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Victober 2024 | Announcement and Recommendations @katiejlumsden
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#Victober In which we announce Victober! Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (i.e. British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.) Victober Discord Server: discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ *The Other Hosts* @katehowereads @BlatantlyBookish @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 *The Challenges* 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 Jenny talking about Wilkie Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A_vAw4WYM & youtube.com/watch?v=XGzkK8kYqc0 Alice talking about Sherlock Holmes: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71Q & youtube.com/watch?v=BKQt6vjgo9A *The Group Read* The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/3204192 Reading from 1 October to 18 October 2 chapters a day every day, except for 18 October, where we read 3 chapters *Books Mentioned* Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/6185 The Time Machine, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/2493 The Turn of the Screw, Henry James: goodreads.com/book/show/12948 The Rebecca Rioter, Amy Dillwyn: goodreads.com/book/show/5478065 The House by the Churchyard, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/1814793 The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/427343 The Grey Woman, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/6059410 The Poor Clare, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/16156339 Wylder’s Hand, Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/2533794 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113 Diary of a Nobody, George & Weedon Grossmith: goodreads.com/book/show/535856 Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Elizabeth Von Arnim: goodreads.com/book/show/1140698 Dracula, Bram Stoker: goodreads.com/book/show/17245 The Beetle, Richard Marsh: goodreads.com/book/show/54815297 Bleak House, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31242 Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barrett Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/817993 The Ring and the Book, Robert Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/867406 Erewhon, Samuel Butler: goodreads.com/book/show/516570 The Pickwick Papers, Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/229432 Cranford, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/182381 My Flirtations, Ella Hepworth Dixon: goodreads.com/book/show/1041244 Round the Sofa, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/4727236 Mugby Junction: goodreads.com/book/show/922870. A House to Let: goodreads.com/book/show/922862 The Haunted House: goodreads.com/book/show/28515081 The Fate of Fenella: goodreads.com/book/show/4081419 Wilkie Collins: Armadale: goodreads.com/book/show/777108 The Moonstone: goodreads.com/book/show/6138 The Woman in White: goodreads.com/book/show/5890 Man and Wife: goodreads.com/book/show/720016 Poor Miss Finch: goodreads.com/book/show/1293687 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet: goodreads.com/book/show/102868 The Sign of Four: goodreads.com/book/show/608474 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/3590 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/194373 The Hound of the Baskervilles: goodreads.com/book/show/8921 The White Company: goodreads.com/book/show/93063 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (affiliate link): Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
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Victober 2024 | Announcement and Recommendations
Books and Things 2024-08-31 | #Victober In which we announce Victober! Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature (i.e. British and Irish literature published and/or written between 1837 and 1901.) Victober Discord Server: discord.gg/CzmtyGAnwJ *The Other Hosts* @katehowereads @BlatantlyBookish @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 *The Challenges* 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 Jenny talking about Wilkie Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1A_vAw4WYM & youtube.com/watch?v=XGzkK8kYqc0 Alice talking about Sherlock Holmes: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71Q & youtube.com/watch?v=BKQt6vjgo9A *The Group Read* The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/3204192 Reading from 1 October to 18 October 2 chapters a day every day, except for 18 October, where we read 3 chapters *Books Mentioned* Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/6185 The Time Machine, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/2493 The Turn of the Screw, Henry James: goodreads.com/book/show/12948 The Rebecca Rioter, Amy Dillwyn: goodreads.com/book/show/5478065 The House by the Churchyard, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/1814793 The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/427343 The Grey Woman, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/6059410 The Poor Clare, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/16156339 Wylder’s Hand, Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/2533794 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113 Diary of a Nobody, George & Weedon Grossmith: goodreads.com/book/show/535856 Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Elizabeth Von Arnim: goodreads.com/book/show/1140698 Dracula, Bram Stoker: goodreads.com/book/show/17245 The Beetle, Richard Marsh: goodreads.com/book/show/54815297 Bleak House, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31242 Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barrett Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/817993 The Ring and the Book, Robert Browning: goodreads.com/book/show/867406 Erewhon, Samuel Butler: goodreads.com/book/show/516570 The Pickwick Papers, Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/229432 Cranford, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/182381 My Flirtations, Ella Hepworth Dixon: goodreads.com/book/show/1041244 Round the Sofa, Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/4727236 Mugby Junction: goodreads.com/book/show/922870. A House to Let: goodreads.com/book/show/922862 The Haunted House: goodreads.com/book/show/28515081 The Fate of Fenella: goodreads.com/book/show/4081419 Wilkie Collins: Armadale: goodreads.com/book/show/777108 The Moonstone: goodreads.com/book/show/6138 The Woman in White: goodreads.com/book/show/5890 Man and Wife: goodreads.com/book/show/720016 Poor Miss Finch: goodreads.com/book/show/1293687 Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet: goodreads.com/book/show/102868 The Sign of Four: goodreads.com/book/show/608474 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/3590 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: goodreads.com/book/show/194373 The Hound of the Baskervilles: goodreads.com/book/show/8921 The White Company: goodreads.com/book/show/93063 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (affiliate link): Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Spontaneous Victober Reading Sprints
Books and Things 2024-10-18 | With my co-host Ros from @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Some Very Beautiful Classics
Books and Things 2024-10-18 | #victober In which I show you some beautiful books . . . *Publishers Mentioned* SP BOOKS: spbooks.com Use the discount code *7SVVZEA4* for 5% off for the first 100 customers: Manuscript Edition of Christmas Carol from W.W. Norton: wwnorton.com/books/A-Christmas-Carol-The-Original-Manuscript-Edition Wordsworth Collector’s: wordsworth-editions.com/series/collectors-editions Heritage Press: biblio.co.uk/publisher/heritage-press MimiLima Editions: minalima.com/shop-minalima/books Folio Society: foliosociety.com/uk *Books Mentioned* Lady Susan, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/43193003-lady-susan A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/5326.A_Christmas_Carol Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie: goodreads.com/book/show/23215466-peter-pan A Folio Anthology of Poetry: goodreads.com/book/show/16041027-a-folio-anthology-of-poetry The Folio Book of Great Short Stories: goodreads.com/book/show/53331301-the-folio-book-of-great-short-stories With thanks to Charles Heathcote The Lifted Veil, Short Stories: goodreads.com/book/show/7966711-the-lifted-veil Mansfield Park, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/45032.Mansfield_Park Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/298230.Agnes_Grey The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113.The_Tenant_of_Wildfell_Hall Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins: goodreads.com/book/show/867638.The_Moonstone The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald: goodreads.com/book/show/6519719-the-great-gatsby The Night Before Christmas, Clement Moore: goodreads.com/book/show/196970.The_Night_Before_Christmas The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/149785.The_Way_We_Live_Now The Belton Estate, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/267116.The_Belton_Estate The Two Heroines of Plumpington and Other Stories, Anthony Trollope The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/144463.The_Small_House_at_Allington The Last Chronicle of Barsetshire, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/149789.The_Last_Chronicle_of_Barset *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
5 Victorian Novels About . . . Illegitimacy
Books and Things 2024-10-16 | #victober In which I talk about Victorian novels that explore the theme of illegitimacy . . . More videos in this series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw2Mjecd2B-MYA4p6husaJushm7TNOGJ1 Hypothetical Victorian Literature PhDs video: youtube.com/watch?v=eDGctuCQLIE *Books Mentioned* Bleak House, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780199536313 No Name, Wilkie Collins: goodreads.com/book/show/45205.No_Name Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780140433975 The Half Sisters, Geraldine Jewsbury: goodreads.com/book/show/1458574.The_Half_Sisters Night and Morning, Edward Bulwer Lytton: goodreads.com/book/show/10098192-night-and-morning Ralph the Heir, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/517088.Ralph_the_Heir Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781845883751 Lady Anna, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/556321.Lady_Anna Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780199537716 Doctor Thorne, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/414295.Doctor_Thorne Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780199662784 Is He Poppenjoy?, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/653509.Is_He_Popenjoy_ *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
The Christmas Dickens Readalong | Announcement
Books and Things 2024-10-14 | In which I announce the Christmas Dickens Readalong . . . The Discord server: discord.gg/JjhP6cv7x8 Mega Dickens Readalong videos: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* Week beginning 18th November: A Christmas Carol, 1843 Week beginning 25th November: The Chimes, 1844 Week beginning 2nd December: The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845 Week beginning 9th December: The Battle of Life, 1846 Week beginning 16th December: The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, 1848 *Books Mentioned* A Christmas Carol: goodreads.com/book/show/5326.A_Christmas_Carol The Chimes: goodreads.com/book/show/18918420-the-chimes The Cricket on the Hearth: goodreads.com/book/show/12981271-the-cricket-on-the-hearth-a-fairy-tale-of-home The Battle of Life: goodreads.com/book/show/11426647-the-battle-of-life The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain: goodreads.com/book/show/17166726-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
A Victober Reading Vlog | AD
Books and Things 2024-10-11 | #Victober In which I vlog some Victorian reading . . . This video is very kindly sponsored by Serious Readers. All opinions are, as always, my own. Take a look at Serious Readers here: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/booksandthings , where you can use the offer code *KATIE24* for £100 off High Definition (HD) Lights and free UK delivery. Music: Prelude No. 16 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com *More About Victober* Hosts and their announcement videos: @katehowereads youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE @katiejlumsden youtube.com/watch?v=ynyQHVDh190 @BlatantlyBookish youtube.com/watch?v=CXOcNjwVnhE @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 youtube.com/watch?v=tpQbiB4d4EE Challenges: 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 serialized 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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Group Read: The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon *Books Mentioned* Ayala’s Angel, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/144425.Ayala_s_Angel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/329957.The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood Trelawny of the Wells, Arthur Wing Pinero: goodreads.com/book/show/5335532-trelawny-of-the-wells London Assurance, Dion Boucicault: goodreads.com/book/show/2804509-london-assurance The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/80606.The_Doctor_s_Wife Lois the Witch, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/383204.Lois_the_Witch The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: goodreads.com/book/show/3590.The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes The Model Millionaire and Other Stories, Oscar Wilde: goodreads.com/book/show/11035720-the-model-millionaire-and-other-stories Audrey: listenwithaudrey.com The Lancashire Witches, William Harrison Ainsworth: goodreads.com/book/show/2408194.The_Lancashire_Witches *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Spontaneous Victober Reading Sprints
Books and Things 2024-10-10 | Read with us for Victober!
Today I'm joined by Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
Some Hypothetical PhDs in Victorian Literature
Books and Things 2024-10-09 | #victober In which I talk about some PhDs in Victorian literature that I will never do . . . More about disability within Victorian literature: youtube.com/watch?v=_8LwtODmMQo More about serialisation: youtube.com/watch?v=tdQpQQJ1OQ8 More about the New Woman movement: youtube.com/watch?v=dwTa7bjePg4&t=413s *Books Mentioned* The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/229432.The_Pickwick_Papers Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/325085.Nicholas_Nickleby Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/1990.Martin_Chuzzlewit Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/50827.Dombey_and_Son Bleak House, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31250.Little_Dorrit Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend Plotting Disability in the Nineteenth Century Novel, Clare Walker Gore: goodreads.com/book/show/51645491-plotting-disability-in-the-nineteenth-century-novel Olive, Dinah Mulock Craik: goodreads.com/book/show/898983.Olive Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/54620.Mary_Barton My Lady Ludlow, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/1227202.My_Lady_Ludlow Drama in Muslin, George Moore: goodreads.com/book/show/361275.A_Drama_In_Muslin John Halifax, Gentleman, Dinah Mulock Craik: goodreads.com/book/show/1892249.John_Halifax_Gentleman The Odd Women, George Gissing: goodreads.com/book/show/675037.The_Odd_Women A Struggle for Fame, Charlotte Riddell: goodreads.com/book/show/23524080-a-struggle-for-fame Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900, Florence Dixie: goodreads.com/book/show/3205152-gloriana The Beth Book, Sarah Grand: goodreads.com/book/show/1019669.The_Beth_Book Frankenstein, Mary Shelley: goodreads.com/book/show/35031085-frankenstein The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson: goodreads.com/book/show/15994498-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde Hard Times, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/5344.Hard_Times North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South The Time Machine, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/2493.The_Time_Machine The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/15990644-the-island-of-doctor-moreau *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
September Reading Wrap Up
Books and Things 2024-10-07 | In which I talk about what I read in September . . . Shorty September is a readathon all about reading short books. It's hosted by @pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers. *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org are UK affiliate links. Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780140434972 The audiobook I listened to: audible.co.uk/pd/Our-Mutual-Friend-Audiobook/B079LR2L6Q My Friend the Murderer, Arthur Conan Doyle: goodreads.com/book/show/53510708-my-friend-the-murderer The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/329957.The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780140439267 The audiobook I've listened to: audible.co.uk/pd/The-Mystery-of-Edwin-Drood-Audiobook/B07RCX9TYV Ayala’s Angel, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/144425.Ayala_s_Angel Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781409913900 Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal: goodreads.com/book/show/418285.Noli_Me_T_ngere_Touch_Me_Not_ Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143039693 Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/book/show/131359.Death_on_the_Nile Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780007527557 The audiobook I listened to: audible.co.uk/pd/Death-on-the-Nile-Audiobook/B004EWDE0S And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/book/show/16299.And_Then_There_Were_None Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008123208 The audiobook I listened to: audible.co.uk/pd/And-Then-There-Were-None-Audiobook/B00JJXXT9S The Fraud, Zadie Smith: goodreads.com/book/show/66086834-the-fraud Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241983096 More about my Patreon bookshop: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp The Twelve, Liz Hyder: goodreads.com/book/show/210462181-the-twelve Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781782693987 This was a review copy from the publishers. Monumenta, Lara Haworth: goodreads.com/book/show/204374196-monumenta Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781805301967 This was a review copy from the publishers. Hawkgirl: Once Upon a Galaxy, Jadzi Axelrod: goodreads.com/book/show/198509172-hawkgirl Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781779525109 Also mentioned: Justice League: imdb.com/title/tt0275137 Justice League Unlimited: imdb.com/title/tt6025022 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
An Anthony Trollope Check-In
Books and Things 2024-10-03 | #Victober In which I talk about many an Anthony Trollope book . . . Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/author/show/20524.Anthony_Trollope My previous Anthony Trollope ranking: youtube.com/watch?v=TiUzXjThNWU *Anthony Trollope Books Read* He Knew He Was Right The Way We Live Now Rachel Ray The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3) Framley Parsonage (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #4) The Small House at Allington (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #5) Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #6) Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser #1) Dr. Wortle’s School Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2) Cousin Henry The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser, #3) Miss Mackenzie Phineas Redux (Palliser, #4) Is He Popenjoy? The Prime Minister (Palliser #5) The Duke's Children (Palliser, #6) The American Senator The Belton Estate The Claverings Harry Heathcote of Gangoil Lady Anna The Kellys and the O'Kellys An Old Man's Love The Vicar of Bullhampton Orley Farm The Three Clerks Kept in the Dark Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Nina Balatka An Eye for an Eye Ralph the Heir The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson, by One of the Firm Ayala’s Angel *Anthony Trollope Books to Read* Linda Tressel Mr Scarborough’s Family La Vendée: An Historical Romance The Bertrams The Golden Lion of Granpère John Caldigate The Fixed Period Marion Fay The Macdermots of Ballycloran, Castle Richmond The Landleaguers The Two Heroines of Plumplington and Other Stories An Autobiography Rachel Ray He Knew He Was Right *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Spontaneous Victober Reading Sprints
Books and Things 2024-10-02 | Join me for some Victober reading . . .
A Recommendation for Every Year of the Victorian Period
Books and Things 2024-10-01 | #Victober In which I recommend many a Victorian novel . . . *More About Victober* Hosts and their announcement videos: Kate Howe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSm... Katie, Books and Things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynyQH... Marissa, Blatantly Bookish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXOcN... Ros, Scallydandling about the books:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQbi... Challenges: 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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Group Read: The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon *Books Mentioned* 1837: Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens 1838: Oliver Twist, Dickens 1839: Deerbrook, Harriet Martineau 1840: Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy, Frances Trollope 1841: Barnaby Rudge, Dickens 1842: American Notes, Dickens 1843: A Christmas Carol, Dickens 1844: Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens 1845: Night and Morning, Edward Bulwer Lytton 1846: Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, The Bronte sisters 1847: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 1847: Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë 1848: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë 1848: The Half Sisters, Geraldine Jewsbury 1849: Shirley, Charlotte Brontë 1850: Olive, Dinah Mulock Craik 1851: London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew 1852: Basil, Wilkie Collins 1851–53: Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell 1853: The Heir of Redclyffe, Charlotte Mary Yonge 1854: Hard Times, Charles Dickens 1855: North and South, Gaskell 1856: Aurora Leigh, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1857: The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, Mary Seacole 1858: My Lady Ludlow, Gaskell 1859: The Semi-Detached House, Emily Eden 1860: The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins 1861: East Lynne, Ellen Wood 1862: Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1863: The House by the Church-yard, J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1864: The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope 1865: Our Mutual Friend, Dickens 1866: Wives and Daughters, Gaskell 1867: Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope 1868: The Moonstone, Collins 1869: Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore 1870: Man and Wife, Collins 1871: Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy 1872: Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1873: The Twilight Stories/Tales of Christmas Eve, Rhoda Broughton 1874: Far from the Madding Crowd, Hardy 1875: The Way We Live Now, Trollope 1876: Daniel Deronda, George Eliot 1877: The American Senator, Trollope 1878: The Return of the Native, Hardy 1879: The Egoist, George Meredith 1880: The Rebecca Rioter, Amy Dillwyn 1881: Dr Wortle’s School, Trollope 1882: Wooden Tony & The Wooden Doll, Lucy Clifford 1883: A Struggle for Fame, Charlotte Riddell 1883: Hester, Margaret Oliphant 1884: Jill, Amy Dillwyn 1885: After London, or Wild England, Richard Jefferies 1886: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson 1887: A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle 1888: The Romance of a Shop, Amy Levy 1889: The Nether World, George Gissing 1890: News From Nowhere, William Morris 1891: A Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde 1892: Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900, Florence Dixie 1893: The Odd Women, Gissing 1894: The Case of Rebellious Susan, Henry Arthur Jones 1895: The Young Pretenders, Edith Henrietta Fowler 1896: A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman 1897: The Beth Book, Sarah Grand 1898: The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells 1899: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad 1900: Love and Mr Lewisham, Wells 1901: Kim, Rudyard Kipling *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
An Ambitious Victober TBR
Books and Things 2024-09-26 | #victober In which I talk about what I want to read in Victober . . . *More About Victober* Hosts and their announcement videos: @katehowereads youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE @katiejlumsden youtube.com/watch?v=ynyQHVDh190 @BlatantlyBookish youtube.com/watch?v=CXOcNjwVnhE @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 youtube.com/watch?v=tpQbiB4d4EE Challenges: 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 serialized 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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Group Read: The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon *And More About Gothtober* Gothtober is hosted by @OliviasCatastrophe, @itslatishag and @LadetteM youtube.com/watch?v=ogYkNK5voSo youtube.com/watch?v=310eD-CXpIA youtube.com/watch?v=sgaLDNooglk *Books Mentioned* The Perpetual Curate, Margaret Oliphant: goodreads.com/book/show/882166.The_Perpetual_Curate In the Roar of the Sea, Sabine Baring-Gould: goodreads.com/book/show/20880039-in-the-roar-of-the-sea Linda Tressel, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/149792.Linda_Tressel The Haunted House: goodreads.com/book/show/28515081-the-haunted-house The Fate of Fenella: goodreads.com/book/show/4081419-the-fate-of-fenella The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/80606.The_Doctor_s_Wife Ayala’s Angel, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/144425.Ayala_s_Angel Mr Scarborough’s Family, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/267122.Mr_Scarborough_s_Family Reading with @CharlesHeathcote The Lancashire Witches, William Harrison Ainsworth: goodreads.com/book/show/2408194.The_Lancashire_Witches (The Fraud, Zadie Smith: goodreads.com/book/show/66086834-the-fraud ) Varney the Vampire, James Malcolm Rymer: goodreads.com/book/show/2292060.Varney_the_Vampire_or_The_Feast_of_Blood London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew: goodreads.com/book/show/448459.London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor London Assurance, Dion Boucicault: goodreads.com/book/show/2804509-london-assurance Trelawny of the Wells, Arthur Wing Pinero: goodreads.com/book/show/5335532-trelawny-of-the-wells The Ticket-of-Leave Man, Tom Taylor: goodreads.com/book/show/15311084-the-ticket-of-leave-man The White Company, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: goodreads.com/book/show/18013861-the-white-company The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: goodreads.com/book/show/3590.The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes Jezebel’s Daughter, Wilkie Collins: goodreads.com/book/show/2230805.Jezebel_s_Daughter Demos, George Gissing: goodreads.com/book/show/19211475-demos Lois the Witch, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/383204.Lois_the_Witch Being read for my Historical Fiction Book Club over on Patreon: patreon.com/katiejlumsden/membership The Model Millionaire and Other Stories, Oscar Wilde: goodreads.com/book/show/11035720-the-model-millionaire-and-other-stories Audrey: listenwithaudrey.com The Lifted Veil, Short Stories: goodreads.com/book/show/7966711-the-lifted-veil *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
A Day in the Life of a Freelance Editor | AD
Books and Things 2024-09-23 | In which I take you through a day in my life . . . This video is very kindly sponsored by Serious Readers. All opinions are, as always, my own. Take a look at Serious Readers here: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/booksandthings , where you can use the offer code *KATIE24* for £100 off High Definition (HD) Lights and free UK delivery. Music: Fresh Fallen Snow by Chris Haugen. YouTube audio library. More of my trip to the National Gallery: youtube.com/watch?v=O8ySfHwKdZM *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
A Trip to the National Gallery | Van Gogh Exhibition
Books and Things 2024-09-19 | In which I go to the National Gallery for an exhibition about Vincent Van Gogh . . . This exhibition, Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers, is open from 14th September to 19th January 2025: nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/van-gogh-poets-and-lovers #Gifted from the @nationalgallery Music: Beneath the Moonlight, Aaron Kenny, YouTube Audio Library *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Books and Things 2024-09-16 | In which I talk about what I read in August . . . My interview with Tom Mead: youtube.com/watch?v=wPtzUlXB0Es *Books Mentioned* The Notting Hill Mystery, Charles Warren Adams: goodreads.com/book/show/13226419-the-notting-hill-mystery Standing Her Ground, edited by Harriet Sanders: goodreads.com/book/show/59635626-standing-her-ground Frenzied Fiction, Stephen Leacock: goodreads.com/book/show/1260883.Frenzied_Fiction Black Coffee, Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/book/show/645754.Black_Coffee Dumb Witness, Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/book/show/16344.Dumb_Witness Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper: goodreads.com/book/show/11312.Over_Sea_Under_Stone Happy Place, Emily Henry: goodreads.com/book/show/61718053-happy-place The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden (me): goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst Cabaret Macabre, Tom Mead: goodreads.com/book/show/199457038-cabaret-macabre My interview with Tom Mead: youtube.com/watch?v=wPtzUlXB0Es The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61410172-the-bookbinder-of-jericho Read for my Patreon Bookclub: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp @MichelleKellyReads made a great video discussing the autism representation in this book in more detail that I did here, so that may be of interest, too: youtube.com/watch?v=OLWfwYBxDNM Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, Rory Muir: goodreads.com/book/show/44174523-gentlemen-of-uncertain-fortune Unruly, David Mitchell: goodreads.com/book/show/152034931-unruly *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Classic Crime Literature (and why we love it) with author Tom Mead
Books and Things 2024-09-12 | In which author Tom Mead and I chat about classics crime . . . *Our Books* Tom Mead’s website: tommeadauthor.com Death and the Conjuror, Tom Mead: goodreads.com/book/show/59580637-death-and-the-conjuror The Murder Wheel, Tom Mead: goodreads.com/book/show/63043722-the-murder-wheel Cabaret Macabre, Tom Mead: goodreads.com/book/show/199457038-cabaret-macabre The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden: goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst *Other Books and Authors Mentioned* Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/author/show/123715.Agatha_Christie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: goodreads.com/book/show/16328.The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd And Then There Were None: goodreads.com/book/show/16299.And_Then_There_Were_None Murder on the Orient Express: goodreads.com/book/show/853510.Murder_on_the_Orient_Express Cards on the Table: goodreads.com/book/show/16297.Cards_on_the_Table Murder at the Vicarage: goodreads.com/book/show/16331.Murder_at_the_Vicarage 4:50 from Paddington: goodreads.com/book/show/140278.4 A Murder is Announced: goodreads.com/book/show/16298.A_Murder_Is_Announced Dorothy L. Sayers: goodreads.com/author/show/8734.Dorothy_L_Sayers John Dickson Carr / Carter Dickson: goodreads.com/author/show/5622.John_Dickson_Carr It Walks By Night: goodreads.com/book/show/2775096-it-walks-by-night The Hollow Man: goodreads.com/book/show/19271777-the-hollow-man The Red Widow Murders: goodreads.com/book/show/1273214.The_Red_Widow_Murders She Died a Lady: goodreads.com/book/show/1273213.She_Died_a_Lady Murder in the Submarine Zone: goodreads.com/book/show/7348244-murder-in-the-submarine-zone When Last I Died, Gladys Mitchell: goodreads.com/book/show/1334067.When_Last_I_Died Christianna Brand: goodreads.com/author/show/22421.Christianna_Brand Death of Jezebel: goodreads.com/book/show/6730536-death-of-jezebel Green for Danger: goodreads.com/book/show/1024750.Green_for_Danger Edgar Allan Poe: goodreads.com/author/show/4624490.Edgar_Allan_Poe The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Purloined Letter The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Tell-Tale Heart Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: goodreads.com/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle The Hound of The Baskervilles: goodreads.com/book/show/8921.The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles The Speckled Band The Empty House Uncle Silas, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: goodreads.com/book/show/49190.Uncle_Silas Wilkie Collins: goodreads.com/author/show/4012.Wilkie_Collins The Terribly Strange Bed Man and Wife: goodreads.com/book/show/720016.Man_and_Wife The Moonstone: goodreads.com/book/show/6138.The_Moonstone Armadale: goodreads.com/book/show/777108.Armadale The Woman in White: goodreads.com/book/show/5890.The_Woman_in_White Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/author/show/239579.Charles_Dickens Bleak House: goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House The Mystery of Edwin Drood: goodreads.com/book/show/6251414-the-mystery-of-edwin-drood Raymond Chandler: goodreads.com/author/show/1377.Raymond_Chandler Paul Doherty: goodreads.com/author/show/36619.Paul_Doherty Ruth Rendell: goodreads.com/author/show/10890.Ruth_Rendell *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Introducing the Mystery of Edwin Drood | Mega Dickens Readalong
Books and Things 2024-09-05 | #Dickensalong In which I introduce The Mystery of Edwin Drood . . . The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/329957.The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood The audiobook I’m listening to is narrated by Billy Howle: audible.co.uk/pd/The-Mystery-of-Edwin-Drood-Audiobook/B07RCX9TYV *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* The Pickwick Papers, 1837: October and November 2022 Oliver Twist, 1838: December 2022 Nicholas Nickleby, 1839: January and February 2023 The Old Curiosity Shop, 1841: March 2023 Barnaby Rudge, 1841: April and May 2023 Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844: June and July 2023 Dombey and Son, 1848: August and September 2023 David Copperfield, 1850: October and November 2023 Bleak House, 1853: December 2023 and January 2024 Hard Times, 1854: February 2024 Little Dorrit, 1855: March and April 2024 A Tale of Two Cities, 1859: May 2024 Great Expectations, 1861: June 2024 Our Mutual Friend, 1865: July and August 2024 *The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870: September 2024* *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
A Look at My Historical Research | The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst
Books and Things 2024-08-29 | In which I talk about my research for my latest novel . . . My previous video on my historical research process: youtube.com/watch?v=DXPVc43fOkU *Where to find the book* Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Audible (UK): audible.co.uk/pd/The-Trouble-with-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-Audiobook/B0CPYZ1DCY Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 *Books and Things Mentioned* Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century, Mallory James: goodreads.com/book/show/36740053-elegant-etiquette-in-the-nineteenth-century A Victorian Lady’s Guide to Fashion and Beauty, Mimi Matthews: goodreads.com/book/show/37919365-a-victorian-lady-s-guide-to-fashion-and-beauty Miller’s Antiques Price Guide, Judith Miller: goodreads.com/book/show/36325478-miller-s-antiques-handbook-price-guide-2018-2019 Claudia @spinsterslibrary Hanbury Hall: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/worcestershire-herefordshire/hanbury-hall Corsham Court: corsham-court.co.uk Oxburgh Hall: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/oxburgh-estate Houghton Hall: houghtonhall.com Avebury Manor: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/avebury/things-to-do-in-avebury-manor Uppark House: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/uppark-house-and-garden Hook Norton Brewery: hooky.co.uk The Victorian House, Judith Flanders: goodreads.com/book/show/969382.The_Victorian_House How to be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman: goodreads.com/en/book/show/17321139-how-to-be-a-victorian Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management: gutenberg.org/ebooks/10136 Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/383206.Wives_and_Daughters Advice to young ladies on the conduct of life; with friendly hints how to make home happy in the married state: google.co.uk/books/edition/Advice_to_young_ladies_on_the_conduct_of/HchYAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 Woman's rights and duties considered with relation to their influence on Society and on her own condition; by a Woman. London: google.co.uk/books/edition/Woman_s_Rights_and_Duties/SCVBAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 The Diary of a Victorian Squire: extracts from the diaries and letters of Dearman and Emily Birchall. The Diaries of Emily Smith The Diaries of William Cotton Risley, vicar of Deddington The Diary of Lady Adela Capel of Cassiobury Victorian Diaries: The Daily Lives of Victorian Men and Women, edited by Heather Creaton: goodreads.com/book/show/1042639 The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, edited by Helena Whitbread: Volume 1: goodreads.com/book/show/48638753-the-secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister Volume 2: goodreads.com/book/show/42856957-the-secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-vol-2 Same-Sex Love, 1700–1957, Gill Rossini: goodreads.com/book/show/34412392-same-sex-love-1700-1957 Between Women, Sharon Marcus: goodreads.com/book/show/119846.Between_Women The 1864 Codrington Divorce Trial The Art of Brewing and Fermenting, by John Levesque: google.co.uk/books/edition/The_art_of_brewing_and_fermenting_and_th/rCYEAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 The Town and Country Brewery Book, or, Every man his own brewer: google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Town_and_Country_Brewery_Book_Or_Eve/F7FgAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 A Chronicle of Small Beer, The Early Victorian Diaries of a Hertfordshire Brewer, John Izzard Pryor of Baldock *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Q&A | Writing Process, Working as an Editor, My Future on Booktube & More
Books and Things 2024-08-26 | In which I do a Q&A . . . Part 1 of this Q&A: youtube.com/watch?v=Ia-_j1OnwIg *Books and Things Mentioned* Writers HQ Plotstormers Course: writershq.co.uk/courses/plotstormers-how-to-plot-a-novel Writers HQ is run on a subscription model, but it’s £20 a month, and you can do the course within a month – it’s very worth it! The Nether World, George Gissing: goodreads.com/book/show/1290068.The_Nether_World Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend My Short Story, Headstone: saveaswriters.co.uk/Docs/Headstone.pdf Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility Sense & Sensibility, Joanna Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/17349163-sense-sensibility Let's Talk About Mrs Jennings: youtube.com/watch?v=AC5Gh57GwAA The Mega Dickens Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
What is Literary Fiction Anyway?
Books and Things 2024-08-22 | In which I talk about literary fiction . . . *Videos Mentioned* My videos: What are classics anyway? youtube.com/watch?v=wt4qWRXON8w Visualisation, Subvocalisation and Reading: youtube.com/watch?v=CP-T9PfEuYw Brian @BookishTexan Why Literary Fiction? youtube.com/watch?v=NC_j2VpueU0 Why Are You Reading? youtube.com/watch?v=rNi_rpPI3aE *More about my Patreon* Introduction video here: youtube.com/watch?v=kEa5ieW3lM4 My Patreon: patreon.com/katiejlumsden/membership There are two tiers: Friday Reads and the Historical Fiction Book Club *Books Prizes Mentioned* The Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com The Women’s Prize: womensprize.com The Costa Prize The Nero Prize: nerobookawards.com The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction: walterscottprize.co.uk Historical Writers’ Association Awards: historicalwriters.org/awards *Books and Authors Mentioned* Rosie Goodwin Hilary Mantel Stacey Halls Diane Setterfield T.M. Logan Dorothy Koomson Lucy Foley Kate Atkinson Chris Whitaker Emily Henry Talia Hibbert Normal People, Sally Rooney Reservoir 13, Jon McGregor The Tidal Zone, Sarah Moss So Many Ways to Begin, Jon McGregor The Foundling, Stacey Halls Mrs Nash’s Ashes, Sarah Adler Ali Smith Will Self Jon McGregor Bernardine Evaristo Benjamin Myers The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng Umbrella, Will Self The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield Donna Tartt White Teeth, Zadie Smith How to Be Both, Ali Smith Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart Charles Dickens Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Jane Austen Elizabeth Gaskell Anthony Trollope George Eliot Thomas Hardy George Gissing Amy Levy Amy Dillwyn Virginia Woolf James Joyce Agatha Christie Kazuo Ishiguro: goodreads.com/author/show/4280 Jon McGregor: goodreads.com/author/list/59713 Samantha Harvey: goodreads.com/author/show/1918920 Mr Loverman, Bernardine Evaristo: goodreads.com/book/show/17879710 And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini: goodreads.com/book/show/16115612 Patrick Gale: goodreads.com/author/show/168167 Black Cake, Charmaine Wilkerson: goodreads.com/book/show/57926137 Emily St John Mandel: goodreads.com/author/show/2786093 Assembly, Natasha Brown: goodreads.com/book/show/56646330 Thirsty Sea, Erica Mou: goodreads.com/book/show/60828458 For Thy Great Pain, Victoria Mackenzie: goodreads.com/book/show/61165321 Banana Yoshimoto: goodreads.com/author/show/28229 Mieko Kawakami: goodreads.com/author/show/5559451 Sarah Waters: goodreads.com/author/show/25334 Briefly, A Delicious Life, Nell Stevens: goodreads.com/book/show/59366260 The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton: goodreads.com/book/show/17333230 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke: goodreads.com/book/show/14201 Cuddy, Benjamin Myers: goodreads.com/book/show/61324049 News of the Dead, James Robertson: goodreads.com/book/show/55877523 Andrea Levy: goodreads.com/author/show/24732. The New Life, Tom Crewe: goodreads.com/book/show/61273326 The Sun Walks Down, Fiona McFarlane: goodreads.com/book/show/60784798 Rose and the Burma Sky, Rosanna Amaka: goodreads.com/book/show/61067578 Esi Edugyan: goodreads.com/author/show/245590 Elizabeth Lowry: goodreads.com/author/list/1644626 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Q&A | Classics, Favourite Authors, Reading Habits & More
Books and Things 2024-08-19 | In which I do a Q&A . . . *Books and Authors Mentioned* The Familiars, Stacey Halls: goodreads.com/book/show/39835415-the-familiars Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi: goodreads.com/book/show/27071490-homegoing Rites, Sophie Coulombea: goodreads.com/book/show/15067159-rites? Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/author/show/239579.Charles_Dickens Jane Austen: goodreads.com/author/show/1265.Jane_Austen Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/author/show/1413437.Elizabeth_Gaskell Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/author/show/20524.Anthony_Trollope Oscar Wilde: goodreads.com/author/show/3565.Oscar_Wilde Diane Setterfield: goodreads.com/author/show/22665.Diane_Setterfield Natasha Pulley: goodreads.com/author/show/8446650.Natasha_Pulley Thomas Hardy: goodreads.com/author/show/15905.Thomas_Hardy Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/348914.Wuthering_Heights Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/50827.Dombey_and_Son North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/383206.Wives_and_Daughters The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield: goodreads.com/book/show/40440.The_Thirteenth_Tale Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy: goodreads.com/book/show/50798.Jude_the_Obscure Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy: goodreads.com/book/show/31463.Far_From_the_Madding_Crowd The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy: goodreads.com/book/show/341281.The_Woodlanders Kipps, H.G. Wells: goodreads.com/book/show/80950.Kipps Maurice, E.M. Forster: goodreads.com/book/show/3103.Maurice Howard’s End, E.M. Forster: goodreads.com/book/show/38374795-howards-end Despised and Rejected, Rose Allatini: goodreads.com/book/show/39693554-despised-and-rejected Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/11026.Barnaby_Rudge Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/author/show/123715.Agatha_Christie And Then There Were None: goodreads.com/book/show/16299.And_Then_There_Were_None Murder is Announced: goodreads.com/book/show/16298.A_Murder_Is_Announced The A.B.C. Murders: goodreads.com/book/show/16322.The_A_B_C_Murders Cards on the Table: goodreads.com/book/show/16297.Cards_on_the_Table Murder on the Orient Express: goodreads.com/book/show/853510.Murder_on_the_Orient_Express The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: goodreads.com/book/show/16328.The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? goodreads.com/book/show/102303.Why_Didn_t_They_Ask_Evans_ The Man in the Brown Suit: goodreads.com/book/show/209194.The_Man_in_the_Brown_Suit *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Have I read the Best Books of the century?
Books and Things 2024-08-15 | In which I see which of the ‘best books’ of the 21st century I have read . . . The New York Times 100 Best Books list: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html The New York Times Readers’ Pick list: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/reader-best-books-21st-century.html Shelley Swearingen’s Best Books According to Booktube, @shelleyish: youtube.com/watch?v=4Kx3DxeJ5C0 Otherwise, I spoke about far too many books in this video to link them all! I previously did a similar video with a list of classics/books throughout history: youtube.com/watch?v=5LqL6DkA-Wk *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Reflections on Great Expectations | Mega Dickens Readalong
Books and Things 2024-08-12 | #Dickensalong In which I discuss my thoughts on Great Expectations . . . Spoilers from 11m47s Great Expectations, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/2623.Great_Expectations The audiobook I listened to: audible.co.uk/pd/Great-Expectations-Audiobook/B004FT7MUS *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* The Pickwick Papers, 1837: October and November 2022 Oliver Twist, 1838: December 2022 Nicholas Nickleby, 1839: January and February 2023 The Old Curiosity Shop, 1841: March 2023 Barnaby Rudge, 1841: April and May 2023 Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844: June and July 2023 Dombey and Son, 1848: August and September 2023 David Copperfield, 1850: October and November 2023 Bleak House, 1853: December 2023 and January 2024 Hard Times, 1854: February 2024 Little Dorrit, 1855: March and April 2024 A Tale of Two Cities, 1859: May 2024 *Great Expectations, 1861: June 2024* Our Mutual Friend, 1865: July and August 2024 The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870: September 2024 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Jane Austen July Reading Wrap Up
Books and Things 2024-08-08 | In which I talk about what I read in Jane Austen July . . . Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon all about Jane Austen. My announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4 My co-host, Marissa, Blatantly Bookish: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg My co-host, Claudia, Spinster’s Library: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/976576-jane-austen-july-2024 Videos on: Sense and Sensibility and Siblings: youtube.com/watch?v=pBmpiaiR_xw Mrs Jennings: youtube.com/watch?v=AC5Gh57GwAA *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 time 5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817) 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book 7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book *Books Mentioned* Sense and Sensibility: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Emma: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs Sanditon: tinyurl.com/n3e3r5jv The Watsons: tinyurl.com/unhv2wdy The Anarchy, William Dalrymple: goodreads.com/book/show/42972023-the-anarchy Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, Rory Muir: goodreads.com/book/show/44174523-gentlemen-of-uncertain-fortune Mrs Wickham, Sarah Page: goodreads.com/book/show/62337424-mrs-wickham The Late Mrs Willoughby, Claudia Gray: goodreads.com/book/show/62926935-the-late-mrs-willoughby A Lady’s Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin: goodreads.com/book/show/63018956-a-lady-s-guide-to-scandal More about my Patreon Book Club here: youtube.com/watch?v=kEa5ieW3lM4 And here: patreon.com/katiejlumsden/membership The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, J.T. Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61168643-drama-and-danger The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India: goodreads.com/book/show/606346.The_Travels_of_Dean_Mahomet The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden (me): goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst *Things Mentioned* Pride and Prejudice (2005): tinyurl.com/cjb5yv7c The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
August and September TBR | Classics, Review Copies, Library Books and More
Books and Things 2024-08-05 | In which I talk about my reading plans for the next two months . . . *Readalongs and Book Clubs* More about Shorty September, hosted by @pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers youtube.com/watch?v=E2FeGRVwHDk youtube.com/watch?v=6yb6BANMTiU More about the Mega Dickens Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms All the Mega Dickens Readalong videos: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs My Historical Fiction Book Club on Patreon: patreon.com/katiejlumsden/membership More about my Patreon: youtube.com/watch?v=kEa5ieW3lM4 *Books Mentioned* Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, Rory Muir: goodreads.com/book/show/44174523-gentlemen-of-uncertain-fortune The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden: goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst Unruly, David Mitchell: goodreads.com/book/show/152034931-unruly Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper: goodreads.com/book/show/11312.Over_Sea_Under_Stone The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper: goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising I know @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf loved these books. Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/329957.The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61410172-the-bookbinder-of-jericho The Fraud, Zadie Smith: goodreads.com/book/show/66086834-the-fraud Cabaret Macabre, Tom Mead: goodreads.com/book/show/199457038-cabaret-macabre The Twelve, Liz Hyder: goodreads.com/book/show/210462181-the-twelve Touch Me Not, José Rizal: goodreads.com/book/show/418285.Noli_Me_T_ngere_Touch_Me_Not_ The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic, Nick Hoaquin: goodreads.com/book/show/31624485-the-woman-who-had-two-navels-and-tales-of-the-tropical-gothic Frenzied Fiction, Stephen Leacock: goodreads.com/book/show/1260883.Frenzied_Fiction The Notting Hill Mystery, Charles Warren Adams: goodreads.com/book/show/25730041-the-notting-hill-mystery The Doctor’s Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: goodreads.com/book/show/80606.The_Doctor_s_Wife Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/author/show/20524.Anthony_Trollope The Story of the Stone Volume II, Cao Xueqin: goodreads.com/book/show/60441549-the-story-of-the-stone The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain: goodreads.com/book/show/2956.The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn Persephone Book of Short Stories: goodreads.com/book/show/16091662-the-persephone-book-of-short-stories?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=TklG2yKWOO&rank=1 The Lifted Veil: 19th century short stories: goodreads.com/book/show/7966711-the-lifted-veil Black Coffee, Agatha Christie: goodreads.com/book/show/645754.Black_Coffee Standing Her Ground: Classic Short Stories: goodreads.com/book/show/59635626-standing-her-ground Monumenta, Lara Haworth: goodreads.com/book/show/204374196-monumenta The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry: goodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter The Sealwoman’s Gift, Sally Magnuson: goodreads.com/book/show/36154097-the-sealwoman-s-gift *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Books and Things 2024-08-01 | #janeaustenjulyIn which I vlog Jane Austen July . . . Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon all about Jane Austen. My announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4 My co-host, Marissa, Blatantly Bookish: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg My co-host, Claudia, Spinster’s Library: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/976576-jane-austen-july-2024 Music: English Country Garden, Aaron Kelly: youtube.com/channel/UCVAggfwI4hnkA2WO6-xC06Q *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 time 5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817) 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book 7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book *Books Mentioned* Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Sanditon: tinyurl.com/n3e3r5jv The Watsons: tinyurl.com/unhv2wdy Emma: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India: goodreads.com/book/show/606346.The_Travels_of_Dean_Mahomet The Anarchy, William Dalrymple: goodreads.com/book/show/42972023-the-anarchy Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, Rory Muir: goodreads.com/book/show/44174523-gentlemen-of-uncertain-fortune The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, J.T. Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61168643-drama-and-danger *Things Mentioned* Pride and Prejudice (2005): imdb.com/title/tt0414387 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_ePOdU-b3xcDyyzeR5NjxeLEElsqYzn1 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Lets Talk About Mrs Jennings
Books and Things 2024-07-30 | #JaneAustenJuly In which I talk about Mrs Jennings . . . Please note this video is full of spoilers for Sense and Sensibility. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility More ‘Let’s Talk About’ character studies: John Willoughby: youtube.com/watch?v=x4yFTn8KA_4 Mrs Bennet: youtube.com/watch?v=QtXCOvEoP_E Caroline Bingley: youtube.com/watch?v=j3qfxUkpNTw Mr Collins: youtube.com/watch?v=Owk-G91W1qA *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Sense and Sensibility and Siblings
Books and Things 2024-07-26 | #JaneAustenJuly In which I talk (with spoilers!) about siblings in Sense and Sensibility . . . My previous video on siblings within Jane Austen: youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4vxXPmjzc What Matters in Jane Austen, John Mullan: tinyurl.com/yd9xyea4 The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre, Paula Byrne: tinyurl.com/mr3bpr9y Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Publication Week Vlog | Book Launch, Harrogate Festival, Hauling New Books
Books and Things 2024-07-24 | In which a novel comes out and I buy some books . . . *Things Mentioned* Squad Pod on Instagram: instagram.com/squadpod2021 Suffolk Libraries Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/7iCl6BUDkN9blXcsirHeI8 Harrogate/Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime-writing-festival Imagined Things Bookshop: imaginedthings.co.uk *Books Mentioned* The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden (me): goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst Goldsboro Books signed copies: goldsborobooks.com/products/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden (me): goodreads.com/book/show/61322622-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall The Last Chronicle of Barset, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/149789.The_Last_Chronicle_of_Barset Dead Behind the Eyes, Ian Moore: goodreads.com/book/show/213002497-dead-behind-the-eyes The Detective, Ajay Chowdhury: goodreads.com/book/show/63057460-the-detective Then Things Went Dark, Bea Fitzgerald: goodreads.com/book/show/200174176-then-things-went-dark Midnight at Malabar House, Vaseem Khan: goodreads.com/book/show/49544193-midnight-at-malabar-house Harlem After Midnight, Louise Hare: goodreads.com/book/show/210040079-harlem-after-midnight You Don’t Know Me, Imran Mahmood: goodreads.com/book/show/32510570-you-don-t-know-me The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton: goodreads.com/book/show/62229748-the-seven-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle The Woman in the Wallpaper, Lora Jones: goodreads.com/book/show/193184349-the-woman-in-the-wallpaper *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Mid-Year Check-In: Goals and Favourite Books of the Year So Far
Books and Things 2024-07-22 | In which I talk about how my goals are going this year . . . 2024 Reading Goals: youtube.com/watch?v=ST6i1dm0jNc 2024–2025 Victorian Literature TBR: youtube.com/watch?v=1s9d4xlAVfM *Books Mentioned* Gwen and Art are Not in Love, Lex Croucher: goodreads.com/book/show/61885131-gwen-art-are-not-in-love Cuddy, Benjamin Myers: goodreads.com/book/show/61324049-cuddy The Mars House, Natasha Pulley: goodreads.com/book/show/150277127-the-mars-house Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Journey to Publication Vlog | The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst
Books and Things 2024-07-18 | In which we lead up to the publication of my new book . . . Hartwood Hall Journey to Publication Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=FlEbBNocMIw More videos about Montgomery Hurst: youtube.com/watch?v=XQ78AKalOqM&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-PktGfYXG9JFJDPvYPq1q26 Music: C Major Prelude, Bach No.9 Esther’s Waltz, Esther Abrami English Country Garden, Aaron Kenny No.1 A Minor Waltz, Esther Abrami *Where to find my novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Listen to the first chapter: youtube.com/watch?v=IeSRPQ2t4RE Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 Blackwells (for most places in the world): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goldsboro (signed copies, most places in the world): goldsborobooks.com/products/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Audible (UK): audible.co.uk/pd/The-Trouble-with-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-Audiobook/B0CPYZ1DCY Australia order links: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst-9780241556122 Amazon (India) https://www.amazon.in/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (Brazil): https://www.amazon.com.br/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (Germany): https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Katie-Lumsden-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (France): https://www.amazon.fr/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH Shakespeare and Company (France): shakespeareandcompany.com/authors/lumsden-katie Amazon (Spain): amazon.es/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH Amazon (Italy): https://www.amazon.it/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ You can also try searching at whatever bookshop website you usually use, with the following ISBNs: international trade paperback edition: 9780241556122 hardback: 9780241556115 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN *Other Things Mentioned* Neil Gower, my map illustrator: neilgower.com My website: katielumsden.co.uk My substack newsletter: katiejlumsden.substack.com More audiobooks read by the amazing Olivia Vinall: audible.co.uk/search?searchNarrator=Olivia+Vinall What the Austen podcast: whattheaustenpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1748912/15331722-episode-65-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst-janeaustenjuly-with-katie-lumsden-from-books-and-things Video with @shawnbreathesbooks: youtube.com/watch?v=V0WlPIUyvVE The Theatre of Glass and Shadows, Anne Corlett: goodreads.com/book/show/204237435-the-theatre-of-glass-and-shadows *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Classics that Inspired My New Novel | The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst
Books and Things 2024-07-16 | In which I talk about the classics that inspired my new book . . . More about Jane Austen July: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4 More about my novel: youtube.com/watch?v=XQ78AKalOqM&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-PktGfYXG9JFJDPvYPq1q26 *Where to find my novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Listen to the first chapter: youtube.com/watch?v=IeSRPQ2t4RE Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 Blackwells (for most places in the world): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goldsboro (signed copies, most places in the world): goldsborobooks.com/products/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Audible (UK): audible.co.uk/pd/The-Trouble-with-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-Audiobook/B0CPYZ1DCY Australia order links: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst-9780241556122 Amazon (India) https://www.amazon.in/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (Brazil): https://www.amazon.com.br/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (Germany): https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Katie-Lumsden-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (France): https://www.amazon.fr/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH Shakespeare and Company (France): shakespeareandcompany.com/authors/lumsden-katie Amazon (Spain): amazon.es/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH Amazon (Italy): https://www.amazon.it/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ You can also try searching at whatever bookshop website you usually use, with the following ISBNs: international trade paperback edition: 9780241556122 hardback: 9780241556115 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN *Other Books Mentioned* Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice Emma, Jane Austen: goodreads.com/book/show/6969.Emma Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/160995477-cranford Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/383206.Wives_and_Daughters Orley Farm, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/242589.Orley_Farm The Belton Estate, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/267116.The_Belton_Estate The Vicar of Bullhampton, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/book/show/490912.The_Vicar_of_Bullhampton The Barsetshire Chronicles, Anthony Trollope: goodreads.com/series/56711-chronicles-of-barsetshire Middlemarch, George Eliot: goodreads.com/book/show/19089.Middlemarch Thomas Hardy: goodreads.com/author/show/15905.Thomas_Hardy The Carlingford Chronicles, Margaret Oliphant: goodreads.com/series/62596-the-chronicles-of-carlingford Hester, Margaret Oliphant: goodreads.com/book/show/6829259-hester Deerbrook, Harriet Martineau: goodreads.com/book/show/1339655.Deerbrook The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë: goodreads.com/book/show/337113.The_Tenant_of_Wildfell_Hall Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/author/show/239579.Charles_Dickens Frances Trollope: goodreads.com/author/list/767847.Frances_Milton_Trollope Night and Morning, Edward Bulwer Lytton: goodreads.com/book/show/10098192-night-and-morning *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Books and Things 2024-07-15 | #janeaustenjuly In which I vlog Jane Austen July . . . Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon all about Jane Austen. My announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4 My co-host, Marissa, @BlatantlyBookish: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg My co-host, Claudia, @SpinstersLibrary: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/976576-jane-austen-july-2024 Music: English Country Garden, Aaron Kelly: youtube.com/channel/UCVAggfwI4hnkA2WO6-xC06Q *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 time 5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817) 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book 7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book *Books Mentioned* The Heir of Venus, Laura Shepperson: goodreads.com/book/show/201632610-the-heir-of-venus How to Solve Your Own Murder, Kristen Perrin: goodreads.com/book/show/181350367-how-to-solve-your-own-murder Sense and Sensibility: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Emma: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs A Lady’s Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin: goodreads.com/book/show/63018956-a-lady-s-guide-to-scandal This is the pick for my Patreon Book Club this month. Find out more here: youtube.com/watch?v=kEa5ieW3lM4 And here: patreon.com/katiejlumsden/membership Mrs Wickham, Sarah Page: goodreads.com/book/show/62337424-mrs-wickham The Late Mrs Willoughby, Claudia Gray: goodreads.com/book/show/62926935-the-late-mrs-willoughby The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India: goodreads.com/book/show/606346.The_Travels_of_Dean_Mahomet The Anarchy, William Dalrymple: goodreads.com/book/show/42972023-the-anarchy The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, J.T. Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61168643-drama-and-danger *Things Mentioned* Travis: open.spotify.com/artist/3bUwxJgNakzYKkqAVgZLlh The Killers: open.spotify.com/artist/0C0XlULifJtAgn6ZNCW2eu The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation: janeaustenlf.org Our Liveshow: youtube.com/live/JO_yjfbUPF4 JASNA: jasna.org JASNA podcast: Austen Chat: jasna.org/austen/podcast/ep13 The National Gallery: nationalgallery.org.uk 200 Creators Network: nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/ng200-programme/200-creators The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_ePOdU-b3xcDyyzeR5NjxeLEElsqYzn1 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Celebrating Jane Austen July with the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation
Books and Things 2024-07-14 | #janeaustenjuly Today, Claudia @SpinstersLibrary and I join the @janeaustenliteracyfoundation to discuss all things Jane Austen July. More about the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation: janeaustenlf.org *More about Jane Austen July* Goodreads group: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd My co-hosts are Marissa @BlatantlyBookish and Claudia @SpinstersLibrary. You can find our announcement videos here: Katie: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4 Marissa: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg Claudia: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk *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 time 5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817) 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book 7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book
Books and Things 2024-07-12 | In which I talk about what I read in June . . . Alice’s channel: @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf A few of my favourites of her wonderful videos: Her first video, 1900–1950 TBR: youtube.com/watch?v=sFRvvOpQ6DI Alice’s Ultimate Women's Prize Longlist: youtube.com/watch?v=EmTucawpej4 Alice’s Ranking of Jane Austen's Novels: youtube.com/watch?v=sOE9xsgD3Ik Alice’s Reader's Guide to . . . Series: -Sherlock Holmes: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cwGzNK71Q -Poirot: youtube.com/watch?v=FftqucfWiPU -Miss Marple: youtube.com/watch?v=Na7W3HAeBq8 -Tommy and Tuppence: youtube.com/watch?v=TqRwFdCL9AA *Books Mentioned* Great Expectations, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/2623.Great_Expectations I listened to the audiobook narrated by Martin Jarvis Femme Fatale, Guy de Maupassant: goodreads.com/book/show/24874349-femme-fatale Varney the Vampire: goodreads.com/book/show/2292060.Varney_the_Vampire_or_The_Feast_of_Blood The Café on Manor Lane, Amelia Kyazze: goodreads.com/book/show/175358693-the-caf-on-manor-lane The Heir of Venus, Laura Shepperson: goodreads.com/book/show/201632610-the-heir-of-venus Wandering Souls, Cecile Pin: goodreads.com/book/show/60741794-wandering-souls Books Lovers, Emily Henry: goodreads.com/book/show/58690308-book-lovers How to Solve Your Own Murder, Kristen Perrin: goodreads.com/book/show/181350367-how-to-solve-your-own-murder The Square of Sevens, Laura Shepherd-Robinson: goodreads.com/book/show/101146072-the-square-of-sevens Strange Sally Diamond, Liz Nugent: goodreads.com/book/show/62322008-strange-sally-diamond Content warnings: sexual assault, including of minors; abduction; forced imprisonment; torture; abuse; child abuse. *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Jane Austen retellings (and why we love them) with author Jessica Bull
Books and Things 2024-07-10 | #JaneAustenJuly In which I chat to author Jessica Bull about Jane Austen retellings and more . . . PLEASE NOTE: there are Jane Austen SPOILERS in this video, most significantly for Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice. *Our Books* Miss Austen Investigates: The Hapless Milliner, Jessica Bull: goodreads.com/book/show/203633229-miss-austen-investigates Miss Austen Investigates: A Fortune Most Fatal, Jessica Bull: goodreads.com/book/show/215102976-a-fortune-most-fatal The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden: goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst *Other Books Mentioned* Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc5lbo6h Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y742h5ee Mansfield Park, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yawvjetp Persuasion, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/ybyorcrq Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Emma, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs Lady Susan, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y86avgpx Sanditon, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/n3e3r5jv The Watsons, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/unhv2wdy Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding: tinyurl.com/lh6ufsq Just As You Are, Camille Kellogg: tinyurl.com/5a6u7zsn Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James: tinyurl.com/597rt2wd The Murder of Mr Wickham, Claudia Gray: tinyurl.com/445w269z Longbourn, Jo Baker: tinyurl.com/ya4pnh7t Unequal Affections, Lara Ormiston: tinyurl.com/3ejss2mr Miss Austen, Gill Hornby: tinyurl.com/y87c75be Godmersham Park, Gill Hornby: tinyurl.com/4ry4m6ee This Motherless Land, Nikki May: tinyurl.com/26vc9bku The Other Bennet Sister, Janice Hadlow: tinyurl.com/w9qymaq The Heiress, Molly Greeley: tinyurl.com/4r2nbr7j Charlotte, Helen Moffett: tinyurl.com/y8zkzwr5 What Kitty Did Next, Carrie Kablean: tinyurl.com/bde5wvzx Camilla, Frances Burney: goodreads.com/book/show/220079.Camilla Belinda, Maria Edgeworth: goodreads.com/book/show/773534.Belinda Castle Rackrent, Maria Edgeworth: goodreads.com/book/show/2921936 *Adaptations Mentioned* Pride and Prejudice (1995): imdb.com/title/tt0112130 Jane Eyre (2006): imdb.com/title/tt0780362 Pride and Prejudice (2005): imdb.com/title/tt0414387 Emma (2020): imdb.com/title/tt9214832 Persuasion (2023): imdb.com/title/tt14539654 Death Comes to Pemberley (2013): imdb.com/title/tt2951788 Sense and Sensibility (2008): imdb.com/title/tt0847150 Sense and Sensibility (1996): imdb.com/title/tt0114388 Austenland (2013): imdb.com/title/tt1985019 Fire Island (2022): imdb.com/title/tt15218000 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
How Jane Austens Life Influenced Her Books
Books and Things 2024-07-08 | #janeaustenjuly In which I talk about Jane Austen's life and her books . . . This video I did a while ago, with a brief biography of Jane Austen's life, may also be of interest: youtube.com/watch?v=ftQq1P0Xw_Q *Books Mentioned* Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc5lbo6h Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y742h5ee Mansfield Park, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yawvjetp Persuasion, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/ybyorcrq Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Emma, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Jane Austen and Inspiration | Interview with Amanda Fagan
Books and Things 2024-07-05 | #janeaustenjuly In which I interview singer-songwriter and Jane Austen fan Amadan Fagan . . . Love, Jane EP: YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8B-BzufZvrMN8A8r44kp_GMqHYmUp0xE Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/7kg3DsRfyYnnoh8Qpew4jc My review of the album: youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3wztwn6NM Find Amanda Fagan’s music: YouTube: @amandafaganofficial Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7FufRSScdhlfHyTz0aFsTc Instagram: instagram.com/amandafaganofficial The Girl Who Lost Her Grip: youtube.com/watch?v=RtcmYub9f1U *Books Mentioned* Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y742h5ee Persuasion, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/ybyorcrq Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc5lbo6h Mansfield Park, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yawvjetp Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Emma, Jane Austen: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs Ready Player One, Ernest Cline: goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one Miss Austen Investigates, Jessica Bull: goodreads.com/book/show/203633229-miss-austen-investigates Claudia Gray's Austen murder mystery series: goodreads.com/series/360704-mr-darcy-miss-tilney *Musicians Mentioned* Taylor Swift: YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCqECaJ8Gagnn7YCbPEzWH6g Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02 Lana Del Rey: YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCqk3CdGN_j8IR9z4uBbVPSg Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/00FQb4jTyendYWaN8pK0wa Vienna Teng: Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0xbwBKuWBNWfDBFsrRJEJG *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Introducing Our Mutual Friend | Mega Dickens Readalong
Books and Things 2024-07-03 | #Dickensalong In which I introduce Our Mutual Friend . . . Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend The audiobook I’m listening to is narrated by Meera Syal: audible.co.uk/pd/Our-Mutual-Friend-Audiobook/B079LR2L6Q *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* The Pickwick Papers, 1837: October and November 2022 Oliver Twist, 1838: December 2022 Nicholas Nickleby, 1839: January and February 2023 The Old Curiosity Shop, 1841: March 2023 Barnaby Rudge, 1841: April and May 2023 Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844: June and July 2023 Dombey and Son, 1848: August and September 2023 David Copperfield, 1850: October and November 2023 Bleak House, 1853: December 2023 and January 2024 Hard Times, 1854: February 2024 Little Dorrit, 1855: March and April 2024 A Tale of Two Cities, 1859: May 2024 Great Expectations, 1861: June 2024 *Our Mutual Friend, 1865: July and August 2024* The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870: September 2024 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
The Joys of Jane Austen on Audiobook
Books and Things 2024-07-01 | #janeaustenjuly In which I talk about Jane Austen audiobooks . . . *Books Mention* Pride and Prejudice: tinyurl.com/y742h5ee Rosamund Pike audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Pride-and-Prejudice-Audiobook/B016LNBZOE Juliet Stevenson audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Pride-and-Prejudice-Audiobook/1781983755 or https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781781983751-pride-and-prejudice Sense and Sensibility: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Rosamund Pike audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Sense-and-Sensibility-Audiobook/B07FDQ2FGD Juliet Stevenson audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Sense-and-Sensibility-Audiobook/B004FTV4YI or https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789629544591-sense-and-sensibility Emma: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs Juliet Stevenson audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Emma-Naxos-Edition-Audiobook/B004FU0DVM or https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789629544485-emma Northanger Abbey: tinyurl.com/yc5lbo6h Juliet Stevenson audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Northanger-Abbey-Audiobook/B004EX08FG or https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789629544539-northanger-abbey Persuasion: tinyurl.com/ybyorcrq Juliet Stevenson audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Persuasion-Audiobook/B004EWYHEK or https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789629544553-persuasion Mansfield Park: tinyurl.com/yawvjetp Frances Barber: audible.co.uk/pd/Mansfield-Park-Audiobook/B004FTF0FW Juliet Stevenson audiobook: audible.co.uk/pd/Mansfield-Park-Audiobook/B004FU2QZI or https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9789629544515-mansfield-park *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Unboxing My New Novel | The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst
Books and Things 2024-06-28 | In which I unbox my new book . . . More videos about this book: youtube.com/watch?v=XQ78AKalOqM&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-PktGfYXG9JFJDPvYPq1q26 *Where to find my novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 Blackwells (for most places in the world): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goldsboro (signed copies, most places in the world): goldsborobooks.com/products/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Audible (UK): audible.co.uk/pd/The-Trouble-with-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-Audiobook/B0CPYZ1DCY Australia order links: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst-9780241556122 Amazon (India) https://www.amazon.in/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (Brazil): https://www.amazon.com.br/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (Germany): https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Katie-Lumsden-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ Amazon (France): https://www.amazon.fr/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH Shakespeare and Company (France): shakespeareandcompany.com/authors/lumsden-katie Amazon (Spain): amazon.es/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH Amazon (Italy): https://www.amazon.it/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-English-ebook/dp/B0CD3HY5JH/ You can also try searching at whatever bookshop website you usually use, with the following ISBNs: international trade paperback edition: 9780241556122 hardback: 9780241556115 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Another Book Haul | Classics and Review Copies
Books and Things 2024-06-26 | In which I talk about some new books . . . *Booktubers Mentioned* Kirsten @ReadingNymph Olivia-Savannah @OliviasCatastrophe Bob @BobTheBookerer Tazmyn-Mei @TeaBooksAndTazmyn Cannongate Publishers: canongate.co.uk *Books Mentioned* The Travels of Dean Mahomet: goodreads.com/book/show/606346. Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend More about the Heritage Press: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Press Monumenta, Lara Haworth: goodreads.com/book/show/204374196-monumenta Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs, Jordan Stephens: goodreads.com/book/show/206326951-avoidance-drugs-heartbreak-and-dogs Bright I Burn, Molly Aitken: goodreads.com/book/show/202985177-bright-i-burn The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry: goodreads.com/book/show/199795387-the-heart-in-winter The Heir of Venus, Laura Shepperson: goodreads.com/book/show/201632610-the-heir-of-venus The Twelve, Liz Hyder: goodreads.com/book/show/210462181-the-twelve Caberet Macabre, Tom Mead: goodreads.com/book/show/199457038-cabaret-macabre *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Jane Austen July TBR/Pile of Possibilities
Books and Things 2024-06-24 | In which I talk about my plans for Jane Austen July . . . Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon all about Jane Austen. My announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4 My co-host, Marissa, @BlatantlyBookish: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg My co-host, Claudia @SpinstersLibrary: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/976576-jane-austen-july-2024 *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 time 5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817) 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book 7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book *Readalong Schedules* Sense and Sensibility, 50 chapters, 3 chapters a day: 1 July: S&S chapters 1, 2, 3 2: 4, 5, 6 3: 7, 8, 9 4: 10, 11, 12 5: 13, 14, 15 6: 16, 17, 18 7: 19, 20, 21 8: 22, 23, 24 9: 25, 26, 27 10: 28, 29, 30 11: 31, 32, 33 12: 34, 35, 36 13: 37, 38, 39 14: 40, 41, 42 15: 43, 44, 45, 46 16: 47, 48, 49, 50 Sanditon, 12 chapters, 2 chapters a day 17 July: Sanditon chapters 1, 2 18: 3, 4 19: 5, 6 20: 7, 8 21: 9, 10 22: 11, 12 The Watsons, at your own pace From 23 to 31sJuly *Books Mentioned* The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, Katie Lumsden (me): goodreads.com/book/show/195269275 Sense and Sensibility: tinyurl.com/yc4ssnyv Emma: tinyurl.com/y977tgxs Sanditon: tinyurl.com/n3e3r5jv The Watsons: tinyurl.com/unhv2wdy The Regency revolution, Robert Morrison: goodreads.com/book/show/44890947 Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, Rory Muir: goodreads.com/book/show/44174523 The Anarchy, William Dalrymple: goodreads.com/book/show/42972023 The Year in Between, Christina Morland: goodreads.com/book/show/56810991 Mrs Wickham, Sarah Page: goodreads.com/book/show/62337424 The Late Mrs Willoughby, Claudia Gray: goodreads.com/book/show/62926935 Emmett, L.C. Rosen: goodreads.com/book/show/103455031 This Motherless Land, Nikki May: goodreads.com/book/show/199531828 A Lady’s Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin: goodreads.com/book/show/63018956 More about my Patreon Book Club: youtube.com/watch?v=kEa5ieW3lM4 patreon.com/katiejlumsden/membership The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, J.T. Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61168643 Self-Control, Mary Brunton: goodreads.com/book/show/514571. Tilly’s Shelf video: youtube.com/watch?v=44DE0_uDz9E A Trip to Scarborough, Sheridan: goodreads.com/book/show/2154464. The Travels of Dean Mahomet: goodreads.com/book/show/606346. *Adaptations Mentioned* Sense and Sensibility (2008): tinyurl.com/49224yw7 Sense and Sensibility (2024): imdb.com/title/tt31068365 Scents and Sensibility (2011): imdb.com/title/tt1600438 From Prada to Nada (2011): imdb.com/title/tt0893412 Elinor and Marianne Take Barton: tinyurl.com/57jfkw7e The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Reflections on A Tale of Two Cities | Mega Dickens Readalong
Books and Things 2024-06-20 | #Dickensalong In which I discuss my thoughts on A Tale of Two Citites . . . Spoilers from 28m37s A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/1953.A_Tale_of_Two_Cities The audiobook I’m listening to is narrated by Simon Callow: audible.co.uk/pd/A-Tale-of-Two-Cities-Audiobook/B0773Y4ZL1 The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas: goodreads.com/book/show/7126.The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo Self-Help, Samuel Smiles: gutenberg.org/cache/epub/935/pg935-images.html Knitting and the French Revolution: lithub.com/on-the-covert-role-of-knitting-during-the-french-revolution-and-world-war-ii *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* The Pickwick Papers, 1837: October and November 2022 Oliver Twist, 1838: December 2022 Nicholas Nickleby, 1839: January and February 2023 The Old Curiosity Shop, 1841: March 2023 Barnaby Rudge, 1841: April and May 2023 Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844: June and July 2023 Dombey and Son, 1848: August and September 2023 David Copperfield, 1850: October and November 2023 Bleak House, 1853: December 2023 and January 2024 Hard Times, 1854: February 2024 Little Dorrit, 1855: March and April 2024 *A Tale of Two Cities, 1859: May 2024* Great Expectations, 1861: June 2024 Our Mutual Friend, 1865: July and August 2024 The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870: September 2024 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Chapter One of My New Novel | The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst
Books and Things 2024-06-17 | In which I read the first chapter of my new novel . . . More about The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst: youtube.com/watch?v=XQ78AKalOqM and youtube.com/watch?v=zXj8JSgwQ7Q Pre-order from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Pre-order from Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst/katie-lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst/dp/0241556112 Pre-order from Audible (UK): audible.co.uk/pd/The-Trouble-with-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-Audiobook/B0CPYZ1DCY Pre-order from Blackwells (best for international): blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115 Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/195269275-the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst *My other book* 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/9781405951883 Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-mysterious-atmospheric/dp/1405951885 Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall *Ways to Support My Channel* If you want to support me and my channel, to help me keep making regular content, there are a few different things you can do: 1. Watch my videos! Any views of my videos (especially if you don’t skip the ads) support me with ad revenue. 2. Subscribe to me on Patreon, where you can pay a few dollars/pounds a month for extra content: patreon.com/katiejlumsden 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks – see the button to the right beneath the video. 4. Buy my novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, or take it out from the library – links below. 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links. I am an affiliate for two different companies: -Bookshop.org – a wonderful website supporting UK independent bookshops. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea – a fantastic tea company. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* Patreon: patreon.com/katiejlumsden My website: http://www.katielumsden.co.uk Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: 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
Books and Things 2024-06-14 | In which I talk about what I read in May . . . The Spoonies Readathon is all about reading books with disability and chronic illness representation. It’s hosted by Emily @novellenovels and @BrewsandReviews. Misery May is all about reading miserable books! It’s hosted by @GunpowderFictionPlot and @GemofBooks More about the Mega Dickens Readalong: youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs My Walter Scott Prize reviews: youtube.com/watch?v=W_uXtTJTuEE *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org are UK affiliate links. Come Close, Sappho: goodreads.com/book/show/24874364-come-close Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780141398693 A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens: goodreads.com/book/show/9847899-a-tale-of-two-cities The Grey Woman, Elizabeth Gaskell: goodreads.com/book/show/6059410-the-grey-woman Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780140437416 Absolutely and Forever, Rose Tremain: goodreads.com/book/show/74951746-absolutely-and-forever Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781784745202 In the Upper Country, Kai Thomas: goodreads.com/book/show/60880810-in-the-upper-country Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529389616 Music in the Dark, Sally Magnusson: goodreads.com/book/show/75271606-music-in-the-dark Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529345957 The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, C.L. Miller: goodreads.com/book/show/176450518-the-antique-hunter-s-guide-to-murder Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781035021802 Act Your Age, Eve Brown, Talia Hibbert: goodreads.com/book/show/51824384-act-your-age-eve-brown Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780349425245 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529115543 All the Names Given, Raymond Antrobus: goodreads.com/book/show/57465935-all-the-names-given Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529059502 Once Upon a Tome, Oliver Darkshire: goodreads.com/book/show/61089547-once-upon-a-tome Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529177121 The Language Puzzle, Steven Mithen: goodreads.com/book/show/199344960-the-language-puzzle Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781800811584 *Ways to Support My Channel* If you want to support me and my channel, to help me keep making regular content, there are a few different things you can do: 1. Watch my videos! Any views of my videos (especially if you don’t skip the ads) support me with ad revenue. 2. Subscribe to me on Patreon, where you can pay a few dollars/pounds a month for extra content: patreon.com/katiejlumsden 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks – see the button to the right beneath the video. 4. Buy my novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, or take it out from the library – links below. 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links. I am an affiliate for two different companies: -Bookshop.org – a wonderful website supporting UK independent bookshops. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea – a fantastic tea company. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *My Writing* My second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is coming out summer 2024. Pre-order from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Pre-order from Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst/katie-lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst/dp/0241556112 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/9781405951883 Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-mysterious-atmospheric/dp/1405951885 Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall *General Links* Patreon: patreon.com/katiejlumsden My website: http://www.katielumsden.co.uk Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: instagram.com/katiejlumsden Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/8190907-katie-lumsden Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Books and Things 2024-06-12 | In which I do the Library Tag . . . I was tagged by @HannahsBooks The tag was created by @BookBuds I tag: @BlatantlyBookish, @BookishTexan, @jenniferlovesbooks *Books & Authors Mentioned* Jacqueline Wilson: goodreads.com/author/show/22602.Jacqueline_Wilson Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow Absolutely and Forever, Rose Tremain: goodreads.com/book/show/74951746-absolutely-and-forever Music in the Dark, Sally Magnusson: goodreads.com/book/show/75271606-music-in-the-dark The Fraud, Zadie Smith: goodreads.com/book/show/66086834-the-fraud *Questions* 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! *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international): tinyurl.com/4wyz67m9 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: tinyurl.com/yb499ftp X: https://x.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com
Recent Interesting Historical Reads | The Walter Scott Prize Reviews #3
Books and Things 2024-06-10 | In which I talk about some books I’ve read lately for the Walter Scott Prize . . . *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org are UK affiliate links. Absolutely and Forever, Rose Tremain: goodreads.com/book/show/74951746-absolutely-and-forever Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781784745202 In the Upper Country, Kai Thomas: goodreads.com/book/show/60880810-in-the-upper-country Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529389616 Music in the Dark, Sally Magnusson: goodreads.com/book/show/75271606-music-in-the-dark Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529345957 The New Life, Tom Crewe: goodreads.com/book/show/61273326-the-new-life Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529919714 Hungry Ghosts, Kevin Jared Hosein: goodreads.com/book/show/61109596-hungry-ghosts Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526644459 My Father’s House, Joseph O’Connor: goodreads.com/book/show/61447882-my-father-s-house Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529919646 The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng (Canongate): goodreads.com/book/show/65215270-the-house-of-doors Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781838858292 Cuddy, Benjamin Myers: goodreads.com/book/show/61324049-cuddy Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526631466 For Thy Great Pain, Have Mercy on My Little Pain, Victoria Mackenzie: goodreads.com/book/show/61165321-for-thy-great-pain-have-mercy-on-my-little-pain Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526647931 *Ways to Support My Channel* If you want to support me and my channel, to help me keep making regular content, there are a few different things you can do: 1. Watch my videos! Any views of my videos (especially if you don’t skip the ads) support me with ad revenue. 2. Subscribe to me on Patreon, where you can pay a few dollars/pounds a month for extra content: patreon.com/katiejlumsden 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks – see the button to the right beneath the video. 4. Buy my novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, or take it out from the library – links below. 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links. I am an affiliate for two different companies: -Bookshop.org – a wonderful website supporting UK independent bookshops. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea – a fantastic tea company. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *My Writing* My second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is coming out summer 2024. Pre-order from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Pre-order from Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst/katie-lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst/dp/0241556112 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/9781405951883 Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-mysterious-atmospheric/dp/1405951885 Buy (US): bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Buy (Canada): bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/59432754-the-secrets-of-hartwood-hall *General Links* Patreon: patreon.com/katiejlumsden My website: http://www.katielumsden.co.uk Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: 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
Channel Update | Q&A, Patreon and 9 Years on Booktube
Books and Things 2024-06-06 | In which I announce a Q&A and a Patreon . . . The Q&A is open until the end of June. Please leave any questions in the comments. If you’d like to answer my survey, you can do so here: https://forms.gle/FvXtXMk6V9QBHhjG9 My Patreon is here: patreon.com/katiejlumsden There are two tiers: Tier 1: Friday Reads: $2/£2 a month; regular Friday Reads videos; choose my TBR Tier 2: Historical Fiction Book Club: $4/£3.50 a month; all the Friday Reads benefits, plus a monthly book club focused on historical fiction *Books Mentioned* June’s book club book: The Fraud, Zadie Smith: goodreads.com/book/show/66086834-the-fraud July’s book club book: A Lady’s Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin: goodreads.com/book/show/63018956-a-lady-s-guide-to-scandal August’s book club book: The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams: goodreads.com/book/show/61410172-the-bookbinder-of-jericho Note: it occurred to me as I was editing this video that it might be a bit short notice for people to get hold of The Fraud, so we could always start in July and move The Fraud to September. Daphne Du Maurier: goodreads.com/author/show/2001717.Daphne_du_Maurier Toni Morrison: goodreads.com/author/show/3534.Toni_Morrison *Videos Mentioned* My Booktube Journey Tag: youtube.com/watch?v=l02Qc6Ahkjw Serialisation: youtube.com/watch?v=tdQpQQJ1OQ8 The amazing series on how the Victorians read, from Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot youtube.com/watch?v=2EWo9HllmI0 youtube.com/watch?v=GIMRUZhKeys youtube.com/watch?v=lwTO5VzVII0 *Other Ways to Support My Channel* If you want to support me and my channel, to help me keep making regular content, there are a few different things you can do: 1. Watch my videos! Any views of my videos (especially if you don’t skip the ads) support me with ad revenue. 2. Give me a tip with SuperThanks – see the button to the right beneath the video. 3. Buy my novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, or take it out from the library – links below. 4. Buy something with one of my affiliate links. I am an affiliate for two different companies: -Bookshop.org – a wonderful website supporting UK independent bookshops. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea – a fantastic tea company. Anything you buy after navigating through my affiliate link helps support me: bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *My Writing* My second novel, The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, is coming out summer 2024. Pre-order from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Pre-order from Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/the-trouble-with-mrs-montgomery-hurst/katie-lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115 Pre-order from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst/dp/0241556112 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/9781405951883 Buy from Bookshop.org (UK, affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Buy from Amazon (UK): amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hartwood-Hall-mysterious-atmospheric/dp/1405951885 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: http://www.katielumsden.co.uk Twitter: twitter.com/katiejlumsden Instagram: 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