Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Announcing the 10th #victober !
*The Other Hosts:*
Kate @katehowereads
youtu.be/HmcjpgJwayE?si=Q5Mi6IEhj1mX6EFQ
Katie @katiejlumsden
youtu.be/_RWZlJaUU-E
Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
youtu.be/ztsTdAcdmcw
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks
youtube.com/watch?v=kvMoJGm0YAs
Hannah @HannahsBooks
youtu.be/ZrN1y5VK3Z4
Jess @dickens-and-docks instagram.com/dickens.and.docks
instagram.com/p/DODcZMojaTY
Milena @MilenaReads
youtube.com/watch?v=ExhyaqrJff0
Roy @royreadsanything
youtube.com/watch?v=W7Knn7Owbec
Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
youtube.com/watch?v=cRWSGhLwkFk
*The Challenges:*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where friendship is featured.
Katie’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature that is not a novel (i.e. a play, short story, poem or work of non-fiction).
Marissa’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature where a character experiences a change in class status (social mobility, rags to riches, fallen women, etc.)
Ros’s challenge: Empire spotting: see how many times you can spot signs of the Empire in your Victober reading.
Elizabeth’s challenge: Read a work by an underrated Victorian woman writer (meaning not the Brontes, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, or Christina Rossetti).
Hannah’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that discusses education.
Jess’s challenge: Step back in time—read a Victorian work set in a different era.
Milena’s challenge: Spin a (digital) colourwheel and pick a Victorian book with a cover that primarily features that colour. You can pick any edition.
Roy’s challenge: Read a Victorian work of fantasy.
Catherine’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that has a connection to Jane Austen.
*The Group Read:*
Hester by Margaret Oliphant (1883)
2 chapters a day, October 1st to 22nd (3 chapters on the last day)
*Important Links:*
The Discord server
discord.gg/GDsDsNdT
Victober Scorecard
drive.google.com/file/d/168mYn9yPWY1WbAvZZqAoC6Ny3IjCm_O8/view
Announcing the 10th #victober !
*The Other Hosts:*
Kate @katehowereads
youtu.be/HmcjpgJwayE?si=Q5Mi6IEhj1mX6EFQ
Katie @katiejlumsden
youtu.be/_RWZlJaUU-E
Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
youtu.be/ztsTdAcdmcw
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks
youtube.com/watch?v=kvMoJGm0YAs
Hannah @HannahsBooks
youtu.be/ZrN1y5VK3Z4
Jess @dickens-and-docks instagram.com/dickens.and.docks
instagram.com/p/DODcZMojaTY
Milena @MilenaReads
youtube.com/watch?v=ExhyaqrJff0
Roy @royreadsanything
youtube.com/watch?v=W7Knn7Owbec
Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
youtube.com/watch?v=cRWSGhLwkFk
*The Challenges:*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where friendship is featured.
Katie’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature that is not a novel (i.e. a play, short story, poem or work of non-fiction).
Marissa’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian literature where a character experiences a change in class status (social mobility, rags to riches, fallen women, etc.)
Ros’s challenge: Empire spotting: see how many times you can spot signs of the Empire in your Victober reading.
Elizabeth’s challenge: Read a work by an underrated Victorian woman writer (meaning not the Brontes, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, or Christina Rossetti).
Hannah’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that discusses education.
Jess’s challenge: Step back in time—read a Victorian work set in a different era.
Milena’s challenge: Spin a (digital) colourwheel and pick a Victorian book with a cover that primarily features that colour. You can pick any edition.
Roy’s challenge: Read a Victorian work of fantasy.
Catherine’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that has a connection to Jane Austen.
*The Group Read:*
Hester by Margaret Oliphant (1883)
2 chapters a day, October 1st to 22nd (3 chapters on the last day)
*Important Links:*
The Discord server
discord.gg/GDsDsNdT
Victober Scorecard
drive.google.com/file/d/168mYn9yPWY1WbAvZZqAoC6Ny3IjCm_O8/view
