Victorian October Announcement and TBR

In which I am very excited about Victorian October…

--Challenges--

Yamini’s challenge: read a Victorian gothic novel
Agne’s challenge: read a Victorian book by a female author
Alysia: read a Victorian novel where a plot is afoot
Kate’s challenge: read a Victorian novel within a week
My challenge: read a Victorian book that is not a novel

--Booktubers and videos mentioned--

Victorian October hosts:
Agne (Beyond the Pages):    / @beyondthepages19  
Alysia (exlibris):    / @exlibris-fromthebooks  
Yamini (TheSkepticalReader):    / Канал  
Kate Howe:    / @katehowereads  

Carolyn, BBCgirl520:    / @carolynsreadingramblings  
Jen Campbell:    / @jenvcampbell  

My How to Speak Victorian series:    • How to Speak Victorian - The Victoria...  
How to Speak Victorian: The Poets:    • How to Speak Victorian - The Poets, P...  

--Books and authors mentioned--

Mrs Warren’s Profession, George Bernard Shaw:   / 795387.mrs_warren_s_profession  

Widowers' Houses, George Bernard Shaw   / widowers-houses  

Arms and The Man, George Bernard Shaw:   / 383018.arms_and_the_man  

Candida, George Bernard Shaw:   / 418373.candida  

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde:   / 92303.the_importance_of_being_earnest  

Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde:   / 122649.lady_windermere_s_fan  

A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde:   / 122648.a_woman_of_no_importance  

Christina Rossetti:   / 143178.christina_rossetti  

Edward Lear:   / 142.edward_lear  

Gerard Manly Hopkins:   / 195780.gerard_manley_hopkins  

Emily Brontë:   / 4191.emily_bront_  

Anne Brontë:   / 8249.anne_bront_  

Charlotte Brontë:   / 1036615.charlotte_bront_  

Cassandra, Florence Nightingale: http://www.ecoflourish.com/Inspiratio...

The Soul of Man Under Socialism, Oscar Wilde: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1017/1...

Of Queens Gardens John Ruskin: http://www.bartleby.com/28/7.html

The Uncommercial Traveller, Charles Dickens:   / 1931757.the_uncommercial_traveller  

Night Walks, Charles Darwin:   / night-walks  

It was snowing Butterflies, Charles Darwin:   / it-was-snowing-butterflies  

Ruth, Elizabeth Gaskell:   / 338807.ruth  

The Half Sisters, Geraldine Jewsbury:   / 1458574.the_half_sisters  

Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon:   / 588747.lady_audley_s_secret  

The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins:   / 6138.the_moonstone  

Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu:   / 48037.carmilla  

The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy: Modern Love, George Meredith

The Uncommercial Traveller, Charles Dickens:   / 1931757.the_uncommercial_traveller  

It was snowing Butterflies, Charles Darwin:   / it-was-snowing-butterflies  

Mrs Warren’s Profession, George Bernard Shaw:   / 795387.mrs_warren_s_profession  

The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell:   / 31171.the_life_of_charlotte_bront_  

Modern Love, George Meredith:   / 729553.modern_love  

The Wessex Tales, Thomas Hardy:   / 135746.wessex_tales  

Framley Parsonage, Anthony Trollope:   / 267102.framley_parsonage  

The Island of Dr. Moreau, H. G. Wells:   / 29981.the_island_of_dr_moreau  

New Grub Street, George Gissing:   / 782519.new_grub_street  

--General links--

My blog: http://justbooksandthings.blogspot.co.uk
Facebook:   / justbooksandthings  
Twitter:   / katiejlumsden  
Instragram:   / katiejlumsden  
Goodreads:   / katie-lumsden  
NaNoWriMo: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/kat...
My Foyles Affiliate link: http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmi...
Email: [email protected]