Huge Book European Book Haul | Part 4: First Selections From London In this video, I share the books I purchased in the first part of our trip from London, England. There is only one more in this series, and I will edit and launch it soon. Here is the video where I spoke about our trip: https://youtu.be/5srSL9Q_SN8 Previous videos on LA, Italy, Paris, Edinburgh/Manchester/Bath are in the Catch and Release playlist. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9R2cJwBz3sGorupcCVEJm9mHivTP6-iR Books mentioned: From Foyles - The Seeker- S.G. MacLean - The House in Paris- Elizabeth Bowen - Search Sweet Country- Kojo Laing - The Shooting Party- Isabel Colgate - We Want Everything- Nanni Balestrini - Maud Martha- Gwendoline Brooks From Hatchards - Don't Tell Alfred- Nancy Mitford - Rebel Writers: Accidental Feminists- Celia Braefield - The Day of the Owl- Leonardo Sciascia, translated by Archibald Caulklin and Arther Oliver - Three- Ann Quin - The Premonitions Bureau- Sam Knight From Skoob - Devoted Ladies- M.J. Farrell (Molly Keane) - At Mrs. Lippincote's- Elizabeth Taylor - Winter Journey- Isabel Colgate - E.M. Forster Collection: - A Room with A View - Howard's End - Maurice - Where Angels Fear to Tread - The Longest Journey - A Passage To India Channels mentioned: Mel @Melanie Martin and on IG @ MelMartinPhoto Elizabeth @Bookish North Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. Should you want to look for any of the books I mentioned, here are some affiliate links that go to supporting the channel. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop. org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

#weekofreading Week of Reading- July 31st, 2022 In this video, I share what I finished reading this week, what I am in the progress of reading currently, and a section called Mood Reading Roulette- or the books that I *may* read, if the mood strikes me. I am including my links to Blackwells, Bookshop.org, and Book of the Month Club should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Book of the Month Club: https://www.mybotm.com/36c2e3ba11626?show_box=true Books I have finished: - Love Marriage- Monica Ali, narration by Ayesha Dharkar -The Promise- Damon Galgut -True Biz-Sara Nović -The Country Girls- Edna O'Brien with @Eric Karl Anderson Currently Reading: -The Sun King- Nancy Mitford -Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993- Sarah Schulman with Siân @PaSTORY Time -It Girl- Ruth Ware, narration by Imogen Church Mood Reading: -Tomb of Sand- Geetanjali Shree, translated Daisy Rockwell -September Group Read: Books of Jacob- Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft https://forms.gle/RzP6D3h4dhNMi3YR9) -October Group Read: The Balkan Trilogy- Olivia Manning https://forms.gle/7SesmSQjLnizM4Fc6) -Barchester Towers (#2 Barchester series)- Anthony Trollope -Translating Myself and Others- Jhumpa Lahiri Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

#weekofreading Week of Reading- July 24th, 2022 In this video, I share what I finished reading this week, what I am in the progress of reading currently, and a section called Mood Reading Roulette- or the books that I *may* read, if the mood strikes me. I am including my links to Blackwells, Bookshop.org, and Book of the Month Club should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Book of the Month Club: https://www.mybotm.com/36c2e3ba11626?show_box=true Books I have finished: -Waking Lions- Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, translated Sondra Silverston -The Secret of Bow Lane (Kat Holloway #6)- Jennifer Ashley -Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional- Isaac Fitzgerald -Where There's A Will- (Rowland Sinclair #10)- Sulari Gentill Currently Reading: -The Country Girls- Edna O'Brien with Eric @Eric Karl Anderson -The Sun King- Nancy Mitford Mitford Sister video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP9sjKl3HMQ -Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993- Sarah Schulman with Siân @PaSTORY Time -The Promise- Damon Galgut - Love Marriage- Monica Ali Mood Reading: Who knows!? Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

#weekofreading #janeaustenjuly Week of Reading- July 17th, 2022 In this video, I share what I finished reading this week, what I am in the progress of reading currently, and a section called Mood Reading Roulette- or the books that I *may* read if the mood strikes me. I am including my links to Blackwells, Bookshop.org, and Book of the Month Club should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Book of the Month Club: https://www.mybotm.com/36c2e3ba11626?show_box=true Books I have finished: -A Certain Darkness- Anna Lee Huber (Pub Date 30 Aug 2022) -Light Perpetual- Francis Spufford Did Not Finish (DNF): -Northanger Abbey- Val McDermid -Tristram Shandy- Laurence Sterne with Ros @Scallydandling about the books Currently Reading: -Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993- Sarah Schulman with Siân @PaSTORY Time -The Sun King- Nancy Mitford -The Country Girls- Edna O'Brien with Eric @Eric Karl Anderson Mood Reading: -The Promise- Damon Galgut -The Flames- Sonia Haydock Channels mentioned: Leo on IG @LeosLittleBookLife Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

In this video, we celebrate the birthday of our friend @Charles Heathcote #TheCharlieBirthdayBookTag The Charlie Book Tag | Happy 30th, Charles Heathcoate! Tag Originated by @Charlie Brook ____________ Books by Charlie: Our Doris: https://bookshop.org/books/our-doris/9780993234903 Indisputably Doris: https://bookshop.org/books/indisputably-doris/9780993234910 Doris Ahoy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08431RC2Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1 An Heir to Murder: https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Murder-Valentine-Featherstone/dp/0993234941/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1658013686&sr=8-1 __________ The questions (feel free to join in the fun); 1. Charlie is the name of the game; Which is your favourite book either by a Charles/Charlie or featuring a Charles or a Charlie? 2. Our Doris; A book you loved featuring a protagonist over 50 3. An Heir To Murder; A fave crime/mystery book 4. Chocolat; A book by one of your favourite authors 5. Reading is FUNDAMENTAL; A book you think everyone should read 6. The TARDIS; A book you wish you could go back in time & tell yourself to stay away from! 7. Victoria Wood; A book that made you laugh 8. So Sally; A book featuring your favourite pet/animal 9. Un libro (o un libro tradutto) che amo ancora ; Either a favourite translated book or a translated book you want to read 10. Age U.K; A charity shop book bargain you adored The Books mentioned: Bleak House- Charles Dickens Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead- Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Gaudy Nights- Dorothy L. Sayers Can You Forgive Her?- Anthony Trollope 84, Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff Three Women- Lisa Taddeo Me Talk Pretty One Day- David Sedaris A Bear Called Paddington- Michael Bond Tomb of Sand- Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell , and Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft _________ Videos mentioned: Review of Three Women- https://youtu.be/jwdyxIAoxgk Group Read Announcements: https://youtu.be/-0oAQjGBWic ___________ I am including my links to Blackwells, Bookshop.org, and Book of the Month Club should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Book of the Month Club: https://www.mybotm.com/36c2e3ba11626?show_box=true ______________ Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

#weekofreading #janeaustenjuly Week of Reading- July 10th, 2022 In this video, I share what I finished reading this week, what I am in the progress of reading currently, and a section called Mood Reading Roulette- or the books that I *may* read if the mood strikes me. I am including my links to Blackwells, Bookshop.org, and Book of the Month Club should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Book of the Month Club: https://www.mybotm.com/36c2e3ba11626?show_box=true Books I have finished: - Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen with Leo on IG as @LeosLittleBookLife -Shrines of Gaiety- Kate Atkinson also mentioned: Life After Life and A God in Ruins -Maurice- E.M. Forster -Alec- William di Canzio -A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (#2 of the Tea-Monk and Robot series)- Becky Chambers Currently Reading: -Tristram Shandy- Laurence Sterne with Ros @Scallydandling about the books -Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993- Sarah Schulman with Siân @PaSTORY Time -The Sun King- Nancy Mitford -A Certain Darkness- Anna Lee Huber -Northanger Abbey- Val McDermid Mood Reading: -The Country Girls- Edna O'Brien with Eric @Eric Karl Anderson -The Promise- Damon Galgut also mentioned Arctic Summer Video Mentioned: Group Read Announcement: https://youtu.be/-0oAQjGBWic Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

In this video, I announce a return to hosting group reads with two books I am interested in reading with some super-smart people. Both books were inspired by Women in Translation Month (Aug). They are listed below. The Books mentioned: August book: Tomb of Sand- Geetanjali Shree, translated Daisy Rockwell September book: The Books of Jacob- Olga Tokarczuk, translated Jennifer Croft To join the group read, you will need a Voxer account. Voxer is a free app for your smartphone that acts like a walkie-talkie. (Here is some more info- https://youtu.be/9ZOon2OK4jc) . We will have our check-ins every Sunday for the book we are reading. There will be a different group for each book, so if you want to read both together, you will need to sign up on both forms below. To sign up for Tomb of Sand: https://forms.gle/vAmK12F4G4CWPmAEA To sign up for The Books of Jacob: https://forms.gle/SuvqvgA47EaUzYyT6 Should you want to look for any of the books I mentioned, here are some affiliate links that go to supporting the channel. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com

#JaneAustenJuly In this video, I am sharing the books that I am and might read this month, depending on my mood. Thanks to Kazen @Always Doing The Books mentioned: Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne with Ros @Scallydandling about the books Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen with Leo on IG @Leo'sLittleBookLife Northanger Abbey- Val McDermid Jane Austen's Letter Folio Society Edition The Promise- Damon Galgut The Country Girls- Edna O'Brien with Eric @Eric Karl Anderson Let the Record Show - Sarah Schulman led by Siân @PaSTORY Time _ The Sun King - Nancy Mitford Madame de Pompadour- Nancy Mitford Restoration - Rose Tremain In A Dark Wood Wandering- Helle S. Hasse The Flames- Sophie Haydock Daughters of Night- Laura Shepard Robinson Midnight At Malabar House- Vaseem Khan The Khan- Saima Mir Eight Detectives- Alex Pavesi The Wandering- Intan Paramaditha In conversation with @Melanie Martin https://youtu.be/8XUfvZHKGTM Lust, Caution- Eileen Chang The Shooting Party- Isabel Colegate The House in Paris- Elizabeth Bowen The Outrun- Amy Liptrot The Premonitions Bureau- Sam Knight Translating Myself and Others- Jhumpa Lahiri Self-Portrait - Celia Paul Spring Cannot Be Cancelled: David Hockney In Normandy- Martin Gayford Modernists and Mavericks: Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London Painters- Martin Gayford Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com ***

#midyearbookfreakouttag In this video, I do The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag. Tag Originated by IsThatChami: video no longer on YouTube The prompts 1. Best book you have read so far this year 2. Best sequel you've read so far this year 3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022. 5. Biggest disappointment this year. 6. Biggest surprise this year. 7. Favourite new author. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry this year. 11. Book that made you happy this year. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year. 13. What do you need to read by the end of the year? The Books mentioned: Fresh Water for Flowers- Valerie Perrin, trans also mentioned: Three Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries #2)- Martha Wells The Book of Form and Emptiness- Ruth Ozeki also mentioned: My Year of Eating Meat Shrines of Gaiety- Kate Atkinson Marriage Portrait- Maggie O'Farrell To Paradise- Hanya Yanagihara You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty- Akwaeke Emezi The Evening of the Holiday- Shirley Hazzard Bay of Noon- Shirley Hazzard A Psalm For The Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) - Becky Chambers The Offing- Benjamin Meyers Still Life- Sarah Winman Companion Piece- Ali Smith Channels mentioned: Kazen @Always Doing and this brilliant video: Books to Read When the World is On Fire https://youtu.be/AxEqHsB89UI Eric @Eric Karl Anderson Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram I restarted my blog at hardcoverhearts.com