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wild-words-and-wounds · 5 months
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writerly-ramblings · 5 months
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Books Read in October:
1). Vladimir (Julia May Jonas)
2). The Glutton (A.K. Blakemore)
3). The Late Americans (Brandon Taylor)
4). By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
5). The Pleasure of Reading (ed. Antonia Fraser)
6). I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
7). The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch (Anne Enright)
8). Let Us Descend (Jesmyn Ward)
9). Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil (Hannah Arendt)
10). Things Are Against Us (Lucy Ellmann)
11). Sleepless (Marie Darrieussecq, trans. Penny Hueston)
12). My Husband (Maud Ventura, trans. Emma Ramadam)
13). So to Speak (Terrance Hayes)
14). Artful (Ali Smith)
15). Time Shelter (Georgi Gospodinov, trans. Angela Rodel)
16). Dandelions (Thea Lenarduzzi)
17). The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (Colm Tóibín)
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judgingbooksbycovers · 10 months
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The Glutton
By A.K. Blakemore.
Design by Alicia Tatone.
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libercoven · 1 year
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Back to Fiction
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After starting the year with a witchy kids book, we had to keep up our fiction streak. We're taking a fictional look at one of the most infamous periods of witchcraft history. In March and April, we are reading The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore.
"Brimming with contemporary energy and resonance, The Manningtree Witches plunges its readers into the fever and menace of the English witch trials, where suspicion, mistrust, and betrayal run amok as a nation's arrogant male institutions start to realize that the very people they've suppressed for so long may be about to rise up and claim their freedom."
Want to read The Manningtree Witches with us? Join the conversation here: https://discord.gg/3Vhz8DW
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simonreid · 1 year
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Books of 2022
My favourite new books I read this year, from engrossing historical fiction to Jarvis’ unique music memoir based on the contents of his loft. I’ve included a couple of fantastic picture books my son and I have enjoyed endlessly. The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John MandelThe Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin MyersMy Name Is Yip by Paddy CreweGood Pop Bad…
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“A person might think Master Edes wished to avoid my company. In fact, I know already that that is all I will think, for two hours at least, when I head to bed in the evening, and that my sleep shall doubtless suffer thereby. And I wonder if there is any kind of intimacy with another person that isn't also an indignity, and if some people enjoy this, or if everyone just pretends to.”
– A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches
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wrenhavenriver · 3 months
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diceriadelluntore · 3 months
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I Miei Libri del 2023
Leggere libri è il gioco più bello che l’umanità abbia inventato. Wisława Szymborska
1 - Benjamin Stevenson - Tutti nella mia famiglia hanno ucciso qualcuno
2 - Bernardo Zannoni - I miei stupidi intenti
3 - Michela Marzano - L'amore che mi resta
4 - Martin Griffin - L'impostore
5 - Eric Fouassier - L'ufficio degli affari occulti
6 - Wendy Doniger - L'anello della verità
7 - Peter Hopkirk - Il Grande Circo
8 - Carmine Pinto - Il Brigante e il Generale
9 - Susan Cain - Il dono della malinconia
10 - Dennis Duncan - Indice, Storia dell'
11 - Maria Grazia Calandrone - Dove non mi hai portata
12 - Eshkol Nevo - Tre Piani
13 - Marcus Du Sautoy - L'enigma dei numeri primi
14 - Pietro Trifone - Brutte, sporche e cattive
15 - Giuseppe Barbera - Agrumi. Una Storia del Mondo
16 - Gianrico Carofiglio - Della gentilezza e del coraggio
17 - Audrey Magee - La colonia
18 - Edith Wharton - L'età dell'innocenza
19 - Antti Tuomainen - Il fattore coniglio
20 - Geoff Dyer - Natura morta con custodia di sax
21 - Franco Lorenzoni - Educare controvento
22 - Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Finché il caffè è caldo
23 - Florian Illies - 1913
24 - Francesco Paolo De Ceglia - Vampyr
25 - Richard Osman - Il Club dei delitti del giovedì
26 - Giulio Boccaletti - Acqua
27 - Domenico Dara - Malinverno
28 - Alessandra Necci - Al cuore dell'Impero
29 - Andrew Verghese - Il patto dell'acqua
30 - J.F. Powers - Morte d'Urban
31 - Imma Eramo - Il Mondo Antico in 20 Stratagemmi
32 - Gianni Solla - Il ladro di quaderni
33 - Alice Cappagli - Niente caffè per Spinoza
34 - A.K. Blakemore - Le streghe di Manningtree
35 - A.J. West - La meccanica degli spiriti
36 - Eric Fouassier - Il fantasma del Vicario
37 - Beatrice Salvioni - La Malnata
Nel 2023, finalmente, ho superato le 10 mila pagine lette, arrivando a quota 11336. Era un piccolo limite personale, niente di competitivo, ma il fatto di aver cambiato metodo di lettura mi ha aiutato nell'intento. Quest'anno ho letto anche libri su consigli di amici di Tumblr, uno tra questi è stato un regalo graditissimo. Per quelle vie misteriose e magiche che i libri ti fanno seguire, a volte ho comprato, senza saperlo, libri che sono complementari per tematiche e trame. Obiettivo del prossimo anno è leggere un classico a trimestre. Se ci sono curiosità sui titoli, chiedete!
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embossross · 3 months
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2023 in books: fiction edition
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Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
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The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga (⭐⭐⭐)
The Houseguest: And Other Stories by Amparo Dávila (⭐⭐)
The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore (⭐⭐)
Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst (⭐⭐)
Nervous System by Lina Meruane (⭐⭐)
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powderblueblood · 3 months
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From reading Hellfire and Ice, you have such good taste in media! I love the Cocteau Twins, Old Hollywood, and I love Joan Didion!! Basically what I’m saying is that I want to be your friend sooo bad but also I was curious to know if you have any media that you can recommend (movies, books, albums, articles, etc.) I’ve been kind of in a dry spell when it comes to consuming anything other than TikTok lol
oh june do i EVER KNOW THAT FEELING. i've been trying to be better about reading/watching things that aren't like bitesized videos on my phone but it's hard as fuck. i would so love to recommend some shit to you because writing hai has forced me to dig into the archives of being, once upon a time, a pretentious 18 year old
so! if you want some really fun old hollywood moments, i'd recommend gold diggers of 1933, his girl friday and the women right up top. for a little more of a 70s/80s flavor, call up robert altman and watch elliott gould be gods hottest private eye in the long goodbye or our good friend marty scorsese and loose yourself in the nuttiness of after hours.
bookswise, the last few really enjoyable reads i read were biography of x by catherine lacey (which is a bit of an undertaking but so worth it imo! incredible worldbuilding!), three women by lisa taddeo, children of paradise by camilla grudova and the manningtree witches by a.k. blakemore. the common thread vibe of those is a kind of eeeerie mystery energy, books you really can't wait to take another bite of
as far as music goes, i have been bumping a LOT of talking heads since i saw stop making sense in the cinema a couple of months ago, a little carole king and loudon wainwright, a LOT of chappell roan (red wine supernova??? femininomenon??? anybody) and for some reason the saturday night fever soundtrack? a fifth of beethoven goes off
hope you find some nice little nuggets in here and thank u i love u you're my friend now you have no CHOICE in the matter!!!!
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help-im-a-medstudent · 9 months
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The Manningtree Witches - A.K. Blakemore
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Rating:⭐⭐⭐
Blurb: Fear and suspicion take root among the women of Manningtree when the Witchfinder General comes to town.
England, 1643. Puritanical fervour has gripped the nation. In Manningtree, depleted of men since the Civil War began, the women are left to their own devices and Rebecca West chafes against the drudgery of her days. But when Matthew Hopkins arrives, asking bladed questions and casting damning accusations, mistrust and unease seep into the lives of the women. Caught between betrayal and persecution, what must Rebecca West do to survive.
Review: It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that Matthew Hopkins was a real man and that this book was not just 'based' on the witch trials, but imagines true events from the perspective of someone who was actually tried for witchcraft. (That's more of a reflection of how much I was put off learning about history as a kid). It wasn't quite what I was expecting as I was thinking there might be some fantasy/actual witchcraft involved but once I got into it I did really enjoy it. I would have given it more stars but it's written with very advanced/slightly old vocabulary which I did have to google quite a lot and there was also some phrases which felt too modern and sometimes it felt a bit clunky. It switches between narrators between third and first but also sometimes you don't realise it has switched because the first person narrator also 'narrates' parts that she wasn't actually present for.
Overall, the story is interesting, thought provoking and enlightening about why there was a sweep of witch trials through England at that time and what happened during them.
Trigger warnings: persecution, bereavement, false imprisonment,
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vlolets · 1 year
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I'm actually re-reading The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore which I listened to as an audiobook earlier in the year. It's one of my favourite books I've read this year and actually reading it is so much better than listening to it. It's a very atmospheric, poetic story about witch trials during the English Civil War.
And the most over-hyped book... I know people are going to disagree but I had the misfortune to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo this year. Well, I read the first 100 or so pages. It was a load of old shit frankly and written like a children's book for adults. First and last time I'll choose a book based on social media recommendations.
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writerly-ramblings · 2 years
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Books Read in June:
1). The Pumpkin Eater (Penelope Mortimer)
2). In the Woods (Tana French)
3). White on White (Aysegül Savas)
4). The Lost Properties of Love (Sophie Ratcliffe)
5). Exteriors (Annie Ernaux)
6). All the Beloved Ghosts (Alison MacLeod)
7). The Queen of the Night (Alexander Chee)
8). The Manningtree Witches (A.K. Blakemore)
9). Brooklyn (Colm Tóibín)
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bookofmirth · 1 year
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17 and 24!
thank youuuu sorry this got long, I am enjoying not having a shit ton of grading atm
17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?
Yes! Here is my list of books I liked more than I expected to:
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
Revelator by Daryl Gregory
Deadline by Mira Grant (I know I like her writing, I just didn't know the series would turn up to 11)
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Riverine by Angela Palm
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls by Nina Renata Aron
24. Did you DNF anything? Why?
Yes, I DNF'd a lot more this year than I usually do. I just had no patience for books that I wasn't into, even if I felt like in other circumstances, I would have enjoyed them. I think that was a theme for me personally, this year - I Marie Kondo'd my life.
I'm going to give the reasons I DNF'd because I think that's fun.
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi - I cannot stand her writing style, I wouldn't have bought this book but it was in Illumicrate and I didn't want to skip my first month of my subscription and I thought hey, maybe Past Leslie was wrong. I can give Mafi another chance. Past Leslie was RIGHT.
The Actual Star by Monica Byrne - this gave me "I went on vacation to an 'exotic' locale and connected with 'the natives', these are all the spiritual lessons it taught me, a white woman" vibes.
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - I hate when books try too hard to be shocking.
Learwife by J.R. Thorpe - I actually might come back to this one, it was just pretty dense and I wasn't in the right space for that style of writing.
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li - 100 pages in I couldn't tell the characters apart :(
Persephone Station by Stina Leicht - I might return to this one also. I couldn't get invested in the characters but then a week or two later I found myself thinking about it. So it's not goodbye forever, just goodbye for now.
Technically I DNF'd Bands of Mourning because I almost threw my book across the room when Wayne thought about someone breasts, again. But I read 250 pages so whatever.
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo. I just couldn't get into it.
Given to the Sea by Mindy McGinnis. I can't even remember. I usually like her books but this was not it.
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo - much like Manhunt, it was trying too hard.
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell - so much pretentious blah blah blah.
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libercoven · 1 year
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Liber Coven | March/April 2023 Reading Guide
The Book
Monthly Book 
In March and April we will be reading The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore.
Reading Schedule
To keep everyone on the same page, I have put together the following schedule. 
Do not feel like this schedule governs what pace you read the book at. It is more of a loose guideline for when we, as a group, will be at certain places in the book as the month goes on and when we will likely be talking about various sections. Feel free to read as fast or slow as you need to! 
Week One (March 1 - 4): Chapters 1-4
Week Two (March 5 - 11): Chapters 5-8
Week Three (March 12 - 18): Chapters 9-12
Week Four (March 19 - 25): Chapters 13-16
Week Five (March 26 - April 1): Chapters 17-20
Week Six (April 2 - 8): Chapters 21-24
Week Seven (April 9 - 15): Chapters 25-28
Week Eight (April 16 - 22): Chapters 29-32
Week Eight (April 23 - 30): Finish book.
*You might notice that any appendices that appear in the book are not included in this schedule. They are short and easy to study on your own. Feel free to discuss them with the rest of the book, though.*
Happy reading, witchlings!
✦ Veronica ✦
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bookjubilee · 5 months
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Book Review: ‘The Glutton,’ by A.K. Blakemore
bookjubilee.com http://dlvr.it/SyJ779
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