Hello everyone, welcome back to the Waterstones vlog. I did warn you that
things might get more festive and here I am in my Christmas jumper: it's official.
This is the Christmas vlog, you're going to hear from all of us and we're gonna tell you
the one book that we want to receive this Christmas and the one book that we
want to gift to everybody this Christmas. I'm gonna get things running with the
book that I'd be very happy to gift to everybody this Christmas and that is
this one here: The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. This is an
extraordinary book, a modern spell book, and it is filled with these gorgeous
paintings and illustrations by Jackie Morris and the words are by Robert Macfarlane.
It is about reclaiming the words of animals and from nature that are in danger of
being lost through misuse or lack of use and indeed many of the animals
themselves might be in danger of being lost if we don't look after them so it
is a book that is sort of filled with natural magic it's an absolutely
gorgeous object it's sort of for children but also for adults it's for
everybody basically, anybody who loves a little bit of nature. And it's just a
magical thing it's a really beautiful book, clearly made with a lot of love,
a lot of passion and if you haven't already seen the interview that we did
with Robert Macfarlane there'll be a link to that down below. You must watch it
because he's completely fascinating and lovely and therefore that's why I'd be
very happy to give this book everybody this Christmas. So that's that one.
Now the book that I want for Christmas I've just stolen from the shop floor because
I want to show it to you. It's so big! There we go, can you see it, I'm actually gonna have to
lean all the way back here, it's absolutely huge. This is Chris Ware's Monograph
So this is a study of his life and work, it is quite frankly astounding,
not only massive but, weirdly, moving. I've just been flicking through it before
making this video and just to see the breadth and the beauty and the detail of
his work as a graphic novelist and illustrator and designer is bizarrely
moving and I would basically love anybody who got this for me for
Christmas. It's quite expensive but it's definitely worth it because it's
beautifully made and it tells the story of probably the most talented graphic
novelist working today. Hugely complex his work and fascinating and I'm just
gonna hug it now and hand over to the next person. Happy Christmas!
Hi everyone, my name is Sian and I'm jingling! For me the book that I would like to receive on
Christmas, I mean I already have it but if someone was gonna buy it for me this
was what I would want, would be A Game of Thrones: An Illustrated Edition by George R. R. Martin.
For any Game of Thrones fans out there this is perfect, it's such
a collector's kind of edition book and it's absolutely gorgeous. The main reason
that I think it's perfect for any Game of Thrones fan is because it's full of
stunning illustrations, like it's absolutely gorgeous, and whether a person
is a fan of the books or a fan of the show I think it's such a complimentary
gift for them to have. Game of Thrones as a book in its own way is absolutely
wonderful but then you add in this edition with these illustrations and
you have got the perfect gift for somebody like me that loves this world,
loves the show and loves the books. And the book that I would give us a gift for
Christmas is The Princess Saves Herself In This One by Amanda Lovelace. I don't
usually read a lot of poetry it's not my thing but I bought it because a lot of
my friends were talking about it and it is absolutely wonderful.
And honestly it's so empowering that I think it would make the perfect gift for
all women, even men, women and men out there. It's just it's so empowering and
it's so thought-provoking. So it starts off quite dark and it's slowly about
this woman finding herself through poetry and realizing how strong and how
capable and how beautiful she is and I just don't think you can get a
book that's more perfect to give to someone
Hello, the book that I'm going
to be giving the most this Christmas is My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent.
I had the pleasure to meet the author earlier this year he was absolutely
lovely and then I subsequently read the book and it was amazing. It's a dark, sort
of coming-of-age story with a sort of a bit of a twist to it.
It reminded me the most of kind of like Donna Tartt's work which I absolutely
love and also a little bit of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King,
which I know sounds like a really weird mix but it definitely, definitely works.
The book that I'd most like to receive this Christmas is The Book of Dust
volume 1:La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman. I have been meaning to get round
to reading this book however life has just gotten in the way so far. I read His
Dark Materials when they first came out and I was hooked at the time so I feel
like I need to do some catching up and my head was definitely turned when
Waterstones released the Book of the Year Edition which is a lovely edition,
it's like a clothbound hardback and inside on the bookplate page there's a choice
of I think six different daemons. Mine's definitely the Lynx or wild cat type of
character, that's just what I feel. But you can choose your own and it's
definitely the book I'm gonna be snuggling up with after Christmas.
So the first book, the book that I would like to give as a gift is The White Book by Han Kang.
who you've probably heard of, she's the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts
which are both hugely successful novels but this book is a bit of a
departure from that traditional novel style that she's been working in. But it
is nonetheless brilliant. The imagery throughout it just really struck me, like
the book itself just starts off with a list of white objects, it's very poetic
very profound, like it is heartbreaking but also just gorgeous
and just a great addition for anyone who maybe is a really you know ferocious
reader and they might have read a lot of the new fiction this year and you really
want to buy them something that they might not have gotten yet because this
is really rather new and I just really really recommend it I think they'll love it
a lot, especially if they like poetry as well because some of it is just so
poetic and so extremely beautiful. The book that I would like to receive as a
gift is Fully Functioning Human (Almost) by Melanie Murphy. Melanie is an Irish
YouTuber and I've been watching her videos for years and I kind of feel like
I know her, I almost feel like I have a friend's book here in my hands.
I think it's just a really great positive book she pretty much covers everything
in life from like beauty and confidence and sort of the perception of beauty in
social media and in real life. Everything on eating disorders and struggles with that.
Just the internet in general, consent, things like that that are very
important these days. And what really made me buy it, is sort of how she talks
about positive thinking and using the power of attraction to just succeed to
achieve your goals because she talks about that a lot on her channel as
well. I just think like it's a nice book to receive for Christmas and then like a
great kind of New Year's read on how you're gonna sort of approach 2018 as
well. So guys I hope your Christmas shopping goes well I hope you get a lot
of books this year a lot of great Christmas reads and I will see you
again in the new year for some more book reviews, ok, bye!
Hi everyone. The one book I really hope that I receive at Christmas is Hillary Clinton's
What Happened. Like many other people I was very interested in the presidential
election last year that happened in the United States and I think it's fair to say
that a lot of people were shocked by the outcome, myself included. And Hillary's
pretty much on the down low up until the release of What Happened. Now, the book
received rave reviews and so many people have been talking about it and I just
want to get into it I just want to know what happened. There was no pun intended
there but you get the point! People are fascinated as to why the election
went the way it did and to read some of Hillary's insight would be fascinating.
And the book I have absolutely definitely gifted this year is
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. Now I've actually gifted my copy already to
a friend of mine who wanted to read it and I plan on also getting it for a
couple of Secret Santas. It is a wonderful book, it is a wonderful
brilliant, beautiful, book as you may have heard me mention before if you haven't
seen it already I've done a full review of The Hate You Give on this channel, so I
definitely recommend you go and check it out. The book is brilliant, just
absolutely brilliant, and I just want to share that with the world. So thank you
so much for watching this video and all of the other videos on this channel and
we wish you a very Merry Christmas from all of us here are Waterstones. Goodbye!