Lovely Books and Things - 10.10.21

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Browsing for Holiday advent calendar themes - tea, nail polish, mini-puzzles, chocolate, etc.
2. Exploring The Criterion Channel films (here)
3. Victober 2021 (here)

Victober mug
from etsy (here)
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Library: audiobook

Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
Classic, Mystery, Horror, Victorian | Published: 2005 (first 1859) | Goodreads

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Virtual Author event: hosted by Murder By The Book
See archive of this (here)

The Lighthouse Witches
by C.J. Cooke
Fantasy, Horror, Gothic, Witches | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Cackle
by Rachel Harrison
Horror, Fantasy, Witches | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Echoes of the Dead
by Spencer Kope
Fantasy, Paranormal | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

Virtual Author event: hosted by bookreporter
See archive of this (here)

Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Night She Disappeared
by Lisa Jewell
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

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AND watched: virtual theatre for Welcome to Blumhouse live event
free rsvp for next event, Oct 14, 2021 (details)

The Manor (2021)
Director/Writer: Axelle Carolyn
Stars: Barbara Hershey, Nicholas Alexander
Horror | imdb | my rating: 4
After suffering a mild stroke, Judith Albright reluctantly moves into a historic nursing home where she becomes convinced a supernatural force is killing the residents.

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Victober 2021

Victober
October 1-31, 2021
A Victorian literature themed readathon
hosted by Katie @Books and Things | Lucy @lucythereader | Kate @KateHowe
Victober Goodreads Group | List of Victorian authors on Victorian web
Spinster's Library Victorian Ladies Music Playlist (here)
#Victober
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The Challenges: Below are my possibilities...

Lucy’s Challenge: Read a Victorian novel with a female main character.

Aurora Floyd
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Classic, Victorian | Published: 2009 (first 1863) | Goodreads

Katie’s Challenge: Read a Victorian novel set in the countryside and/or the city.

The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
Classic, Mystery, Victorian | Published: 1998 (first 1868) | Goodreads

Kate’s Challenge: Read a Victorian sensation novel.

Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
Classic, Mystery, Horror, Victorian | Published: 2005 (first 1859) | Goodreads

Group Challenge: Read a popular Victorian novel.

Carmilla
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Classic, Gothic, Horror, Vampires, Victorian | Published: 2013 (first 1872) | Goodreads

Bonus Challenge: Read aloud a section of a Victorian novel or have it read aloud to you via a friend or an audiobook.

Audiobook:
Lady Audley’s Secret
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Classic, Mystery, Victorian | Published: 2012 (first 1862) | Goodreads

Read aloud: poetry
The Lady of Shallot
by Alfred Tennyson
painting by John William Waterhouse
Group Read:

Gothic Tales
by Elizabeth Gaskell
Short Stories, Gothic, Horror, Victorian | Published: 2000 | Goodreads

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* image header source: from @KateHowe