Name: Why your reading life changes with the seasons @AngelasBookcase
Uploaded: 2026-09-22T08:17:00-05:00
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Why your reading life changes with the seasons

Angela’s Bookcase 2026-09-22 | Why your reading life changes with the seasons

My Favorite Books for Autumn 🍂 Curl Up & Get Lost

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-10-14 | Here are some of my favourite autumn books that are perfect for any mood. I'll add book names soon!
Correction! Raising Hare was a finalist for the 2025 Womens Prize, not the winner 😉

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What I read in September 📚 Too many 5 stars to count!

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-10-07 | Join me as I share my reads from September 2025 - pitchforks seems to be the theme all around!

BOOKS MENTIONED
- Emma by Jane Austen
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
- Beartown by Fredrick Backman
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- This House of Grief by Helen Garner
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones
- Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres

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🔗 Why you need to re-read your favourite books youtu.be/S5RvwHFvnWo
🔗 Service95 interview with Helen Garner youtu.be/CRwQpJHMkPs?si=W0HelLMaw4uC8Ql8
🔗 Helen Garner reading This House of Grief youtu.be/mZ6fJAAhUm4?si=9izYLXkqN2Yjtm1L
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🔗 Travel Reading Vlog youtu.be/s6kjvi_cR7s

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Hi, I’m Angela, a 40-something empty nester 📦👩‍👧‍👦 living a quiet (and book-filled) life in sunny Perth, Western Australia ☀️🇦🇺 I post weekly videos chatting all things reading, reviews, and delightful bookish things. Come join the fun! 🎥📖💬 youtube.com/@AngelasBookcase

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Reading Vlog | Road trip, reading update and antiquing

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-09-29 | Join me for a vlog of my long weekend away in the country with reading updates, the beautiful south west Australian countryside in spring and more.

BOOKS MENTIONED
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
- The Country Commonplace Book by youtube.com/@MirandaMills

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Hi, I’m Angela, a 40-something empty nester 📦👩‍👧‍👦 living a quiet (and book-filled) life in sunny Perth, Western Australia ☀️🇦🇺 I post weekly videos chatting all things reading, reviews, and delightful bookish things. Come join the fun! 🎥📖💬 youtube.com/@AngelasBookcase

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My go-to comfort reads for when life gets wild 😌

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-09-23 | Feeling overwhelmed? Me too. Here are some books I lean into when life gets tough and I hope you enjoy them too. I'll add book names soon!

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 Stories That Ground You
4:46 A change in perspective
7:53 Pure escapist reads
11:33 Outro

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Bookish Chat 🌸 Wainwright Prize, current reads, secondhand books

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-09-16 | Join me for a bookish chat catch up as I share my current reads, recent second hand book purchases, thoughts on the 2025 Wainwright Prize and other spring things. I'll add book names soon!

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:22 Spring plans
6:23 2025 Wainwright Prize Results
7:50 Current Reads
10:10 Second hand books
19:00 Outro

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Reading Vlog 📚 Spring, Autumn & True Crime rabbit holes

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-09-09 | Join me for this random, unscripted vlog as I share my current reads, thoughts of spring and autumn and dive deep into a true crime rabbit hole.

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- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
- October, October by Katya Balen
- We have always lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
- Bear Town by Frederick Backman
- This House of Grief by Helen Garner

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What I read in August 📚 A mid month?

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-09-02 | Join me as I share all the books I read in August 2025 ... thrillers, historical, fantasy, biography. I've got it all! I'll add book names soon.

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Hi, I’m Angela, a 40-something empty nester 📦👩‍👧‍👦 living a quiet (and book-filled) life in sunny Perth, Western Australia ☀️🇦🇺 with my husband 💕. I’m mildly obsessed with books … okay, wildly obsessed! 📚✨ I post weekly videos chatting all things reading, reviews, and delightful bookish things. Come join the fun! 🎥📖💬 youtube.com/@AngelasBookcase

📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 The Thursday Murder Club
1:46 Current Reads
5:29 August Reads
19:30 My fav book of August?

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Tiny Books, HUGE Impact ✨ Septembers Best Quick Reads

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-08-26 | Join me in picking up some short books for quick reading this 'Shorty September'.

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- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Galatea by Madeline Miller
- The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
- Foster by Claire Keegan
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
- Red Dog by Louis des Bernieres
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Why you NEED to re-read your favourite books (its not what you think!)

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-08-19 | Join me as we chat about why you need to re-read your favourite books and I will share my most re-read books too!

BOOKS MENTIONED
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Rapture by Emily Macguire
James by Percival Everett
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graeme
The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel

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1:17 Old favourites change with us
3:20 Revealing architecture of the story
4:30 Comforting and challenging
5:26 Building your personal canon
7:20 Choosing your next re-read
10:22 My most re-read books
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Rainy Day Reads ☔ My Ultimate Comfort Books

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-08-12 | Cosy vibes only! Join me as I dive into the rainy day vibes and recommend my ultimate comfort reads for any genre.

BOOKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO
- A Month in the Country by JL Carr
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Magicians Nephew by CS Lewis
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by JK Rowling
- Bambi by Felix Salten
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
- Beatrix Potters Gardening Life by Marta McDowell
- 84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- The Prince, the Showgirl and Me by Colin Clark

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1:06 Gentle Escapes
3:18 Whimsy and Wonder
8:19 Classic Comforts
12:51 Non fiction gems
17:35 Outro

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TBR wheel chooses my August reads!

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-08-05 | Time for a little fun as the TBR wheel chooses my August TBR!

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- The Women by Kristin Hannah
- The Inflammation Spectrum by Dr Will Cole
- Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton
- Date with Malice by Julia Chapman
- What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
- The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose

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What I read in July 📚 My new favourite author!

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-07-29 | Man, I had some thoughts about all the books I read in July! Some great, some surprises, allllll things I can't wait to chat about with you.

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- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
- Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent
- The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) by Kristen Ciccarelli
- The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
- Hunting the Falcon by Julia Fox and John Guy
- The Names by Florence Knapp

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Prioritise and refresh my TBR with me 👑

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-07-22 | Join me for a mid year refresh of my physical TBR! There are a lot of books in this video and I hope you enjoy it.

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My favourite closing lines from books

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-07-15 | Join me as I share a selection of my favourite closing lines from books. Be sure to share your own favourite below!

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BOOKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO
- Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
- The Offing by Benjamin Myers
- The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
- The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne
- The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
- A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
- Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
- Dusk by Robbie Arnott
- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein

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Books that helped me through grief

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-07-08 | I hope you enjoy this very specific video of books that have helped me through and to understand grief better. Stay safe friends.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
- Wintering by Katherine May
- H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
- The Well Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- The Burrow by Melanie Cheng

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🔗 June Wrap Up 2024 youtu.be/mK3gGE95YHw

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Everything I read in June 📚 How many 5 stars are too many?

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-07-01 | Join me as I share all the books I read in June. What a month!

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JULY READALONG
Join us to read Burial Rites by Hannah Kent in July app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/5a6fe965-9a9c-4cd8-a076-00659e859d33

BOOKS MENTIONED
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Young & Damned & Fair by Gareth Russell
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
The Safe Keep by Yael van der Wouden
I Died at Fallow Hall by Bonnie Burke-Patel

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Mini book haul! Very excited for all of these 🔥

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-06-25 | ...

Bookish Chat 💬 July Readalong Announcement!

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-06-24 | Join me for a short bookish chat including an announcement of my first readalong in July of Burian Rites by Hannah Kent! Will you join us?

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LINKS MENTIONED
One Nightstand youtu.be/TmkqX_m560M?si=0nVlPtlHS4a56jhl
Readalong on Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/5a6fe965-9a9c-4cd8-a076-00659e859d33

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The Mid Year Freakout Book Tag 2025 📚 Disappointments, fictional crushes, priorities

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-06-17 | Join me for the mid year freak out book tag. I'm not freaking out ... really. Questions are below and if you do this tag, I'd love you to tag me too so I can see your responses.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Rapture by Emily Maguire
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Names by Florence Knapp
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers
Isola by Allegra Goodman
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Ask Not by Maureen Callahan 🙅‍♀️
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Where the Old Roses Grow by Janelle McCulloch

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TAG QUESTIONS
1. Best book you've read so far?
2. Best sequel?
3. New release you haven't read yet but want to?
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year?
5. Biggest disappointment?
6. Biggest surprise?
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)?
8. Newest fictional crush OR Worst book?
9. Newest favorite character?
10. A book that made you cry.
11. A book that made you happy.
12. Most beautiful book cover/design?
13. What books are you prioritizing to read by the end of the year?

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Read with me for 30 minutes 📚 Cosy jazz and rain sounds (no ads)

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-06-09 | Join me for 30 minutes as we read together - this is my first ever "Read with me" as I dive into the first chapter of The Hobbit.

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MAY READING WRAP UP | Speculative fiction, literary fiction, memoirs

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-06-03 | Join me as I wrap up all the books I read in May - and an update on our upcoming buddy read!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
The Iliad by Homer
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Last Whale's Song by Joanne Fedler
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:43 TBR chat
1:47 Short attention span?
4:14 Still reading
4:30 What I read in May
23:51 Fav book of the month
24:14 Upcoming buddy read
24:44 Outro

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The Best Mystery Thrillers with surprise endings you wont see coming

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-05-28 | Join me as I share 5 of my favourite mystery thrillers that are guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

BOOKS MENTIONED
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Shadows of Winter Robins by Louise Wolhuter
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Verity by Colleen Hoover
I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

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The Winning Title Book Tag

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-05-20 | Join me for the Winning Title Book tag! I was tagged by @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH and this tag was originally created by @heathereads

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Where the Old Roses Grow by Janelle McCollogh
The Offing by Benjamin Myers
The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe by Donald Wolfe
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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TAG PROMPTS:
Have you ever read a book because it had...
1. A Funny Title?
2. A Shocking Title?
3. A Title that sounded like a line of poetry?
4. A Title Which Made Me ask Question?
5. A Heartwarming Title?
6. A Title with an Unusual Combination of Words?
7. A Fantastic or Magical Title?
8. A Title Which is a Contradiction or describes the Impossible?

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HOW I RATE BOOKS | Current reads and a Bookish Chat

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-05-13 | Join me as I share my current reads and how I rate my books - and why.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
The Illiad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Chai Time at the Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman
The Trackers by Charles Frazier
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Ask Not by by Maureen Callaghan
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers

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🔗 Book goals for 2025 youtu.be/MVNmUhZFbbA

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HERE IS YOUR NEXT READ | 4 excellent book recommendations

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-05-06 | Join me for part 2 of "if you liked this, read that" where I share some excellent books for your next read.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Heartbake by Charlotte Ree
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Dusk by Robbie Arnott
When Calls the Heart by Janette Oak
Tisha by Robert Specht

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APRIL WRAP UP | Did I read every genre this month?

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-05-03 | Welcome to a wrap up of what I read in April. Romance, non fiction, literary fiction, historical fiction, science fiction and fantasy. Phew! What a month!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
Romancing Miss Stone by M.C. Vaughan
Tress and the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Wager by David Grann
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Violeta by Isabel Allende

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ITS MY BIRTHDAY | Come book shopping with me

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-04-22 | Join me for my birthday book shopping, as I visit some of my favourite independent bookstores in Perth.

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BOOKSTORES
Open Book, Mosman Park
The Lane Bookshop, Claremont
Subiaco Bookshop, Subiaco
Mainly Books, Perth

BOOKS MENTIONED
The Safe Keep by Yael van der Wouden
I Died at Fallow Hall by Bonnie Burke-Patel
Windswept by Annie Worsley
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing
The Gathering Place by Mary Colwell
Mindfulness of Reading by Ella Burtold
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
In the Garden & In the Garden Again by Vita Sackville-West (Folio Edition)
The Sun King's Garden by Ian Thompson

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5 EXCELLENT AUSSIE READS | Get started with Australian fiction

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-04-15 | I am thrilled to share 5 excellent contemporary Australian books that are perfect for first time readers of Australian literature.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Looking for Alibrandi by Melinda Marchetti
When the War Began by James Marsden
Jessica by Bryce Courtney
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Secret River by Kate Grenville

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Bookish Chat 🐛 New (backlisted) books, Stella and Womens Prize, Current Reads

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-04-08 | Let's have a bookish chat! I have some new (backlisted) books that I've added to my gardening collection, have some new books from the Stella and Women's prize to add to my TBR and share my current reads.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
The Well Tempered Garden by Christopher Lloyd
Green Thoughts by Eleanor Perényi
The Uncommon Garden by Joan Law Smith
Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams
Rapture by Emily Maguire
The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
Cactus Pear for my Beloved by Samah Sabawi
Birding by Rose Ruane
Amma by Saraid de Silva
The Artist by Lucy Steeds
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
The Iliad translated by Emily Wilson
The Last Whale's Song by Joanne Fedler
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin

LINKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO
🔗 Summer Reading Wrap Up youtu.be/82MJg06s7KI
🔗 The Stella Prize https://stella.org.au/about-stella/
🔗 The Women's Prize womensprize.com

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:02 Backlisted gardening books
7:09 Stella & Women's Prize TBR
15:13 Current Reads

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MARCH WRAP UP | Non-fiction, historical fiction, Australian literature

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-04-01 | Here is everything I read in March which included excellent non fiction, historical fiction and epic Australian literature.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO
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BOOKS MENTIONED
📚 Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
📚 My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
📚 Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
📚 The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop
📚 Where the Old Roses Grow by Janelle McCulloch
📚 Violeta by Isabel Allende
📚 Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
📚 The Winter Solder by Daniel Mason

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What I bought in Japan 🇯🇵 Ceramics, knives, jewellery & snacks! 🍡

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-03-27 | An unexpected haul video of a few things I bought while in Japan. I hope you like this non-bookish glimpse into my shopping bag.

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🇯🇵 JAPAN READING VLOG youtu.be/8OCYALODEEM

PLACES MENTIONED
📍Kappabashi District - suribachi bowl and surikogi, cups and chopstick rests
📍Kama-Asa, Kappabashi - Santoku knife
📍Tokyo Yanaka Shopping Street - Matcha bowl from Kanekichien kanekichi-shouten.com, bookmarks and chopsticks

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READING VLOG 📖 Japan skiing trip, 2 new 5 star reads & so much food!

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-03-25 | Join me in this reading vlog on our recent holiday to Japan! How many books do you think I read over the 2 weeks?

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BOOKS MENTIONED
📚 Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
📚 Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
📚 The Winter Solder by Daniel Mason
📚 Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

ITEMS MENTIONED
Journal from https://www.ilpapirofirenze.com.au/

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ANTAGONISTS that I cannot stand | The worst of the worst!

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-03-18 | Join me as I share 5 of the worst antagonists in literature, according to me anyway ;) Who is your worst antagonist that you can't stand?

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Mildred Pierce by James M Cain
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Outlander by Diana Galbaldon

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Get to know me | Current reads, reading habits, do I write in my books?

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-03-10 | Get to know be better and my relationship with books with the Reading Tag. Do I break spines? What are my current reads? Where do I read? This tag was created by The Book Jazz in 2012 although the video is no longer live. Tag me if you pick up the tag and post your answers!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield (Slightly Foxed edition)
Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
The Wager by David Grain
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Where the Old Roses Grow by Janelle McCulloch
Green Thoughts by Eleanor Perenyi

TAG QUESTIONS
1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading?
2. Bookmark or random piece of paper?
3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/ a certain amount of pages?
4. Do you eat or drink while reading?
5. Multitasking: Music or TV while reading?
6. One book at a time or several at once?
7. Reading at home or everywhere?
8. Reading out loud or silently in your head?
9. Do you read ahead or even skip pages?
10. Breaking the spine or keeping it like new?
11. Do you write in your books?

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Your book recommendations | Historical fiction, literary fiction, non fiction, backlisted books

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-03-04 | Today is all about YOU! These are your book recommendations that I honestly can't wait to read. I hope you like this video and thank you so much for every comment, like, subscription and share. You guys are incredible! I'll share book titles soon.

YOUR BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS MENTIONED
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Juice by Tim Winton
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
The Living by Annie Dilliard
The Lindberg Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
Daughters of the Occupation by Shelly Sanders
The Colour by Rose Tremain
Cleopatra by Margaret George
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith

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FEBRUARY READING WRAP UP | What a month of highs and lows

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-02-25 | Join me for a reading wrap up of February. It was a month of extremes with some excellent books but also the worst books of the year so far.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes
Ask Not by Maureen Callaghan
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

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A well overdue bookhaul 📚

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-02-18 | Join me for a well overdue bookhaul. I hope you like this video!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
A Mudlarking Year by Lara Maiklem
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop by Alba Donatti
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
What I ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci
The Wall by Marlen Haushoffer
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Thoreau
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Winter Solder by Daniel Mason
Tree of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
The Last Whale Song by Joanne Fedler

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LOVE STORIES | Book and movie recommendations

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-02-11 | Join me as I share some of my favourite love stories from 5 movies and 5 books, perfect for the month of love and Valentines Day.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Love Stories by Trent Dalton
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier
Tisha, as told to Robert Specht

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:45 Movies
6:59 Books

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6 literary fiction recommendations I know youll love

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-02-04 | Join me as I share 6 literary fiction recommendations that are all 5 star reads in my book. I hope you like this video!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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SUMMER READING WRAP UP | Historical fiction, literary fiction, romance, non fiction,

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-01-27 | I am back with the first reading wrap up of the year which is all the books I read over my summer break. Talk about a mix of genres and I even got my first 5 star read!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Outlive by Dr Peter Attia
Rapture by Emily McGuire
Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:07 Christmas
2:28 Sharks Sharks SHARKS!
4:17 Photography
7:30 Spare room update
8:01 What I read this summer

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BOOK REVIEW | Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-01-21 | Join me for a book review of Australian Gospel: A Family Saga by Lech Blaine. Buckle in. You'll come for the chaos (and there is a lot) but end up staying for the love.

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🔗 Read the first chapter of Australian Gospel at Black Inc Books https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/australian-gospel
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My reading goals for 2025

Angela’s Bookcase 2025-01-14 | Happy new year! Join me as I share 5 in and outs for 2025, the 5 classics I am going to read this year and a lot of rambling about books!

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My top books of 2024 ⭐ What a stellar year!

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-12-17 | My best books of 2024 are exceptional! Literary fiction, children's classics, memoirs, magical realism, Australian fiction. Let me know what you think.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
84, Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
Graft by Maggie Mackellar
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
Drift by Caryl Lewis
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Long Island by Colm Toibin
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Dusk by Robbie Arnott

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READING VLOG | Ill read 3 books before this video ends

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-12-10 | Join me in this summery reading vlog as I aim to cull my current reads of 11 books down to a manageable size.

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BOOKS MENTIONED
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Recipe for a Kinder Life by Annie Smithers
A Very British Murder by Lucy Worsley
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
On Photography by Susan Sontag
High Rising by Angela Thurkell
A Walk in the Wood by Dr Joseph Parent
The Wonderful World of James Herriot

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End of Year Book Tag

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-12-03 | Its the end of the year book tag! If you'd like to join in, consider yourself tagged and please let me know so I can see your own responses.

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Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz
The Complete Brambley Hedge by Jill Barklem
The Christmas Card Crime and other stories, edited by Martin Edwards
Date with Malice by Julia Chapman
Three Keys by Laura Pritchett
City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
My Brilliant Career by Stella Miles Franklin
Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine

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November Reading Wrap Up | Non fiction, Historical Fiction, DNF?

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-11-26 | Welcome to another wrap up of what I read in the month. I have some non fiction november books, historical fiction, sci fi, and a book I DNF'd. I also share a little about my month so settle in and I hope you enjoy this video.

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James by Percival Everett
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishuguro
Stoneyard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Breath by James Nestor
The Well Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:30 My November
2:33 The Best Australian Yarn
5:30 Summer reading plans
6:26 Recent Reads
33:15 Top book of the month

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5 historical fiction recommendations that no one seems to mention

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-11-19 | Here are 5 historical fiction recommendations that I loved but I don't see talked about at all for some reason. Let me know what you think!

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BOOKS MENTIONED
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
The Gold in these Hills by Joanne Bischof
When We Were Gods by Colin Falconer
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

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BOOKISH CHAT | What Im reading, watching, cooking, eating and more

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-11-12 | Join me for a bookish chat about everything including what I am reading, watching, listening to, eating, cooking and buying. Lots of chatting about books and life!

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The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
Stoneyard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
James by Perceval Everett
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
The Well Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith
Recipe for a Kinder Life by Annie Smithers
Paul Bangay’s Guide to Plants
Country Style, Country Gardens in Australia
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Matcha
1:22 Intro
1:40 Lately
2:18 Decorating
3:10 More children's books?
4:13 I have no words, Mr Dahl
6:02 Booker Prize
8:29 Currently I'm ...
8:57 Reading
19:31 Watching
23:04 Listening
24:29 Cooking
25:50 Eating
27:16 Drinking
28:28 Buying
34:33 Outro

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NON FICTION NOVEMBER PICKS | Reading List Updates

Angela’s Bookcase 2024-11-06 | My first attempt at non fiction November and an update on my reading lists and TBR's including my Spring TBR and my Children's Classics project.

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🔗 Spring TBR youtu.be/r8rKkzdwcRw
🔗 Children's Classics Books TBR youtu.be/iPZe8sNL1yg
🔗 Non Fiction November challenge originally created by @abookolive

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📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:41 Current Reads
2:28 Children's Classic Books TBR Update
6:40 Spring TBR Update
10:33 Non Fiction November picks

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