Victober 2024 | Announcement and Recommendations

#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.)

*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

*The Group Read*

Reading from 1 October to 18 October
2 chapters a day every day, except for 18 October, where we read 3 chapters

*Books Mentioned*



Wilkie Collins:

Arthur Conan Doyle:

*My Novels*

_The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_

_The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_

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*General Links*

[HannahsBooks]

These Victober announcement videos are my most anticipated videos of the year! Now is the time for me to balance two things: be inspired to read books I hadn’t thought to pick up, and fit books I already want to read into the prompts. So exciting!

[melodyflurry]

I’m so happy that you all chose to remember Jennifer and Alice for Victober. ❤ As always, looking forward to all the videos and discussions and of course the reading!

[juliequick]

Super way to celebrate the lives of Jenny and Alice and to honour their contribution to BokkTube! Until i watched your video I wasn’t really feeling thrilled for Victober, but that has totally changed now. Thank you!

[charlottemolloy]

The prompts to remember Alice and Jennifer are so appropriate and touching. Thank you to all the hosts! Looking forward to Victober this year!

[GemofBooks]

Alice would be so delighted to be included in Victober, she adored this Readathon and indeed Sherlock Holmes. Thank you for always being so thoughtful Katie.

Serendipitously I bought The Time Machine just last week, so I will be reading that for your prompt 😊

[alexsbooklife]

I'm so glad you do this challenge every year and this year's prompts are great. :)

October's always a hectic month for me and I so often say I'm going to take part in Victober and then go missing in action before I can get to whatever book I said I was going to read but this year, this year it's going to be different. I've got a pile of possibilities firmly stacked up by my bed and I am definitely going to get to at least one of them this year no matter what!

[joelharris]

Thanks for reminding us how far back playing with literary form goes, and more so, just how remarkably constant the human creative mind has been throughout the ages 😁

[LuminousLibro]

I’m going to be reading some George Macdonald this Victober! Looking forward to hearing about everyone’s reading!

[jaimetonn]

So excited for another Victober!! I love your challenge and have so many ideas for my TBR! Thank you so much for all you do! ❤️

[graciecrossing]

Jenny has been on my mind a lot lately, and I’m so glad to see you honoring her this Victober ❤

[bellathereader]

Yes, nine years of Victober! It’s part of my yearly traditions and I appreciate the work of the group that hosts this event📚❤️

[takingteawithcatherine]

I am so happy to be overwhelmed for choices!

[novellenovels]

I will order the group book and obviously ones for the group challenge. Alice would love that you included her and I will definitely be reading the shurlock Holmes short story

[hasteyebooks]

Yay for Victober! Fascinating theme, Katie! I was planning to read The Tenants of Wildfell Hall so fab that it fits the theme 😆 but might squeeze in some Gaskell as I always love to read some of her new-to-me stories each year!

[spreadbookjoy]

So happy to see this announcement! And so pleased that you are honouring Alice and Jennifer with the group challenge - I was actually planning to read Sherlock in Alice’s honour. Love the other challenges. The Beetle sounds great. Your video plans sound very exciting!

[LanaCelebic]

Yaaay, my favourite readathon is coming soon!🎉
I love the challenges this year. It's wonderful that you decided to honour Alice and Jennifer, I loved both their channels and it was truly a sad year for BookTube. I'll definitely pick up either A Study in Scarlet by Doyle and/or The Moonstone by Collins.

[tillysshelf]

I love that Victober comes back year after year with great prompts every time and always so much enthusiasm and so much more to discover. Looking forward to participating however much I can.

[lizdorrington]

Hi from Australia Katie! I would like to attempt Victober this year, it will be my first time. Thank you for all the reccomedations. ❤

[CharlesHeathcote]

I always look forward to these Victober announcement videos, and seeing what prompts fit books on my shelves - although I think it's just a load of Trollope at the moment. I'll figure something out.

That prompt is a great way to remember Alice and Jennifer.

[DebMcDonald]

I squealed when I saw the videos pop up. I read Victorian books every month but Victober feels like a party 🥳! What a wonderful idea to honour Jennifer and Alice. I miss them. I love Sherlock Holmes and Wilkie Collins, but I found out about The Beetle on Jennifer’s channel so will re-read it. It’s pure sensationalistic trash and I loved it. Now for the whirlwind of thoughts on my TBR.