‘’Twas the first night of Victober and all through the house the only creatures stirring are my dog, myself, and a mouse 🥴. Happy Victober, everyone💖📚☕️
I recommend Helen's Babies . An unmarried uncle takes care of his two young (not babies) nephews in their English country home. the children mean well, but need structure and a lot of attention that the uncle doesn't know to provide. So chaos and hilarity . When the uncle tries to court a neighbor lady, the children get involved unknowingly and hilarious misunderstandings happen. This is the book Betsy Ray read while Carnie and Bonnie sewed, knitted, tatted at Carnie's house in Heaven to Betsy. (And we who read the Betsy Tacy books know of Lady Audrey's Secret, lol)
Bravo to all the wonderful booktubers who took part in this unique project. Good job Kate for getting it all together. I love Vanity Fair, Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Half Sisters, The Ghost Story book already and look forward to reading some other new books, especially Olive. I finished The Mayor of Casterbridge, Janet's Repentance, The Canterville Ghost and other Short Stories, Esther Waters, Carmilla and a few Gothic Tales because, despite getting the shot, I contracted Covid and had 2 weeks in quartine to read in September. Again, great job!
Well that was a treat to kick off Victober with. There’s a couple of books I’ve never heard of, and some which I’ve had on my radar and feel inspired now to pick up. Happy to see Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell recommended- I really enjoyed it and think it’s definitely underrated compared with her other novels. Thank you everyone, Happy Victober xx
@@katehowereads thank you for having me. There’s not many events that would coax me out of the comments section to show my face, but Victober is most certainly worth it. It’s such a special month xx
@@amandalavelle2638 Hi, Amanda, just wanted to tell you that your review was great! You should come on screen more. Definitely going to check out The Grand Babylon Hotel. Happy Victober.
@@amandalavelle2638 Hi, Amanda! Thought I’d let you know that I LOVED The Grand Babylon Hotel. Thanks so much for the recommendation. Hope your Victober is going well.
I love these collaborative videos not just for the books but for all the new booktubers I find. So glad Amanda mentioned Arnold Bennett, I read his short story The Death of Simon Fuge last year and loved it but haven’t heard much about his novels.
Great fun! Thanks ladies! At first I thought this was going to be Thomas Hardy central - but then we got some other authors in there too LOL! I think I’m going to go out and find Ruth and the doctors wife! Happy vicTober! 💕💕
I’ve been meaning to try Arnold Bennett for a long time now. I have The Old Wives’ Tale and Anna of Five Towns on my shelves. I think they just moved up in my TBR. Thanks to Kate for putting this together and to all the lovely people that contributed. So many wonderful books to get to!
Amazing list 🤩 I now have more than enough Victorian things to read for the next 15 Victobers 🤣 At the Back of the North Wind. Yaaaasss Roz! Great stuff
What a wonderful video! Thank you so much for putting this together, Kate! There are so many Hardy books on this list that I haven’t even heard of (that I need to get my hands on ASAP).
What an absolute treat this video was, and what a great resource for Victober. I am still working my way through most of the popular Victorian titles but I am glad I have this for future reference. The only one I have read (The Tennant of Wildfell Hall) is one of my all time favourite books. I think the one I would add to this list is The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. Well done also for putting this together :)
This is great and I have so many ideas about books to look for for next victober.. Thanks so much for doing this and including so many great Booktubers 🎉🎉🎉🥰
Happy Victober. My underrated choice is Mrs. Oliphant's "Miss Majoribanks". It was quite a light and comic book. I thought of it as a Victorian version of "Emma". Not sure if one can consider any Dickens novel as underrated but "Dombey and Son" is as compelling as his other more well known novels.
I'm a bit late getting started on Victober, but this video is such a great resource! Thank you for all the hard work you've poured into it - such a lovely idea and a celebration of this wonderful reading community
Wow now I have so many more books I want to read! This was a great fun start to Victober and I loved seeing what everyone had to say… many Hardy books, I may have to start Hardy sometime. Anyway, I loved this. Thank you so much for letting me be part of this, Kate! Happy Victober! 🙂🍁📚🎃
Thank you for putting this together Kate. I finally got to the end of it as I had to keep stopping and noting things to read in the future. Also how lovely seeing all these booktubers in one video.
This is a brilliant start to Victober and I commend you for putting it together - some great titles (a few I have never heard of before) and some great Booktubers (again, some new channels to go and explore). I look forward to eventually getting to some of these, and think I really ought to get Mary Elizabeth Braddon on my shelves.
I rarely watch videos that are over 15 minutes long right to the end, but I watched all of this in one sitting which goes to show how much I loved it :D Great recommendations ladies!
Wow! Thank you for compiling this. My tbr went up about 5 books, I'm dying even more to read those already on my TBR, and I guess I'll be doing Victober all year round now.
I enjoyed this video so much. I’m always looking for underrated and even long lost Victorian authors and books to read. I have two stacks of very old Victorian books that belonged to my Grandparents and Great Grandparents who were born in the Victorian era (except my Grandma). The books are so old they don’t have ISBN numbers (when did that start?) nor are most on Goodreads. Most in the first stack are small books for Children.
This was a great collab video and I definitely got a few more books added to my TBR. Thanks, Kate, for putting this together and allowing me to join it. -Amy
I’m reading Ruth this Victober and after listening to the recommendation of it, I’m excited for it even more. 😊 I’m glad for many other recommendations too, thank you!
Also that gorgeous book of scary stories - I can’t remember the title LOL - sounded great. Can anyone explain though why E F Benson is never included in those collections? I believe he wrote tons of ghost stories before he ever wrote Mapp and Lucia. Any comments on that would be welcome. Thanks!
Fantastic video. Thanks, Kate, and all the contributors. It’s great to have so many recommendations … well, maybe not when you’re trying to restrict your TBR 😉. Enjoy Victober, everyone!
Hi Kate Grania and Under the Greenwood Tree are on my TBR. I'll be adding the following. Olive, Torn Sails, At the Back of the North Wind, The Hand of Ethel Birda and Windsor Castle. My underrated victorian book is Carmila.
@@katehowereads After looking at GR I decided against The Hand of Ethel Birda. Tomes are hard for me to get through but I added Olive, Torn Sails, At the Back of the North Wind Windsor Castle as well as Carmilla to my ever growing TBR
This was great Kate. Lots of new books and new channels here. A question does Amanda have a channel? Where can I find more of her videos? Thank you for putting this together.
A special hurrah for Under the Greenwood Tree, Vanity Fair, Harrison Ainsworth in general, and The Beetle. And, to be fairer than is my custom, if you're going to read Rider Haggard, that's the one to go for. :-) Thank you everybody.
I was inspired by a random comment somewhere on the internet to devote Victober to L.T. Meade. She wrote hundreds of books, and though I've only read about 17 of them, any secret misgivings I may have harbored have been politely but firmly dismissed. I find her much more fun, to read, and her style suits me much better than that of Mrs. Yonge, and the sainted Ms Edgewood. I'd extend Victober over into Victautumn if I didn't live in Victallthemonths.
‘’Twas the first night of Victober and all through the house the only creatures stirring are my dog, myself, and a mouse 🥴. Happy Victober, everyone💖📚☕️
I love this comment!
Thank you Kate❣️
This was brilliant and I've picked up so many recommendations from the other contributors. Thank you for organising this Kate! 😀
Thank you for participating!
This was such a lovely gentle video, with some great recommendations. Thank you to all who took part!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
I recommend Helen's Babies . An unmarried uncle takes care of his two young (not babies) nephews in their English country home. the children mean well, but need structure and a lot of attention that the uncle doesn't know to provide. So chaos and hilarity . When the uncle tries to court a neighbor lady, the children get involved unknowingly and hilarious misunderstandings happen. This is the book Betsy Ray read while Carnie and Bonnie sewed, knitted, tatted at Carnie's house in Heaven to Betsy. (And we who read the Betsy Tacy books know of Lady Audrey's Secret, lol)
I'm glad I found this video! UA-cam didn't deliver it to my feed. 😕 This was a great compilation. Thank you.
Bravo to all the wonderful booktubers who took part in this unique project. Good job Kate for getting it all together. I love Vanity Fair, Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Half Sisters, The Ghost Story book already and look forward to reading some other new books, especially Olive. I finished The Mayor of Casterbridge, Janet's Repentance, The Canterville Ghost and other Short Stories, Esther Waters, Carmilla and a few Gothic Tales because, despite getting the shot, I contracted Covid and had 2 weeks in quartine to read in September. Again, great job!
Well that was a treat to kick off Victober with. There’s a couple of books I’ve never heard of, and some which I’ve had on my radar and feel inspired now to pick up. Happy to see Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell recommended- I really enjoyed it and think it’s definitely underrated compared with her other novels. Thank you everyone, Happy Victober xx
Thank you for taking part, Amanda!
@@katehowereads thank you for having me. There’s not many events that would coax me out of the comments section to show my face, but Victober is most certainly worth it. It’s such a special month xx
@@amandalavelle2638 Hi, Amanda, just wanted to tell you that your review was great! You should come on screen more. Definitely going to check out The Grand Babylon Hotel. Happy Victober.
@@lynnstewart7034 thank you, that’s very kind. I really hope you enjoy the book- I’m feeling the pressure now 😁 xx
@@amandalavelle2638 Hi, Amanda! Thought I’d let you know that I LOVED The Grand Babylon Hotel. Thanks so much for the recommendation. Hope your Victober is going well.
Wonderful way to begin Victober. Thanks everyone!
Man, what a fantastic collection! This is making me wanna add a bunch of books to my 2022 list xD
I love these collaborative videos not just for the books but for all the new booktubers I find. So glad Amanda mentioned Arnold Bennett, I read his short story The Death of Simon Fuge last year and loved it but haven’t heard much about his novels.
Great fun! Thanks ladies! At first I thought this was going to be Thomas Hardy central - but then we got some other authors in there too LOL! I think I’m going to go out and find Ruth and the doctors wife! Happy vicTober! 💕💕
Happy Victober! There were definitely some in here that I want to read now!
I’ve been meaning to try Arnold Bennett for a long time now. I have The Old Wives’ Tale and Anna of Five Towns on my shelves. I think they just moved up in my TBR. Thanks to Kate for putting this together and to all the lovely people that contributed. So many wonderful books to get to!
Thank you for taking part!
Yay, I’d love to hear people talking more about Arnold Bennett’s work. Hope you enjoy 🤞🏻 xx
@@amandalavelle2638 Thank you!
Wonderful video!! 💗💗💗 Thanks for sharing all these amazing books. Can't wait to add a few to my own list. HAPPY Victober everyone!! 🥳
Thank you! Such unexpected gems waiting for us just around the corner! thanks again!
Amazing list 🤩 I now have more than enough Victorian things to read for the next 15 Victobers 🤣
At the Back of the North Wind. Yaaaasss Roz! Great stuff
Oh wonderful to hear someone else who has read it Christy.
What a wonderful video! Thank you so much for putting this together, Kate! There are so many Hardy books on this list that I haven’t even heard of (that I need to get my hands on ASAP).
Naomi is correct. Vanity Fair is Lit 🔥🔥
What an absolute treat this video was, and what a great resource for Victober. I am still working my way through most of the popular Victorian titles but I am glad I have this for future reference. The only one I have read (The Tennant of Wildfell Hall) is one of my all time favourite books. I think the one I would add to this list is The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. Well done also for putting this together :)
This is great and I have so many ideas about books to look for for next victober.. Thanks so much for doing this and including so many great Booktubers 🎉🎉🎉🥰
Happy Victober. My underrated choice is Mrs. Oliphant's "Miss Majoribanks". It was quite a light and comic book. I thought of it as a Victorian version of "Emma".
Not sure if one can consider any Dickens novel as underrated but "Dombey and Son" is as compelling as his other more well known novels.
I'm a bit late getting started on Victober, but this video is such a great resource! Thank you for all the hard work you've poured into it - such a lovely idea and a celebration of this wonderful reading community
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and thank you again for participating!
Wow now I have so many more books I want to read! This was a great fun start to Victober and I loved seeing what everyone had to say… many Hardy books, I may have to start Hardy sometime. Anyway, I loved this. Thank you so much for letting me be part of this, Kate! Happy Victober! 🙂🍁📚🎃
Thank you for participating, Alice!
Thanks to all who shared their recommendations. I'm adding many of these to my ever-growing tbr! Happy Victober!
Great idea, Kate, and thanks to all who contributed. SO many books to explore--kept my pen and paper busy!
Thank you for putting this together Kate. I finally got to the end of it as I had to keep stopping and noting things to read in the future. Also how lovely seeing all these booktubers in one video.
Thank you for participating! It really is lovely to do projects like this.
I love these videos! There was so much Hardy that I might have to try some now. Thank you for putting this together Kate! It was fun to participate!
Thank you for taking part!
This is a brilliant start to Victober and I commend you for putting it together - some great titles (a few I have never heard of before) and some great Booktubers (again, some new channels to go and explore). I look forward to eventually getting to some of these, and think I really ought to get Mary Elizabeth Braddon on my shelves.
If you enjoyed The Law and the Lady I think you'll definitely enjoy Mary Elizabeth Braddon!
What a great video idea! If only I had infinite time in Victober, I'd add so many of these titles to my tbr.
I rarely watch videos that are over 15 minutes long right to the end, but I watched all of this in one sitting which goes to show how much I loved it :D Great recommendations ladies!
Wow! Thank you for compiling this. My tbr went up about 5 books, I'm dying even more to read those already on my TBR, and I guess I'll be doing Victober all year round now.
The law and the lady sounds great
I enjoyed this video so much. I’m always looking for underrated and even long lost Victorian authors and books to read. I have two stacks of very old Victorian books that belonged to my Grandparents and Great Grandparents who were born in the Victorian era (except my Grandma). The books are so old they don’t have ISBN numbers (when did that start?) nor are most on Goodreads. Most in the first stack are small books for Children.
Now that was an hour well spent! 😄 Thank you for this wonderful video!
This was a great collab video and I definitely got a few more books added to my TBR. Thanks, Kate, for putting this together and allowing me to join it. -Amy
I’m reading Ruth this Victober and after listening to the recommendation of it, I’m excited for it even more. 😊
I’m glad for many other recommendations too, thank you!
Also that gorgeous book of scary stories - I can’t remember the title LOL - sounded great. Can anyone explain though why E F Benson is never included in those collections? I believe he wrote tons of ghost stories before he ever wrote Mapp and Lucia. Any comments on that would be welcome. Thanks!
This was wonderful, thank you!
Fantastic video. Thanks, Kate, and all the contributors. It’s great to have so many recommendations … well, maybe not when you’re trying to restrict your TBR 😉. Enjoy Victober, everyone!
There is a moment in the video were I was wondering: How many of these are going to be by Thomas Hardy? :D
Such a great video, by the way.
I am so excited to get started on some of these wonderful recommendations. Thank you for including me in this Victober collaboration.
Thank you for participating!
Awesome video, Kate! I so appreciate meeting all these Booktubers!!
Hi Kate Grania and Under the Greenwood Tree are on my TBR. I'll be adding the following. Olive, Torn Sails, At the Back of the North Wind, The Hand of Ethel Birda and Windsor Castle. My underrated victorian book is Carmila.
I hope you enjoy them all!
@@katehowereads After looking at GR I decided against The Hand of Ethel Birda. Tomes are hard for me to get through but I added Olive, Torn Sails, At the Back of the North Wind Windsor Castle as well as Carmilla to my ever growing TBR
Loved this - so many good suggestions! Thank you ladies!!
What an absolute treasure trove 🤗 Thanks to all of you for this!😍🙂
I love this video so much; what a way to kick of Victober 💕! (And make my list even longer 😄)
And a lovely way to find new booktubers with overlapping taste 😊
What a fantastic video! I loved hearing about so many wonderful Victorian books and have added 5 or 6 to my list!!
Thank you for taking part!
Now I want to read all of these! I absolutely love this, and thank you for including me! 💜
Thank you for participating!
This was great Kate. Lots of new books and new channels here. A question does Amanda have a channel? Where can I find more of her videos? Thank you for putting this together.
Fantastic! Thank you all for the wonderful insights and recommendations! 📚
So many great recommendations!
I enjoyed every minute of this! What a great compilation. I can't wait to dig into the reading.
One of those is The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker and The House and The Brain by Edward Bulwer Lytton.
Interesting how many mentions Thomas Hardy gets.
So many great choices to add to my ever expanding list, thank you ladies for the videos!
A special hurrah for Under the Greenwood Tree, Vanity Fair, Harrison Ainsworth in general, and The Beetle. And, to be fairer than is my custom, if you're going to read Rider Haggard, that's the one to go for. :-) Thank you everybody.
Not sure how Vanity Fair is an underrated novel - its has 123 414 ratings on Goodreads. It is wonderful though and highly recommended.
I'm reading the unabriged Treasure Island . I like it! And that surprises me because I don't like adventure genre. Long John Silver integres me.
Yay! I love Treasure Island!
I was inspired by a random comment somewhere on the internet to devote Victober to L.T. Meade. She wrote hundreds of books, and though I've only read about 17 of them, any secret misgivings I may have harbored have been politely but firmly dismissed. I find her much more fun, to read, and her style suits me much better than that of Mrs. Yonge, and the sainted Ms Edgewood. I'd extend Victober over into Victautumn if I didn't live in Victallthemonths.
*immediately goes to investigate L.T. Reade*
Do you know her full name? I'm having trouble finding her.
@@katehowereads L.T. Meade Please forgive me, I typed the wrong letter,
@@katehowereads Meade not Reade. I have covered my head with the garment of shame and scolded my wayward fingers well for their heedlessness.
@@katehowereads Her full name is Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith
Okay, but choosing Vanity Fair and Tenant of Widfell Hall are rather dubious choices for the category of 'lesser known'.