Books and Things
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.
Les Misérables Readalong Announcement
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A Booktuber Meet-up and a Book Haul | Classics and New Releases
End of the Year Book Tag
October Wrap Up | Victober
Victober Vlog #3
Discussing The Tenant of Wildfell Hall with Nick
Two Ghost Stories for Halloween
Let's Talk About Amy Levy | An Underrated Victorian Writer
5 Victorian Literary Matriarchs
Upcoming 19th Century Readalongs | Bleak House and Victorian Christmas Stories
Victober Vlog #2
70 'Must-Read' Victorian Books | Part 2
70 'Must-Read' Victorian Books | Part 1
Victober Vlog #1
5 Victorian Novels About . . . Disputed Inheritance
September Reading Wrap Up
Victorian authors I want to read in full
My Favourite Books of Victobers Past
Some Wonderful Bildungsromans
Victober TBR | A Massive Pile of Possibilities
Bookshopping in Hay-on-Wye | Vlog and Haul
Using a Bookmark as a Reading Guide
A Few Great LGBTQ+ Classics
My Favourite Musicals
August Reading Wrap Up
Translated Fiction Reading Vlog
Victober #10 | Announcement and Recommendations
Do I like audiobooks more than physical books?
The Well of Loneliness | A New Favourite