Hi Kristen. I love your reviews and your delivery your channel is very engaging. May I ask you how you select the books/genre you read? I am the author of The Redundant Wife The Destruction and Resurrection of a Woman, a contemporary women's fiction novel. Would you consider reviewing my book please?

Yay, I'm so glad you enjoyed Mr Penumbra! That's a comfort read for me, I love it. 🥰

This was my first Kristin Hannah book and I was very let down! I felt very similarly to you

You had a great month of reading! I’ve read Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore and didn’t love it but we can’t love everything🤣. So glad you are back safe from Belize🤗

Based on your love for the book Alaska, you might love either of Eowyn Ivey’s books mostly set in Alaska.

I ordered Alaska based on your recommendation. It should arrive Monday. can't wait!

I have read three books by William Kent Krueger, and I only liked This Tender Land.

Alaska is also my favorite read of the year!

I have Mexico from Michener lying around. You made me want to pick it up.

I disagree with you it was well thought out and interesting

Just one word. Boring 😮

You have really big books to read 😊 I really do like Lady Susan, it is the wittiest book of Jane Austen. Have a wonderful reading month ❤

The Forgotten Garden was good. That's a nice big stack! Good luck on your July reading!

The Forgotten Garden is one of my friend's favorite books. On one of my summer bingo challenges, I need to read a friend's favorite book, so I may use that one!

I really enjoyed The Forgotten Garden, it's very atmospheric and a nice little mystery.

Sounds like a great TBR! I love Lady Susan. Heidi is really sweet. Hope you enjoy all the books!

Killers Of The Flower Moon- I recently read it and really enjoyed it. I think you will like East If Eden. The Lincoln Highway was pretty good. I think you’ll be fine with it. Yes, your copies are beautiful. 😊 Happy Reading.

Very ambitious! I admire you! Heidi is such a nice book to read at any age. It's especially nice to read if you find yourself in a moment where you are feeling anxious or forgotten about. It's a transporting and transforming book. Enjoy :)

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I'm going on an Alaska cruise in 3 weeks. Maybe I should read this??

Read Alaska a long time ago and was shocked that I considered among my favourite books of all time. Seeing that you loved it so much is a nice validation of my own love of the book. Alaska was written in 1988. Maybe the movie named Alaska that came out in 2015 caused confusion.

Sounds amazing! Very cool concept for books. Thanks for sharing!

I think I have Hawaii in my books upstairs. Now I’m eager to see if I do. I love Alaska too so I’ll put on my TBR.

I share your love for this book and it’s DEFINITELY my best read of 2024 so far. We just returned from a trip to Alaska, and read the book in preparation for the trip. It really enriched my understanding of the geography and history of this amazing place. I listened on audio but followed up with the purchase of a hardback book so that I can reread it and annotate and study the maps. The only other Michener I have read was Chesapeake-- it was good, too, but Alaska outshines it IMHO.

Interesting timing--I was just looking up what books of Michener's I hadn't read, and Alaska is one of them. It's now on my list of books to look for. Thanks!

This sounds like the kind of book that I will love. It gives me Moby-Dick vibes. I was the rare reader who liked the cetology chapters.

I’ve never read any of his books but I have Chesapeake on my TBR. This video makes me want to try to get to it sooner.

Sounds like a good read! I road-tripped around Alaska in 2018 and would love to learn more. Adding it to the TBR

Alaska was first published in 1988. I read a mass market copy when it came out and loved it. I want to reread it this year and have been looking for a used mass market copy. Wish I still had my original copy.

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Have you read Middletide by Sarah Crouch? I can’t remember a review if it without going back through your videos. I highly recommend this book. I think it is the best book I’ve read so far this year! Thanks for your reviews!!!!

Hello :) You need to read "Foster" from Claire Keegan, it's a lovely story

I'm 100 pages in. My friend in another country and I are reading partners and she raved about this book and absolutely loved it. I'm 100 pages in and am wondering why she was so enamored with it. So I am grateful to find out at least one other person feels the same way.

I want to read Remarkably Bright Creatures. It sounds like The Winners was not your fav but still good. I’m looking forward to starting the series. I really liked Beloved that I read for my classic book club and our next book is One Hundred Years of Solitude. I just finished the romance Book Lovers and it was a good “ beach read”. Tell your hubby Happy Father’s Day🤗

Westerns are not for me, particularly not that one. Longmire was a very good tv series. I wish I had read the books beforehand. And of course Lonesome Dove has been on my TBR for ages. I agree with you about Remarkably Bright Creatures. I love Backman but don’t like hockey and can’t get past it. I read the first book.

I am so glad you did a review of A Suitable Boy. I bought a used copy a couple of months ago and have been intimidating

I will be reading Remarkably Bright Creatures.

Diverse group of books! Glad most of the books were enjoyable. Currently reading Tales from 1,001 Nights and another book related to work. I think I’m going to read a summery Agatha Christie next. Take care and thanks for sharing!

Yay! You read A Suitable Boy all the way through! One of my top ten faves of my life. I love your reads this month (although I guess I'm not a western girl either lol). Thanks for all of your book videos! It keeps me excited to read even when my motivation is low. I just finished Sociopath by Patric Gagne on audio and it was really good-- read by the author. It's a memoir. There is one disturbing animal cruelty scene that almost made me stop though. For lighter reading, I'm reading Liane Moriarty's The Hypnotist's Love Story. I usually read heavy reads, so this is way different. Can't wait until your next video!

You are in for a treat reading Alaska. My favorite book so far this year!

I 100% agree with your review. This was my first KH book (read for a book club), and I didn't care for it at all. The writing was repetitive and had a lot of tell vs show. It was so man-centered for a book that was supposed to be about women. The characters were flat and needed to be fleshed out more. I disliked Frankie as a protagonist. I absolutely hated the Insta-love romances. I'll stop there, though I could go on. This book could have been so much more, but it missed the mark for me. I did not enjoy my reading experience, and I don't plan to read another book by her.

Great wrap up! I just read my first Claire Keegan this week called Small Things Like These which I really liked. It was very short as well and she’s definitely an author I would like to try again! I also have Beartown on my shelf to pick up at some point, and I haven’t tried Bachman yet, but have heard great things about his books. The Shakespeare book sounds really good as well! A Suitable Boy is also on my list so I’ll be looking forward to your thoughts on that one once you’re done. I hope you have a great vacation! 📚✨

Thank you. Trying to read for a book club, but it’s a big fail for me.

I liked the book a lot and recommend it all around so I was curious to see why you didnt like it. The review is fascinating to watch because I just feel we were focused on completely different aspects of the story. For me the whole time was the focus on Frankie‘s psyche and how her mind dealt with trauma, romance, healing, disenchantment, family relationships, friend relationships, sense of identity and motivation to keep going… The things you mentioned - yeah they are there - but for me those are completely overshadowed by the amazing story of the human mind and how life can transform it. From that perspective, the emotional impact and character development (albeit for only one single character) were phenomenal for me. So thats why I personally liked the book :) But youre right, thats why literature is so great - we get to discuss over it and noones opinion is right or wrong.

I need Bryson's book on the bard! ENJOY your vacation!!

I have the Bill Bryson Shakespeare book in my Libro library and forgot all about it! I should dust that one off and give it a listen!

I hope you get a great summer of reading. Just finished a Louis L'Amour. Best wishes.