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The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

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Series: The Physick Book. I read Book One (The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane) in 2009. What I remembered about this series prior to reading this book: I had gotten this series completely mixed up with the Deborah Harkness series, which was rather unfair to these books. While I didn’t love this, it’s certainly better than the All Souls trilogy. Because I had it mixed up with another series, it turned out I didn’t actually remember anything about the first book when I picked this […]

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We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

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A Simple Favor is one of my favorite movies from the last few years. I love quirky crime comedies and the leads have great chemistry. But I also enjoyed how it depicted female relationships, especially in an unconventional manner. A Simple Pod, hosted by three journalists who also love the movie, unpacks this a little, talking about the queerness of the movie and the de-centering of men in its tale. We Ride Upon Sticks isn’t a crime story but it still hits a similar sweet spot for me. […]

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Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

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It is 1954, and a young man named Atticus is headed home to Chicago. In Chicago he will find his beloved uncle and aunt, who together run The Safe Negro Travel Guide and Travel Agency. His uncle, like himself, is a lover of pulp novels and dime store comics. His aunt travels the country alone, adding stops to the travel guide while looking at the stars. He’ll find his little cousin, a comic-book hound and talented artist. He’ll find his old friend Titia, who has […]

What even happened here?

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff

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Here are three things I know: 1. The Puritans were weirdos. Everything with them was witches. Everything. My notes are missing. IT WAS A WITCH. My daughter is moody. SHE’S A WITCH. My dog barfed on my rug. WIIIITCH!!!!! 2. The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow (European) is roughly 24 miles per hour. 3. I did not like this book. I really don’t want to spend much time talking about this book because, a) I started (and finally finished) it so long ago that […]



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