Where reading, writing, and the creative life meet — from Norway. 🩷
Hi, I’m Tracy, your literary companion here on BookTube. This is a space for a literary life — slow, thoughtful, and intentional. Think of it as a house built of books, with many rooms to explore: reflection, reading, creativity, learning, and quiet companionship.
Here, reading is more than a hobby — it’s a way of noticing the world, thinking deeply, and living deliberately. You’ll find reflective book videos, reading journeys, essays on creativity, and seasonal inspiration that shapes how I read, write, photograph, and even design my knitwear.
I’m an American living in beautiful Norway, and this channel is a place to cultivate curiosity, explore ideas, and celebrate a creative, thoughtful life. Whether you’re here for literary conversation, quiet focus, or inspiration for your own creative practice, you’re warmly welcome.
Welcome to my house! 🩷✨
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Hello, there, my Friends! ☺️ As we turn to June soon, I've been enjoying thinking about reading for a new month.
From the library, I just picked up two volumes of a manga series I started in May, Sakura, Saku by Io Sakisaka. This is a tender-hearted series about friendship, first love, and personal growth. We follow our heroine, Saku Fujigaya, a shy high school girl inspired by the kindness of a stranger who once helped her through a difficult moment. Determined to thank him, she discovers a connection to her classmate Haruki Sakura, and the two gradually grow closer. Such a sweet story. The soft, beautiful artwork perfectly captures the tenderness and emotion of youth. After greatly enjoying volumes one and two during May, I'm really excited to continue with volumes three and four!
Do you have any reading plans for June?📖
With LOVE,
Tracy
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Hello, my Friends! ☺️ Can it be we're in the last days of May now?!
I've noticed how time passes in the kinds of book displays at our local library. Often, they seem to have more "mood reading" displays during the summer months. Mood reading will be a topic in this Friday's video.
The library has themed displays, too, like this one featuring many great books about music and musicians. Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, George Harrison, Elton John, Robert Plant, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix... many of the greats.
This is not one of my better photos... 😂The library was hosting an evening event, and I was taking a quick photo before we left. There's always a lot happening at our library...books and beyond.
Wishing you a beautiful and bookish week! 📖
With LOVE,
Tracy
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Hi, there, Friends!🤗 How's your week been? I hope it's been good. And I hope you've had some good reading to go along with it.
I just picked this up from the library: Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector. I've been wanting to read her work for a while, and finally got this through the library. Very excited! Beautiful Penguin Modern Classics edition. 📖
I'm finishing up some reading for the month and look forward to filming and sharing a wrap-up video next week! And I look forward to hearing what your reading highlights of May have been! ☺️
With LOVE,
Tracy 🩷
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Hello, my friend! ☺️I hope you are all well and having a good week so far.
Coming back to you today with a share of the beautiful blossoms on show now! Everywhere we go--things are blooming! At the moment, the apple trees in our garden are blooming. 🌸
I will be back later in the week with some bookish fun. 📖
Happy Day!
with LOVE,
Tracy 💖
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Hello there, Friends... and May the 4th be with you! 🤩 A great day to celebrate all the fun of Star Wars. Any Star Wars fans here?!
For May 4th reading, I'll be starting Sanctuary by Lamar Giles, a novel featuring the Bad Batch. I'm really excited to read this as I love the Bad Batch animation series, and I'm glad those Clone Force 99 guys have their own book! I bought this book back in December, but decided to save it for May 4th.
Husband TJ and I are both Star Wars fans. And this evening we'll be watching the last two episodes of Maul: Shadow Lord. We've loved the series and are looking forward to the conclusion... but glad to know another series is planned. Have you watched it?
May the Force be with you, always...
With LOVE,
Tracy 🩷
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Hello there, Friends! 🙋🏻♀️ Just popping in to share a moment of beauty and delight with you...
While at a local shopping centre, it was impossible not to notice the joyful, flower-inspired decorations hanging from the ceiling and the wonderful spring light filtering through. 🌸
My April Reading Notes wrap-up video will be up today. 📖
Wishing you all a good weekend!
With LOVE,
Tracy 🩷
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Hi, Friends! 🌷Here we are in the last days of April already! In this liminal time between months, and shift between reading, I have a "palate cleanser" of poetry and manga.☺️
Sakura, Sake by Io Sakisaka is a sweet teen-centred story about friendship, kindness, and discovering first love. The soft artwork adds beautifully to the gentle storytelling. I'm on volume one and really enjoying this so far.
And I'm reading a bilingual poetry collection—Ukrainian and Norwegian—by writer Iryna Shuvalova. The poems here unfold as a series of intimate dialogues between human and landscape. How the bonds between people and the places that shape them. Really good!
I'll be filming this month's reading wrap-up video and hope to have it ready for you by Friday. I would love to know what you've been reading this month! 📖
With LOVE,
Tracy 🩷
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Hello, my Friends! 🙋🏻♀️ How are you doing with something you started at the new year? Is there a new hobby, a skill you've been trying, or something new you added to your life? I'd love to hear about it and how it's going! 😀
Back in January, I revived the practice of sourdough baking, primarily bread baking. It was going really well until a couple of weeks ago, when my sourdough starter... went mouldy — yuck! 😬 I'm trying to get a good starter going again. In the meantime, I've been baking with commercial dry yeast, which works just fine, though the "flavour picture" isn't quite the same. This week I baked a spelt loaf that turned out really well and is very tasty. I had been using a recipe book as a guide, but now I'm playing with different grain types and ratios, and the fun of seeing how each loaf turns out!
Wishing you all a great day! 🌷
With LOVE,
Tracy 💖
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Hello, my Friends! 🙋🏻♀️ How are you? I very much hope that everything is well with all of you. The days of April are flying fast, aren't they? I hope you've had some good reading this month. I will begin filming my reading wrap-up for this month in a couple of days, and I look forward to sharing all the good books.
For today, though, some fun mail/post! My husband, TJ, ordered the new Malcolm Guite book Galahad and the Grail (book 1 of Merlin's Isle: An Arthuriad), and it arrived yesterday. A beautifully produced book by Canterbury Press, it features many wonderful illustrations by Stephen Crotts.
TJ has claimed the book to read for now, so I will have to wait my turn. 😂 But I couldn't resist sharing a little bit of now!
What are you reading at the moment? 📖
With LOVE,
Tracy 🩷
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Hello, lovely Friends! ☺️ Just sharing a few photos from an early-spring walk along one of our local beaches.
I will let the images speak for themselves. The seafoam looks like frothy, beautiful lace...
Happy Day!
with LOVE,
Tracy 💖
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