booksandquills | Finishing my half-read books before the end of the year! @booksandquills | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
I filmed this reading vlog in London, Dublin and at home right before the year ended to encourage myself to finish some of those pesky half-read books that I knew I would love! Coming up next: my favourite books of 2022.
Lex: instagram.com/lexcanroar
* = PR/review copies I received for free from the publisher, with no specific obligation to share them.
► Books
Night Bitch* by Rachel Yoder
Our Wives Under the Sea* by Julia Armfield
The Uninhabitable Earth* by David Wallace-Wells
Alone in Space* by Tillie Walden
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Terciel & Elinor* by Garth Nix
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Princess of Souls by Alexandra Christo
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
► Timestamps
0:00 End of year TBR
4:34 Visiting Keat's House in Hampstead Heath
5:25 Picking the first book
6:35 Dublin
8:05 Alone in Space
11:09 The Uninhabitable Earth
14:35 Our Wives Under the Sea + final wrap up
► Follow what I'm reading on the Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/booksandquills
Buy books via Bookshop.org and support indie bookshops!
► uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksandquills (ad, contains affiliate links)
► My Book Club Journal
booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
► Find me here!
Instagram: instagram.com/booksandquills
TikTok: tiktok.com/booksandquills
Blog (literary travel): booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio: sannevliegenthart.co.uk
► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
► The music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound, which is amazing for online creators! Affiliate link: epidemicsound.com/referral/cqg130
► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
► Some of my favourite videos I’ve made
☾ Let me pick your next book club read • youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jVGYGDCsA
☾ London Room Tour • youtube.com/watch?v=pdaTtDE7TG4
☾ To all the books I’ll never read • youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
☾ Sustainable clothing Q&A • youtube.com/watch?v=BbdtbSjguuI
☾ 10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing • youtube.com/watch?v=xd5DQ0YZpmE
☾ When should you abandon a book? • youtube.com/watch?v=LyqL1oP7NlI
☾ Favourite classics retellings • youtube.com/watch?v=K9XH6ToE2LM
☾ How to get into publishing and my career story • youtube.com/watch?v=nhVB9QNPYOM
I filmed this reading vlog in London, Dublin and at home right before the year ended to encourage myself to finish some of those pesky half-read books that I knew I would love! Coming up next: my favourite books of 2022.
Lex: instagram.com/lexcanroar
* = PR/review copies I received for free from the publisher, with no specific obligation to share them.
► Books
Night Bitch* by Rachel Yoder
Our Wives Under the Sea* by Julia Armfield
The Uninhabitable Earth* by David Wallace-Wells
Alone in Space* by Tillie Walden
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Terciel & Elinor* by Garth Nix
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Princess of Souls by Alexandra Christo
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
► Timestamps
0:00 End of year TBR
4:34 Visiting Keat's House in Hampstead Heath
5:25 Picking the first book
6:35 Dublin
8:05 Alone in Space
11:09 The Uninhabitable Earth
14:35 Our Wives Under the Sea + final wrap up
► Follow what I'm reading on the Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/booksandquills
Buy books via Bookshop.org and support indie bookshops!
► uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksandquills (ad, contains affiliate links)
► My Book Club Journal
booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
► Find me here!
Instagram: instagram.com/booksandquills
TikTok: tiktok.com/booksandquills
Blog (literary travel): booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio: sannevliegenthart.co.uk
► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
► The music in my videos is from Epidemic Sound, which is amazing for online creators! Affiliate link: epidemicsound.com/referral/cqg130
► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
► Some of my favourite videos I’ve made
☾ Let me pick your next book club read • youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jVGYGDCsA
☾ London Room Tour • youtube.com/watch?v=pdaTtDE7TG4
☾ To all the books I’ll never read • youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
☾ Sustainable clothing Q&A • youtube.com/watch?v=BbdtbSjguuI
☾ 10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing • youtube.com/watch?v=xd5DQ0YZpmE
☾ When should you abandon a book? • youtube.com/watch?v=LyqL1oP7NlI
☾ Favourite classics retellings • youtube.com/watch?v=K9XH6ToE2LM
☾ How to get into publishing and my career story • youtube.com/watch?v=nhVB9QNPYOM
