Victober 2024 Announcement Video

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Victober Discord Link:
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Prompts:
Kate: Read a book where religion is a component.
Marissa: Read a book that was published serially.
Katie: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way.
Ros: Experience Victorian Drama: Read, watch, or listen to a Victorian play.
Bonus Prompt: Read something written by Wilkie Collins or Arthur Conan Doyle in honor of ‪@jenniferbrooks‬ and ‪@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf‬
Our group read is The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The schedule is 3 chapters a day starting on October 1st and finishing on the 18th. Discussion will be happening on Discord.
Books recommended:
Parables of the Cross - Lilias Trotter
Kilvert's Diary - Francis Kilvert
Charlotte Mary Yonge titles: The Stokesley Secret, Dynevor Terrace, The Three Brides, Countess Kate, Chantry House, Heartsease, The Heir of Redclyffe
Trollope's Barchester Chronicles
The Vicar of Bullhampton - Anthony Trollope
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
Reuben Sachs - George Eliot
Adam Bede - George Eliot
Aurora Leigh - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Gaskell: Ruth, Cranford, Mary Barton, Sylvia's Lovers
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
In the Roar of the Sea - Sabine Baring Gould
The Perpetual Curate - Margaret Oliphant
The Cloister and the Hearth - Charles Reade
Fairy Books by Andrew Lang published in the Victorian era: Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Pink, Grey, and Violet
Dinah Craik Fairy Book
Fairy Tales of Ireland - Yeats

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

That intro music does it to me every time!! I am ready for this!!

[@michellehyland3675]

Me too Mitzi. Chills.

[@sandyokey7728]

Me also! I actually get teary eyed, in a good way, when I first hear it.🥺

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

Me too Mitzi!

[@katehowereads]

I LOVE getting to put it in Victober videos every year!

[@susanpuckett4521]

Me too Mitzi!! The pictures and the music... perfection! Gives me chills and makes me so happy and excited! Last year was my 1st year and I've been obsessed ever since!! ❤

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

Your Victober intro pictures always bring a happy glow m

[@katehowereads]

Ahh thank you, Ros!!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Yes exactly... some Kate is better than none. Still always praying for you!❤

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Penny!

[@davebonello1944]

(Melanie here) Even hearing your Victober music and intro got me so happy!!!! I have loved every one of your Victober videos so even if it is less than previous years, I will cherish every one you put out.

[@katehowereads]

Thanks so much!

[@katiejlumsden]

Hugely excited for Victober 🥳

[@katehowereads]

It's gonna be a great one!

[@YourTrueShelf]

It's lovely to see the bonus prompts for Alice and Jennifer. I will be reading Sherlock Holmes, and Jo Smith and I are reading 3 men in a boat together. I may also pick up Barnaby Rudge. I think it should be very much encouraged to only give what we can, rather than make ourselves suffer or become unwell due to the pressure we put on ourselves x

[@michaelmccarty]

Yay -- looking forward to it! I will be reading my first Wilkie Collins this year (The Woman in White). I'm sorry to hear about your health, Kate -- take good care!

[@janetsmith8566]

Will be praying for you, Kate!!!!!!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Oh my goodness! I just picked up The Doctor's Wife a few months ago for Victober! Perfect!

[@katehowereads]

That is perfect timing!

[@melissahouse1296]

Thank you so much for your efforts Kate (totally understand chronic fatigue type illnesses). I will watch & enjoy whatever you manage to record! 💙

[@NadaOQ96]

Watching your Victober intro always adds ten years to my lifespan ❤❤ Rest well, take very good care of yourself, and just enjoy the Victober season however it comes 🙏🏻💜 P.S. I wheezed when I found out that there's another book on your bleep list besides the-other-book-that-shall-not-be-named 🤣🤣

[@katehowereads]

Nada, this comment is my favorite 😍 Thank you for your kind words!

[@josmith5992]

I’ll take whatever amount of Kate we get! Feel free to just put your intro music on a loop for a video idea, that would be fab! 😉 Love the idea of the bonus prompts for Jennifer and Alice who are so very missed. Happy Victober!

[@elizabethbrink3761]

Haha, that's such a brilliant idea!

[@katehowereads]

😂 That would get us even more hyped for Victober!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Ahhhh that intro music🎉🎉🎉🎉❤ Beeeppp, beeeppp😂😂😂😂 As usual, you make me want to read EVERYTHING all at the same time!!😂

[@michellehyland3675]

😂😂

[@tillysshelf]

Glad to see you back for Victober. Any amount of hosting is wonderful, wishing you all the best for the start of the school year. Religion is such a fascinating topic to delve into in Victorian books!

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Tilly! Yes, I'm hoping it will provide some interesting avenues for readers.

[@takingteawithcatherine]

The best morning! I need to make the theme song my alarm.

[@FreyaBelle965]

Thank you so much for your honesty, Kate. It is so refreshing. If this is the only video you are able to provide, it is MORE THAN ENOUGH! I will continue to pray over you and the booktube community as we all become real. Real and honest is good. I am slowly learning. You blessed me so richly today. God bless you and your precious family! ❤

[@fortheloveofclassics03]

So very happy to see your lovely face again, Kate! I am so sorry to hear that your struggles with your health have intensified. May the Lord bring relief and healing and new resources to help. So grateful for even just this presence of yours as part of Victober. Blessings and hugs to you and may you have a wonderful school year also! ❤️

[@katehowereads]

Thank you for your kind words! 💜

[@lifesbanquet4501]

Wonderful to see you back in time for Victober!

[@SharonReads]

So many books to pick from! I'm so glad you were able to film this. Praying for your healing!

[@katehowereads]

@@SharonReads It was so fun to have a video to put up. Thank you, Sharon!

[@royreadsanything]

Awesome, great suggestions- I've put some Yonge on my pile

[@summitsp]

How wonderful to hear you mention Lilias Trotter!! I've enjoyed (and gifted) several of her reproduced works.

[@katehowereads]

@@summitsp I'm excited to learn more about her!

[@msrichardsreads]

This announcement made my day! It was nice to see you, and I am so excited for Victober this year! ❤❤❤

[@amyodell7157]

Missed you on here! Glad to see you again! 🙌🏻

[@MicahHarris-k9m]

I'm a former British Lit instructor and I salute you and the other ladies for Victober! It's a wonderful concept and I like the flexibility you allow which will encourage the opening of the door into Victorian literature for those folks who are, understandably, hesitant. I made a list of works you recommend above which sound wonderful. For your religious prompt, I would add "Dracula." Steeped in Catholic doctrine, its events are set in a Christian metaphysics of evil as a perverse version of good. Dracula is a counterfeit Christ who offers his followers a form of eternal life, bodily resurrection (after 3 days!), takes his bride from the sleeping groom's side, and even has his own John the Baptist! But like any counterfeit, when the real Christ is evoked, he loses all power. I pray for your healing and hope to see you during Victober.

[@biskit96]

It’s so nice to see you again. I will read The Doctor’s Wife and a Wilkie Collins’ book in honour of Jenny. And maybe The Vicar of Bullhampton as well. I’m just reading too many nonfictions.

[@katehowereads]

Thank you! I hope you thoroughly enjoy your choices!

[@susanbolster]

So happy to see you again Kate! You were missed!

[@miriamelizabethreads]

So many amazing recommendations! I read both Heir of Redclyffe and Dynevor Terrace this summer and adored them!! Can’t wait to read more CMY. She’s definitely a new favourite Victorian writer!!

[@katehowereads]

I'm absolutely over the moon that you have joined the CMY fandom!

[@kathleencraine7335]

So thrilled to hear that wonderful Victober intro and to experience your great love of Victorian literature. Definitely this is the year that The Heir of Redclyffe will be on my Victober TBR. Thank you for this video--I know it took so much energy. Hope the boys are doing well. Take care of yourself first; we're all thinking of you. OH! Two more Gaskells--The Poor Clare has religious content and North & South is filled with religious discussion (thinking of Mr Hale's struggles; Bessie Higgins' faith and her father's scepticism; Margaret's struggle with her "lie"; and her return visit to Helstone & the new clergyman there.)

[@a.g.2790]

I love your prompt Kate & agree because religion was huge in the Victorian era!! Happy Victober!! 🎉 ❤ 😊

[@katehowereads]

@@a.g.2790 Thank you! I hope it's a wonderful Victober for you!

[@teriseeley6286]

This was a wonderful intro to Victober Kate! I enjoyed every minute of it. As others have mentioned the music definitely sets the mood. The description of your book recommendations is really helpful too! Looking forward to a fun Victober! 📚🍁

[@katehowereads]

@@teriseeley6286 Thank you, Teri! I am looking forward to celebrating Victober with you!

[@HannahsBooks]

Sending you love, Kate. I’m so glad you are participating in Victober this year! I have to decide between George Eliot and Anthony Trollope for your prompt. So many tempting books!

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Hannah! I can't wait to see what reading you get up to!

[@dianameister475]

So happy to see you again! Loved the ideas - this Victober will be reading some of the George Eliot on my shelf. Take care my friend who originally Introduced me to Booktube

[@capturedbyannamarie]

I am so excited! I love victober so much!❤ I am definitely reading George Macdonald’s Princess and the Goblin, some Sherlock Holmes, and either Silvia’s Lovers or Mary Barton, and maybe The Woman in White. I am so sorry you are not feeling well. Praying for you. I am so glad you decided to participate some. Some is better than none.

[@katehowereads]

That sounds like some lovely variety you have picked out! I hope you love whatever you read. Thank you for the well wishes!

[@celiamergen2091]

This will be the first victober where I'm not in college! Can't wait to actually participate!!!!!

[@katehowereads]

@@celiamergen2091 I'm so excited for you! Please tell me what you up settling on for your tbr!

[@darrylfriesen]

Kate, it’s just wonderful to see this new video from you, in celebration and anticipation of Victober!! I’m thrilled about your choice of prompt!! Thanks to you and Catherine!!

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Darryl! Here's to our best Victober yet!

[@darrylfriesen]

@@katehowereads 😊💯

[@emilyk.michael5961]

Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! I loved Jane Eyre. I taught it with my 10th graders last year, and we had so much fun!

[@katehowereads]

@@emilyk.michael5961 I bet it was an absolute blast! It is still shocking readers over a hundred years later and I love that so much.

[@an.intentional.reader]

So nice to see you here, Kate. 💜

[@katehowereads]

@@an.intentional.reader It's lovely to be back!

[@jamiedianne6778]

I’m just so to have a video from you despite your health problems! No pressure at all, we have so many amazing past Victober videos you did through the years that we can rewatch! In fact I just rewatched you and your husband discussing Middlemarch the other day and it definitely made me want to do a re-read this year. I’ve been in a Bronte vortex pretty much since the end of Jane Austen July so I’m definitely ready for Victober. 😂

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Jamie! That makes me so happy that our Middlemarch discussion was recently enjoyed. Haha, the Bronte vortex sounds wild and wonderful!

[@meghanthestorygirl4581]

It's so good to see your face, Kate! I'm sorry your health has been so bad. That sounds incredibly hard. I'm glad you're hosting, but not putting pressure on yourself. You've made so much glorious Victober content over the years, and now I hope you can rest and enjoy other people's content, even though I imagine your dying to make more ❤️ I hope this Victober is still a lot of fun for you and that it fills your soul!

[@theredheadisreading2251]

I bought Kilvert’s Diary when you first recommended it so I’m going to make that my Victober read! Glad to see you again, Kate! ❤

[@katehowereads]

Yay!! I hope you enjoy it!

[@robinkirk1821]

The Victober announcement video is always so exciting! 😍 I am definitely planning on reading Dracula this year. Other possibilities will be Mary Barton and Agnes Grey.

[@katehowereads]

@@robinkirk1821 All wonderful options! Dracula is such a treat for this time of year.

[@MyGrannyEra]

Oh so many good recommendations --- I can't wait!! We are starting school tomorrow, too. I hope you have a wonderful year and that your health improves tremendously! 🥰

[@katehowereads]

@@MyGrannyEra Thanks so much!

[@juliae.8237]

Yay Victober 🎉❤. So happy to see you again. Sorry your health is a bit poor still. I think of you often and I keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I hope to see more videos during Victober, but understand that this season in life has many demands. Be well.

[@jensreadinglife]

I broke into a smile when your face popped up in my feed! I’m so happy you are still co-hosting Victober in whatever way works for you. I’m so sorry you are still struggling with your health so much. I hope this season ends soon for you and that you can start finding some relief! I am very excited to be participating in Victober again and for the first time as a booktuber! I will probably read 2 or 3 books. For sure The Woman in White which we are reading for the Cozy Reader Book Club. And hopefully Deerbrook as well which you raved about awhile back and so I bought myself a copy. A lovely video as always, Kate! I will look forward to whatever content you can produce for Victober. 😊

[@katehowereads]

@@jensreadinglife 😃 Thank you, Jen! I appreciate the well wishes very much. It is so fun that you are participating as a booktuber now! Love that you have cozy and creepy covered with those two wonderful books. I hope you love them both!

[@marianapgar4409]

So nice to see you! I have missed you.

[@elizabethbrink3761]

Yay Kate!!! I cannot wait for the play reading! Totally a highlight of my 2023 Victober too!

[@katehowereads]

It's going to be a roaring good time!

[@a.g.2790]

I just finished reading Anthony Trollope's Miss Mackenzie which is full of religion & a wolf in sheep's clothing. Such a hateful character. 😂 This was a GREAT read so I recommend to anyone looking for a book to read for the your prompt Katie. I love Anthony Trollope and I will remember Miss Mackenzie for a long time for being brave & standing up for herself. 🩷 Enjoy & Happy soon to be Victober! 🎉 🩷

[@katehowereads]

@@a.g.2790 I look forward to reading Miss Mackenzie at some point!

[@danieljette8007]

I love what you do. I will pray for your health.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

So excited to participate, and love, love your intro! It’s wonderful to see you! I was all set to go with Trollope and Gaskell, but now I may need to add some Collins and Doyle. ❤

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Celeste!! I hope it's your best Victober yet.

[@lisacox4984]

I'd been wondering about Victober and am glad to see this video.

[@katsnoveladventures1863]

Good to see you, Kate. Sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well. Sending positive vibes your way. I'm looking forward to participating in my 2nd Victober. I have Armadale on my 24 Books for 2024 list, so I'm thinking about reading it for Victober along with The Hound of the Baskervilles. If If I can get a copy through my library, I'll read this year's group read. I enjoyed last year's group read very much. It was a wonderful introduction to Anthony Trollope.

[@katehowereads]

@@katsnoveladventures1863 Thank you, Kate! Oooh! You've got some wonderful autumnal atmosphere with those books!

[@MilenaReads]

So glad to see you back! I think I’ll read The Scarlet Letter for this prompt.

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Milena! I hope it's a wonderful Victober for you!

[@EXOmakemeHorololo]

🙏Praying you will feel better and regain energy. And be able to enjoy Victober

[@katehowereads]

Thank you! That is so kind!

[@radiantchristina]

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ! For the last few years i've participated quietly offline but still religiously participate and so look forward to Victober every year.

[@katehowereads]

@@radiantchristina Hi Christina!! 🙋‍♀️ What are your top priority books this year?

[@radiantchristina]

@@katehowereads I've been browsing my bookshelves since the announcement videos and have given it some thought. I've really been enjoying slow reading this year, so I'll have a very small TBR - a reread of Adam Bede and a new to me read - The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins. I'll also be reading Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional daily. Plus, will be enjoying my annual Victober tea - Harney and Sons Victorian London Fog Tea and making a recipe from my Dinner with Dickens cookbook and of course listen to lots of Victorian ambiance videos on KZbin while I work. Not related to any of the prompts, but bonus for me - I have a preorder of a new release - Victorian Christmas by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley - I'll be dipping into that end of month to give me some ideas for Christmas 🎄

[@katehowereads]

@@radiantchristina Christina, this sounds like the loveliest cozy plan! I love that you are keeping your tbr so simple and then you can have more time to savor. I still would love it if you would start a substack so I could follow your Victober celebrating!

[@LizziebelleXOX]

Wow Kate, I was so excited to see this video from you. I managed to get a copy of the Heir of Redclyffe after your wonderful recommendation. I think it will be perfect for victober 💕📚

[@katehowereads]

Oooh! So excited you found a physical copy!

[@HSOffice-op4cp]

Welcome back Kate. Missed you and your videos. Looking forward to Victober.

[@Euterpe1952]

Kate Howe spoke with #CharlotteMYonge Fellowship members Clemence and Julia last year. Love your #CharlotteMYonge suggestions! She is the ideal author for your challenge. Just one more suggestion - the family saga, The Daisy Chain.

[@lisabailes1065]

It’s so lovely to see you!! ❤❤❤ The Doctor’s Wife is one I have wanted to read for awhile. Lilias Trotter has beautiful art and writing - I’m so glad you are recommending her! And lastly I am so so sorry to hear about Alice’s death - she was so charming and sweet. I know she will be missed.

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Lisa! I am so excited to learn more about Lilias Trotter. Did you know there was a documentary made about her?

[@lisabailes1065]

@@katehowereads I have not seen the documentary but I would love to. I learned about her many years ago from Elisabeth Elliot who greatly admired her.

[@katehowereads]

@@lisabailes1065 I saw that! So cool she was admired by Elisabeth.

[@sashahawkins]

the intro music yesss

[@MLLatUtube]

Thank you for all of the recommendations! I am really looking forward to Victober this year.

[@CharlesHeathcote]

I look forward to seeing whate'er you're able to upload for Victober. Many thanks for sharing some recommendations of titles.

[@katehowereads]

@@CharlesHeathcote Thank you, Charlie!

[@barbarahelgaker390]

So good to hear that theme and pictures! I am sure everyone who follows you wants the best for you and if ypur energy levels are low - relax! We can look back at all those previous videos you have given us - take care!

[@jacksontalley]

I’m struggling with this prompt! So many Victorian novels include religion in some way but I really want to read something that is strongly focused on religion. Your suggestions are great!

[@betinaceciliafeld9854]

I'm so happy to see you back! I've been thinking on you these last few weeks but I didn't want to be weird leaving you a "how are you doing?" comment on one of your videos. Whatever content you feel like to film and post will be very much welcomed and enjoyed 😃 I'll be reading Linda Tressel by Trollope for your challenge 🤗 Take care!

[@amyofhearthridge]

Sylvia’s Lovers is my main choice! 🥰♥️

[@kamicastillo1451]

I am soooo happy to see you!! You were definitely missed. I am looking forward to Victober and it would not be the same without you. 😊

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Kami!!

[@Marta-pl297]

Victober is back, once again! The prompts are so interesting, I can't wait to start working on my TBR!

[@denisadellinger]

My favorite time of the year! When I saw your video for Victober I hastily clicked on it. I love your intros. New Pics! I just read all the Barchester Cronicles books. So I am all set for that theme. I will probably read the Doctors Wife. I don't know about the rest. I'm sorry you've had a bad health year. I have too. Right now I am suffering from Bursitis in my legs and hips. I cannot walk. It's been two months and not better. I also have Liver disease and two autoimmune diseases to go along with it. So I can relate, but I am older than you. I'm so excited about Victober! So glad you are back. Take care of yourself.

[@lisacox4984]

I've got my list. I'm not sure how I'll get everything read; my reading time has gotten cut down, but I'm usually up late so that will be a good time to read: Religion - The Warden by Anthony Trollope Serial Publication - Our Mutual Friend Form - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Victorian drama - a play by Robert Browning...not sure which one yet Bonus prompts - Wilkie Collins--The Woman in White... and Arthur Conan Doyle -The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Group read: The Doctor's Wife Have y'all ever thought of reading a bio of a Victorian author for Victober? I wrote my diss on Charlotte Brontë and there are several good bios of her, beginning with Elizabeth Gaskell's and including Winifred Guerin's, Juliet Barker's, Rebecca Fraser's and Lyndall Gordon's. Mrs. Gaskell's might be the most appropriate for Victober, though, as it was published in 1857 and includes a lot of Charlotte Brontë's letters (I'd like to go all witch of Endor and call up Mary Taylor and holler at her for getting rid of Charlotte's letters to her...apparently she got rid of most/all of them! There are hints that those contained more of what Charlotte really thought about the culture they lived in, tho' her novels give a good insight too, particularly Shirley).

[@reader4532]

Victober!!! The possibilities you offer for your prompt are so appealing. I believe I will try to read Vicar of Bullhampton and Daniel Deronda. And I will reread Govlin Market, that is such a favorite! I hope the start of school goes well for you and the boys. Take good care.

[@sandyokey7728]

I am delighted to see you!! I’ve been thinking of Victober since Jane Austen July ended. And your intro to Victober videos is my all time favorite, nothing will ever top my love for it. I’m participating of course and will definitely be reading a Collins and Doyle for Jennifer and Alice.❤️

[@lorenreads]

So happy to see you post on booktube again, Kate. I love Victober and look forward to putting my TBR together! Praying your health will improve and that you feel better soon. ❤

[@katehowereads]

Thanks so much! I hope you love whatever you read!

[@jf8559]

Great to see you, Kate! You have been missed and I hope you find relief from the different things you are trying related to your health. Very excited for Victober! Thank you for the terrific suggestions for your prompt. I think I will give Adam Bede a try. And will absolutely be reading The Woman in White and Sherlock to honour Jennifer Brooks and Alice❤️📚

[@laurafisherreads]

Lovely to see you Kate!

[@cozycottagechapters]

Glad to see you're back! The Heir of Redclyffe sounds amazing! Hope you get feeling better 🥰

[@amandalavelle2638]

I’m so sorry that you’ve been having such a rough time with your health- it’s something I can certainly relate to and I’ve been very out of the loop with Booktube this year as I’ve prioritised my health and caring for my special needs boys. It’s just how life goes sometimes isn’t it! I hope that it just makes Victober even more special for us as we make a big effort to participate and enjoy definitely the most wonderful time of the year xx Ps have you heard of George Mueller? If not he was a Victorian gentleman who ran some orphanages in Bristol and he was a deeply religious man. There’s an autobiography by him and I do believe a lot of his journals and other essays/ writings on faith are still in print. I hasten to say I’ve not yet read any of his works- I’ve just found out about him and what an inspiring person he was, but I do have his autobiography and I was planning on reading that for Victober so that will fit your prompt very nicely xx

[@katehowereads]

@@amandalavelle2638 Oh Amanda, I so wish I could give you a hug and we could share a cup of tea together and talk about all the reasons we love Victorian Literature and what a respite it is from life's troubles. I hope you are able to savor some great books during Victober! I have heard of George Mueller but didn't even think about seeing if he had written anything. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

I wasn't sure what I'd do for your prompt, but I just remembered that I bought Kilvert's Diary last year and never read it! Time to overstock my TBR list.

[@ManorClassics]

So glad you are still a host Kate! I'm sorry about your health, as someone who also has chronic health problems that are worse right now I really understand the struggle. Hope you find some relief soon. Take care! Don't worry about posting, it's just nice to have whatever you can give us.

[@katehowereads]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate how gracious everyone is!

[@jodihowe7274]

It is such a blessing to see you again and your introduction is one of my very best favorites, during Victober!! I remember how much you loved The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope, so that is probably my pick. Thank you so much Kate, be kind to yourself, you are loved.

[@katehowereads]

Jodi, you are such a kind soul! Thank you for your lovely words. I absolutely can't wait to hear what you think of the Vicar of Bullhampton!

[@ashgarstin4307]

Some of your presence will always be better than none! I really hope to get to Husband and Wife this Victober and maybe Kilvert's diary.

[@AJBell-dh6ry]

Your channel is terrific. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable, when it comes to English literature. But you always bring up books I've never heard of, and I must go seek out!

[@Pinksheepherding]

So excited to see your video. Thank you for all you do! You’re in my prayers. 🙏

[@novellenovels]

So excited by victober already and have chosen quite a few books from looking at all the announcements. Alice would love that you have included her in this thank you 💔🥰

[@kimswhims8435]

This might be the Victober for me to finally read Cranford and maybe a reread of Jane Eyre

[@katehowereads]

@@kimswhims8435 Cranford is a slow burner but such a delight!

[@DebMcDonald]

I was convinced you would come back for Victober! Missed you but understand you conserving energy for the most important things. God bless you.

[@katehowereads]

I just couldn't miss out on this very special event!

[@katiewilliams5674]

Oh happy day! 🎉

[@katehowereads]

Wonderful wonderful day!

[@danacharland1680]

It's wonderful to see you! I missed you and will pray for you, Kate.

[@katehowereads]

Thank you so much!

[@julie-bh1pj]

Kate - I missed your great posts. So glad that you are back for Victober. You are looking so rested and lovely, by the way.

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Julie! It was so fun putting a video up.

[@dianesellepedrosa1876]

I still think often of Janelle

[@amyofhearthridge]

Lilias Trotter ♥️♥️♥️

[@marenlatham4349]

I love your Victober Intro! I am so happy too see you back and I am so getting in the mood for Victober. So sad to hear about your health. Don't you worry about a thing. Only post if you can. Your boys and your health come first. We all understand!! xoxox

[@indialavoyce95]

So excited about Charley’s Aunt 🎭📖& Victober 2024🎉

[@katehowereads]

I can't wait to read it!

[@Candycekampie]

It is wonderful to see you! Victober is sure to be wonderful! Get ready, get set…

[@katehowereads]

Thank you, Candyce!

[@morghanpickens2088]

Ahhhh! So so excited! I got giddy as soon as I heard the intro music 😍

[@katehowereads]

@@morghanpickens2088 I can't wait to hear about your Victober plans!

[@Movingthebookmark]

So EXCITED!!

[@katehowereads]

@@Movingthebookmark SAME!! What is your top priority book?

[@Movingthebookmark]

@@katehowereads I think it's going to be The Woman in White! This will be a re-read, haven't read it in 13 years! I remember almost nothing. Will be thinking of Jennifer ❣️

[@katehowereads]

@@Movingthebookmark ooooh! So lovely you are treating yourself to a reread! It really is perfect for this time of year.

[@TheWeepingBookworm]

Thank you for this video. It’s much appreciated. Wishing you the best.

[@melissarebecca8]

I read Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and really enjoyed it, so it looks like I might have to read The Doctor's Wife next! (I have read Dombey and Son, so I'm safe.)

[@katehowereads]

Excellent! It is such a wonderful book.

[@32mybelle]

I hope you get feeling well soon!

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

I have been wanting to read The Doctor's Wife ever since you mentioned it in your Victorian Literary Medecine Cabinet. So excited it got picked for the group read! Victober reading starts today for me. I will only hold off on wearing Victober sweatshirt until October 😂

[@katehowereads]

So excited to hear what you think of The Doctor's Wife! I can NOT wait to don my Victober sweatshirt!

[@sm-k5513]

Dear Kate, Even if this will be your only contribution to Victober this year, it was a very informative and enjoyable introduction! Look after yourself and don't overdo it. We will understand! ❤

[@katehowereads]

Thank you for your kind words! 💜