Okay, so they're cutting trees outside. I apologize for the noise. Today we're going to
be doing the cozy, fall book tag. In my last video we talked about spooky, scary books (sort of) and
in this video we're going to talk about cozy, autumnal books. In my hemisphere it's fall...
in my side of the hemisphere it's fall. It's fine. Everything's fine. First question is: "What book
always reminds you of fall/autumn?" I guess, i guess, so for fall, to me... i think that's more
into cozy books and less into, i don't know... autumnal books. So, to me I think of a lot of
classics for this. As far as a more cozy, spooky uh book (or author really) i think of
Daphne Du Maurier; which is one of my new favorite authors. And she has this very slow,
spooky vibe to her stories. A very disconcerting, uncomfortable storytelling style. Her stories are
very slow paced. Her hints of what's going on are very nuanced and then her endings for her books
are wonderful. Wonderful discussion pieces. But then you also have stuff like Jane Austen's books,
where each and every one of them have just this very cozy, humorous wonder. Again, wonderful
discussion pieces. So many great things to talk about in her books and i'm not i'm not much of
a romance person, but the romance books, the romances in Jane Austen always sweep me away and
and ah... they're so wonderful. But then i also think of Little Women, which i don't know. Maybe
i need to re-read soon because i really want to continue on with the other books in this world;
in this family. Is it technically a series? Little Women has this cozy, family story that gosh,
i love so much. But then the fall and the winter time have always been times where i like to
re-read old favorites, so naturally i find myself reaching for Peter Pan. I've actually already
started a reread of Peter Pan. I'm going to be taking it very slowly but i just,
i just... these... do you know what i mean? These cozy, but then if you want something more modern:
Every morning The Way Home Gets Longer And Longer, which i've talked about too much on this channel
so i won't talk about it again, but it does take place in fall. It's short so it's the perfect
book to reread this time of year. Ah, so many good options. Question number two: "What's your
favorite autumnal book cover?" I think this Little Women set. I really don't know that i have a lot
of autumnal book covers. I think that's probably more of a contemporary thing and i don't read as
much contemporary unless i'm reading like, classic contemporaries. So i feel like Little Women...
right?Question number three: "What is your favorite autumnal drink to read with?" So
i'm allergic to a lot of spices. So because of that, pretty much everything that everybody
drinks in the fall time; all those pumpkin spice or whatever, whatever it is. Those drinks that
come up. The teas and the coffees, i can't drink them. And so, i drink a lot more tea, but it's
just, it's just black tea. English Breakfast. I drink English Breakfast tea. I don't think i drink
very much tea any other time of the year, but when it gets cold i want a hot drink and i don't want
to be drinking coffee all day long so i do end up switching to tea and it warms my hands and it's
just it's wonderful. It's a wonderful fall. It's not really what other people drink and fall and
i feel bad for having such a boring answer, but that's what i got for ya. Question number four:
"Do you prefer to read late at night or early in the morning?" I read midday. I have, i work from
home and i have kind of a weird work schedule. I work, i work in the morning and then in the
afternoon i pick my son up and I eat lunch with him and then i lay him down for a nap. And then
while he's napping is when i'm reading and then in the afternoon Korey and i take turns working
the afternoon or playing with Dren (because he also works from home) and that's just, that's the
system that we've set up. So i read midday, but if i had to choose, if i had the opportunity to read
in the morning or the evening i think i would choose morning time. By the end of the day my
brain is kind of fried from working and i want to hang out with my family, but in the morning, i...
the day has started, it's cold outside and i just want to curl up with a blanket and a book. That
would be a great way to start my day. Question number five: "Halloween is coming! What's your
favorite spooky read?" Well, i did just do a video about spooky reads so i'll just link that there.
My favorite spooky read is probably still Rebecca even though... i think, i think My
Cousin Rachel might have been better written than Rebecca. But i still think i may have enjoyed the
story of Rebecca a little bit more, but i don't actually know because i love them both so much.
Question number six: "What is the ultimate comfort read for you?" I think the ultimate comfort read
is Peter Pan. Peter Pan is a classic. It was the first classic i ever read outside of school and
not only is it whimsical and magical and beautiful and the story itself is phenomenal, but also
it's just... there's so many themes in Peter Pan that just cut straight to my heart.
And every time like, i just mentioned i've recently started my reread of Peter Pan. I've
only read the first chapter and every time i step back into that story i feel like i'm coming home
and it just feels like, ah! This is where i'm supposed to be right now
and i love it! Question number seven: "What is your favorite autumnal reading snack?" Once again,
all the stuff that comes out this time of year, i can't have. I'm allergic to cinnamon,
i'm allergic to... i mean, it doesn't matter. You don't need a list. The point is, i can't really, i
can't really eat most of the things that come out this time of year. But something that i've really
been loving are these... what are they called? These puffs from um our local Amish store. I'm not
really a sweets person, but oh man! I eat too many of these. Question number eight: "What is your
favorite autumnal candle to burn while reading?" Oh! Maybe i chose the wrong tag to do. I hate
candles so much! Um, I don't know. I don't like them. I almost always think they smell bad and
then when you blow them out the house smells like smoke and you've completely lost the smell of the
candle. I don't get it. I don't get it, but i do love the smell of a fireplace. So, uh fireplaces
going in the autumn; in the winter time... that is an absolute yes for me. So my favorite candle is a
fireplace. Not a fireplace candle. A fireplace. My parents have a wood-burning stove. I love
the way their house smells when it gets cold! Question number nine: "When you're not reading,
what is your favorite autumnal activity?" I love all the things that open up this time of year.
Pumpkin patches that you get to go exploring. Corn mazes and there's this thing, there's this event
that happens in our area that i'm sure everybody has something like... um that has hay rides and
corn mazes and a lot of activities. They have a pumpkin toss? I don't... pumpkin launcher? Yeah,
that's more what it's called. And stuff like that has always been fun to me, but now that i have a
kid, gosh it's so much fun. And when the cousins are visiting because Drennan, all of his cousins
are around the same age as him, so when they're visiting we all get to go to these really fun
things event thingies. It's just, it's just so fun. Also just playing outside with my kid
in the fall weather is wonderful. Question number ten: "What is on your autumn fall reading list?"
I, uh... golly. Um, i have several buddy reads coming up, but this is more of a winter read.
The only thing that i have that's thematic because as far as like, a fall read; other than just i
want to read more classics this time of the year, i don't really have, i don't know what a fall book
is. What is a fall book? But there is a winter book that as soon as the snow starts falling i
have every, or at least as soon as it gets really cold, i have every intention to read this year.
It's called The Deal of A Lifetime by Frederick Backman. It's, i haven't read this one yet and
i want to read all of his books soon and the cover, i don't know what it's about, but i know
that the cover is very clearly wintertime vibes. So i plan on reading it this year.
Usually around where i live snow doesn't fall until after Christmas, but as soon as it gets
cold enough, i'll be reading it and i'm really excited about it. So there you go. That's the fall
book tag. I enjoyed answering these questions. I hope you enjoyed seeing them. Be sure to chat
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