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#Victober
In which we announce Victober!
Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (i.e. British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Victober Discord Server: discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ
*The Other Hosts*
@katehowereads
@BlatantlyBookish
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
*The Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the story
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serialised
Ros’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian play
Group challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This final challenge is in honour of Jennifer Brooks and Alice and the Giant Bookshelf
Jenny talking about Wilkie Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A_vAw4WYM & youtube.com/watch?v=XGzkK8kYqc0
Alice talking about Sherlock Holmes: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71Q & youtube.com/watch?v=BKQt6vjgo9A
*The Group Read*
The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/3204192
Reading from 1 October to 18 October
2 chapters a day every day, except for 18 October, where we read 3 chapters
*Books Mentioned*
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/6185
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/2493
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James: goodreads.com/book/show/12948
The Rebecca Rioter, Amy Dillwyn: goodreads.com/book/show/5478065
The House by the Churchyard, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/1814793
The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/427343
The Grey Woman, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/6059410
The Poor Clare, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/16156339
Wylder’s Hand, Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/2533794
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113
Diary of a Nobody, George & Weedon Grossmith: goodreads.com/book/show/535856
Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Elizabeth Von Arnim: goodreads.com/book/show/1140698
Dracula, Bram Stoker: goodreads.com/book/show/17245
The Beetle, Richard Marsh: goodreads.com/book/show/54815297
Bleak House, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31242
Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barrett Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/817993
The Ring and the Book, Robert Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/867406
Erewhon, Samuel Butler: goodreads.com/book/show/516570
The Pickwick Papers, Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/229432
Cranford, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/182381
My Flirtations, Ella Hepworth Dixon: goodreads.com/book/show/1041244
Round the Sofa, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/4727236
Mugby Junction: goodreads.com/book/show/922870.
A House to Let: goodreads.com/book/show/922862
The Haunted House: goodreads.com/book/show/28515081
The Fate of Fenella: goodreads.com/book/show/4081419
Wilkie Collins:
Armadale: goodreads.com/book/show/777108
The Moonstone: goodreads.com/book/show/6138
The Woman in White: goodreads.com/book/show/5890
Man and Wife: goodreads.com/book/show/720016
Poor Miss Finch: goodreads.com/book/show/1293687
Arthur Conan Doyle:
A Study in Scarlet: goodreads.com/book/show/102868
The Sign of Four: goodreads.com/book/show/608474
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/3590
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/194373
The Hound of the Baskervilles: goodreads.com/book/show/8921
The White Company: goodreads.com/book/show/93063
*My Novels*
_The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_
Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78
_The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_
Bookshop.org (affiliate link):
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz
*Ways to Support My Channel*
1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos!
2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp
3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video)
4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library
*General Links*
My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn
Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp
Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
#Victober
In which we announce Victober!
Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (i.e. British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Victober Discord Server: discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ
*The Other Hosts*
@katehowereads
@BlatantlyBookish
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
*The Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the story
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serialised
Ros’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian play
Group challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This final challenge is in honour of Jennifer Brooks and Alice and the Giant Bookshelf
Jenny talking about Wilkie Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A_vAw4WYM & youtube.com/watch?v=XGzkK8kYqc0
Alice talking about Sherlock Holmes: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71Q & youtube.com/watch?v=BKQt6vjgo9A
*The Group Read*
The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/3204192
Reading from 1 October to 18 October
2 chapters a day every day, except for 18 October, where we read 3 chapters
*Books Mentioned*
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/6185
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/2493
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James: goodreads.com/book/show/12948
The Rebecca Rioter, Amy Dillwyn: goodreads.com/book/show/5478065
The House by the Churchyard, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/1814793
The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/427343
The Grey Woman, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/6059410
The Poor Clare, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/16156339
Wylder’s Hand, Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/2533794
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113
Diary of a Nobody, George & Weedon Grossmith: goodreads.com/book/show/535856
Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Elizabeth Von Arnim: goodreads.com/book/show/1140698
Dracula, Bram Stoker: goodreads.com/book/show/17245
The Beetle, Richard Marsh: goodreads.com/book/show/54815297
Bleak House, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31242
Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barrett Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/817993
The Ring and the Book, Robert Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/867406
Erewhon, Samuel Butler: goodreads.com/book/show/516570
The Pickwick Papers, Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/229432
Cranford, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/182381
My Flirtations, Ella Hepworth Dixon: goodreads.com/book/show/1041244
Round the Sofa, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/4727236
Mugby Junction: goodreads.com/book/show/922870.
A House to Let: goodreads.com/book/show/922862
The Haunted House: goodreads.com/book/show/28515081
The Fate of Fenella: goodreads.com/book/show/4081419
Wilkie Collins:
Armadale: goodreads.com/book/show/777108
The Moonstone: goodreads.com/book/show/6138
The Woman in White: goodreads.com/book/show/5890
Man and Wife: goodreads.com/book/show/720016
Poor Miss Finch: goodreads.com/book/show/1293687
Arthur Conan Doyle:
A Study in Scarlet: goodreads.com/book/show/102868
The Sign of Four: goodreads.com/book/show/608474
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/3590
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/194373
The Hound of the Baskervilles: goodreads.com/book/show/8921
The White Company: goodreads.com/book/show/93063
*My Novels*
_The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_
Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78
_The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_
Bookshop.org (affiliate link):
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz
*Ways to Support My Channel*
1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos!
2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp
3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video)
4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library
*General Links*
My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn
Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp
Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
