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In which I chat about my reading options for the tenth Victober... #victober
*Victober Announcement video: * youtu.be/ztsTdAcdmcw
*The Hosts*
@katehowereads
@katiejlumsden
@BlatantlyBookish
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@elizabethaliteraryprincess
@HannahsBooks
@dickens-and-docks & tinyurl.com/mr3y3rzy
@MilenaReads
@royreadsanything
@takingteawithcatherine
*The Group Read:*
Hester, Margaret Oliphant: tinyurl.com/4fukr58d
2 chapters a day October 1st - 22nd (3 chapters on the final day)
*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.
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.
*Achievement Levels:*
Completed 1–3 challenges = Mr Micawber level
Completed 4–6 challenges = Jane Eyre level
Completed 7–9 challenges = Sherlock Holmes level
Completed 10 challenges = Dracula level
*Scorecard:* drive.google.com/file/d/168mYn9yPWY1WbAvZZqAoC6Ny3IjCm_O8/view?usp=sharing
*Books and Things Mentioned:*
-Hester by Margaret Oliphant
-Miss Austen and Miss Mitford article by Margaret Oliphant: https://www.jausten.it/jaindoliphant.html
-Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: mrswarrensprofession.ntlive.com/synopsis
@freshparchment
-Phantastes by George MacDonald
-Salome by Oscar Wilde
-Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell
-The Marsh Fog and The Sea Breeze by Harriet Martineau: https://vsfp.byu.edu/index.php/title/the-marsh-fog-and-the-sea-breeze/
-Dickens: Great Expectations, Bleak House, Dombey and Son, A Tale of Two Cities
-Thomas Hardy: The Hand of Ethylberta, The Return of the Native
-@JentheLibrarianreads Hardy Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=FVRuE8hjBFI&t=12s
-Anthony Trollope: Barsetshire Chronicle Series
-Dr. Whortle's School by Anthony Trollope
music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)
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Let's be friends!
instagram.com/misa1404
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
blatantlybookish@gmail.com
In which I chat about my reading options for the tenth Victober... #victober
*Victober Announcement video: * youtu.be/ztsTdAcdmcw
*The Hosts*
@katehowereads
@katiejlumsden
@BlatantlyBookish
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@elizabethaliteraryprincess
@HannahsBooks
@dickens-and-docks & tinyurl.com/mr3y3rzy
@MilenaReads
@royreadsanything
@takingteawithcatherine
*The Group Read:*
Hester, Margaret Oliphant: tinyurl.com/4fukr58d
2 chapters a day October 1st - 22nd (3 chapters on the final day)
*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.
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.
*Achievement Levels:*
Completed 1–3 challenges = Mr Micawber level
Completed 4–6 challenges = Jane Eyre level
Completed 7–9 challenges = Sherlock Holmes level
Completed 10 challenges = Dracula level
*Scorecard:* drive.google.com/file/d/168mYn9yPWY1WbAvZZqAoC6Ny3IjCm_O8/view?usp=sharing
*Books and Things Mentioned:*
-Hester by Margaret Oliphant
-Miss Austen and Miss Mitford article by Margaret Oliphant: https://www.jausten.it/jaindoliphant.html
-Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: mrswarrensprofession.ntlive.com/synopsis
@freshparchment
-Phantastes by George MacDonald
-Salome by Oscar Wilde
-Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell
-The Marsh Fog and The Sea Breeze by Harriet Martineau: https://vsfp.byu.edu/index.php/title/the-marsh-fog-and-the-sea-breeze/
-Dickens: Great Expectations, Bleak House, Dombey and Son, A Tale of Two Cities
-Thomas Hardy: The Hand of Ethylberta, The Return of the Native
-@JentheLibrarianreads Hardy Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=FVRuE8hjBFI&t=12s
-Anthony Trollope: Barsetshire Chronicle Series
-Dr. Whortle's School by Anthony Trollope
music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)
✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧
Let's be friends!
instagram.com/misa1404
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
blatantlybookish@gmail.com
