Pack up all my books with me 📚 Why we’re leaving London & my chaotic book buying habits

We're in the process of moving back to York so it was time to say goodbye to my rainbow bookshelves! If you like a chatty video plus chaotic packing, this one is for you 📚📦 Discussing why we're leaving London and my reading habits!
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Introduction to my channel ⬇️
Welcome to my booktube channel! I'm Claire 👋 I live in London and work in book publishing. I love reading classics and I'm a huge history geek! My favourite authors include Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, the Bronte sisters and Virginia Woolf 📚 I have a BA and MA in English Literature from York St. John University and University of York respectively.
Keywords: Packing up my books, book unhaul, moving to London, pack with me, leaving London and moving to Yorkshire, moving to london and working in publishing, tudor history books, historytube, reorganising my bookshelves, bookshelf tour, #booktube #bookshelftour

[@Claire_Fenby]

We’re packing up (very) early so the cats can get used to the boxes 📦 Wish us luck!

[@Hejhej-jh2iy]

I wish you luck! 😊Are you going back to the university? 😊

[@whatannabelleread4551]

Would love to see you again before you leave London! We're currently in the process of buying our first place in London so I also need to get book packing 😂

[@badfaith4u]

Good luck with packing and moving to York. 📦 Your cats are adorable as always. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@CoynieReads]

Very excited for you to be back in the best city! ❤️📦

[@Lynn_Ann_Jackson]

Can’t wait for your videos from York! Looking forward to seeing all the new, but mostly the streets and places we remember from our home of over 40 years ago. I expect we will see quite a bit has changed! Good luck to you and Ben as you are preparing to move.📚📚📦📦❤❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

We're so looking forward to being back living there! Lots of York videos to come 💕

[@beckydoherty6276]

🗃 so fun, excited to see the move as it progresses.

[@mhairigilchrist9792]

I've had some of my books for 30+ years ( no bar codes on some ! ) I recently sold off and donated to charity shop, but my collection keeps growing 😂 Hope you get a lovely old house in York, beautiful city 💖 🎁

[@ursulaclarke6066]

I remember being really worried about London, then I ended up living there for 20 years and I think its the place that gives me energy. I now live In New Zealand and I think I miss London most of the time.

[@vintagesue]

Lovely chatty video. Oh I know that feeling of packing up lots of books! So happy for you both. All the best with the move and very much looking forward to seeing your new abode and York 📦

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! It's all progressing well 📦

[@gillwoolley6515]

Thanks Claire. I look forward to more of your moving adventures ❤📦

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you Gill!

[@barbaramccoy3592]

Best wishes for your move🎉. You’re such a sweet couple- and I totally relate to taking an armload of books, at least, on any journey. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching Barbara ❤️

[@melissaholton5161]

🍟🎯📦 Here you go-- fries (for McDonalds), bullseye (for Anne Boleyn arrow box coffin); moving box (yeah) :) Happy to have found your channel and looking forward to hearing about your adventures in York! Can't wait to see the Victorian house you'll move to! Love from Texas.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! The house needs a lot of work and TLC but we're so glad to be back ❤️

[@gogo_lopez]

I love seeing you two together haha 📦 It's interesting to me as someone who lives near Barcelona how the discourse around it, and the people who live in it or don't want to live in it, is similar to the discourse around London! Best of luck with your move, whenever that is! 💕

[@Claire_Fenby]

It's so funny isn't it!? Thank you 💕

[@lauravdartel]

What an exciting new adventure! 📦 🍃

[@Claire_Fenby]

Fingers crossed 🤞 Looking forward to our next chapter

[@kategoman2969]

I knew Anne Boleyn was buried in a arrow chest, Ben. Good luck with the move to York. I love York. 📚📦

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! We're looking forward to being back ❤️

[@kategoman2969]

@@Claire_FenbyVisiting York tomorrow after a 5 year absence. X

[@helencheckley7536]

Packing up books in good boxes and you go oh I forgot I had that book like I do . But you will enjoy putting your books up on shelfs in your new home. You both are beautiful couple. ❤❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching Helen ❤️

[@monica_has116lentilsand2cats]

a joy to watch, as always! ☺️📦❤️🐾🐾

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching!

[@lisainbookland]

Best of luck with the move Claire! It’s 100% true that you can always go back to visit - I’ve just come back from 2 nights in Dublin where I went to college (and like that, was a bit sad to leave though I love Galway) and I really must do it more. London will always be there and maybe you’ll have a tiny bit more money to enjoy experiences when you do go down 😊

[@Claire_Fenby]

We're very lucky because we'll always be able to stay with family in the city so should definitely save some money. I might finally make it to see a musical because I haven't been able to afford them while living here!

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

📦 how fun!!!

[@adrienne4028]

Good luck with moving to York;I hope everything goes smoothly. 📦

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you Adrienne!

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Ben astonishes with his Anne Boleyn knowledge. Impressive!

[@fozzymup268]

You are both so lovely! I'm sure the cats will find lots of fun things to do with those boxes, a cat playground! Best Wishes 💕 📦

[@Claire_Fenby]

They are LOVING the boxes! Freyja especially 🐱

[@angelajones129]

Best of luck with your upcoming move.! 📦📚

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you!

[@clairemarge5310]

I am SO excited for you to move up here! 💕🥳

[@Claire_Fenby]

Coming soon!! So looking forward to our coworking days 💕

[@saraha4317]

Hello, i really enjoy watching your videos. I live in York and absolutely love it here. You may may already know but there's a new specialist bookshop opening in the city -Criminally Good Books. I saw when i was walking along Colliergate at the weekend. All the best with the house purchase.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! We're really looking forward to being back living in the city. Yes, I'm really excited about the new bookshop - hoping to link the publisher I work with up with them!

[@small_cat111]

hello claire... i have been following your videos on and off since 'reading bukowski'. you always make me want to read more 📚 you are so wonderfully yourselves. you and ben are so lovely and very cute together ❤🐈‍⬛📦 wishing you both the very best on your next chapters. lots of love from a fellow nerd x

[@Claire_Fenby]

Gosh you've been here for at least 5 years then! Thank you for watching and supporting ❤️

[@small_cat111]

@@Claire_Fenby i think it's been more like 10y - since i started studying english lit at university! x 😅 🙃

[@ghouling1111]

Hi! With the shelve being able to almost take a second layer of books, you can get book risers to put the books on and have books in the front and still see the back row. Just take note of the shelved weight limits and find ways to reinforce the shelves to be stronger.

[@Claire_Fenby]

We’ve sold the shelves but I’ll definitely think about this next time!

[@GeekyC.]

I’ve noticed a lot of people moving away from London and around the London area up to by us up here in Liverpool .. it’s very bizarre hearing a London accent and seeing so many people from there up here now but it goes to show the prices are just too much for people now .. The only thing that is worrying now is that so many people are moving up here and buying houses and renting and now the locals are struggling even more to get a house or in a flat because of the people who have left London and are stuck on the waiting list for even longer .. it’s a tricky situation and honestly worrying because it just seems like there isn’t enough homes for people and wages cannot keep up with the cost of living and taxes and rent. Me and my fiancé are stuck in a 1 bedroom flat for the past 7 years and we can’t move due to it being so expensive but our flat is always going up in price every year .. it’s a very worrying time and I feel for all of us. Best of luck to you both truly.

[@Claire_Fenby]

London is a city where the majority of people who live here moved here for work or uni etc so I think it’s natural that a lot of people will move back or go elsewhere after a certain amount of time. As you said, the real issue is the housing market and lack of good, affordable housing rather than who is buying the houses. It’s very easy to think that it’s people from different places are the issue rather than the system we’re all stuck in! I’m lucky that all my family are up north (including in Yorkshire) so my support system and roots are all here but it’s very different for so many people without that especially as rent prices soar. Thinking of you too!

[@JacquelineCaron]

📦📚🍟😊good luck!!

[@Sarah_Naomi]

Good luck with the rest of the packing and I hope your Victorian house in York dreams will come to be soon! 📦

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you Sarah 🏠 It's going to be a bit of a renovation project because it has no original features but so looking forward to it!

[@LeanneRose]

I'm not too far behind you, Claire, living in London just isn't sustainable long term. I moved into my current flat less than a year ago, and definitely want to enjoy it for a while longer. But I reckon I'll be here for another year and beyond that... who knows where I might end up?! Totally relate to the mammoth task for packing up books! When I moved last year it was such a huge job

[@Claire_Fenby]

The housing market is such a shit show! London is the best - I just wish it treated us better 🤣

[@puffmaggie]

📦you both have such a funny sense of humour, it puts a smile on my face!! i hope you get to move soon and into the house you want! i think a lot of growing up is accepting that change is okay and honestly priorities change, as a teen i would never understand anyone wanting to leave London but nowadays i 100% see why people just want a way more affordable place. it's the old saying "it's not you it's me" with London isn't it? IMAGINE ALL THE MONEY YOU'LL SAVE AND CAN SPEND ON BOOKS! :P

[@Claire_Fenby]

We'll be back if we win the lottery 🤣

[@MJ-in-Canada]

“As long as I get my fries.”🍟🤣

[@anitahayne8621]

I noticed the nonfiction Tudor books you have. I have really enjoyed your videos in which you talk about them. Can you recommend some Tudor fiction? I did read Hilary Mantel’s series twice. When I was younger, I read every Jean Plaidy book I could find. I read Norah Lofts, Alison Weir’s fiction and Philippa Gregory as well. I am an American so Tudor fiction can be hard to find sometimes, but I am more than willing to order them from the UK.

[@Claire_Fenby]

I don't tend to read much historical fiction (other than the authors you've already mentioned) to be honest as I tend to read more non-fiction but I can recommend Elizabeth Fremantle!

[@anitahayne8621]

@@Claire_Fenby Thank you. I will check into this author. I was devastated when Hilary Mantel died because she wrote such vivid characters in the Wolf Hall trilogy.

[@DianeC1975]

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[@oliviac712]

Henry can be packed because he's the least important one out of all of them- FACT 😂 Loved this chatty video Claire! Fingers crossed for your move- hope it goes ahead and is nice and easy! x

[@Claire_Fenby]

I'm a girls girl 👑

[@vesch5083]

I feel just as strongly about having my own fries 😂

[@Claire_Fenby]

As you should 😂

[@jackieives4535]

☑ a box of sorts 😊

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[@MJ-in-Canada]

Make sure the bonnet doesn't get crushed!

[@Claire_Fenby]

I might have to wear them on moving day 🤣

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[@MJ-in-Canada]

I'm hoping you'll do a cleaning video. 🧹

[@Claire_Fenby]

ahaha I LOVE cleaning videos! My first job was as a cleaner so it's genuinely a passion of mine

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