reacting to YOUR worst victorian novels @jenniferbrooks

Jennifer Brooks For Victober this year, I thought it would be so much fun to hear what your favorite and least favorite Victorian novels are. Y’all certainly delivered!

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updated 1 year ago

reacting to YOUR worst victorian novels

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-01 | For Victober this year, I thought it would be so much fun to hear what your favorite and least favorite Victorian novels are. Y’all certainly delivered!

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In Memory

Jennifer Brooks 2024-01-08 | Jennifer Brooks
December 10, 1992-January 3, 2024

every classic I read in 2023

Jennifer Brooks 2024-01-03 | It wasn't a great classics reading year for me but I'm still glad I was able to read fourteen!

Books I Mentioned:
Roman Lives by Plutarch
Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LeRoux
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
The Complete Odes and Epodes by Horace
The Canzoniere by Petrarch
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Trilby by George Du Maurier
Basil by Wilkie Collins
Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

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24 books to read in 2024 | lit fic, fantasy, & classics

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-31 | This is my yearly tbr for 2024! I think it has a lot of variety, which is what I’m looking for in the new year.

Channels mentioned:
@BookswithEmilyFox
@Shellyish

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my favorite books of 2023!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-29 | It’s that time of year! Time to chat about our favorite books of 2023!

Books I mentioned:
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Briefly a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
Alls Well by Mona Awad
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
Jade War by Fonda Lee
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

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2024 reading journal set up

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-28 | Not me only now seeing I misspelled “anticipated reads.”

I was so excited to finally set up a reading journal for the new year. I’ve had book journals in the past but they’ve always been more functional and had less deco. I went for the favored bullet journal style so I hope I enjoy it.

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reading sprints with christy luis

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-28 | @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace

most disappointing books of 2023

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-26 | It’s finally time for the end of year lists! In lieu of a worst books of the year, I settled on the most disappointing.

Books I mentioned:
Clytemnestra by Constanza Casati
Trilby by George du Maurier
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Woman Eating by Claire Kohda
Y/N by Esther Yi
Beach Read by Emily Henry

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READING VLOG | Christmas prep and end of year reading

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-22 | It’s the week before Christmas and I’m trying to read all the books I can before the end of the year! It’s a chaotic vlog, with lots of Christmas and Mary Shelley chat.

Books I mentioned:
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods
Lovelight Farms by B. K. Boriston

Channels mentioned:
@WillowTalksBooks

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books I’ve been loving recently (and some I haven’t)

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-19 | I thought we could chat about some of the books that I've been reading this month. It's been a fairly great month so far and I hope it continues!

Books I Mentioned:
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden
Penance by Eliza Clark
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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reflecting on 2023 | did I achieve my reading goals?

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-16 | This is always one of my favorite videos to film every year! I love to reflect on reading goals!

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Christmas book recommendations | mysteries, nutcracker retellings, & more

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-12 | In the past, I've done several winter book recommendations so this year, I decided to switch it up and recommend some books that feel like Christmas!

Books I Mentioned:
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol
Midnight in Everwood by M. A. Kuzniar
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay

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historical nonfiction you should read

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-08 | In honor of #nonfictionnovember I read a few great nonfiction reads and I thought I would review them together!

00:00 - intro and emperor of Rome
13:03 - ravenna
24:35 - princes in the tower

Books I mentioned:
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
Ravenna by Judith Herrin
The Princes in the Tower by Philippa Langley

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books I read in November | 2023

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-05 | November was a great reading month! I can’t believe there’s only one month left in the year!

Books I mentioned:
My Husband by Maud Ventura
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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READING VLOG | thanksgiving, fantasy, & the princes in the tower

Jennifer Brooks 2023-12-01 | During the week of Thanksgiving, I was reading three books and went to see the new Hunger Games film!

Books I Mentioned:
Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
The Princes in the Tower by Philippa Langley

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RESET VLOG | december tbr, end of year content planning, & more

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-28 | It's time for another reset vlog! I find these to be really helpful and they keep me on track. Today we start to transition into the Christmas season and plan my December TBR as well as some end of year content.

Books I Mentioned:
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
Penance by Eliza Clark

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READING VLOG | the brothers karamazov and fantasy romance

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-24 | I finally broke down and started the Brothers Karamazov and it's been a wild ride so far!

Books I Mentioned:
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

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favorite Napoleon nonfiction!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-21 | Finally the Napoleon video! Here are some of my favorite nonfiction book recommendations for him.

Books I Mentioned:
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine
Private Memoirs of the Court of Napoleon by Louis Francois Joseph Bausset-Roquefort
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
Napoleon: A Live by Adam Zamoyski
Plunder : Napoleon's Theft of Veronese's Feast by Cynthia Saltzman

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BOOK HAUL | classics, lit fic, & fantasy

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-17 | Today's video is the last book haul of 2023! I can't believe we're already at year's end.

Books I Mentioned:
Italian Journey by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
Latin Literature : An Anthology
Caravaggio : A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
Penance by Eliza Clark (@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 )
Richard III by William Shakespeare
The Guest by Emma Cline
Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez

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favorite Mary Shelley nonfiction!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-14 | In honor of Nonfiction November, I thought I would recommend some great nonfiction reads about my favorite historical figures. Today's video is all about the incredible Mary Shelley!

Books I Mentioned:
The Journals of Mary Shelley
Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon
In Search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson
Young Romantics by Daisy Hay

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VACATION READING VLOG | two five star books!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-12 | It's time for another vacation reading vlog! I was lucky enough to spend some time in the gorgeous town of Taormina, Sicily and it was wonderful!

Books I Mentioned:
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

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ROME VLOG | the pantheon, the roman forum, & more

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-10 | I hope you enjoy this second Rome vlog! In this one, we visit the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, and so much more.

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favorite Richard III nonfiction!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-07 | In honor of Nonfiction November this year, I decided to do a series of videos recommending great nonfiction reads about my favorite historical figures. What better way to kick off the month than by starting with my favorite, Richard III!

Books I Mentioned:
The Occupation of the Throne by Richard III by Dominic Mancini
The History of Richard III by Thomas More
Richard III by Paul Murray Kendall
The King's Grave by Philippa Langley and Michael K. Jones
Richard III by Chris Skidmore
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Richard III by Matthew Lewis

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recent reads | disappointments and easy reads

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-05 | I've been meaning to do a recent reads for a little while and decided to wrap up four books that I've recently read.

Books I Mentioned:
Messalina by Honor Cargill
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle
Horrid by Katrina Leno

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ROME VLOG | new favorite churches and the vatican museums

Jennifer Brooks 2023-11-03 | I thought I would take you along with me on my latest trip to Rome! In this vlog, we visit some great churches, the Theatre of Marcellus, and the Vatican Museums.

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all about Wilkie Collins | I’ve read 11 of his novels!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-31 | Wilkie Collins is my favorite Victorian author and after reading for Victober this year, I have managed to finish eleven of his novels! I thought I would make a video discussing them all.

Books I Mentioned:
The Woman in White
The Moonstone
No Name
Armadale
The Dead Secret
Jezebel's Daughter
Antonina
Poor Miss Finch
Basil
Hide and Seek

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historical fiction by the victorians

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-27 | Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres and I have loved exploring the historical fiction written during the Victorian period!

Books I Mentioned:
The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton
Marius the Epicurean by Walter Pater
Antonina by Wilkie Collins
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Romola by George Eliot
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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all about mona awad | bunny, rouge, and all’s well

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-24 | New favorite author alert! I'm obsessed with Mona Awad!

00:00 - intro and overall thoughts
04:11 - rouge
09:33 - bunny
10:13 - minor bunny spoilers
11:18 - bunny
15:54 - all's well

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come book shopping with me in Rome!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-22 | I hope you enjoy this short book shopping vlog! Rome is so wonderful and it’s a great place to get inspired to read.

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my favorite Victorian novels of the past 5 years

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-20 | I believe I was tagged in this tag some time last year so I just waited to do it until this year!

Books I Mentioned:
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
No Name by Wilkie Collins
Romola by George Eliot
Varney the Vampire

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the victorian literature journey tag

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-17 | I was tagged by @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 to do this wonderful tag that she and @tillysshelf adapted from the Shakespeare Journey Tag!

Channels mentioned:
@katiejlumsden
@lucythereader
@katehowereads

Questions adapted from the Shakespeare Journey Tag

1. What was your first experience reading Victorian literature and how was it?
2. Has the reading of a Victorian book ever brought you to tears? If so tell us more.
3. Are there any people who have played a significant role in your Victorian literature journey?
4. Do you have a favourite film or TV adaptation of a Victorian book? What about one you'd like to see made?
5. Which character in Victorian literature most resembles you, or you identify with most?
6. Do you have a favourite moment, scene or line from Victorian literature? Tell us about it or read it to us.
7. Does any Victorian literature intimidate you? If so, what and why.
8. What tips would you give to someone early on in their Victorian literature journey?
9. What is your top recommended read for other readers of Victorian literature?
10. Tag people.

I tag:
@goodstrongwords
@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace
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victober reading vlog | new books and a weird wilkie collins

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-15 | The second week of Victober has been much more interesting than the first!

Books I Mentioned:
Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

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penny dreadfuls | #victober

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-13 | The penny dreadful was a popular form of fiction from the Victorian period. I thought I would make a video all about this fabulous format!

Books I Mentioned:
The Necromancer
Varney the Vampire
The String of Pearls

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reacting to YOUR favorite victorian novels

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-10 | For Victober this year, I thought it would be so much fun to hear what your favorite and least favorite Victorian novels are. Y’all certainly delivered!

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victober reading sprints!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-07 | ...

victober reading vlog | favorite authors and a disappointing read

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-06 | It's time for the first Victober vlog! I can't believe it's finally that time.

Books I Mentioned:
Trilby by George DuMaurier
Basil by Wilkie Collins

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let’s chat victorian poetry | favorites, least favorites, and my tbr

Jennifer Brooks 2023-10-03 | Something that I think I am always slacking on during Victober is reading more poetry. I thought I might do a video all about the poets I've tried and who I'm looking forward to picking up in the future.

Poets Mentioned:
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Emily Bronte
Christina Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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my favorite books of all time!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-29 | I felt like I was due for a video on my all-time favorite novels! It's been years since I last filmed one.

Books I Mentioned:
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
In the Woods by Tana French
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice

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RESET VLOG | victober prep, new books on my tbr, & more

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-26 | So many books, so little time! It's going to be an incredibly busy October so I need to start planning now.

Channels mentioned :
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spooky book recs | eerie reads, literary horror, & more

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-22 | I'm finally doing some recommendations for Halloween and spooky season. I hope you enjoy these!

Books I Mentioned:
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden @katiejlumsden
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Gallant by V. E. Schwab
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

00:00 - intro
01:43 - nostalgia
07:40 - eerie/atmospheric
12:43 - haunted house
17:39 - sporror/plant horror
20:35 - literary horror

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READING VLOG | four books in four days

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-19 | Welcome back to, as always, a chaotic vlog. What started out as reading five books in five days became four books in four-ish days.

Books I Mentioned:
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Bunny by Mona Awad

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my victober tbr | 2023

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-15 | I can't believe it's finally that time of year!!

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Books I Mentioned:
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
The Blood of the Vampire by Florence Marryat
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade
Basil by Wilkie Collins
Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Mysteries of London by George W. M. Reynolds

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READING VLOG | unhinged women, what Im watching, and a book haul

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-12 | I apologize in advance for the way this reading vlog descends into madness. I'm not even sure why I'm posting it, lol!

Books I Mentioned:
All's Well by Mona Awad
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Slewfoot by Brom
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Bunny by Mona Awad
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

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I’m in the middle of 20+ series | every book series I’m in the middle of

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-08 | I have been meaning to assess all of the book series I am in the middle of for a long time and honestly, I'm overwhelmed!

00:00 - intro
02:04 - series I own but haven't started
15:17 - series I'm in the middle of

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dark academia books on my tbr!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-05 | It seems like every year this time, I put up a dark academia themed video so this year, I decided to chat about all of the dark academia on my tbr!

Books I mentioned:
Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress
Bunny by Mona Awad
All’s Well by Mona Awad
Babel by R. F. Kuang
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Possession by A. S. Byatt
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

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READING VLOG | a classic and a retelling

Jennifer Brooks 2023-09-01 | I had so much fun pairing these books together--it really is fun to read a retelling immediately after reading the source material. Thank you to @BooksandLala for inspiring this idea!

Books I Mentioned:
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

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BOOK HAUL | victorian and ancient classics

Jennifer Brooks 2023-08-29 | I have a very small book haul in today's video (and hopefully it is the last with this extremely weird lighting).

Books I Mentioned:
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
Basil by Wilkie Collins
Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
The Annals by Tacitus
The Later Roman Empire by Ammianus Marcellinus

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i got new bookshelves | organize them with me!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-08-25 | I hope you enjoy watching as I put up new bookshelves and get them organized! I am so excited to finally have a nice area to film and read in.

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renaissance nonfiction you should read!

Jennifer Brooks 2023-08-22 | It's been a while since my last Renaissance Recommendations video so I thought I would make a video all about modern nonfiction on the Italian Renaissance. I hope you enjoy it!

Books I Mentioned:
Renaissance People by Beth Lindsmith and Robert C. Davis
The Ugly Renaissance by Alexander Lee
Painting and Experience in 15th Century Italy
Death in Florence by Paul Strathern
Renaissance Florence by Gene Brucker
April Blood by Lauro Martines
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
The Borgias by G. J. Meyer

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reading sprints with christy luis

Jennifer Brooks 2023-08-19 | ...