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The Once and Future Witches
The Once and Future Witches | Alix E. Harrow
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In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters--James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna--join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote-and perhaps not even to live-the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive. There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.
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Jess861
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OK @BookishMadHatter - I'm not really sure how you know me so well?! Salty treats are my jam and these pretzels are beyond addictive - and you picked out my favourite flavour! Also, peach tea - another favourite of mine! The bookmarks, stickers, bag, notepad, ear warmer (our 4 yo has already taken it as hers) - you are too generous!

The books are such an autumn vibe - I'm so excited to dive into these! Strong women characters always win with me!

Jess861 #fffs #FallingForFallSwap

Thank you so much @Avanders & @Chrissyreadit for hosting this wonderful event!!

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BookishMadHatter So happy you (and your tiny human) liked it. Happy fall 1mo
Avanders 🤩🤩🍁👏🏼🍂♥️😘 1mo
Jess861 @BookishMadHatter Thanks! Our 8 yo has also stolen one of the bookmarks, lol! (edited) 1mo
Chrissyreadit 🧡🍁🧡🍁🧡🍁🧡 1mo
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GingerAntics
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Love this quote. This speaks to me on a spiritual, soul deep level.
#AlixEHarrow #TheOnceAndFutureWitches #equinox #solstice #moonlight #wildwomen #wildheartedwomen #outdoors

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VanessaCW
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This is quite a big book and took some reading but I very much enjoyed it. I loved the three main characters, the rhymes and spells at the beginning of each chapter and just how it was written overall. It‘s a story of women‘s rights and witches and combines historical fact with fiction. Vividly written, it‘s a gripping, compelling and absorbing read. 5⭐️

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VanessaCW
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Reading with my online book group, the Reading Loft on Groups.io

GondorGirl Alix Harrow is always a good pick. I adored this book. 🥰 13mo
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SpeculativeFemale
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Witches, feminism, questions of both gender and racial equity, suffrage, twisted fairy tales, and spells hidden in everything from lullabies and nursery rhymes to scholarly tomes and newspapers: this book has it all and then some! The pacing was just a bit slow for me in places, but overall I loved it!

#witches #alternativehistory

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ellarebee
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I don‘t know if anyone else feels this way about NYC in particular, but Juniper‘s comment is an absolute, constant MOOD.

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MoonWitch94
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#JoyousJanuary round-up! I am all caught up with my reading for my busy January. I decided to give up Peach Blossom Spring for this month because I am on the verge of being #overbooked and think I‘d rather read it later, not rush.

This week: Love Medicine, The Once & Future Witches, & Middlemarch

Andrew65 That‘s brilliant, well done and thanks for playing along 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂😍 2y
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BarbaraJean
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This was my IRL book club‘s pick for November—women‘s suffrage & witchery felt right for an election month. I really enjoyed this mix of fantasy, fairy tale, & alternate history, with a healthy dose of female empowerment. I loved how the sisters grew—both on their own & together as sisters—and how fierce each one was, in her own way. The writing was clever & the cast of supporting characters was wonderful as well—from love interests to villains.

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks This was my November #DoubleSpin—one more completed! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2y
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Mximlay
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Such an excellent book, I also really enjoyed being able to switch seamlessly between audiobook and ebook

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Cupcake12
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500 pages+ 4⭐️
It‘s 1893. No witches. Welcome the Eastwood sisters who join the suffragettes of New Salem and begin to learn the forgotten magical words that turn the womens movement into a witching movement.
The writing is this books greatest strength, traditional yet vivid. It really showcases sisterly bonds but it has issues of pacing.
Patience is needed to see the story through but is well worth it for the inspirational and empowering read

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IndoorDame
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This was an amazing read! I think reading it yesterday during the election felt especially apt and gave it more weight. This has been sitting on my kindle waiting to be read all year. I think something about the description and cover art convinced me it would be a dense read that I was never quite in the mood for, but it wasn‘t that at all. It was a fun lively story with vibrant diverse characters and a great revolutionary spirit.

Aimeesue One of my recent faves. The audiobook is brilliant, too. 2y
BennettBookworm One of my favorites!! 2y
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LadyCait84
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Suffragette witches, led by a trio of sisters who charmed me with their messy bonds, fierce love, and cohesive rage. Adored this one.

And as I finished it during the first hour of Dewey‘s #reversereadathon, I completed the first part of the readathon‘s Book Reports Challenge (draw a picture that shows what your book is about) with this doodle of Beatrice Belladonna Eastwood.

Scochrane26 Very cool drawing 2y
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PuddleJumper
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Fitz is using it as a head rest 😅 Better read something else until he wakes up

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readswellwithothers
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Clocking in at just over 16 hours, this is one of the longest fiction audiobooks I've read...and it was amazing! The narration was beyond incredible. I am confident that I would have enjoyed the book even if I'd read this in print form, the story is so much more compelling and entrancing than I imagined it would be. That said, I cannot emphasize enough how it became an actual *experience* to have Gabra Zackman deliver this tale to my eager ears.

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BookwormAHN
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I loved this book. It's alternative history told like a fairy tale. Three sisters who are witches use the suffraget movement to bring witchcraft back into the world 🪶
#RoaringWolf #Gold @Roary47 @Littlewolf1
#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#WickedWords #New @AsYouWish
#BBRC #GrowUp #AlternativeHistory @LibrarianRyan
#TheSupernaturalYear #Witches @AkashaVampie
#Pantone2022 #Potpourri @Clwojick

Clwojick This is on my list for the year! Hope to get to it soon! ❤️ 3y
AkashaVampie Great job sweetie!!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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Roary47 Interesting concept. 😊 3y
GirlNamedJesse I loved this one! 😍 3y
LibrarianRyan This has been on my list for a while. 3y
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Oryx
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This was so great. Witches, feminism, suffrage, twisted fairy tales - I had so much fun with this book. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much. And I thought the writing was excellent - so visual and evocative.

TrishB Stacked 👍🏻 I‘ve seen this a few times but somehow never got round to it. 3y
sprainedbrain Perfect review. I loved this one! 3y
Itchyfeetreader Adding this to my growing list … sounds great 3y
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KathyWheeler
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📖 My Goodreads goal is 175 but I always make that flexible.
🤫 Quiet — I really need quiet in 2022.
📖 I‘m reading The Once and Future Witches, and I‘m enjoying it.
#thoughtfulthursday

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brittanythebookdragon
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Soooo good! A villain we can all hate. Women we can all root for. Magic we would probably all like to have! Definitely worth picking up.

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Oryx
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Charity shop mini haul today ❤️

squirrelbrain Great haul! 3y
Oryx @squirrelbrain figured they were both worth taking a chance on for a few pounds. 😊 3y
TrishB Lucky finds 👍🏻 3y
Cathythoughts Nice 👍🏻 3y
Caroline2 Oh I really liked the Mars room. 👍 3y
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Cazxxx
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One witch you can laugh at. Three you can burn. But what do you do with a hundred?

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galueth28
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There's no such things as witches, but there used to be.

(Started this one today 🎃)

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Tattooedteacher
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So, I misunderstood the open date and thought it was today, but my goodness… such amazing gifts. Really can‘t wait to test out the sticker pen. I‘ve never heard of those before. The book picks are just perfect! Thank you so much @Twainy especially for diligently trying to figure out tea!💜 #hhs

wanderinglynn Fun! 🎃🧡 3y
Twainy 🎃 I had fun reading about tea. I still feel I know nothing about it. 😆 It just occurred to me that I might have been asking the wrong question. I should have asked what‘s the most common tea not what is the best. I think I started a feud between 2 coworkers with that question 😆 I had fun! I‘m not sure what I was searching for when Sticker pens came up 😂 I hope you have a Happy Halloween! 🤗 3y
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behudd
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This was a book club pick, & honestly not one I would have chosen on my own, but - and this is why I love book clubs - I loved it. Harrow‘s writing is beautiful, & I found myself often wishing I owned the copy I was reading instead of it being a library book just so I could highlight her words. It was a slower read for me, so I was glad I gave myself time to really sink into it &enjoy it. Feminist suffragette witches? It‘s a yes from me.

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ShelbyA7
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Book #53: I really wanted to love this book because I love the concept - witching in 1893 x the suffrage movement x sisterhood - but it took me a while to get through. I still liked the book but there was something missing for me, maybe in the pacing or POV. Love this cover!

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AprilMae
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I call this haul "I blame my local Barnes and Noble worker who convinced me I need them"

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TheatreSpaz
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I'm really excited about this one! I've seen a TON of great reviews. And reading outside between classes is paradise.

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Skyrimir
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This book is so good! Only halfway through but I feel like it may be getting close to best book of the year for me.

Ericalambbrown I really enjoyed this one, too! 3y
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Hooked_on_books
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This is a good but not great story of three sister witches at the end of the 1800s. The women‘s suffrage movement is happening while the estranged sisters find each other again and try to find their way forward. I liked the distinctiveness of each sister and watching their interplay. The audio is well done.

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BekaReid
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So this is why women's dresses lack pockets! Love it! 🤣

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em_books
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What an amazing story about magic and family and women‘s empowerment! I loved this book! 🙌🏻🖤

LoverOfLearning I LOVED Ten Thousand Doors of January!!! And his other book is on my TBR! 3y
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suvata
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This is seriously well written fairytale. In 1893, witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement.

sprainedbrain Loved this book! (edited) 3y
suvata @sprainedbrain I read it on my Kindle but now I want to by the hardcover 3y
JazzFeathers That sounds seriously awesome! 3y
suvata @JazzFeathers It really was. 3y
staci.reads My daughter just bought this one. I'll have to borrow when she's finished. 3y
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ElspethY
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Took a little bit to get going, but excellent character development, intriguing plot, and great writing! I particularly liked that all the witch spells were nursery rhymes and common songs.

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Lucy_Anywhere
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#TBRPile 📚 “There‘s no such thing as witches, but there used to be.”

mcctrish I really enjoyed this 3y
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amma-keep-reading
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i gravitate toward sibling stories and this i thoroughly enjoyed. it was a story and family (blood and self-made), rites of passage, growing pains, love story and the list continues.

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CleverGirl
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Idk about witchcraft but this coffee in a can business is definitely magic 🙀

tpixie Lol 😂 sisters are Magic also!!! 4y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Started this one last night 😍

Addison_Reads I just started this one too. 😀 4y
Enchanted_Bibliophile @Addison_Reads We're so in sync ... 😁 This is the second same book we're reading 4y
Addison_Reads @Enchanted_Bibliophile Great minds think alike. 😉 4y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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My #BookSpinBingo card for April. 😃

#BookSpin : The Once and Future Witches
#DoubleSpin : White Sand Vol.2

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
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seigakuFIGHTo
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The plot of this was magnificent. The weaving of history, magic, and fairy tales was unexpected and perfect. A little wordy at times (especially in the first half for me) and the characters were meh to me, but so, so worth reading the whole thing. Magical.

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Skeeterisme
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Mehso-so

Hmmm...

Tera66 I was so excited for this, but I've seen alot of "meh" reviews. Too bad, the cover is great. 4y
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Catsandbooks
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Thank you so much Allison for the wonderful #BookCupidSwap goodies!! I love everything! I can't wait to read this book! And I already broke into the sea salt caramel chocolate 😂 sooo good! 😍
Hope you have a lovely Valentine's Day! 💖

Thanks for hosting Brooke! ❤️

LiteraryinPA My pleasure! Happy Valentine‘s Day! 4y
candority So much chocolate! 🍫😋 Happy Valentine‘s Day! 💖 4y
Chrissyreadit I‘m listening to this book now and I love it!!! I look forward to seeing what you think of it. 4y
Catsandbooks @Chrissyreadit Hooray! I'll probably save it for spooky season, but who knows since I'm a total mood reader. 4y
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KatieDid927
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Unpopular opinion time! I was disappointed with this one. The story dragged for me, making it really tedious to get through to the point that I almost bailed. The characters were so tied to their tropes that they didn‘t develop beyond them enough for me to care, especially when their decision making was implausibly bad. The story was all over the place in general. There are better witchy books out there.

EclecticBookLover Reading this now. I'm intrigued and there are things that I like, but its slow going. 4y
KatieDid927 @EclecticBookLover Yeah that was my experience mid-read as well. Once I finished I wasn‘t impressed overall, but perhaps you‘ll like it more than I did! 4y
wanderinglynn I only got through a couple of chapters before I set it aside. I was listening to the audiobook and thought maybe it would be better in paper. But seeing your review, maybe not. 4y
KatieDid927 @wanderinglynn Yeah I don‘t think the format is the issue. It also seems I‘m not the only one to feel this way as I agree wholeheartedly with the 2 and 3 star reviews on Goodreads. 4y
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The_Heeler_Booklife
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is a beautiful story of sisterhood and girl power. I loved seeing them trying to make witchcraft a thing and women being powerful. The villain of the story was well done too. I liked the tales and spells that were thrown into the story. The only thing I was not a fan of was the slowness of the story. Overall it was good and I recommend it.
#bookstagram #bibliophile #litsy #littens #bookreview #review

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Ericalambbrown
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I finally finished this one on this rainy Saturday night. It started slow for me, but I wound up liking it more that I thought I would when I was half way through. I‘m glad I stuck with it. And now I kinda want to know what happens to the characters after the book ended.

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KatieDid927
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1. Tagged!

2. The stage adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Breathtakingly brilliant and the only adaptation I‘ve experienced that was better than the book.

3. Harry Potter! I saw the first two movies as a teenager before finally reading the books.

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

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ElleMNOpe
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An incredibly well-written, magical story that is ridiculously creative. Characters with distinct personalities, well-demonstrated flaws, & individualized motivations. Even supporting characters had dynamic development. The world-building was amazing with little historical nods & Easter eggs throughout the narrative, making it immensely fun to read. Despite the fact that it is a lengthy read, not a bit of the plot felt wasted. Beautiful & amazing.

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mcctrish
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I loved loved LOVED this book. Even more than I loved The 10,000 doors of January. Alix E. Harrow can really craft a magical story with just enough realism to make it so that you want it to be true.

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Nitpickyabouttrains
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I loved this book about witches and magic but more about women and sisters. I especially loved that the middle sister (out of three, like I am) was not evil.