Claire Fenby
Claire Fenby
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HUGE Birthday haul 🎂 Tudor history, afternoon tea & book shopping!
What happens when a history nerd turns 29! Starting my 30th year with lots of Tudor history, an afternoon tea at Fortnums and a bit of bookshopping 📚
✨ Tip me on on Ko-Fi: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar
🎁 Send me (or the cats) a gift via my wishlist: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/6Q0QU2HDI9NG
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
0:42 My love of London & top tip for tourists
2:58 Let's talk the Six Wives of Henry VIII!
My review of Six Lives exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
8:32 Museum gift shop haul
12:50 Decorations haul! My St. Nicholas collection
17:02 Waterstones book haul
22:07 Afternoon tea at Fortnum and Mason
22:52 Tea haul! Fortnums and Bird and Blend
25:21 My new William Morris tea pot
26:49 A book shopping trip to Hatchards 👋 Mrs Dalloway
27:33 New biography of Virginia Woolf
29:02 Birthday celebrations
Watch last year's birthday show and tell video: ua-cam.com/video/cAOgvSPq7zo/v-deo.htmlsi=poBTzEp64aTgMlhv
✅ Subscribe: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyBooktube
📸 Follow me on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram
📚 Books mentioned:
Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII's Queens by Charlotte Bolland (National Portrait Gallery)
Firebrand by Elizabeth Freemantle (Penguin Books)
Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and his Six Wives through the eyes of the Spanish Ambassador by Dr Lauren Mackay
The Thistle and the Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor by Linda Porter (Apollo, Bloomsbury)
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes (4th Estate, HarperCollins)
❓ FAQ:
What type of videos do you make? I love book shopping videos featuring my favourite book shops across the UK (especially in Yorkshire and London) and cozy chatty vlogs about my recent reads!
Where do you live? I live in York with my husband Ben and two cats (Sybil and Freyja). I lived in London for 7 and still visit multiple times a month for work 🇬🇧
What do you do for work? I work in the book publishing industry in marketing!
What did you study? I studied English Literature at York St. John University (BA) and University of York (MA) specialising in the 18th Century
Who are your favourite authors? I love Jane Austen, the Brontë 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 home front during WW2
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Відео

Summer books & a new favourite book shop 📚☀️ Cozy reading vlog
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Bookish catch-up discussing a new favourite book, must-read children's Classics and a beautiful (new to me) bookshop in Yorkshire! Intro 0:00 Summer in Yorkshire 🌧️☀️ 2:54 Visiting Malton & Kemps Books 5:56 Yorkshire book haul 7:45 The Secret Garden review 12:04 Monet in York 14:31 Discussing classic children's literature 16:42 I Capture the Castle review 20:52 Reading update & reflections 23:3...
My last winter in London ❄️ Book shopping, a trip to Bath & packing! | Winter (2023) Snapshots
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Every season I make a little home movie documenting my life - welcome to Winter (December 2023-March 2024) ✨ This video is special because winter was my last full season as a Londoner! We visited some of our favourite places in the city and enjoyed a few days away in Bath and Canterbury. Featuring lots of book shopping, beautiful historical places & cosy cats! Timestamps below 👇 #bookish My sna...
Book shopping, antiquing & thrifting in York! 📚 Ft Ariel Bissett
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Everything I've bought since to moving to Yorkshire! A love letter to York (and Ariel) ♥️ A book and homeware haul brand new releases, antique decor and lots of kitsch 00:00 Introduction 2:58 Favourite places to eat in York (Monk Bar Chocolatiers & York Roast Co) 5:21 Charity shop book haul! 8:16 Brand new books about the Tudors featuring @ElleHistory 11:20 Criminally Good Books, new crime book...
We moved from London to Yorkshire 📚☕️ My favourite things so far & new bookshelves!
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We finally made it to York! I'm so glad to be back filming #booktube videos and this time in a little Victorian terrace ❤️ I hope you like my new bookshelves as much as I do! ✅ Subscribe: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyBooktube 📸 Follow me on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Tip me on on Ko-Fi: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar ❓ FAQ: Where do you live? I live in York with my husband and two cats. I used to live ...
Bookish Q&A while I pack up all my classics 📚 Leaving London, studying & working in publishing
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Let's chat while I pack up my classics bookshelf ready for our move from London to Yorkshire ✨ Featuring little Freyja 🐈‍⬛ Timestamps below! ✅ Subscribe for my bookish videos: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyBooktube 📸 Follow my Yorkshire adventures on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Help us renovate our new house! Tip my content on Ko-Fi: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar 0:00 Introduction 1:32 Classics bookshel...
Come book shopping with me at London's oldest bookshop! Spring book haul & April TBR 📚🌸
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Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the books herself... 📚 Book shopping vlog, Spring book haul and recent reads! A beautiful day in London visiting Hatchards in Piccadilly (London's oldest bookshop), Fortnum & Mason for a spot of tea and walking around the beautiful Royal parks in bloom 🌼 ✅ Subscribe: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyBooktube 📸 Follow me on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Tip me on on Ko-Fi:...
Book mail, currently reading & annotating books 📚
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Join me for a cosy, chatty vlog featuring exciting book mail, thoughts on annotating books and my love of maps! Please leave a question for my Q&A in the comments ❤️ Time stamps below 👇 0:00 Intro 1:05 New favourite tea from @BirdandBlendTea ☕️ 2:08 Q&A 4:13 Leaving London 5:32 Home decor & book haul 9:10 Currently reading and annotating my books 11:23 Book mail thanks to @CoynieReads 13:04 Ann...
All the books I want to read in 2024 📚 Jane Austen & lots of history books
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My 2024 TBR based on my favourite books of 2023 📚 If you're a history geek like me, this video is for you! Watch my top reads of last year here: ua-cam.com/video/Ez7W-FSNOnQ/v-deo.htmlsi=2Vevf6NBxQUyw5hM ✅ Subscribe for more videos: @Claire_Fenby 📸 Follow me on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Support my channel by tipping me on Ko-Fi: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar Books mentioned: Pride and Pre...
Come book shopping with me in London 📚 Book haul and Spring reading update
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A cosy day in London visiting my favourite book shops and watching Spring blossom in Bloomsbury 🌼 Keep watching for a huge book haul and reading update. Timestamps and books mentioned below 👇 ✅ Subscribe: @Claire_Fenby 📸 Follow me on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Tip me on on Ko-Fi: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar 0:00 Hello 👋 0:21 A slow morning at home 0:57 Come book shopping with me! 1:05 Jud...
Pack up all my books with me 📚 Why we’re leaving London & my chaotic book buying habits
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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! Rainbow bookshelf tour: ua-cam.com/video/3pp2pNFk6Jw/v-deo.html My classics collection bookshelf tour: ua-cam.com/video/qJx8zgd-vTs/v-deo.htmlsi=PoG3AkIakOv2UZOX ✅ S...
My best reading year yet 📚 2023 reading reflections & postscript book tag
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Looking back at my reading year and favourite books of 2023 📚 Featuring Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie and more! ✅ Subscribe: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyBooktube 📸 Follow me on Instagram: bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Tip me on on Ko-Fi: bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar Books mentioned 📖 Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser The Strangest Family by Janice Hadlow Animal Farm by George Orwell (thanks to @A...
I went to Bath and bought too many Jane Austen things 📚✨ Haul & travel recs
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Never leave me in a Jane Austen gift shop unattended 😅 A few Regency-themed purchases from our lovely wintry trip to Bath! Featuring afternoon tea, bookshops and beautiful architecture. Huge Jane Austen book haul from Chawton: ua-cam.com/video/QKmF511PTls/v-deo.htmlsi=VWeYvrLm3WCgO5tM Jane Austen's home in Chawton: ua-cam.com/video/rp1OeaGHCHk/v-deo.htmlsi=04FaF4Mngh00rMUf Our last trip to Bath...
A slow Autumn in London 🍂 Book shopping, cosy cats and exhibitions | Autumn (2023) Snapshots
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Every season I make a little home movie documenting my life - welcome to Autumn ✨ This will be our last Autumn as Londoners so we decided to spend more time in the city, visiting our favourite places from Bloomsbury to Hampstead. Watch my last video: ua-cam.com/video/qUb4fd9Vcwg/v-deo.htmlsi=zBnBXTN_PwZZXH5N Watch last year's Autumn video: ua-cam.com/video/EXY1AeYknec/v-deo.htmlsi=qM46a1AI73stA...
A very geeky summer ☀️ From Hampton Court to Virginia Woolf's house | Summer 2023
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The next instalment in my seasonal home video series ✨ My dream summer of book shopping and visiting historic houses! Watch Spring: ua-cam.com/video/AMMxakNeLKU/v-deo.htmlsi=JgVwrG2c42je7H3S Featured this season: 0:00 Summer 2023 0:04 Putney & Fulham Palace gardens 0:30 Southwark Cathedral and Tracy Borman talk 0:53 South Bank & book market 1:47 St James's Park 2:21 National Portrait Gallery 3:...
Books and blossom 🌸 Spend Spring with me in London & beyond | Spring (2023) Snapshots
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Books and blossom 🌸 Spend Spring with me in London & beyond | Spring (2023) Snapshots
A love letter to York ✨ Our first wedding anniversary
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A love letter to York ✨ Our first wedding anniversary
Why I love Jane Austen 🖊️ My favourite novels and characters
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Why I love Jane Austen 🖊️ My favourite novels and characters
Best books of the year so far 📚 Reading check-in 📖 Mid-year book freakout tag
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Best books of the year so far 📚 Reading check-in Mid-year book freakout tag
Birthday book haul & chat 📚 History book recs & lots of Virginia Woolf ✨ What I got for my birthday
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Birthday book haul & chat 📚 History book recs & lots of Virginia Woolf ✨ What I got for my birthday
Bookish catch up with my husband 📚 Book haul & reading update | Independent Bookshop Week
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Bookish catch up with my husband 📚 Book haul & reading update | Independent Bookshop Week
HUGE Jane Austen book haul 📚 Penguin Clothbound Classics, MacMillan Collector's Library & A BONNET!
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HUGE Jane Austen book haul 📚 Penguin Clothbound Classics, MacMillan Collector's Library & A BONNET!
Visit Jane Austen’s house with me 🖊
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Visit Jane Austen’s house with me 🖊
Winter in London ❄️ Book shopping, wintry walks and cosy cats ✨ Winter (2022) Snapshots
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Winter in London ❄️ Book shopping, wintry walks and cosy cats ✨ Winter (2022) Snapshots
I got a promotion so I bought some books 📚🌼 London second-hand book haul & publishing job news
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I got a promotion so I bought some books 📚🌼 London second-hand book haul & publishing job news
Chatty bookish catch up 📚 Come book shopping with me in St Albans✨ Reading vlog & book haul
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Chatty bookish catch up 📚 Come book shopping with me in St Albans✨ Reading vlog & book haul
Cosy autumn days 🍂 Meet our new kitten! | Autumn (2022) Snapshots | Romanticize life with me
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Cosy autumn days 🍂 Meet our new kitten! | Autumn (2022) Snapshots | Romanticize life with me
My Jane Austen inspired trip to Bath | Afternoon tea and book shopping 📚
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My Jane Austen inspired trip to Bath | Afternoon tea and book shopping 📚
Moving to York? 4 book shops and a little life update 🍂
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Moving to York? 4 book shops and a little life update 🍂
Cosy Autumn chat 🍂 Fall TBR & candle haul 📖 Ft lots of witchy books
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Cosy Autumn chat 🍂 Fall TBR & candle haul Ft lots of witchy books

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @robyngrieve9665
    @robyngrieve9665 4 години тому

    Love the tea pot.🍰

  • @ambroisebaleyn880
    @ambroisebaleyn880 4 години тому

    Happy birthday Claire, wishing you a lovely 30th year !! 🎂🫖(btw I also have kind of a phobia of balloons, I feel you haha) It feels so nice to listen to you talk about the things you're passionate about. The Six Lives exhibition's book looks amazing ! Your St Nicholas decorations are very pretty, what an impressive collection ! It makes me want to start one haha The William Morris teapot IS pretty, indeed ! I'm 29 too, and have been following you for about ten years I think, your videos always make me want to read more and to go to England someday ! 💜

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda 4 години тому

    thank yoou, you did gorgeous recording~ 🙂

  • @badfaith4u
    @badfaith4u 4 години тому

    Happy birthday and I loved your birthday hauls. The Six Wives exhibition looks incredible. 🍰🎁🎂🎉🎊💐🧁🥳

  • @rowenaroberta5244
    @rowenaroberta5244 17 годин тому

    Here in Italy, in the city where I live, is really hot and humid right now 🥵 📚😊

  • @CaroleWeaveLane
    @CaroleWeaveLane 23 години тому

    Lovely

  • @catzanecat
    @catzanecat День тому

    🍫

  • @drnurulizzatibintimdfuadip1049

    You deserve more views! ❤

  • @Englishroserebecca
    @Englishroserebecca 6 днів тому

    So exciting for you in your new home. Beautiful blouse. Hope you give us a tour of the interior of your new house.

  • @Englishroserebecca
    @Englishroserebecca 6 днів тому

    What a beautiful video with soft music. Nice to see a young person who says they are romantic. I thought it had died with my generation. Glad I found your channel.

  • @CaroleWeaveLane
    @CaroleWeaveLane 10 днів тому

    Lovely

  • @katepoche4603
    @katepoche4603 11 днів тому

    It’s constant rain here in Houston, Texas! I love it though

  • @monica_has116lentilsand2cats
    @monica_has116lentilsand2cats 13 днів тому

    Oh, and I‘m reading „Echtzeitalter“ by Tonio Schachinger (Austrian) at the moment. It won the German Book Prize last year. Absolutely loving it! 😊📚

  • @mandybrack1708
    @mandybrack1708 13 днів тому

    Hi Claire, I’m also a huge fan of Monet and the exhibition sounded wonderful. I read The Railway Children in 2021 and really enjoyed it, more recently I read Heidi and it was wonderful - would absolutely recommend it.

  • @jillfogg2892
    @jillfogg2892 14 днів тому

    Would you tell us about your book necklace.

  • @ruizisabelly
    @ruizisabelly 15 днів тому

    📖

  • @glendaslanina9939
    @glendaslanina9939 16 днів тому

    🍁

  • @angelajones129
    @angelajones129 17 днів тому

    Another wonderful children's book that I've recently read and enjoyed so much is The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. It's a book about friendship and the love of home. I read it with Miranda and The Comfort Book Club. Like you, there are many children's books that I never got around to reading as a child, so I'm playing catch-up now. It's never too late. ❤ It's a perfect summer day here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It's sunny with blue skies and a temp of 75°. Happy reading!

  • @colinkiley1964
    @colinkiley1964 18 днів тому

    Anne of Green Gables is a Summer read. The musical is played each summer at the Charlottetown Festival on Prince Edward Island. I live in Atlantic Canada. I just found your channel; very interesting.

  • @KindaSassy1
    @KindaSassy1 19 днів тому

    Today was glorious in Ontario as a 10 day heatwave broke and it only got to 27 C or something like that instead of 39 C which with 83% humitidy or higher is brutal. I am going to introduce you to some Australian literature that popped into my mind instantly when you talked about childrens literature - The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay. Im sure you will love it.

  • @bobshmurda8006
    @bobshmurda8006 20 днів тому

    I am here in 2024 and i want to ask a question about how to monetize your e books

  • @ThuyKieuTuyetXuan
    @ThuyKieuTuyetXuan 20 днів тому

    I love the Anne of Green Gables books! They were my favorites as a young girl. I’ll definitely have to revisit them again. On another reading note, if you’re a big fan of books and reading like myself, then you’ll definitely like using Immersive Translate. It’s basically a free browser extension that supports a wide variety of languages. You can use it to translate all your ebooks into any language. Are you into manga? There’s also a cool feature, where you can get accurate translations to the manga you’re currently reading, which is a total plus.

  • @veravioleta7
    @veravioleta7 20 днів тому

    What's that on your nose?

    • @Claire_Fenby
      @Claire_Fenby 20 днів тому

      It’s just a reflection on my make up from having the main light on right above me because it was so grey outside! I normally film in natural light.

    • @veravioleta7
      @veravioleta7 20 днів тому

      @@Claire_Fenby Oh, I see ☺

    • @Claire_Fenby
      @Claire_Fenby 20 днів тому

      Thanks for pointing it out though 😅

  • @cristiancarpio95
    @cristiancarpio95 20 днів тому

    Hey Claire! We just had Hurricane Beryl hit us here in Texas. We dealt with a lot of rain and wind, and now we’re just left with the summer heat. Currently, I’m reading War and Peace. It definitely seems kind of daunting, but I’m just taking it one page at a time.

  • @samwright8599
    @samwright8599 21 день тому

    📚 I'm reading about Mary pole but I have a few on the go. I can't wait to see your bday hall.

  • @Nia_meow_
    @Nia_meow_ 21 день тому

    Please post continuously 😢

    • @Claire_Fenby
      @Claire_Fenby 21 день тому

      I currently aim to post once a fortnight or at least every month with my current work schedule 😊

  • @WaterBearReads
    @WaterBearReads 22 дні тому

    Hi Claire! My favorite children's book is 'The Last Unicorn'. Its stunning. I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Here in Maine we have had so much rain - (thunder and lightning storms to be exact) but today finally some sunshine! 🌻

  • @Liblifelove
    @Liblifelove 22 дні тому

    The Phantom Tollbooth is a gem! Also the Narnia series still a favourite. Hot and humid in central Canada.

  • @LifeisGoodLiveFully
    @LifeisGoodLiveFully 22 дні тому

    I just finished this and it took me forever to get through as kept stopping to think and reflect on what I had just read! Definitely the type of book one needs to read more than once. Great video and review!

  • @lucyfowler8029
    @lucyfowler8029 22 дні тому

    ❤📚

  • @flippinpages6550
    @flippinpages6550 23 дні тому

    No.California hot, hot, hot. Reading C J Sanson's Heartstone. Tomorrow meeting a friend at the library and taking a walk around local pond.

  • @libraryswiftie
    @libraryswiftie 23 дні тому

    We’re currently experiencing a heat wave on the West Coast of the USA. 😢 I can’t wait for autumn!

  • @CaroleWeaveLane
    @CaroleWeaveLane 24 дні тому

    Thank you. Yes I can imagine you are pretty wired up, my granddaughter speaks as quickly as you do. I can only offer one recommendation is to open you mouth more when you speak. . That might help. You are , and forgive me for saying this but you very pretty and look lovely. Thank you for telling me about yourself. I hope I didn’t offend you … I was only hoping to understand you more. I loved that you love literature and was wanting to hear what you had to say. Yes nature walks and reading make you peaceful don’t they. I will not stop watching you but perhaps I will watch you twice each time as I think you are worth it. I love literature and as I write and my background is teaching. It might interest you to know I live in Australia and I did live in England for a few years though I did not get to Yorkshire. I have been watching Miranda Mills recently who talks about books and she also lives in Yorkshire. So I am seeing it anew. Well thank you for replying to me that was nice of you and I hope I can gain a lot from your lovely videos.

  • @loiswells3564
    @loiswells3564 24 дні тому

    London, Saturday 13 July, cold and grey. Rain likely soon.

  • @23bethgirl
    @23bethgirl 24 дні тому

    I am totally with you on reading children's books for the first time as an adult! I have just bought the beautiful clothbound editions of The Secret Garden and The Railway Children and can't wait to get stuck in 📚

  • @angiemcdermid4845
    @angiemcdermid4845 24 дні тому

    I feel that I went from Winnie the Pooh and memorizing Christopher Robin poems to Sherlock Holmes. There was some Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and some Little House on the Prairie (hello ‘70’s) but I am seriously dug into Victorian literature and mysteries. Read a lot of classics out loud to my children Wind and the Willows is a highlight) but like you I gathered them as an adult. Now I like to give the Little Prince to my great nephews when they are about nine. Love your new shelves. 📚

  • @suzannegagne8692
    @suzannegagne8692 24 дні тому

    It’s hot with humidity in Montreal….lots of rain this summer.

  • @michaelmccarty
    @michaelmccarty 24 дні тому

    I didn't read a lot of children's classics when I was a child so I'm grateful to read them as an adult. I read The Secret Garden for the first time this year and loved it. I also adored Heidi. And I Capture the Castle is on my TBR. 🙂 Current weather in Northern California: ☀😎

  • @jamiecespinosa
    @jamiecespinosa 24 дні тому

    Hello from sunny Colorado! 🏞🌞It's been a lovely summer mix of showers and sunshine with a big heatwave of 102° expected this weekend. Currently finishing A Conjuring of Light / The Shades of Magic trilogy by VE Schwab. Thinking about starting Wolf Hall next! Love your videos!

  • @angiemcdermid4845
    @angiemcdermid4845 24 дні тому

    It’s sunny, 26 and breezy in Chilliwack, about an hour inland from Vancouver BC. A beautiful July day. Hot enough to grow corn, but not too hot for my roses.

  • @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
    @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk 24 дні тому

    Over the pennines in wet windy darkest Lancashire. Happy reading.

  • @CaroleWeaveLane
    @CaroleWeaveLane 24 дні тому

    I just discovered you. I do like your video but you could possibly slow your speech down. You speak so quickly and I am not understanding much of what you say which is a picture.

    • @Claire_Fenby
      @Claire_Fenby 24 дні тому

      @@CaroleWeaveLane Hi Carole, unfortunately I’d struggle slowing my speech down even more due just how fast I normally speak/my brain works but I would recommend listening with the subtitles on as they’re pretty spot on📚