Bookish Q&A while I pack up all my classics 📚 Leaving London, studying & working in publishing

Let's chat while I pack up my classics bookshelf ready for our move from London to Yorkshire ✨ Featuring little Freyja 🐈‍⬛ Timestamps below!
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0:00 Introduction
1:32 Classics bookshelf
Watch my full bookshelf tour: • Bookshelf tour & class...
2:47 We're moving!
6:11 Favourite places in the UK?
8:08 Favourite places and bookshops in London?
Playlist of all my London videos: • London
Playlist of all my York videos: • York
10:35 Favourite bookish memories? (mostly ft ‪@ArielBissett‬)
11:31 Questions for Ben including his favourite book!
15:55 Will my reading tastes change when we live in Yorkshire?
19:39 What did I study at university/my dissertation topics?
23:13 Will I go back to university? Do I want to do a PhD?
25:21 How did I get my job in publishing? My career journey
26:41 Top tips to get a job in publishing!
28:09 What are my favourite classics (not including Jane Austen)?
29:30 Best classic for beginners? Where to start reading classics
30:21 Favourite reading format?
31:20 Favourite books (not including classics)?
31:57 Reading associations! Being a sensory reader
32:59 A Rooibos of One's Own! Shoutout to ‪@CarolynMarieReads‬ for this one!
33:16 How and why do I annotate my books?
34:23 Where did my love of history come from?
35:44 Who is my favourite of the six wives of Henry VIII?
36:22 First book I remember reading and childhood favourites!
37:32 What are my favourite book-to-movie adaptations?
38:55 Favourite books and TV shows?
39:28 Dream day with Paddington Bear?
39:58 Recommending a classic for each season!
40:44 Wedding regrets?
My wedding videos playlist: • Our wedding ✨
41:56 A little moment for manuscript of Mrs Dalloway from SP Books
43:10 An emotional goodbye 😢
45:59 Thank you for watching!
❓ FAQ:
Where do you live? I live in York with my husband and two cats. Before moving to Yorkshire, I lived in London for 7 years!
What do you do for work? I work in marketing in book publishing
What did you study? I studied English Literature at York St. John University (BA) and University of York (MA)
Who are your favourite authors? I love Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf and Agatha Christie to name a few!
Favourite eras of history? I'm obsessed with the Tudors, Georgians and Victorians! I also love reading about the WW2 home front
#bookshelftour #classicliterature #booktube

[@AJJ500]

Looking forward to more videos from York, hope the move goes smoothly x

[@Larissa_KD]

"If you could recommend a Dickens for Ben..." "I won't read it" hahahahah so funny 😂 I've only read a Christmas Carol and liked that one!

[@Wakodahatch]

Thanks!

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much for your generous gift!

[@FFdeAndrade]

Wish you the best! ❤

[@badfaith4u]

Good luck with your move, and I look forward to seeing you in Yorkshire. Your cats are so adorable while walking all over your books in boxes and on your bookshelf. 📚💧

[@foscagrossi]

📚 🐈 🐱 tea ☕️ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@elliemuffitt2131]

Hope your move went well! I would LOVE it if you talked more about Victorian social novels - I’ve read North and South and loved it, and keep meaning to read Shirley. Your MA sounds so interesting 💞 lolllll that you were told you needed a man in there 🙄 pls

[@marynelson5326]

📚 best wishes ❤

[@Lynn_Ann_Jackson]

A wonderful and heartwarming video, Claire…it’s so nice to see you posting more often. Can’t wait for your York videos to see what we’ve been missing all these years. Hope your move goes smoothly, and you are able to settle in and enjoy your new home before too long.😢📚🏠❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much ❤️ It's been quite the journey but so glad to finally be up north! More videos coming soon ✨

[@jacquiridley3443]

Totally agree about Greenwich.

[@SeleneFlorio]

📚 good luck with the move! Looking forward to seeing your York videos!

[@janegrace8743]

Good luck to you both!

[@janethocevar3760]

Watching you fight tears at the end made me get tears. All the best to you in York. I look forward to seeing more from you in your new home!

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! It was such an emotional moment - lots of crying was edited out of this video 🤣

[@arrrose]

Congratulations on your move! York is stunning, can not wait to see it from your eyes.

[@Sarah_Naomi]

Good luck with the move Claire and I can't wait to see more of York through your eyes! 💧📖

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you Sarah 💕 So happy to be back!

[@keef5543]

We love hairy maclary. My first book was the very hungry caterpillar, I remember finishing it in my bedroom then running to my parents and reading it to them again. You can tell I would be a book freak by the fact I still have that copy and it still looks new haha

[@llo4213]

I‘m so excited for your videos of York(shire)!

[@caitlancole9136]

Good luck with the move! 📖💧

[@katrinadunne1361]

Good luck with your move to York! York is my favourite city too. I've visited there so many times and I've never got tired of looking around all of its landmarks. BTW when you're in Yorkshire, you might like to visit Hebden Bridge, it's this lovely little artsy bohemian town in West Yorkshire, in Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath country (Heptonstall and Mytholmroyd are really close to it). It's not too far away from Haworth either. There are some lovely bookshops and independent shops in Hebden Bridge, as well as cafes, and lovely walks down the canal and up into the Calderdale valley. There's also a National Trust area there called Hardcastle Crags 📚

[@Claire_Fenby]

Yes, I love Hebden Bridge! Looking forward to be back exploring again ❤️

[@mildrumpus]

This was such a bittersweet video. I'm so excited to see you moving on to your next stage in life, but I will miss seeing that lovely little flat. Congrats on your move and wishing you both all the best. ❤❤❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! We already miss our little flat but excited for this new chapter 🏡

[@MsTimmy1987]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us - you are wonderful and I love your videos so much! So happy for you and your York adventures! ❤️🌈📚

[@miranda8598]

Great video!!! ❤😊😊😊

[@jacquiheywood3142]

😢 hope the move went well. Great video.

[@angelaw4904]

Good luck, Claire 📚💧

[@stellastar8888]

😿I can´t wait for your videos from York. Good luck for the move!

[@spafficakesss]

I’ve been following you since your university time, and am excited to see you back in York! ❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for sticking with me Sophie ❤️

[@agnespm4181]

Best wishes in your new home. I visited York for the first time back in March. I loved it. I look forward to following you on your journey. ❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! It's such a lovely city ✨

[@mariat.3961]

📚🥹 Changes are hard even those you want. Can’t wait for your York videos. Best of luck with the move 🚛

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! It's definitely been a mix of emotions - sad to leave but excited for our next chapter ✨

[@monica_has116lentilsand2cats]

All the very best for your move and the next chapter in your lives in York! Lovely to see all of you one more time. Can’t wait to hear and see all about York! Be well, take good care of each other and give an extra cuddle to the kittens! While moving is stressful for cats, they‘ll get over it quite quickly (we moved several times with ours, even to a different country and as long as we kept them close, and they had their favorite beds, litter box, food dishes and - most importantly - us around them, they were right as rain.). It‘ll all turn out perfectly, you‘ll see. Lots of love, Monica from tiny-town Austria, 📚🐾🐾❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much for your really generous ❤️ The cats are settling in well! It's been a bit of an adjustment for them as the house needs quite a lot of work so it doesn't quite feel like home just yet. We'll get there!

[@monica_has116lentilsand2cats]

@@Claire_Fenby You are most welcome! ☺️ That‘s great to hear. It‘ll be lovely to get to know York through you. Oh, and see your new place, if/when you are willing to share it. Best of luck to you, Ben, Freya and Sibyl. 📚❤️🐾🐾

[@jessh8716]

good luck with the move back north 😥it will be worth it ❤

[@gillwoolley6515]

Lovely vlog claire. I look forward to the next venture for you both in York. Such a lovely city ❤📚📚😭😭

[@davidmccalip5759]

Hello Claire! I hope you are well and that your move to York was with as little stress as is possible when moving. I look forward to your videos of York and places there. Have a great week.😢📚

[@Claire_Fenby]

It's been quite the journey!! I can't wait to share more videos of Yorkshire once we're more settled ❤️

[@gogo_lopez]

This was so emotional, I felt like I was moving myself 🥲 It's always an interesting and cosy time with your videos, can't wait for the ones in your new home! 🤎💧📚

[@Claire_Fenby]

It was such an emotional move! Very lucky to have loved living in London so much that it's hard to leave ❤️

[@Torsee]

Very smart move! Save money for your future. The trick is to find a good balance. Living and enjoying life, while saving. Looking forward to your next update.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! London never left much for saving so looking forward to having a hopefully less stressful time in Yorkshire

[@JacquelineCaron]

love your Paddington answer - adorable! Also love your fondness for Downton Abbey - such a fan of that series ... and will quite often play it as background 'noise'. 🙃🥰 Tears over packing books/moving are very normal. So look forward to your new surroundings in York - good luck with the move! 🥲❤📚 the girls (your beautiful kitties!) will love their new views, and exploring new space.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! Very glad to be back in the same county as Downton 🤣 We're settling in really well and look forward to sharing more videos of York 💓

[@Gypsy-Bluebird]

📕 😢 Good luck with your move and looking forward to lots of York videos 🤩

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! More videos coming soon 💓

[@Makreads]

Freya will learn the ways of the northers cats quickly enough. ;) I'm still in need to use Tynemouth Market and I don't live too far either.

[@MJ-in-Canada]

“A Rooibos of One's Own.” Brilliant! If you ever decide to change careers, you have a future in tea marketing. 🫖I’ve moved 26 times. I cried every time.

[@RovingReader]

❤😭

[@user-xj3yo1wi3f]

Your necklace is so cute!! Where did you get it?😊

[@Claire_Fenby]

It was very kindly gifted by Tatty Devine!

[@melanieandbookstacks]

📚 xx

[@gracetaylor7351]

😢📚

[@emmamoon101]

😿📚💞

[@ingaurban404]

😢

[@priscillamontoya]

🐈‍⬛📗📘📙

[@thereadingcat6666]

😿📚… 🏡 🫶

[@vintagesue]

Oh Claire, all the very best with the move. It’s so emotional moving on, but exciting at same time. Really looking forward to seeing your videos in York. 😢 📚

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! More videos are on the way ✨