Victober + More plans, hopes, & unrealistic dreams

[@RaineyDayReads]

Poppy wants in on the Victober action! Maybe she can be our mascot. lol. I’m soooo excited for our buddy read!

[@novelideea]

Poppisita was busy until she got in trouble. If Montmorency isn't in the story this time, I'll let Popptart sub in 🤣

[@RaineyDayReads]

@@novelideea lol yeeeesss! She would be an excellent sub!

[@TheEclecticLibrary]

Aww Poppy loves Victober too!! She's so cute. Hope you have an excellent time with all of the buddy reads you've lined up! I really enjoyed Dorothy Wordsworth's journal when I read it last year. It's a very interesting glimpse into historical daily life

[@novelideea]

@@TheEclecticLibrary ohhh I just started it last night! I am loving the small moments so far💕

[@GemofBooks]

That is quite an ambitious TBR matey 😂😂 Hugs to beautiful Poppy 🧡

[@novelideea]

All my buddy reads / group reads would feel more overwhelming if they weren't all with the same person! 😂 Because I know she can't move on to reading more without me, I'm feeling more okay with it.🤣 I hope Lirael happens for us this month.

[@CandlewickLibrary]

Sounds like a good lineup for the month! Loved seeing your adorable dog.

[@novelideea]

@@CandlewickLibrary Usually she is either upset about the camera or she is just indifferent to it. The only time you’ll see her in videos is when she appears by accident.🤭 I’m very excited for October to begin ❣️

[@Tinasmovinglibrary]

A lot of good books in your September tbr! Can’t wait to hear about all these books!

[@novelideea]

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[@TheLibraryMouseGina]

So many good books - some that I have never heard of. I will have to check them out. IT sounds like you have a good October planned. :)

[@novelideea]

Thanks Gina, I hope it is a great month. Really hoping to find some new 'all time' favorites!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Great plans! I can't wait to be a fly on the wall for Kristin 🎉🎉🎉❤

[@novelideea]

[@Already-Overbooked]

Dickensland sounds so cool. I am excited to hear your thoughts

[@novelideea]

@@Already-Overbooked I haven’t begun yet, but I plan to soon!

[@Already-Overbooked]

@@novelideea if it's as good as the description I will need to read it as well

[@Coffee_and_a_Book]

Sounds like you've got a great October planned! I loved the story of Tess of the D'Urbervilles and I thought Mayor of Casterbridge was good, but I'm not a fan of Thomas Hardy's writing. I don't know if I'll have time to get to The Trumpet-Major or not, but we'll see. The only Victober book I have planned for sure is Wuthering Heights.

[@novelideea]

I am reading it to support Tiffany or I would have never picked it up! Maybe it'll be fab and I'll regret not giving Hardy more chances, but he was 3 strikes for me.

[@Coffee_and_a_Book]

@@novelideea Just curious, which books have you read by him?

[@novelideea]

@@Coffee_and_a_Book Tess, Jude, Madding. Madding I liked the best, but it still made me angry.

[@Coffee_and_a_Book]

@@novelideea Tess I liked. From what I understand, his point was to show the ridiculousness of the double standard we see in the novel. Madding is really the only other book by him I've considered reading.

[@AaronReadABook]

I haven't read Wilkie Collins in years but I remember preferring The Moonstone to Woman In White, so I will be interested to hear more about his other books. Three Men on the Bummel should be fun, I will have to get to that one day.

[@novelideea]

I think I liked the Moonstone more when I was younger, but my reread of it found me yawning - - a lot! Woman in White was a ride. I had such a great time. I could figure out a lot of the stuff that was coming, but there were a couple things that still surprised me, and his writing was emotive and easy to find the rhythm of.

[@mattierosss]

You might enjoy To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis as a fun follow-up to Three Men in a Boat.

[@novelideea]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@CourtneyReads]

My main October plan is The Scorpio Races, which I do every October. And I'm going to read the cozy mystery that Em from EmsBooksAreEverywhere announced a readalong for. Maybe I'll finish my reread of Crime and Punishment, but who knows. And I'll probably be listening to some romance and/or mysteries with my sister.

[@novelideea]

I need more time in-between reading of Scorpio Races - but I love that you have this tradition! Which Cozy mystery is it? I have one cozy planned but I am hoping for more of them!

[@CourtneyReads]

@novelideea if I love a book, I can read it back to back. In fact, I may end up doing that with this this year. I've read it five or six times in a year before 😁 Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop. I'll probably listen with my sister.

[@novelideea]

@@CourtneyReads I do that with Dune sometimes! 🥰

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

I need to read Dickensland! I don’t have it yet.

[@novelideea]

I'm going to start it soon! I have a few others to get through first. I'll try to let you know if it is any good.🤔😂

[@awebofstories]

I'm doing Victober but, like you, I'm kind of doing my own thing. I'll be re-reading The Professor by Charlotte Brontë and A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (for Alice).

[@novelideea]

@@awebofstories One of these years I’ll commit to all the prompts/ group read. 😂 I read The Professor last Victober. I hope you enjoy it more. I’ll probably pick up a Holmes for Alice also, I just don’t know which one as yet. 🥹

[@awebofstories]

@@novelideea I know this sounds crazy, but I'm not actually expecting to enjoy The Professor. I read it way back in college and didn't really like it then. However, I have been re-reading the non-Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë books this year in prep for a Brontë event I'm planning for March. I figure the worst case scenario is that The Professor will be just what I expect, so we'll see!

[@kamidsjournee]

The Spiderwick Chronicles… I’m interested in these. I picked up a books with the characters from the books illustrated. I knew nothing if the books, but these illustrations are fascinating. Can you review them (if you choose to read them)?

[@novelideea]

@@kamidsjournee I will! I am waiting on my hold at the library!

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

I’ve never heard of _The Trumpet-Major._ I liked _Tess_ but haven’t seen fit to try Hardy since. His bleakness seems akin to punishment. Dorothy Wordsworth’s name comes up but I know little about her or the relationship with her brother - so you’ve got me curious.

[@novelideea]

I hadn't heard of it either, and I didn't vote for it 🤣🤣 I didn't love Tess. Nor Jude. Kinda liked Madding. All those were for classes and once I wasn't being made to read him, I have stayed far far away😁 I'm very much looking forward to Grasmere Journals.