Victober 2017 TBR

Reader, I’m joining #Victober 2017.

How could I possibly resist a readathon that combines three of my favorite things: Booktube, Victorian literature, and the month of October?!

Victober is a monthlong readathon hosted by the lovely booktubers: Kate Howe, Ange from Beyond the Pages, Katie from Books and Things, and Lucy the Reader.

The goal is to read and enjoy Victorian literature* during the month of October, and to complete as many of these challenges as you wish:

Challenge 1: Read a Victorian book by a Scottish, Irish, or Welsh Author

Challenge 2: Read a Victorian book that someone recommended to you.

Challenge 3: Read a Victorian book or short story with supernatural elements in it.

Challenge 4: Read a lesser known Victorian book (Books with under 12,000 ratings on Goodreads.)

Challenge 5: Read a Victorian book by a female author.

*Victorian Literature is typically defined as literature written in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)

Watching everyone’s Victober TBR videos is making me really crave big, chunky Victorian tomes. I can’t wait to dive into some of these great reads…

My Victober TBR:

-Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Victober Challenges: 5

Other Challenges: R.IP., Classics Club

–The Lifted Veil by George Eliot

Victober Challenges: 3, 4, 5

Other Challenges: R.I.P.

–Miss Marjoribanks by Mrs. Oliphant

Victober Challenges: 1, 2, 4, 5 (Also the group read-along book)

Realistically, I’ll be lucky to complete this small TBR on top of all the other reading I want to accomplish this month. If for some reason I have some extra reading time (Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is right around the corner after all), here are some additional Victorian novels I’d love to pick up soon: