Finally sharing my favourite books of 2024 📚 Cosy reading vlog featuring Jane Austen & the Brontës!

🥁 The best books I read in 2024, looking back at my reading year & my first reads of the year and new editions of classics that I'm looking forward to in 2025 💫 Plus a little insight into my literary trips with the Jane Austen festival in Bath and visits to the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth, Yorkshire!
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Intro: 00:00
My reading year and journal: 1:25
My favourite books of the year: 4:10
A very Jane Austen year (ft ‪@ArielBissett‬): 4:12
A new favourite book: 8:24
A year full of mid books?: 11:39
Currently reading: 12:51
All things Brontë: 15:08
Anne Brontë readalong?: 17:56
Very unexpected books: 19:43
Twilight 20th anniversary edition: 24:20
Vintage Classics Virginia Woolf editions: 24:40
New Dark Romance Daphne Du Maurier series: 25:22
Wrap-up & snow in York: 26:31

Books mentioned 📖
Emma by Jane Austen
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (inspired by Miranda Mills ‪@MirandaMills‬)
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
Charlotte Brontë: A Life by Claire Harman
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
The N**is by Laurence Rees
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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❓ 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

Keywords: cosy reading vlog, classic literature to read in 2025, Miss Austen book review, History books recommendations, Visiting the Bronte parsonage, Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen 250th anniversary books, Where to start with Jane Austen, favourite non-fiction books of 2024

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