Channel Title: Books and Things Channel Description: Right so hello. I’m Katie Lumsden and I like books and things. (Things including: history, theatre, the Victorian period, bookshops and writing.) I've been watching Booktube videos for years and in June 2015 decided to start making my own. A typical video will include me drinking tea while overusing the words 'like', 'really' and 'brilliant' to declare my undying love for Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Feel free to subscribe if that sounds like your kind of thing. I am also the author of two historical fiction novels: The Secrets of Hartwood Hall and The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst. I also have a Patreon, where I post regular Friday Reads and run a Historical Fiction Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/katiejlumsden Review policy: I'm happy to receive review copies from publishers, especially of historical fiction. Please contact me at my email below. All opinions are my own. <video> 2024: A Year in Reading Description: In which we look back on a year of reading . . . Music: Esther's Waltz, A Minor Waltz, by Esther Abrami. Youtube audio library. *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> The First Book Haul of 2025 Description: In which I talk about some (well, many) books I’ve got lately . . . *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links. A Fortune Most Fatal, Jessica Bull: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199820694-a-fortune-most-fatal https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241642115 The Favourite, Fran Littlewood: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204743964-the-favourite https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241548547 The Midnight Carousel, Fiza Saeed McLynn: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216820452-the-midnight-carousel https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241715208 North Woods, Daniel Mason: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71872930-north-woods https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781399809306 The Housekeepers, Alex Hay: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62197595-the-housekeepers https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781472299376 Libertie, Kaitlyn Greenidge: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54110460-libertie https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781788169028 The Wood at Midwinter, Susanna Clarke: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206101583-the-wood-at-midwinter https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526675217 Orbital, Samantha Harvey: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123136728-orbital https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529922936 X-Men Legacies: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61399056-x-men-epic-collection-vol-22 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781302951115 New X-Men E Is for Extinction: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200124705-new-x-men-modern-era-epic-collection-vol-1 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781302957964 Kusamakura, Natsume Sōseki: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1776113.Kusamakura https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143105190 Sanshirō, Natsume Sōseki: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169439.Sanshir_ https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780140455625 Season of Migration to the North, Tayeb Slih: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669780.Season_of_Migration_to_the_North https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780141187204 Baron Bagge, Alexander Lernet-Holenia: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87545323-baron-bagge https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241615621 Reunion, Fred Uhlman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43833540-reunion https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781860463655 The Blue Fox, Sjon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2638482-the-blue-fox https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529342956 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529115543 Cuddy, Benjamin Myers: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61324049-cudd y https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526631466 Black Victorians, Keshia N. Abraham & John Woolf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61228147-black-victorians https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780715654453 Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31244.Our_Mutual_Friend The Penguin Book Quiz: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43518965-the-penguin-book-quiz https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241986035 The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennet: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51791252-the-vanishing-half https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780349701479 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Favourite Books of 2024 | Modern Books Description: In which I talk about some of my favourite reads of 2024 . . . *Books Mentioned* Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links. Bright Fear, Mary Jean Chan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63261311 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571378906 Serious Concerns, Wendy Cope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/936208. https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571167050 Hawkgirl, Jadzi Axelrod: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198509172 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781779525109 The Winter Spirits: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60778947 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408727591 Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History, Rozina Visram: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3974077 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780745313788 Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, Rory Muir: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44174523 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780300273311 Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55216172 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241445310 Drama and Danger, J.T. Williams: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61168643 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008485252 The Twelve, Liz Hyder: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210462181 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781782693987 Gwen and Art are Not in Love and Art are Not in Love, Lex Croucher: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61885131 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526651792 Emily Henry Book Lovers: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52867387 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241989524 Happy Place: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61718053 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241995365 Beach Read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52867387 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241989524 Tom Mead Death and the Conjuror: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59580637 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781804540916 The Murder Wheel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63043722 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781837932542 Cabaret Macabre: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199457038 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781837932573 Laura Shepperson The Heroines: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60864054 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408725429 The Heir of Venus: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201632610 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408725450 Strange Sally Diamond, Liz Nugent: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62322008 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241993576 Content warnings: sexual assault, including of minors; abduction; forced imprisonment; torture; abuse. Then Things Went Dark, Bea Fitzgerald: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200174176 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241695432 Home, Cailean Steed: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61067734 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526641687 The Mars House, Natasha Pulley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150277127 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781399618533 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529115543 The Fraud, Zadie Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66086834 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241336991 Music in the Dark, Sally Magnusson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75271606 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529345957 Learned by Heart, Emma Donoghue: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62874041 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781035017768 The Revels, Stacey Thomas: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122752527 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008566692 The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7234875 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781844086061 The Great Divide, Cristina Henriquez: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181110028 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008607982 A Lady’s Guide to Scandal, Sophie Irwin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63018956 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008519612 Midnight at Malabar House, Vaseem Khan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49544193 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781473685505 The Square of Sevens, Laura Shepherd-Robinson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101146072 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529053708 Cuddy, Benjamin Myers: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61324049 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781526631466 *Find Me Elsewhere* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Blackwells (affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 US: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> A Christmas Reading Vlog | Ad Description: In which I have do some festive reading . . . This video is very kindly sponsored by Serious Readers. All opinions are, as always, my own. Take a look at Serious Readers here: https://try.seriousreaders.com/pages/booksandthings/, where you can use the offer code *KATIE24* for £100 off High Definition (HD) Lights and free UK delivery. *Music * All from YouTube Audio Library Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, Tchaikovsky Fresh Fallen Snow, Chris Haugen We Wish You A Merry Xmas by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Carol of the Bells, Quincas Moreira Christmas Village, Aaron Kenny *Books Mentioned* The Winter Spirits: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60778947-the-winter-spirits Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408727591 A Book for Christmas, Selma Lagerlöf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208494347-a-book-for-christmas Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241715062 The Open Door and Other Stories, Margaret Oliphant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57136604-the-open-door-and-other-stories-of-the-seen-and-unseen Bookshop.org.uk affiliate link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780712353540 The Two Heroines of Plumpington and Other Stories, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525631.Two_Heroines_of_Plumplington The Christmas Hirelings, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399041-the-christmas-hirelings Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Christmas-Hirelings-Audiobook/B07L3XN7X2 The Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/549938.The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth-Audiobook/B00H8YAULK The Battle of Life, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3170878-the-battle-of-life Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Battle-of-Life-Audiobook/B0DFHL5QS3 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3027439-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Haunted-Man-and-the-Ghosts-Bargain-Audiobook/B0DHSJPVCB *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> December Reading Wrap Up Description: In which I talk about what I read in December . . . *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links. London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448459.London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor The Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/549938.The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth-Audiobook/B00H8YAULK Individual video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUpT6i9MuY The Battle of Life, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3170878-the-battle-of-life Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Battle-of-Life-Audiobook/B0DFHL5QS3 Individual video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uWuxNUQqF4 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3027439-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Haunted-Man-and-the-Ghosts-Bargain-Audiobook/B0DHSJPVCB Individual video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrAOxzt93p8 The Christmas Hirelings, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399041-the-christmas-hirelings Audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Christmas-Hirelings-Audiobook/B07L3XN7X2 The Open Door and Other Stories, Margaret Oliphant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57136604-the-open-door-and-other-stories-of-the-seen-and-unseen https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780712353540 A Book for Christmas, Selma Lagerlöf, translated by Peter Graves, Sarah Death, Linda Schenck: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208494347-a-book-for-christmas https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241715062 The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95693. https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781839403705 Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158674.Nervous_Conditions https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571368129 The Winter Spirits: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60778947-the-winter-spirits https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408727591 The Woman in the Wallpaper, Lora Jones: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193184349-the-woman-in-the-wallpaper https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408731437 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Reflections on The Cricket on the Hearth | Christmas Dickens Readalong Description: #Dickensalong In which I discuss my thoughts on The Cricket on the Hearth . . . Spoilers from: 11m58s The Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/549938.The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth-Audiobook/B00H8YAULK *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: https://discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* A Christmas Carol, 1843 – week beginning 18th November 2024 The Chimes, 1844 – week beginning 25th November 2024 *The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845 – week beginning 2nd December 2024* The Battle of Life, 1846 – week beginning 9th December 2024 The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, 1848 – week beginning 16th December 2024 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> 2024 Stats and Goals in Review Description: In which I talk about my stats and goals for 2024 . . . Original 2024 Goals Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-EQGXgXD-A What Are Classics Anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt4qWRXON8w 2024–2025 Victorian Literature TBR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9d4xlAVfM *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> 2025 Anticipated Historical Fiction Releases Description: In which I talk about the historical fiction I’m excited for this year . . . *Books Mentioned* All bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links. The Queen of the Fives, Alex Hay: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212378270-the-queen-of-fives https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781035414291 The Players, Minette Walters: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220022707-the-players https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781805463153 The House with Nine Locks, Philip Gray: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212219355-the-house-with-nine-locks https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781787304420 The Blackbirds of St Giles, Lila Cain: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212685942-the-blackbirds-of-st-giles https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781398526570 Hungerstone, Kat Dunn: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212342605-hungerstone https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781786583918 Good Dirt, Charmaine Wilkerson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213618132-good-dirt https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241529942 Nephthys, Rachel Louise Driscoll: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210214266-nephthys https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781787304451 Homeseeking, Karissa Chen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211025407-homeseeking 1 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781399718356 The Woman in the Wallpaper, Lora Jones: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216520526-the-woman-in-the-wallpaper https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781408731437 A Calamity of Noble Houses, Amira Ghenim, translated from the Arabic by Miled Faiza and Karen McNeill: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214098275-a-calamity-of-noble-houses https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781787705586 The Eights, Joanna Miller: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216522711-the-eights https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241662434 The Paris Express, Emma Donoghue: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214151304-the-paris-express https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781035057269 Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread, Lynn Knight: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215073620-miss-burnham-and-the-loose-thread https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780857506467 A Fortune Most Fatal, Jessica Bull: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199820694-a-fortune-most-fatal https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241642115 The Hymn to Dionysus, Natasha Pulley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211004841-the-hymn-to-dionysus https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781399618656 The Midnight Carousel, Fiza Saeed McLynn: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216820452-the-midnight-carousel https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241715208 The Tarot Reader of Versailles, Anya Bergman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217400705-the-tarot-reader-of-versailles The Art of a Lie, Laura Shepherd-Robinson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220160172-the-art-of-a-lie https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529053722 How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days, Sophie Irwin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202942192-how-to-lose-a-lord-in-ten-days https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008696740 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Reflections on The Chimes | Christmas Dickens Readalong Description: #Dickensalong In which I discuss my thoughts on The Chimes . . . The Chimes, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2452383.The_Chimes The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Chimes-Audiobook/B0198RBR7U Spoilers from: 19m05s Trigger warnings (for the novella and the themes I’m discussing in this video): suicide, infanticide *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: https://discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* A Christmas Carol, 1843 – week beginning 18th November 2024 *The Chimes, 1844 – week beginning 25th November 2024* The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845 – week beginning 2nd December 2024 The Battle of Life, 1846 – week beginning 9th December 2024 The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, 1848 – week beginning 16th December 2024 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> 16 Wonderful Classics From Around the World Description: In which I talk about some wonderful international classics . . . Katja from @PageTurnersWithKatja is doing several Reading the Globe Readalongs for 2025: Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmN_dT3dPo Contemporary literature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xzEp5gHE5s YA and Middle Grade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6h6rhv7ui8 *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links. The Waiting Years, Fumiko Enchi, translated by John Bester (1957, Japan): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/177404. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780099589457 La Dame Aux Camelias, Alexandre Dumas fils, translated by David Coward (1848, France): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44151279 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780199540341 The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, Machado de Assis, translated by Flora Thomson Deveaux (1881, Brazil): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48982796 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143135036 Picnic at Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay (1967, Australia): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16030644 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780099577140 Betrayal in the City, Francis Imbuga (1976, Kenya): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3541753 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9789966463609 Half a Lifelong Romance, Eileen Chang, translated by Karen S. Kingsbury (1948, China): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17573200 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780141189390 Summer Lightning and Other Stories, Olive Senior (1986, Jamaica): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1180547. The Beautiful Summer, Cesare Pavese, translated by W.J. Stratchen (1949, Italy): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37119740 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241983393 Under the Banyan Tree, R.K. Narayan (1984, India): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49205627 Untouchable, Mulk Raj Anand (1935, India): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780141393605 Train to Pakistan, Khushwant Singh (1956, India): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/785454. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780802132215 Jagua Nana, Cyprian Ekwensi (1961, Nigeria): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/566585. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241334997 Noli Me Tangere, Jose Rizal, translated by Harold Augenbraum (1887, The Philippines): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418285. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143039693 Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Nick Joaquin (1950, The Philippines): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1432394. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143130710 (included in this edition) Les Belles Soeurs, Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco (1965, Canada): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1800336. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780889223028 The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (1926, Canada): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95693. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781839403705   *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> November Reading Wrap Up Description: #nonfictionnovember In which I talk about what I read in November . . . *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5326. The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/A-Christmas-Carol-Audiobook/B08QSLYDNS Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241411193 The Chimes, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2452383. The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Chimes-Audiobook/B0198RBR7U The Lifted Veil: Women’s 19th-Century Stories, ed. Kathryn Hughes: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7966711 Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13650444 The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Murder-at-the-Vicarage-Audiobook/B00FLXUK38 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008196516 No Longer at Ease, Chinua Achebe: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111085. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780141191553 The Woman Who Had Two Navels, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, etc., Nick Joaquin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31624485 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143130710 The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241377093 This is Amiko, Do You Copy?, Natsuko Imamura, translated by Hitomi Yoshio: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102214610 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781782279792 The Kamogawa Food Detectives, Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154488299 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781035009596 Beach Read, Emily Henry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52867387 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241989524 Then Things Went Dark, Bea Fitzgerald: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200174176 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241695432 Midnight at Malabar House, Vaseem Khan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49544193 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781473685505 My Patreon Historical Fiction Book Club: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Serious Concerns, Wendy Cope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/936208. Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571167050 Bright Fear, Mary Jean Chan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63261311 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571378906 Novelist as a Vocation, Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60387307 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529918359 The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, Marc Morris: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52025940 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781529156980 Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History, Rozina Visram: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3974077 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780745313788 Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, Sathnam Sanghera: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55216172 Bookshop.org.uk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241445310 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Reflections on The Haunted Man | Christmas Dickens Readalong Description: #Dickensalong In which I discuss my thoughts on The Haunted Man . . . The Haunted Man, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8941108-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Haunted-Man-and-the-Ghosts-Bargain-Audiobook/B0DHSJPVCB Spoilers from: 13m23 *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: https://discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* A Christmas Carol, 1843 – week beginning 18th November 2024 The Chimes, 1844 – week beginning 25th November 2024 The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845 – week beginning 2nd December 2024 The Battle of Life, 1846 – week beginning 9th December 2024 *The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, 1848 – week beginning 16th December 2024* *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Favourite Books of 2024 | Classics Description: In which I talk about my favourite classics of the year . . . Favourite Modern Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CvMwQU6Sfk *Books Mentioned* All Bookshop.org.uk links are affiliate links. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16299.And_Then_There_Were_None https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780008123208 The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3027439-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain Individual review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrAOxzt93p8 Trelawny of the Wells, Arthur Wing Pinero: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5335532-trelawny-of-the-wells The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/329957.The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780140439267 Individual review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5kfDfsO00E Les Belles Souers, Michel Tremblay: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1800336.Les_Belles_Soeurs https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780889223028 Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Nick Joaquin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1432394.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_Filipino https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143130710 (included in this edition) The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210329.The_Dark_Is_Rising https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241377093 The Perpetual Curate, Margaret Oliphant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/882166.The_Perpetual_Curate Linda Tressel, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149792.Linda_Tressel The Christmas Hirelings, Mary Elizabeth Braddon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399041-the-christmas-hirelings Wylder's Hand, J. Sheridan Le Fanu: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2533794.Wylder_s_Hand https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781843549093 Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131359.Death_on_the_Nile https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780007527557 Noli Me Tangere, Jose Rizal: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418285.Noli_Me_T_ngere_Touch_Me_Not_ https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780143039693 Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158674.Nervous_Conditions https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780571368129 The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95693.The_Blue_Castle https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781839403705 Ayala’s Angel, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144425.Ayala_s_Angel *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Reading Goals for 2025 Description: In which I talk about my reading goals for 2025 . . . *More about my Patreon* https://www.patreon.com/c/katiejlumsden/membership The Tip Jar, $1 / £1 a month No bonuses, no extras – just a place to leave a monthly tip if you feel like it. Friday Reads, $2 / £2 month In this tier, you’ll get a bonus chatty Friday Reads video every week. Historical Fiction Book Club, $4 / £3.50 month In this tier, you get access to the Friday Reads videos and also become part of a historical fiction book club, where we read one work of historical fiction every month. The book club is run on Discord, and there are reading group discussion questions every month. *Affiliate Links* Blackwells Affiliate Link: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden Bookshop.org.uk Affiliate Link: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden *Videos Mentioned* Katja from @PageTurnersWithKatja is doing several Reading the Globe Readalongs for 2025: Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmN_dT3dPo Contemporary literature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xzEp5gHE5s YA and Middle Grade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6h6rhv7ui8 2024 Stats and Goals in Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UdI8ADCr0 Long-term Victorian Literature TBR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9d4xlAVfM Reflections on my International Classics Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAteRg3lhJc Anthony Trollope Check-In: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrsoSlaD4y0 *Books Mentioned* Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20524.Anthony_Trollope His books I have left to read: The Vendée: An Historical Romance The Bertrams The Golden Lion of Granpère John Caldigate Marion Fay The Macdermots of Ballycloran, Castle Richmond The Landleaguers And my bonus Trollope reads: The Two Heroines of Plumplington and Other Stories An Autobiography Rachel Ray (reread) He Knew He Was Right (reread) Imperial Radch Trilogy, Ann Leckie: https://www.goodreads.com/series/113751-imperial-radch The Wayfarers Series, Becky Chambers: https://www.goodreads.com/series/170872-wayfarers The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb: https://www.goodreads.com/series/41452-the-farseer-trilogy The Ending Fire Series, Saara El-Arifi: https://www.goodreads.com/series/294256-the-ending-fire-trilogy *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video> <video> Reflections on The Battle of Life | Christmas Dickens Readalong Description: #Dickensalong In which I discuss my thoughts on The Battle of Life. . . The Battle of Life, Charles Dickens: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3170878-the-battle-of-life The audiobook I listened to: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Battle-of-Life-Audiobook/B0DFHL5QS3 Spoilers from: 10m35s *More about the Mega Dickens Readalong* Discorder server: https://discord.gg/zaeZ3HCPSf Mega Dickens Readalong Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFM-7vbV0Ms&list=PLw2Mjecd2B-N78cDOsDuTK0FoVu9z_CVs *The Schedule* A Christmas Carol, 1843 – week beginning 18th November 2024 The Chimes, 1844 – week beginning 25th November 2024 The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845 – week beginning 2nd December 2024 *The Battle of Life, 1846 – week beginning 9th December 2024* The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, 1848 – week beginning 16th December 2024 *My Novels* _The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780241556115 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/2j9kd6ue Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/39hmtjc8 Blackwells (best for international, affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Trouble-With-Mrs-Montgomery-Hurst-by-Katie-Lumsden/9780241556115?a_aid=katiejlumsden&a_bid=bbab9a10 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/y26djm78 _The Secrets of Hartwood Hall_ Bookshop.org (UK affiliate link): https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9781405951883 Waterstones (UK): https://tinyurl.com/49ettwhx Amazon (UK): https://tinyurl.com/yc8ru72c US order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallUS Canada order links: https://bit.ly/HartwoodHallCAN Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/59udykwz *Ways to Support My Channel* 1. Subscribe and keep watching my videos! 2. Support me on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp 3. Give me a tip with SuperThanks (the button to the right beneath the video) 4. Buy my novels or take them out of the library 5. Buy something with one of my affiliate links: -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/katiejlumsden -Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=katiejlumsden -Bruu Tea: https://www.bruutea.co.uk/?sca_ref=3942630.3EckEwC7Rf *General Links* My website: https://tinyurl.com/4chp97bn Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yb499ftp Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katiejlumsden.bsky.social Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/39jahuv6 Threads: https://tinyurl.com/4hbz4dec Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/48aww5s5 Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/mtf34uvf Email: katie.booksandthings@gmail.com </video>

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Right so hello. I’m Katie Lumsden and I like books and things. (Things including: history, theatre, the Victorian period, bookshops and writing.) I've been watching Booktube videos for years and in June 2015 decided to start making my own.

A typical video will include me drinking tea while overusing the words 'like', 'really' and 'brilliant' to declare my undying love for Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Feel free to subscribe if that sounds like your kind of thing.

I am also the author of two historical fiction novels: The Secrets of Hartwood Hall and The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst.

I also have a Patreon, where I post regular Friday Reads and run a Historical Fiction Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/katiejlumsden

Review policy: I'm happy to receive review copies from publishers, especially of historical fiction. Please contact me at my email below.

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