Gem of Books | VICTOBER BABY! Here’s what I’m reading… @GemofBooks | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Victober 2024 is here!! And these are the books I'm planning to read!

Victober is hosted by these lovely ladies (check out their linked announcemnet videos for fab recommendations):

@katiejlumsden - youtube.com/watch?v=ynyQHVDh190&t=459s

@katehowereads

@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711

@BlatantlyBookish

The Prompts for this years readathon are:

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


#booktube #tbr #victober #classicbooks #readathon
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Books Mentioned:

The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlett by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Time Machine by HG Wells
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
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BookTubers Mentioned:

Salbo Reads Instagram Page - instagram.com/salboreads?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
@spreadbookjoy
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instagram.com/gemofbooks
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To join the FOMO Bookclub discord, please click this link:
discord.gg/sYatx9ZX2w

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My Amazon Wishlist:

amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/XSET66N93YSK/?ref_=lol_ov_le

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Thanks for watching! New content every Tuesday and Saturday (and the odd Thursday)!

Lots of Love,

Gem xx

00:00 Intro
01:39 Group Read
03:12 Group Challenge
06:36 Katie's Challenge
08:13 Kate's Challenge
08:59 Ros's Challenge
10:31 Marissa's Challenge
12:00 Thanks