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August 2020: Witches
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Announcing the Tag for August
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Joi
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Jul 27, 2020 03:19PM
I have absolutely no idea what direction I want to go in for 'witches', lol.
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@Joi We Ride Upon Sticks with me and Nicole >:-)
I have a few options, so I'll see what strikes my fancy. I meant to get to Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch a while ago, as it fits for Bingo, but I'll have to be in a sort of special mood for this so we'll see if I get to it. I recently learned about The Familiars, which seems like I might enjoy it, or I might read The Girl in the Tower, the sequel to The Bear and the Nightingale.
Theresa wrote: "Barbara M wrote: "I've been researching what I want to read so now I have a list to share. First off, I'm going with one that's in Sue's list. The first in the Cousins O'Dwyer trilogy [book:Dark Wi..."I never read it as a kid because it was published when I was 31! But my kids and their friends loved it. I volunteered in a school library and it was very popular. Now I'll find out why. I would have read it then but I was too busy getting by bachelors degree!
Barbara M wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Barbara M wrote: "I've been researching what I want to read so now I have a list to share. First off, I'm going with one that's in Sue's list. The first in the Cousins O'Dwyer trilo..."BarbaraM - it was originally published in 1958 so I seriously doubt you were 31 when it was published! A new edition was published in 1978 - it may actually have been out of print for while. I was too old for it in 1978 and the copy I read from the public library as a teen in the late 1960s would have been the original edition.
I took a look, and We Ride Upon Sticks sounds interesting! We'll see if I can get my hands on a copy :)
Theresa wrote: "Barbara M wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Barbara M wrote: "I've been researching what I want to read so now I have a list to share. First off, I'm going with one that's in Sue's list. The first in the Cou..."Oh, I saw the wrong date - I was 11! Still, I never read it so I look forward to getting it fit in this month.
Joi wrote: "I took a look, and We Ride Upon Sticks sounds interesting! We'll see if I can get my hands on a copy :)"Sound interesting to me too!
Barbara M wrote: "Joi wrote: "I took a look, and We Ride Upon Sticks sounds interesting! We'll see if I can get my hands on a copy :)"Sound interesting to me too!"
We could start a buddy read thread if people are interested in joining :)
annapi wrote: "I am probably going to read We Ride Upon Sticks too!"Me too! I'm number 2 on the library holds.
Cool! I always love when a bunch of us hone in on the same book :)
I just put the book on hold as well. We'll see if I get it in time. If not, I still have Discovery of Witches and Good Omens.
Just put in on my library list. 43 holds on 39 copies and says its available. Things are speeding up at the library....
Joi wrote: "We Ride Upon Sticks is on for August!"I'm up to # 9 on the hold list. Looks possible for getting it in Aug, but with every book being "quarantined" for 4-5 days when returned, turn around is SLOW. (And I also quarantine the books I pick up for at least 3 days in the trunk of my car before bringing them in the house.)
Can anyone tell me which Alice Hoffman books have witches?I'm particularly interested in:
The worlds that we Knew
The Marriage of Opposites
Everything my mother taught me
Clearly witches:
I might read Practical Magic or Magic Lessons
I already read The Rules of Magic
Any others?
Favorites?
Nancy, I tried to look up earlier books of Hoffman's which might have witches in them. I had liked her earlier books very much. I read them so long ago, that I can't clearly remember them. In reading the GR blurbs on them, I really couldn't discern which ones are about witches. I did see that Blackbird House has a chapter called "The Witch of Truro".She herself has said that her books are like fairy tales for adults. They certainly have elements of magical realism in them. I remember characters that seemed to have witch-like powers, but may not be identified as such.
I'll be interested to see what you ultimately select for the tag.
Me too! This is going to be a fun Buddy Read!
Not available in my library system at all. However, my granddaughter can get it for me from her library's Overdrive system. There's a waiting list though that might take as long as 4 weeks so it's not looking good for me to join you. That's OK though, I have some good books to read for this tag anyway.
I'm on a waiting list at my library for We Ride Upon Sticks, so I'll join in if I get the book in time.
Not sure where to put this but just have to say I love the theme banner this month!
Theresa wrote: "Not sure where to put this but just have to say I love the theme banner this month!"Anna found a few good ones to choose between for this one. The one we went with was one of my favourites. :-)
Yay for everyone who is reading We Ride Upon Sticks! I hope to start it later this week.When I am back a little later this week, I will open up a buddy read thread for it so we can chat about it there if we want. I have about 30 more seconds of online time before I have to do something else so I cannot do it right now.
If someone else wants to start it sooner, please feel free to do so! I am looking forward to reading and discussing it!!
For this month's tag, I'm going Witches-lite. Thought I'd start with Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen and then move on to the remainder of Joanna Harris series Chocolate. I have Peaches for Fr.Francis and The Strawberry Thief on order from Amazon.
If you are looking for a little magical realism in your reading look no farther than The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen.
The Winter of the Witch might actually get read this month. If I can find where I stashed my copy...
Can anyone suggest a 1973 book for the Witches tag?
I’m reading the Princess Bride for 1973. Starting it tonight. I’ve never read it. Does anyone know if it has a witch or witches?
Amy wrote: "I’m reading the Princess Bride for 1973. Starting it tonight. I’ve never read it. Does anyone know if it has a witch or witches?"Not that I remember ...
Amy wrote: "I’m reading the Princess Bride for 1973. Starting it tonight. I’ve never read it. Does anyone know if it has a witch or witches?"Yes, The Princess Bride is tagged witches on page 16 third column middle https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... by 5 people. It's also tagged Hollywood, comedy, politics, and nature.
Actually I was going to ask on our purple Sage thread, for someone to remind me since I knew someone had already looked for me about what tags Princess bride held. But I was actually going to look before asking. To see if I could find it. You saved me a trip! So unless there’s a new state for me in there, I’ll let you guys pick which one I post it as. Or if Nancy decides to read it or reread it, you can have us put it in a different state entirely if you like.
Amy wrote: "Don’t we all just love Anna?"YES! She is a rock star at finding tags!!
LOL you should probably just search my personal individual planning thread first in the RPS group before you post a question. Though some of the links may have shifted if it's been some time since I did the search, usually they're in nearby pages, easily checked.
Amy wrote: "I’m reading the Princess Bride for 1973. Starting it tonight. I’ve never read it. Does anyone know if it has a witch or witches?"Yes, it does. Only read the book once, but thinking of the movie, wasn't Billy Crystal and his wife - what was the actresses name? (ETA: Looked it up: Carol Kane) - or his wife, anyway. Wasn't she a witch?
ETA (again): "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ftm...
I think I've said that to my husband once or twice!
NancyJ wrote: "I think I've said that to my husband once or twice!"🤣
Thanks, Princess Bride would work for the monthly tag and Bingo 1973. I saw the movie this year, so I'd prefer to wait a while to read it. Otherwise my left? brain will focus too much on making comparisons, rather than just enjoying it. I don't need a witches tag for poll ballot.
I was going to start a buddy read thread for We Ride Upon Sticks, but I couldn't remember where it should go.If someone lets me know, I will start her up :)
Meli wrote: "I was going to start a buddy read thread for We Ride Upon Sticks, but I couldn't remember where it should go.If someone lets me know, I will start her up :)"
Buddy Reads go in Footnotes Meli-
Since we love getting technical these days, I might add that next year, Christmas in July should go in Footnotes too. That’s where the unofficial Trim challenge lives.
Joanne wrote: "Meli wrote: "I was going to start a buddy read thread for We Ride Upon Sticks, but I couldn't remember where it should go.If someone lets me know, I will start her up :)"
Buddy Reads go in Footn..."
Thank you! I thought so then got confused... :P
These are all easily moveable! I saw that you started it in Footnotes, which is where we prefer these discussions to go, but if you put it someplace else absolutely no worries!
Amy wrote: "Since we love getting technical these days, I might add that next year, Christmas in July should go in Footnotes too. That’s where the unofficial Trim challenge lives."You are right, Amy! I didn't even notice it. I moved it to Footnotes!
NancyJ wrote: "I think I've said that to my husband once or twice!"LOL!
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