booksandquills | My favourite reads of 2022! @booksandquills | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
A medium reading year, but still some amazing highlights. Up next: a video about the Grishaverse to celebrate the release of Season 2!
► In case you missed it, my last video was an end of the year reding vlog, trying to finish some new favourites: youtube.com/watch?v=1cFra9-O8kA
► Big videos of the year (in my book at least):
The Dutch Books you Can't buy: youtube.com/watch?v=9HdJk-RlaRI&
Literary Travel in the South of Scotland: youtube.com/watch?v=ebxBvsXQ9Uw&
► Time stamps
0:00 My reading stats
3:20 I read an entire series
4:30 A wild ride
6:08 A favourite author
8:20 Creepy but beautiful
9:30 Two historical twists
11:24 The one that made me cry
► The Books
All links are to the wonderful Bookshop.org. [ad, affiliate]
* = Review copies I received for free from publishers, with no specific requirement to feature them.
Sea of Tranquility* by Emily St John Mandel
bit.ly/SeaOfTranquilityBook
Our Wives Under the Sea* by Julia Armfield
bit.ly/OurWivesUnderBook
Nightbitch* by Rachel Yoder
bit.ly/NightBitchBook
Infamous* by Lex Croucher
bit.ly/InfamousBooks
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
bit.ly/SixOfCrowsBook
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
bit.ly/KingOfScarsBook
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
bit.ly/GhostWallRead
The Anthropocene Reviewed* by John Green
bit.ly/TheAnthropoceneReviewedBook
Also mentioned:
Gwen and Art are Not in Love* by Lex Croucher
bit.ly/GwenAndArt
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
bit.ly/SaltSlowBook
Methods of Dyeing* by B. Mure
bit.ly/MethodsofDyeing
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
☾ To all the books I’ll never read • youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
☾ 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
A medium reading year, but still some amazing highlights. Up next: a video about the Grishaverse to celebrate the release of Season 2!
► In case you missed it, my last video was an end of the year reding vlog, trying to finish some new favourites: youtube.com/watch?v=1cFra9-O8kA
► Big videos of the year (in my book at least):
The Dutch Books you Can't buy: youtube.com/watch?v=9HdJk-RlaRI&
Literary Travel in the South of Scotland: youtube.com/watch?v=ebxBvsXQ9Uw&
► Time stamps
0:00 My reading stats
3:20 I read an entire series
4:30 A wild ride
6:08 A favourite author
8:20 Creepy but beautiful
9:30 Two historical twists
11:24 The one that made me cry
► The Books
All links are to the wonderful Bookshop.org. [ad, affiliate]
* = Review copies I received for free from publishers, with no specific requirement to feature them.
Sea of Tranquility* by Emily St John Mandel
bit.ly/SeaOfTranquilityBook
Our Wives Under the Sea* by Julia Armfield
bit.ly/OurWivesUnderBook
Nightbitch* by Rachel Yoder
bit.ly/NightBitchBook
Infamous* by Lex Croucher
bit.ly/InfamousBooks
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
bit.ly/SixOfCrowsBook
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
bit.ly/KingOfScarsBook
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
bit.ly/GhostWallRead
The Anthropocene Reviewed* by John Green
bit.ly/TheAnthropoceneReviewedBook
Also mentioned:
Gwen and Art are Not in Love* by Lex Croucher
bit.ly/GwenAndArt
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
bit.ly/SaltSlowBook
Methods of Dyeing* by B. Mure
bit.ly/MethodsofDyeing
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
☾ To all the books I’ll never read • youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
☾ 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
