The Secrets of Hartwood Hall Review | Gothic, Victorian, Historical Fiction Blatantly Bookish 2023-02-27 | In which I chat about a captivating new release, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden. Thank you to Dutton Books and Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. U.S. Release Date: February 28th, 2023U.K. Release Date: March 30th, 2023@katiejlumsden Katie's sneak peak of the first chapter: youtube.com/watch?v=suvqdMxc8mE&t=158s&ab_channel=BooksandThings✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Bake With Me (Again) For Victober | #Victober Blatantly Bookish 2024-10-15 | In which I bake some delicious, authentic Victober treats... Last year's Victober Baking Adventure: youtube.com/watch?v=6gFWt7ITLiI See Mrs. Crocombe in "How to Make Biscuits - The Victorian Way": youtube.com/watch?v=lRI9LHBOpk0&list=PLx2QMoA1Th9deXXbo7htq21CUPqEPPGuc&index=85Behind the Scenes at Audley End House: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2QMoA1Th9dB9ea67wWVs6SNaQGijHLg✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.commusic by audionautix.comMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/fortune-cookie/meadows-groovetideLicense code: 67FXRLQH2JO0MGUVMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/fortune-cookie/heavenly-rivers-luqetLicense code: DQB7EACSMHR4BKT8
Best Victorian Books for Beginners | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2024-10-01 | In which I chat about some great places to start with Victorian literature... #victober music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Victober TBR / Pile of Possibilities 2024 | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2024-09-26 | In which I chat all about what I hope to read this Victober...*The Announcement Videos* Kate's Video @katehowe8499 : youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE Katie from Books and Things' Video @katiejlumsden : youtu.be/ynyQHVDh190 Ros from Scallydandling about the Book's Video @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 : youtu.be/tpQbiB4d4EE My Announcement: youtu.be/CXOcNjwVnhE*The Challenges* Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the storyKatie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some wayMarissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serializedRos’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian playGroup challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or Sir Arthur Conan DoyleGroup Read: The Doctor’s Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Note: we are reading 2 chapters a day and ending on the 18th with the last 3 chapters)music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Announcing Victober 2024! | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2024-08-31 | In which we announce Victober 2024...Victober (Victorian October) is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.) *Victober Discord server:* discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ *The Other Hosts and Their Announcement Videos* Kate's Video @katehowereads: youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE Katie from Books and Things' Video @katiejlumsden: youtu.be/ynyQHVDh190 Ros from Scallydandling about the Book's Video @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711: youtu.be/tpQbiB4d4EE *The Challenges* Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the storyKatie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some wayMarissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serializedRos’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian playGroup challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or Sir Arthur Conan DoyleGroup Read: The Doctor’s Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Note: we are reading 2 chapters a day and ending on the 18th with the last 3 chapters) *Serialization Links*Victorian Serial Novels: victorianserialnovels.org/how-to-useReading Like a Victorian: https://readinglikeavictorian.osu.edu/ Database of Victorian Fiction: victorianresearch.org/atcl/view_serials.php?sd=1837-01-01&ed=1901-12-31Katie's Serialized Read of Our Mutual Friend: youtube.com/watch?v=JqHWbdedrdA&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-MBPG79tRIATonfaPCZwG-IKatie's Serialized Read of Bleak House: youtube.com/watch?v=XesbADhAuj0&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-PKgxyAmYyTMU69a9QF782C*Jennifer Brooks and Alice and The Giant Bookshelf's Recommendations*A Reader’s Guide to Sherlock Holmes: Where to Start with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Books: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71QAll About Wilkie Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A_vAw4WYMChatting Wilkie Collins Ranking, Where to Start, and More: youtube.com/watch?v=XGzkK8kYqc0music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
The Library Tag Blatantly Bookish 2024-08-27 | In which I do The Library Tag.... I was tagged by @katiejlumsden The tag was created by @BookBuds I Tag: @freshparchment , @karlalikestoread , @Shellyish, @takingteawithcatherine, you! THE TWO SETS OF PROMPTS TO CHOOSE FROM:*If you DO go to the library… answer these: 1. How often do you go to the library? 2. Do you belong to more than one library system? 3. What percent of books you read come from the library? 4. Do you listen to audiobooks or get e-books from the library or are you hooked on Audible or Amazon or something else? 5. Did you go to storytime at the library as a kid? 6. Have you ever borrowed a movie or video game from your library? 7. Have you ever gotten fined for returning books late? If so, how do you feel about that? 8. Do you attend special events, groups or book sales at the library? 9. Have you ever given or taken a book from a little free library, a book box or a book swap? 10. Bonus! Does your librarian know you by name? 11. Tag some friends! *If you DON’T go to the library… answer these: 1. Why the heck not? 2. Where do you get your books from? 3. Have you ever had a library card or do you have one now? 4. When was the last time you stepped foot in the library? 5. Have you ever gone to an event at your library? 6. Do you have little free libraries or book boxes or book swaps where you live? Show us a picture if you do. 7. Tag some friends!music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
My Husband Reads Sense & Sensibility | #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2024-07-30 | In which I chat with my husband about Sense & Sensibility, his second Jane Austen novel! #janeaustenjuly My Husband Reads Pride & Prejudice: youtu.be/wrYbzxDNoBAmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
How Jane Austen Was Published: A Timeline |#janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2024-07-16 | In which I chat about Jane Austen's journey of publishing her works.... music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Jane Austen July Week 1 Vlog | 2024 #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2024-07-09 | In which I chat about Jane Austen and bookish adventures in the first week of Jane Austen July... *Books and Things Mentioned:* -Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen-The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray-The Secrret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Edited by Helena Whitbread- New York Public Library Polansky Exhibition: nypl.org/spotlight/treasures- Bibliotheque : bibliothequenyc.com- Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks-Three Lives & Company Bookstore-McNally Jackson Books-The Strand Bookstore Music: Water Lily - The 126ers • Water Lily – The 126ers (No Copyright...music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
10 Reasons Why I Love Jane Austen | #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2024-07-01 | In which I rave about why I love Jane Austen so much.... #janeaustenjuly music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Jane Austen July TBR | 2024 #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2024-06-24 | In which I discuss what I'd like to read for Jane Austen July 2024.... *Jane Austen July Announcement Videos:*-Mine: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg&t=2s-Katie's @katiejlumsden : youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4&t=1s-Claudia's @SpinstersLibrary: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk*Channels Mentioned:*Heather @freshparchment Claire @Claire_Fenby *Books Mentioned:*-Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen-Sanditon and The Watsons by Jane Austen-Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune How Younger Sons Made their Way in Jane Austen’s England by Rory Muir-Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins-Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson-The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray (2nd book)-The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray (1st book)-The Unexpected Past of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton (sequel to The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen)-Jane and the Unpleasantnesss at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron (first in series)-Sylvester by Georgette Heyer-Miss Austen Investigates by Jessica Bull-The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan-The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan*Things to Watch:*-Scents and Sensibility-From Prada to Nada-Welcome To Sanditon webseries: youtube.com/watch?v=9CAsOG1AFME&list=PL_ePOdU-b3xeIJZtHVbO2rtSkoNp63bjR-Elinor and Marianne take Barton webseries: youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1x3kAETz8&list=PL2NAB5dxflIcIWqgP3b5zcq_PNBcDkAOy&index=5&t=4s-Project Dashwood Websseries: youtube.com/watch?v=GZdwN3E1AP4&list=PLPoxK57DTKy5ImMJEfpF898PNfWghczYEmusic by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishB[latantlybookish@gmail.com](mailto:Blatantlybookish@gmail.com)
Jane Austen July Announcement | 2024 #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2024-06-04 | #JaneAustenJulyIn which we announce Jane Austen July . . . Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/976576-jane-austen-july-2020Cohosts: @katiejlumsden and @SpinstersLibrary THE CHALLENGES1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels 2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels 3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time 4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817)6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book READALONG SCHEDULESSense and Sensibility - (3 chapters a day from July 1st-14, read 4 chapters a day on the 15th and 16th): July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 32nd: 4, 5, 63rd: 7, 8, 94th: 10, 11, 125th: 13, 14, 156th: 16, 17, 187th: 19, 20, 218th: 22, 23, 249th: 25, 26, 2710th: 28, 29, 30,11th: 31, 32, 3312th: 34, 35, 3613th: 37, 38, 3914th: 40, 41, 4215th: 43, 44, 45, 4616th: 47, 48, 49, 50 Sanditon: 12 chapters, 2 chapters a dayJuly 17th: 1 & 218th: 3 & 419th: 5 & 620th: 7 & 821st: 9 & 10 22nd: 11 & 12 The Watsons: July 23rd - 31st BOOKS MENTIONED (And some that should have been) JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2) -Pride and Prejudice-Emma-Persuasion-Mansfield Park-Sense and Sensibility-Northanger Abbey -The Watsons-Sanditon-Lady Susan-Juvenilia-Jane Austen's Letters NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3)-What Matters in Jane Austen Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James -An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray-Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods by Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins-Jane Austen Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin-Tea with Jane Austen by Pen VoglerMore non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4) -The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s-Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng-Longbourn by Jo Baker -Pride by Ibi Zoboi -The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn-Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler-The Heiress by Molly Greeley -Reputation by Lex Croucher-Infamous by Lex Croucher-The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray -The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray -The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray-The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright & Cass Grafton CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5) -What Jane Austen Read: https://janeausteninvermont.blog/books/jane-austens-reading-a-list/-Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats -Cowper -Robert Southey -Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -Frances Burney (Evelina, Camilla... ) -Maria Edgeworth (Belinda, Castle Rackrent, The Absentee...)-Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake, The Bride of Lammermoor, Marmion...) -The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox -Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (Marriage)-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald -The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe - The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)-Pride and Prejudice (2005)-Northanger Abbey (2007)-Sense & Sensibility (1995)-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008) -Emma (2009)-Emma (2020)-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) -Emma (1996) -Love and Friendship-Mansfield Park (1999) -Mansfield Park (2007) -Austenland-Fire Island-Bride and Prejudice (2004) -Clueless (1995) -Sanditon (2019)-Lost in Austen-The Jane Austen Bookclub -The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be -Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb -From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q -Cate Moreland Chronicles: youtube.com/watch?v=UVlqofCG2P4&ab_channel=TheCateMorlandChronicles .,m-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y music by [audionautix.com](http://audionautix.com/)✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
My Favorite Books of 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2024-01-16 | In which I chat about my favorite reads of 2023...music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Bookish Gifts & Catch Up Blatantly Bookish 2024-01-02 | In which I chat about bookish things I've been up to lately.... Acacia's Channel: @acaciairving Heather's Channel: @freshparchmentmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
The Victorian Literature Journey Tag | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2023-10-30 | In which I do the Victorian Literature Journey Tag... Ros's video (@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 ): youtube.com/watch?v=tAk_vkiHq8I&t=5s&ab_channel=ScallydandlingaboutthebooksTilly's video (@tillysshelf ) : youtube.com/watch?v=euko8z3H84U&t=0s&ab_channel=Tilly%27sShelfThe questions:1. What was your first experience reading Victorian literature and how was it?2. Has the reading of a Victorian book ever brought you to tears? If so tell us more.3. Are there any people who have played a significant role in your Victorian literature journey? 4. Do you have a favourite film or TV adaptation of a Victorian book? What about one you'd like to see made?5. Which character in Victorian literature most resembles you, or you identify with most?6. Do you have a favourite moment, scene or line from Victorian literature? Tell us about it or read it to us.7. Does any Victorian literature intimidate you? If so, what and why.8. What tips would you give to someone early on in their Victorian literature journey?9. What is your top recommended read for other readers of Victorian literature?10. Tag people.music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Bake With Me For Victober | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2023-10-17 | In which I try to bake with an authentic Victorian recipe.... How to be a Victorian by Ruth GoodmanBehind the Scenes at Audley End House: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2QMoA1Th9dB9ea67wWVs6SNaQGijHLgThe Victorian Way Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2QMoA1Th9deXXbo7htq21CUPqEPPGuc Mrs. Crocombe's Victorian Gingerbread: youtube.com/watch?v=53SOX3s6Jpg&ab_channel=EnglishHeritage. music by audionautix.comMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/featherlightLicense code: NOWIWYNDO4HDSQZ7✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Lesser Known Victorian Authors I Want To Try Blatantly Bookish 2023-10-09 | In which I chat about some lesser known Victorian authors.... #victober music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Reading The Owl and The Pussycat by Edward Lear | Victober 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-10-01 | In which I usher in Victober with a reading of The Owl and The Pussycat by Edward Lear... #victober -Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):uppbeat.io/t/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/ages-agoLicense code: FH4GZ92DLSWC80OA-Music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Victober TBR 2023 | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2023-09-18 | In which I chat about what I hope to read this Victober.... *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*Announcement Videos:* My Announcement:@katiejlumsden 's Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=dwTa7bjePg4@katehowereads 's Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=xJ8xftaK7rA&ab_channel=KateHowe@bookswithpetra 's Announcement: youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k?si=vZyiFTygbD5TD6zM@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 's Announcement: youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c?si=rzBZnGqCi1y866WtKate Howe's 1860's Book Club: youtube.com/watch?v=EMbXuKg77-U&t=47s*Books Mentioned:*-The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope-The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope-Jill by Amy Dillwyn-David Copperfield by Charles Dickens-The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy-Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole-The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Listermusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Announcing Victober 2023! | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2023-09-01 | October In which we announce Victober 2023...Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.) *Victober Discord server:* discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ *Victober tops from Pixie Hallows on Etsy:* tinyurl.com/9469u4yd*List of Victorian Authors:* victorianweb.org/authors/index.html*The Other Hosts*@katehowereads - youtu.be/xJ8xftaK7rA?si=kVIKQPaxoc2Zvzpq@katiejlumsden - youtube.com/watch?v=dwTa7bjePg4@bookswithpetra - youtu.be/jlUkLBdQR8k?si=vZyiFTygbD5TD6zM@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 - youtu.be/ocr29HvFj8c?si=rzBZnGqCi1y866Wt*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 youPetra’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 by Anthony Trollope*October 1st: chapters 1–4October 2nd: chapters 5–7October 3rd: chapters 8–10October 4th: chapters 11–13October 5th: chapters 14–16October 6th: chapters 17–19October 7th: chapters 20–23October 8th: chapters 24–27October 9th: chapters 28–30October 10th: chapters 31–33October 11th: chapters 34–36October 12th: chapters 37–39October 13th: chapters 40–42October 14th: chapters 43–46October 15th: chapters 47–50October 16th: chapters 51–53October 17th: chapters 54–56October 18th: chapters 57–59October 19th: chapters 60–62October 20th: chapters 63–65October 21st: chapters 66–69October 22nd: chapters 70–73October 23rd: chapters 74–76October 24th: chapters 77–79October 25th: chapters 80–82October 26th: chapters 83–85October 27th: chapters 86–88October 28th: chapters 89–91October 29th: chapters 92–94October 30th: chapters 95–97October 31st: chapters 98–100music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Spring Reading Catch Up Blatantly Bookish 2023-08-28 | In which I chat about the books I read while on my Booktube break this spring.... Song of Achilles Video: youtu.be/n1iwwNaG7A0Books Mentioned: - The Treehouse Library by Anna James (#5 in Pages & Co.)-Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi-Circe by Madeline Miller-Galatea by Madeline Miller-The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid-Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto-Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse-Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie-The Postnatal Depletion Cure: A complete Guide to Rebuilding Your Health and Reclaiming Your Energy for Mothers of Newborns, Toddlers, and Young Children by Oscar Serrallach-The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystalmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Summer Book Haul Blatantly Bookish 2023-08-21 | In which I share the many books I acquired this summer.... @freshparchment music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Jane Austen July Wrap Up | 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-08-07 | In which I chat about the things I read and watched for Jane Austen July.... #janeaustenjuly music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Jane Austen July Reading Vlog | 2023 #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2023-07-31 | In which I share some footage and thoughts from Jane Austen July... music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
My Husband Reads Pride & Prejudice for the First Time | #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2023-07-24 | In which I chat with my husband about Pride & Prejudice, his very first Jane Austen novel! #janeaustenjuly music by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Jane Austen Quote Quiz | #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2023-07-17 | In which I share a little quiz for fans of Jane Austen.... Inspired by the book, What Would Jane Do?: Quips and Wisdom from Jane Austenmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
What Age Should You Read Jane Austen? | #janeaustenjuly Blatantly Bookish 2023-07-10 | In which I chat about introducing readers to Jane Austen's novels.... Books Mentioned: -Pride & Prejudice: A BabyLit® Counting Primer by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Alison Oliver-Emma: A BabyLit® Emotions Primer by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Alison Oliver- Sense & Sensibility: A BabyLit® Opposites Primer by Jennifer Adams, Illustrated by Alison Oliver-Pride by Ibi Zoboi-Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dassmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Jane Austen Shelf Tour | 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-07-01 | In which I share the more recently acquired books on my Jane Austen Shelf... #janeaustenjuly Original JAJ Shelf Tour from 2020: youtube.com/watch?v=IWsdw2X-wfY&t=417s&ab_channel=BlatantlyBookishHeather's Channel: @freshparchment Godmersham Park Review Video: youtube.com/watch?v=82OG2V9IHng&ab_channel=BlatantlyBookishEmbroidery in the Regency Era Video: youtube.com/watch?v=P4M-BiblnSA&t=569s&ab_channel=BlatantlyBookishmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Jane Austen July TBR | 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-06-26 | In which I share what I hope to read for Jane Austen July this year.... #janeaustenjuly Jane Austen July Announcement Videos: My Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=hVNL4xRyqug&ab_channel=BlatantlyBookish@SpinstersLibrary 's Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=HxylXbbB8UA&ab_channel=Spinster%27sLibrary@katiejlumsden's Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=n4ZCPSRPKxE&t=1s&ab_channel=BooksandThingsJuvenilia Schedule: 11 July: Jack and Alice: tinyurl.com/2cp6svxa 12: Frederic and Elfrida: tinyurl.com/2s3a9kjx13: Edgar and Emma: tinyurl.com/3dhj295s 14: Henry and Eliza: tinyurl.com/bdd3ym7x 15: The Beautifull Cassandra: tinyurl.com/3yjke67n 16 Memoirs of Mr. Clifford: tinyurl.com/527fhz35 17: Amelia Webster: tinyurl.com/2s3sjp8h 18: The Mystery: tinyurl.com/mu8nce4f 19: Ode to Pity: tinyurl.com/2bfawwaj 20: Sir William Montague: tinyurl.com/527fhz35 21: The Three Sisters: tinyurl.com/2s56e33d 22: Evelyn: tinyurl.com/2ed7tdsn 23–24: Lesley Castle: tinyurl.com/msufjj9e 25–26: Catharine, or The Bower: tinyurl.com/yc5a5wpr 27–28: The History of England: tinyurl.com/93tyjdf8 29–31: Love and Friendship: tinyurl.com/yc77sk3d Books Mentioned: -Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen-Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings by Jane Austen-The Genius of Jane Austen by Paula Byrne-Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins -Jane's Fame by Claire Harman-Ghosted by Amanda Quain - Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books-The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton-The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox -Colridge's Rime of the Ancient MarinerScreen Adaptations Mentioned: -Northanger Abbey (2007) -Aisha (2010)-Rational Creatures: youtube.com/watch?v=7ROWb_KUSCk&list=PLjSY-8joTNBOhc-AajrhgMyqdiuNbz-Vv&ab_channel=RationalCreaturesmusic by audionautix.com✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Jane Austen July Announcement & Recommendations | 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-06-03 | In which we announce Jane Austen July.... Goodreads group: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd My Jane Austen July Playlist: tinyurl.com/5n8x49rwMY COHOSTS:@katiejlumsden@SpinstersLibrary THE CHALLENGES:1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels 2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels 3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time 4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (published between 1775–1817). See this wonderful Goodreads List for inspiration: goodreads.com/list/show/82872.What_Jane_Austen_Read6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book7. Watch a modern screen retelling of a Jane Austen book READALONG SCHEDULES:Northanger Abbey:July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 32nd: 4, 5, 63rd: 7, 8, 94th: 10, 11, 125th: 13, 14, 156th: 16, 17, 187th: 19, 20, 218th: 22, 23, 249th: 25, 26, 2710th: 28, 29, 30, 31Juvenilia (Links courtesy of Katie):July 11: Jack and Alice: tinyurl.com/2cp6svxa 12: Frederic and Elfrida: tinyurl.com/2s3a9kjx13: Edgar and Emma: tinyurl.com/3dhj295s 14: Henry and Eliza: tinyurl.com/bdd3ym7x 15: The Beautifull Cassandra: tinyurl.com/3yjke67n 16: Memoirs of Mr. Clifford: tinyurl.com/527fhz35 17: Amelia Webster: tinyurl.com/2s3sjp8h 18: The Mystery: tinyurl.com/mu8nce4f 19: Ode to Pity: tinyurl.com/2bfawwaj 20: Sir William Montague: tinyurl.com/527fhz35 21: The Three Sisters: tinyurl.com/2s56e33d 22: Evelyn: tinyurl.com/2ed7tdsn 23–24: Lesley Castle: tinyurl.com/msufjj9e 25–26: Catharine, or The Bower: tinyurl.com/yc5a5wpr 27–28: The History of England: tinyurl.com/93tyjdf8 29–31: Love and Friendship: tinyurl.com/yc77sk3d BOOKS MENTIONED (And some that should have been) JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2) -Pride and Prejudice-Emma-Persuasion-Mansfield Park-Sense and Sensibility-Northanger Abbey -The Watsons-Sanditon-Lady Susan-Juvenilia-Jane Austen's Letters NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3)-What Matters in Jane Austen Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James -An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray-Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods by Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins-Jane Austen Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin-Tea with Jane Austen by Pen VoglerMore non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4) -The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s-Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng-Longbourn by Jo Baker -Pride by Ibi Zoboi -The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn-Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler-The Heiress by Molly Greeley -Reputation by Lex Croucher-Infamous by Lex Croucher CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5) -Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats -Cowper -Robert Southey -Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -Frances Burney (Evelina, Camilla... ) -Maria Edgeworth (Belinda, Castle Rackrent, The Absentee...)-Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake, The Bride of Lammermoor, Marmion...) -The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox -Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)-Pride and Prejudice (2005)-Northanger Abbey (2007)-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008) -Emma (2009)-Emma (2020)-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) -Emma (1996) -Love and Friendship-Austenland-Fire Island-Bride and Prejudice (2004) -Clueless (1995) -Sanditon -Lost in Austen-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be -Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb -From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q -Cate Moreland Chronicles: youtube.com/watch?v=UVlqofCG2P4&ab_channel=TheCateMorlandChronicles .,m-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y music: Acoustic Breeze by BenSound✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
Spring Channel Update Blatantly Bookish 2023-04-03 | In which I chat about what's coming up this spring.... ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
February Reading Wrap Up Blatantly Bookish 2023-03-13 | In which I belatedly chat about the books I read in the month of February... 0:00 - 0:26 - Introduction0:26 - 5:19 - The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters5:20 - 11:02 - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens11:03 - 12:41 - The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden12:41 - 13:36 - Conclusion My Review of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden: youtu.be/lcOmuuhLfYo@katiejlumsden ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Cozy Reading Vlog | Blooming Tea, Sarah Waters, & Mini-Library Haul Blatantly Bookish 2023-02-09 | In which I enjoy a cozy lazy Sunday... Books Mentioned: - The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters- Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi - The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell- The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by @katiejlumsden Katie's Video Sneak Peek of the First Chapter: youtube.com/watch?v=suvqdMxc8mE&ab_channel=BooksandThings_________________________________________Music from freetousemusic.comTrack: Calm Sunday (EP) by Pufinoyoutu.be/obcrj5tZpNE_________________________________________✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
January Reading Wrap Up | 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-01-30 | In which I chat about the books I read in January.... -0:00 - 1:00 - Introduction-1:00 - 5:03 - N or M? by Agatha Christie-5:04 - 8:47 - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Bali Kaur Jaswal -8:48 - 12:03 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid -12:03 - 16:27 - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw -16:27 - 22:06 - Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier -22:07 - 23:55 - Current Reads Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters -23:56 - 24:49 - Conclusion ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
23 Things to Read in 2023 Blatantly Bookish 2023-01-16 | In which I make a reading list for 2023... Channels and Projects Mentioned: @katiejlumsden Books and Things Mega Dickens Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&ab_channel=BooksandThings@JentheLibrarianreads E.M. Forster Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=yLCZ6aGBLjo&ab_channel=JentheLibrarian✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Favorite Books of 2022! Blatantly Bookish 2023-01-09 | In which I chat about my top books that I read this year! 0:00 - 1:40 - Introduction1:40 - 3:53 - Book 13:54 - 5:47 - Book 25:48 - 7:07 - Book 37:08 - 9:13 - Book 49:14 - 12:01 - Book 512:02 - 14:20 - Book 6 14:21 - 17:16 - Book 7 17:17 - 21:03 - Book 8 21:04 - 22:51 - ConclusionGodmersham Park Video: ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!instagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Reflections on 2022 & Goals for 2023! Blatantly Bookish 2023-01-05 | In which I review my reading for 2022 and set some intentions for 2023... My 2021 Reading Journal Flip Through: youtu.be/3mxhiQFmYTIinstagram.com/misa1404goodreads.com/blatantlybookishBlatantlybookish@gmail.com
Craft with Me for the Holidays | Polymer Clay Earrings Blatantly Bookish 2022-12-22 | In which I make polymer clay earrings for the holiday season... ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Featured Music: -Present by soundcloud.com/ikson ; Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/MJ-1TmvOvpI- Daystar - Happy Winter / youtu.be/yLCQ6EEpHIU✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
November Reading Wrap Up | 2022 Blatantly Bookish 2022-12-12 | In which I chat about the books I read in the month of November... My Video on Godmersham Park: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng0:00 - 0:22 - Introduction0:23 - 1:44 - Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby1:44 - 7:56 - Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley7:56 - 12:18 -Tell Me How it Ends An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli 12:19 - 13:17 - Conclusion✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Nonfiction Book Shelf Tour |#nonfictionnovember Blatantly Bookish 2022-11-28 | In which I discuss the books on my nonfiction shelf... ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Victober Wrap Up 2022 | #Victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-11-21 | In which I chat about the Victorian literature I read in the month of October... #victober 0:00 - 0:48 - Introduction0:48 - 4:49 - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 4:49 - 7:18 - Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell and adaptation7:19 - 8:24 - Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell 8:24 - 11:01 - My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell 11:01 - 12:00 - Edward Lear Poetry 12:01 - 15:34 - The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 15:35 - 16:38 - Concluding Thoughts Ros from @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 's Video about Edward Lear's Poetry: youtube.com/watch?v=npM-KtDB1LI&t=1s&ab_channel=Scallydandlingaboutthebooks✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404twitter.com/misasoup1404
All About Godmersham Park Blatantly Bookish 2022-11-08 | In which I discuss Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby, a must read for all Austen fans. #janeausten Miss Austen Review: youtu.be/tqhbiCtUKzkThank you again to Pegasus Books for kindly sending me a copy of Godmersham Park. http://pegasusbooks.com/books✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
My Top 5 Nonfiction Books About The Victorians | #victober #nonfictionnovember Blatantly Bookish 2022-10-31 | In which I chat about my 5 favorite nonfiction books about the Victorian Era... Olive @abookolive 's Nonfiction November 2022 Announcement Video: youtube.com/watch?v=8HG1QL3wN6E&ab_channel=abookoliveOlive's Recommendations video: youtube.com/watch?v=A8BkXUnXMgI&ab_channel=abookolive✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Victorian Illustration & Dickens | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-10-24 | In which I chat about Victorian illustrated books and Charles Dickens.... #victober The Victorian Web: victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/artov.htmlValerie Browne Lester Lecture: gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/phiz-dickens-and-london@katiejlumsden ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
A Very Victorian Book Haul | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-10-17 | In which I share all of the Victorian literature I've recently acquired in honor of Victober. @Kate Howe ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
My Top 5 Victorian Novels in the Last 5 Years | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-10-10 | In which I discuss my top 5 favorite Victorian novels that I've read in the past 5 years in no specific order whatsoever.... #victober Andreea @InfiniteText Katie @katiejlumsden My Wives and Daughter's Video: youtu.be/UsnwhYk-K1U✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Why I Love Victorian Literature | #Victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-10-01 | In which I gush about the top 10 things I love about Victorian Literature... ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Victober TBR 2022 | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-09-19 | In which I chat about the books I can't wait to read for Victorian October! #victober ----------- Victober Announcement Videos ---------------My Announcement Video: youtu.be/JJgQnhHi5PU @Kate Howe : youtube.com/watch?v=IGWgG8DKcus&ab_channel=KateHoweKatie @Books and Things : youtube.com/watchv=bD7nXOosUpQ&ab_channel=BooksandThings @Petra U. : youtu.be/dZdO1ERQ8yoRos @Scallydandling about the books : youtu.be/QLlSe3O0Jts------------ Victober Challenges ------------------Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work with chronic illness or disability representationKatie’s challenge: Read a Victorian Bildungsroman/coming of age storyMarissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian short storyPetra’s challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of itRos’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian poetry, long or short------------ Books Mentioned --------------The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy -The Mayor of Casterbridge Movie (2003) -The Mayor of Casterbridge Movie ( 1978) -David Copperfield by Charles Dickens-David Copperfield (1999) - with Daniel Radcliffe -The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) - youtube.com/watch?v=xXh53I-Sdsk&ab_channel=SearchlightPictures-Olive by Dinah Mulock Craik-The Poetry of Christina Rossetti -The Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince, and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde-In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu -Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome -A House to Let by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter -Deerbrooke by Harriet Martineau -Charlotte Mary Yonge - The Last Chronicle of Barset ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Victober Announcement & Recommendations 2022 | #victober Blatantly Bookish 2022-09-01 | #Victober In which we announce Victober... Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.) Victober Goodreads group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... My top is from Pixie Hallows on Etsy: etsy.com/shop/PixieHallows -------- COHOSTS AND THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS/ RECOMMENDATIONS------------@katehowereads : youtube.com/watch?v=IGWgG8DKcus&ab_channel=KateHoweKatie @katiejlumsden: youtube.com/watchv=bD7nXOosUpQ&ab_channel=BooksandThings@bookswithpetra : youtu.be/dZdO1ERQ8yoRos @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 : youtu.be/QLlSe3O0Jts ------------------- CHALLENGES -------------------------Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work with chronic illness or disability representationKatie’s challenge: Read a Victorian Bildungsroman/coming of age storyMarissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian short storyPetra’s challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of itRos’s challenge: Read a work of Victorian poetry, long or short ------------- GROUP READ -----------------------The Mayor of Casterbridge! We will read 2 chapters a day from October 1st - 23rd -------------- SHORT STORY RECOMMENDATIONS -----------------------The Victorian Short Fiction Project: https://vsfp.byu.edu/-Stories of Courtship: gutenberg.org/files/15381/15381-h/15381-h.htm(Includes: Angela by William Schwenk Gilbert, The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne by Anthony Trollope, Anthony Garstin's Courtship by Hubert Crackanthorpe, A Little Grey Glove by George Egerton, The Woman Beater by Israel Zangwill)-Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages Libravox Recording: archive.org/details/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox(includes The Bronckhorst Divorce Case by Rudyard Kipling, Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy, A Poor Stick by Arthur Morrison, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Prize Lodger by George Gissing) -Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell (including Disappearances, The Old Nurse's Story, Lois the Witch, The Poor Clare, etc) -The Signal Man by Charles Dickens-The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson -The Canterville Ghost, Happy Prince, and Other Short Stories by Oscar Wilde (Also includes: The Nightengale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, A House of Pomegranates, The Young Kind, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Star-child, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Model Millionaire) -In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan LeFanu (including Green Tea, Carmilla, The Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in Le Dragon Volant) -The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell-Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell -The Lifted Veil Women's 19th C. Stories (including The Lifted Veil by George Eliot, The Green Dwarf by Charlotte Bronte, The Fatal Marriage by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, The China Bowl by Charlotte Mew) ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
Celebrating 6 Years on Booktube! Blatantly Bookish 2022-08-22 | In which I reflect on 6 years of Booktube...... -------------- Questions: -----------------------1. How many years on Booktube are you celebrating?2. How have you changed from your first video to now? 3. What has kept you motivated to keep making videos? 4. What’s your most popular video? 5. What have you struggled with on Booktube and how did you overcome it? 6. Where do you see your channel in one year’s time? ---------------- Videos Mentioned: --------------------Touring Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House - youtu.be/jsuySKdj8Kc -Paper Marbling - youtu.be/Ze7EKrROlbo -Wives and Daughters - youtu.be/UsnwhYk-K1U -Marriage and The Scottish Jane Austen - youtu.be/sOkBJe9Zax4 -Sarah Water's Neo Victorian Trilogy - youtu.be/I5Zic4_L2PI -Spinsterhood in Jane Austen - youtu.be/UtcL88weEiU -Oscar Wilde's Comedic Plays - youtu.be/zqdOlFN-GAM -A Bookish Hangover: The Dictionary of Lost Words - youtu.be/i-xjGe1N_zo -Special and Sentimental Books - youtu.be/a61bBaoFGFQ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧Let's be friends!Blatantlybookish@gmail.comgoodreads.com/blatantlybookishinstagram.com/misa1404
