Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth | 
so-soAn short odd one. The story is of a friendship that blossoms into something real. But I did not get a handle on Jennifer's motivations for acting the way she did.
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so-soAn short odd one. The story is of a friendship that blossoms into something real. But I did not get a handle on Jennifer's motivations for acting the way she did.
It‘s never NOT a treat to read a book by E.L. Konigsburg, and coming back to the title featured on this week‘s episode of my podcast was certainly no exception. Author Trish Doller joins me on Episode 164 for a deep dive about Konigsburg‘s 1967 Newbery Honor-winning middle grade novel, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth. ✨ Link to listen in my bio!
pick“...just because I don‘t have on a silly black costume and carry a silly broom and wear a silly black hat, doesn‘t mean that I‘m not a witch. I‘m a witch all the time and not just on Halloween.”
+1 for #ScaryScavengerHunt: With a witch in it ✔️
+5 for a book related to Halloween
#TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon
so-soBook 1 finished for Dewey‘s Readathon. I‘d never read this EL Konigsberg and I‘m not sure I would have liked it as Younger Me. It‘s a bit weird. It also reads very much like a book from the 1960s, it doesn‘t feel quite as timeless as her other books. (But since it was published before 1980, I can use it for a Read Harder task)
so-soThis is Konigsburg's first book, and while I liked it, it definitely doesn't measure up to her later books. But it does have a fantastic title! Elizabeth is befriended--sort of--by Jennifer, who takes her on as an apprentice witch. Jennifer is a fantastic character, singularly herself; she divulges no personal details and doesn't seem to care what anyone else thinks (often with hilarious results).
Completed: J for #LitsyAtoZ. 12 done, 14 to go!
pickI've never read a Konigsburg book that I didn't absolutely love, including this one.
