Books and Things | Victober TBR | A Huge Pile of Possibilitites @katiejlumsden | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
#victober
In which I share my far-too-long Victober pile of possibilities . . .
*More about Victober*
Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by me and several other wonderful booktubers, all about celebrating Victorian literature. (Victorian literature is British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Announcements:
My video: youtu.be/dwTa7bjePg4
@katehowereads youtu.be/xJ8xftaK7rA?si=P3GV5e1SUq6UY9p3
@BlatantlyBookish youtu.be/DDj47C04psg
@bookswithpetra youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c
*The Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work featuring a stranger/outsider
Katie’s challenge: Read a piece of Victorian ‘New Woman’ fiction
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work by an author who is new to you
Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian first-person narrative
Ros’s challenge: Read a Victorian work in which class features strongly
Group Read: The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope
*Books Mentioned*
Night and Morning, Edward Bulwer-Lytton: goodreads.com/book/show/10098192-night-and-morning
Red Pottage, Mary Cholmondeley: goodreads.com/book/show/968595.Red_Pottage
The Beth Book, Sarah Grand: goodreads.com/book/show/1019669.The_Beth_Book
Recommended by @elizabethaliteraryprincess
Diana of Crossways, George Meredith: goodreads.com/book/show/661950.Diana_of_the_Crossways
A Struggle for Fame, Charlotte Riddell: goodreads.com/book/show/23524080-a-struggle-for-fame
Afternoon, Ouida: goodreads.com/book/show/33577631-afternoon-and-other-sketches
Candida, George Bernard Shaw: goodreads.com/book/show/418373.Candida
Miss Brown, Vernon Lee: goodreads.com/book/show/7202866-miss-brown
The Wing of Azrael, Mona Caird: goodreads.com/book/show/9361585-the-wing-of-azrael
Charley’s Aunt, Brandon Thomas: goodreads.com/book/show/3360194-charley-s-aunt
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and @tillysshelf's discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=xXsXVQ1p24o
In the Roar of the Sea, Sabine Baring-Gould: goodreads.com/book/show/733615.In_the_Roar_of_the_Sea
Recommended by @katehowereads
The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green, Cuthbert Bede: goodreads.com/book/show/1274017.Mr_Verdant_Green
My Flirtations, Ella Hepworth Dixon: goodreads.com/book/show/1041244.My_Flirtations
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/58696.David_Copperfield
The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/149785.The_Way_We_Live_Now
Man and Wife, Wilkie Collins: goodreads.com/book/show/720016.Man_and_Wife
Miss Meredith, Amy Levy: goodreads.com/book/show/12137818-miss-meredith
In Darkest London, Margaret Harkness: goodreads.com/book/show/6860641-in-darkest-london
Eve’s Ransom, George Gissing: goodreads.com/book/show/1024127.Eve_s_Ransom
Jessie Phillips: A Tale of the Present Day, Frances Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/53777404-jessie-phillips
An Unsocial Socialist, George Bernard Shaw: goodreads.com/book/show/284378.An_Unsocial_Socialist
The Phantom Ship, Frederick Marryat: goodreads.com/book/show/1294145.The_Phantom_Ship
Phantastes, George MacDonald: goodreads.com/book/show/174948.Phantastes
A Burglary, Amy Dillwyn: goodreads.com/book/show/11241802-a-burglary
The Perpetual Curate, Margaret Oliphant: goodreads.com/book/show/882166.The_Perpetual_Curate
Ralph the Heir, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/517088.Ralph_the_Heir
An Eye for An Eye, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/19112879-an-eye-for-an-eye
Wylder’s Hand , Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/2533794.Wylder_s_Hand
*My Debut Novel*
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/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*General Links*
My website: katielumsden.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden
Instragram: instagram.com/katiejlumsden
Threads: threads.net/@katiejlumsden
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@katiejlumsden
Facebook: facebook.com/justbooksandthings
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
#victober
In which I share my far-too-long Victober pile of possibilities . . .
*More about Victober*
Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by me and several other wonderful booktubers, all about celebrating Victorian literature. (Victorian literature is British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.)
Announcements:
My video: youtu.be/dwTa7bjePg4
@katehowereads youtu.be/xJ8xftaK7rA?si=P3GV5e1SUq6UY9p3
@BlatantlyBookish youtu.be/DDj47C04psg
@bookswithpetra youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c
*The Challenges*
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work featuring a stranger/outsider
Katie’s challenge: Read a piece of Victorian ‘New Woman’ fiction
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work by an author who is new to you
Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian first-person narrative
Ros’s challenge: Read a Victorian work in which class features strongly
Group Read: The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope
*Books Mentioned*
Night and Morning, Edward Bulwer-Lytton: goodreads.com/book/show/10098192-night-and-morning
Red Pottage, Mary Cholmondeley: goodreads.com/book/show/968595.Red_Pottage
The Beth Book, Sarah Grand: goodreads.com/book/show/1019669.The_Beth_Book
Recommended by @elizabethaliteraryprincess
Diana of Crossways, George Meredith: goodreads.com/book/show/661950.Diana_of_the_Crossways
A Struggle for Fame, Charlotte Riddell: goodreads.com/book/show/23524080-a-struggle-for-fame
Afternoon, Ouida: goodreads.com/book/show/33577631-afternoon-and-other-sketches
Candida, George Bernard Shaw: goodreads.com/book/show/418373.Candida
Miss Brown, Vernon Lee: goodreads.com/book/show/7202866-miss-brown
The Wing of Azrael, Mona Caird: goodreads.com/book/show/9361585-the-wing-of-azrael
Charley’s Aunt, Brandon Thomas: goodreads.com/book/show/3360194-charley-s-aunt
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and @tillysshelf's discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=xXsXVQ1p24o
In the Roar of the Sea, Sabine Baring-Gould: goodreads.com/book/show/733615.In_the_Roar_of_the_Sea
Recommended by @katehowereads
The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green, Cuthbert Bede: goodreads.com/book/show/1274017.Mr_Verdant_Green
My Flirtations, Ella Hepworth Dixon: goodreads.com/book/show/1041244.My_Flirtations
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/58696.David_Copperfield
The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/149785.The_Way_We_Live_Now
Man and Wife, Wilkie Collins: goodreads.com/book/show/720016.Man_and_Wife
Miss Meredith, Amy Levy: goodreads.com/book/show/12137818-miss-meredith
In Darkest London, Margaret Harkness: goodreads.com/book/show/6860641-in-darkest-london
Eve’s Ransom, George Gissing: goodreads.com/book/show/1024127.Eve_s_Ransom
Jessie Phillips: A Tale of the Present Day, Frances Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/53777404-jessie-phillips
An Unsocial Socialist, George Bernard Shaw: goodreads.com/book/show/284378.An_Unsocial_Socialist
The Phantom Ship, Frederick Marryat: goodreads.com/book/show/1294145.The_Phantom_Ship
Phantastes, George MacDonald: goodreads.com/book/show/174948.Phantastes
A Burglary, Amy Dillwyn: goodreads.com/book/show/11241802-a-burglary
The Perpetual Curate, Margaret Oliphant: goodreads.com/book/show/882166.The_Perpetual_Curate
Ralph the Heir, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/517088.Ralph_the_Heir
An Eye for An Eye, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/19112879-an-eye-for-an-eye
Wylder’s Hand , Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/2533794.Wylder_s_Hand
*My Debut Novel*
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/9780241556078
Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556078
Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-Katie-Lumsden/dp/0241556074
Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS
Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall
*General Links*
My website: katielumsden.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden
Instragram: instagram.com/katiejlumsden
Threads: threads.net/@katiejlumsden
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@katiejlumsden
Facebook: facebook.com/justbooksandthings
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden
Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
