My favourite reads of 2022!

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:    • Finishing my half-read books before t...  

► Big videos of the year (in my book at least):
The Dutch Books you Can't buy:    • A Deep Dive into the reading culture ...  
Literary Travel in the South of Scotland:    • Walking in the footsteps of Romantic ...  

► 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
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= Review copies I received for free from publishers, with no specific requirement to feature them.

Sea of Tranquility* by Emily St John Mandel
https://bit.ly/SeaOfTranquilityBook

Our Wives Under the Sea* by Julia Armfield
https://bit.ly/OurWivesUnderBook

Nightbitch* by Rachel Yoder
https://bit.ly/NightBitchBook

Infamous* by Lex Croucher
https://bit.ly/InfamousBooks

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
https://bit.ly/SixOfCrowsBook

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
https://bit.ly/KingOfScarsBook

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
https://bit.ly/GhostWallRead

The Anthropocene Reviewed* by John Green
https://bit.ly/TheAnthropoceneReviewe...

Also mentioned:

Gwen and Art are Not in Love* by Lex Croucher
https://bit.ly/GwenAndArt

Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
https://bit.ly/SaltSlowBook

Methods of Dyeing* by B. Mure
https://bit.ly/MethodsofDyeing

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200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
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► 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!

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► 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 •    • Let me pick your next book club book ...  
☾ To all the books I’ll never read •    • to all the books I'll never read  
☾ 10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing •    • 10 Things I've Learned from Freelancing.  
☾ When should you abandon a book? •    • When Do You Abandon a Book? 💁🏻  
☾ Favourite classics retellings •    • Our Favourite Classics Retellings | w...  
☾ How to get into publishing and my career story •    • 📖 Getting Into Publishing & My Career...