Books and Things | May TBR | Readathons & Walter Scott Prize Shortlist Reaction @katiejlumsden | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
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In which I talk about my reading plans . . .

More Walter Scott Prize videos: youtube.com/watch?v=AYckblyK1t4&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-PAWprQUjpZJhOXhxG9BU7Y

More about the Mega Dickens Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs

The Spoonies Readathon is all about reading books with disability and chronic illness representation. It’s hosted by Emily @novellenovels and Kat @BrewsandReviews.
Announcement videos: youtube.com/watch?v=75jrd5mDR-Q and youtube.com/watch?v=vBv-HBwjhLg

Misery May is all about reading miserable books! It’s hosted by Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot and Gemma @GemofBooks.
Announcement videos: youtube.com/watch?v=8yzFh9TPMEY and youtube.com/watch?v=W9U3Kq6oL7I

*Books Mentioned*

Cuddy, Benjamin Myers: goodreads.com/book/show/61324049

The New Life, Tom Crewe: goodreads.com/book/show/61273326

For Thy Great Pain, Have Mercy on My Little Pain, Victoria Mackenzie: goodreads.com/book/show/61165321

My Father’s House, Joseph O’Connor: goodreads.com/book/show/61447882

Hungry Ghosts, Kevin Jared Hosein: goodreads.com/book/show/61109596

The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng: goodreads.com/book/show/65215270

In the Upper Country, Kai Thomas: goodreads.com/book/show/60880810

Music in the Dark, Sally Magnusson: goodreads.com/book/show/75271606

The Fraud, Zadie Smith: goodreads.com/book/show/66086834

Mister Timeless Blyth, Alan Spence: goodreads.com/book/show/61607393

Absolutely and Forever, Rose Tremain: goodreads.com/book/show/74951746

A Better Place, Stephen Daisley: goodreads.com/book/show/135828487

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: goodreads.com/book/show/58784475

The Daisy Chain, Charlotte Mary Yonge: goodreads.com/book/show/611947.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown, Talia Hibbert: goodreads.com/book/show/51824384

Demos, George Gissing: goodreads.com/book/show/10873652

The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall: goodreads.com/book/show/129223.

Wandering Souls, Cecile Pin: goodreads.com/book/show/60741794

The Way It Breaks, Polis Loizou: goodreads.com/book/show/56352490

The Hollow Sea, Annie Kirby: goodreads.com/book/show/60041471

Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason: goodreads.com/book/show/49110165

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/1953.

The Lifted Veil: Women’s 19th-Century Stories: goodreads.com/book/show/7966711

*Ways to Support My Channel*

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3. Buy my novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, or take it out from the library – links below.
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*My Writing*

My second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is out in July.
Pre-order from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115
Pre-order from Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst/katie-lumsden/9780241556115
Pre-order from Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115
Pre-order from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst/dp/0241556112

My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is OUT NOW.
Buy from Waterstones (UK): waterstones.com/book/the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall/katie-lumsden/9781405951883
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Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall

*General Links*

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Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com