TELL ME TUESDAY
NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO
LAST. NOW. NEXT.
SEPTEMBER READING WRAP-UP
TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature where I tell you what I read last, what I'm reading now, and what I will be reading next.
THEMES • BUDDY READS • SLOW READ
My September theme was Witchtember.
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My October theme is spooky season.
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A Year of Brontë
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Little House Series Buddy Re-Read
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Dickens Year-Long Slow Read
★★½
LITERARY FICTION
STANDALONE
PARANORMAL
WITCHES
Published 1996 - Libby Borrow
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This should have been a short story. There were some profound observances in this book, but they were diluted by long swaths of dull uninspired blather. I am surprised it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Many readers have this shelved as Horror on Goodreads, which I don't understand.
★½
ADULT FICTION
STANDALONE
HISTORICAL
PARANORMAL
FAMILY
WITCHES
Published 2024 - Edelweiss ARC
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Poorly written and the magical system was extremely vague. It also had the usual problems of female characters being written by a male author. He was way off the mark with the mother of young boys characterization. It was definitely a typical father's feelings about parenting boys, not maternal.
★★★★★
INSTRUCTIONAL
NONFICTION
EMBROIDERY
Published - Own Ebook
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This is a wonderful tutorial book that takes you all the way from basic stitches to some fairly intricate work. There are ample images of both step-by-step stitch methods and completed needlework.
★★★★½
MANGA
YOUNG ADULT
FANTASY
MAGIC
WITCHES
Published 2024 - Own Ebook
There are three volumes left to read until I am all caught up. Volume sixteen was published in April of this year, so it will be a while before seventeen is published. I think I will start the series over while I'm waiting.
★★★★½
LITERARY FICTION
STANDALONE
HISTORICAL
MIDDLE EAST
FAMILY
WAR
Published 2017 - Own Ebook
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I started reading this as a Libby borrow. It wasn't for Witchtember. When I come across a book on Libby I'm interested in, that's not popular, I try to read it as soon as possible because you never know when the library's publisher lease is up and they might not reorder it. I have learned my lesson the hard way before. When I saw the ebook was $1.99 I purchased it because I knew I wanted to re-read it and annotate.
★★★★
CHICK LIT
ONE OF FOUR COMPANION BOOKS
PARANORMAL
FAMILY
WITCHES - GHOSTS
Published 2013 - Own Ebook
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This is Chick Lit which is normally not my cup of tea, but every once in a while I stumble upon one I really like... as I did this one. If you liked Practical Magic you will like this story too. In fact, my thought is this one is better than the Hoffman book. There isn't an overload of romance, and what there was didn't make me roll my eyes once, ha!
★★★
YOUNG ADULT
TRILOGY BOOK ONE
FANTASY/PARANORMAL
FOUND FAMILY
WITCHES
Published 2019 - Own Ebook
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I was really liking this book. The premise was fresh and the magic system was unique and then it turned cheesy at the end. It also added a trendy diverse element at the conclusion from out of nowhere. I think it was an easier option for the author than taking the time and energy to develop a proper first in trilogy cliffhanger.
★★½
CHICK LIT
ONE OF FOUR COMPANION BOOKS
PARANORMAL
FAMILY
WITCHES - GHOSTS
Published 2014 • Own Ebook
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After reading The Witch of Little Italy I thought I had found a replacement for Zionist author Alice Hoffman, who was cheering on Instagram every time Palestinian children and babies, and their mothers were killed in bombings. However, this one really fizzled out in the last quarter. I always feel more disappointed when a book starts out strong and then dumps me on my head near the end, so it ends up at 2½ stars instead of three.
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Hoffman ended up scrubbing her IG account of all of her "I Stand With Israel" posts; cheering on the bombings of Palestinian refugee camps, schools, hospitals, and Catholic churches/convents, when promotions for the Practical Magic sequel movie started. However, she never made an apology for her grotesque behavior, so I am assuming she was forced to do so by Warner Bros. Therefore, she is still dead to me. I did not watch the movie, even though I had been over the moon excited about it, and I will never read another book penned by her. I heard the movie tanked at the box office. My DVD of the first movie will be donated to our local homeless shelter's charity thrift store.
SEPTEMBER READING WRAP-UP
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BOOKS READ
EIGHT
ARCS
ONE
PHYSICAL BOOKS
NONE
EBOOKS
EIGHT
AUDIOBOOKS
NONE
MANGA - GRAPHIC NOVELS - COMICS
ONE
MIDDLE GRADE
NONE
YOUNG ADULT
ONE
ADULT FICTION
SIX
NONFICTION
ONE
RE-READS
NONE
DID NOT FINISH
BOOKS READ FOR WITCHTEMBER THEME
SEVEN
2026
YEAR TO WRAP-UP DATE
TOTALS
59
PERSONAL CHALLENGES
NONFICTION 10/12
MIDDLE GRADE 12/12
NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS 0/3
MUSIC 0/1
PLAYS 0/1
BACKLIST ARCS 1/3
CLASSICS/VINTAGE 17/12
RE-READS 7/12
FREEBIES/99¢ KINDLE BOOKS 11/12
NYT 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 1/3
BOOKER PRIZE FIRST PLACE WINNERS 0/3
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MIDDLE GRADE • 12
YOUNG ADULT • 5
ADULT FICTION • 32
NONFICTION • 10
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GRAPHIC NOVELS/MANGA • 2
AUDIOBOOKS • 9
EBOOKS • 42
PHYSICAL COPIES • 11
BORROWED • 30
Prompt for SEPTEMBER, A Book About a Journey, completed!
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I read SALT HOUSES which is about a Palestinian family moving from country to country as they get pushed out by war.
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