Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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In which I discuss the ambitious pile of books I'd like to read in the month of October for Victober! Click "show more" for additional #Victober fun and details on this month's many readalongs

-----Hosts' Announcement Videos-----
Katie Books and Things: youtube.com/watch?v=vD0-QV0kxmE&ab_channel=BooksandThings
Kate Howe: youtube.com/watch?v=eidSDkBuwXE&ab_channel=KateHowe
Lucy The Reader: youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Gr-idpezw&ab_channel=lucythereader


---Challenges---

1. Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that equates to your favourite modern genre
2. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters
3. Kate’s challenge: Read a new to you book and/or short story by a favourite Victorian author
4. Readers’ challenge: Read a Victorian book from a previous Victober TBR that you didn't get to, or one you’ve been meaning to read for ages
5. General challenge: Read a Victorian book while wearing something Victorian/Victorian-esque
Group readalong: Shirley by Charlotte Brontë


----Jane Eyre Readalong Announcements----

Kate Howe: youtube.com/watch?v=qUU_9Ktf3Nc&ab_channel=KateHowe
Emily from Novelle Novels: youtube.com/watch?v=CMT76tdDJvA&t=1s&ab_channel=NovelleNovels

-----Two on a Tower Stitch and Listen Announcements ----

Kate Howe: youtube.com/watch?v=uCtTju3SnN0&ab_channel=KateHowe
Natalie Curious Reader: youtube.com/watch?v=FhUe5y6g6as&ab_channel=CuriousReader

-----Books Mentioned------

-Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
-Charlotte Bronte's Letters
-Dickens' Letters
-Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
-Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
-The Half Sisters by Geraldine Jewsbury
-The Small House at Allington (#5 in the Barsetshire Chronicles series) by Anthony Trollope
-The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
-Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
-Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
-The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
-The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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