to hear that you’ll still be covering the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Booker shortlist😊📚I’m currently reading and enjoying The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut.

Happy birthday Simon . Biscuit is very gorgy. I have just read "Fifteen Wild Decembers" by Karen Powell and LOVED it. I am current reading 'Briefly, A Delicious Life' by Nell Stevens.

Happy birthday, Simon! Many happy returns of the day! 😊

Happy birthday Simon! Loved meeting Biscuit, such a cutie! I'm currently reading The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez. Keep doing book hauls. Love those

Happy Birthday Simon!! 🥳🎈 And welcome cute Biscuit! 🐱 Your orange and white striped shirt is a lovely homage to your newest family member. 🥰 I’m happy to watch any bookish (and travelogue content!) you post - regardless of your age! 😉 Currently reading “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket” - fascinating!

Happy birthday and many happy returns.

Happy birthday! 🎂 I really enjoy your videos whatever the topic and you sharing your thoughts and experiences around you reading sounds fantastic. I feel like you could talk about recycling and make it enjoyable. Would also love to see you organizing the library, no pressure to do it all at once. Shuffle and chat, make it a series. I’ll bring a cuppa. My birthday wish for you is just for you to be kind to yourself. Goals are great, but I heard a lot of “more” and that’s great if it’s what you want. Just remember to scale back on other things to make room for it. And I’m currently reading The Maiden, obviously. Happy birthday again!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday!!🎉🎉

Happy birthday 🎈🎂. Great news about Biscuit. Hope to see more of him in future vids ☺️ and hear how he's coming along.

Happy birthday. Good luck with your reading choices. Best wishes.

Happy Birthday!🎉

Happy Birthday Simon!! So happy Biscuit will be loved by you! Now you have a proper trio!! You’re still young too! Have a wonderful year!! 42 is great!

Happy Birthday, Simon!

Happy Birthday Simon 💝🎂🎁 Nice to meet Biscuit😼, he's a lovely ginger boy! ❤🧡

Happy, Happy Birthday. I have a soft spot for ginger kitties. I'm very impressed about your decision to add a new family member - well thought through. Biscuit is an adorable kitty.

Happy Birthday Simon!

Getting a bit weepy when you mentioned the cat's age. Having recently lost my senior kitty, my heart breaks when I hear someone abandons their baby. Thank you for taking in an older cat, and happiest of solar returns. 💙

Happy birthday Simon 🎂🎉🥳☘️👋🍀🤩🥰🤗💗

Happy belated birthday! I love your cat! My cats always clean their bits on camera too! Ummm...

Happy Birthday! People born in 1982 are awesome. 😉

Aww Biscuit! So cute! And happy birthday!

Happy birthday! 🎉

Happy Birthday! Congrats on your new family member. He’s adorable!

Happy birthday I turned 52 last week I’m currently working through the booker international longlist on mater 2-10 I’ve four left to read one of them being white nights

Happy birthday, Simon and welcome to our little corner of Booktube, Biscuit! My 40s were absolutely my favorite decade. Enjoy!!

Happy birthday Simon! Wonderful that you got to meet Charlotte 😊

Simon ! So wonderful that you adopted an older cat !!!! He is a lovely ginger kitty 😊 Happy birthday 🎉 And congrats on BISCUIT!

I'm absolutely thrilled for you and Chris! Welcome, Biscuit. George paved the lovely way. I didn't know that about cats humping, how hilarious. I think your goals sound great, I'm particularly in favor of creators forming videos around what they want to read anyways, and not the other way around. And hip hip hurray for KZfaq creators in their 40s and beyond, please stay ❤❤❤❤

Happy Birthday, and many more! Hello Biscuit! I am reading Adrian Tinniswood’s “Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House after World War II” and Rebecca K Reilly’s “Greta & Valdin” (RKR is a Māori novelist from New Zealand - one ‘for queer romantics everywhere’ to add to your antipodean reading?)

Happy Birthday Simon 🎉 Biscuit - honestly seems like the perfect name for him. He’s similar to my neighbours lovely cat ❤

happy birthday!!!

Happyyyyyyy BIRTHDAYYYY season and awwwww what a cutie ginger furd Baybay

Happy Birthday Simon

Happy Birthday 🎉🎉🎉