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Apr 4

Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo a quest to secure their...

Mar 16

Review of The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3) by Naomi Novik

The more somber tone of book three and the focus on logistics feel appropriate as the recent graduates of the Scholomance desperately...

Mar 15

Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart

Emilia Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world as they resist male...

Oct 19, 2022

Review of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

Hester is richly imagined historical fiction with connections to themes and characters from The Scarlet Letter. It's magical and...

Oct 7, 2022

Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

Witchy Book Love It's the perfect time of year to read a spooky book full of magic! If you haven't already, I hope you'll check out the...

Aug 26, 2022

Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories

Do you love witchy books like I do? I love a good witch-focused book. If you like books about magic, here are two other Bossy Bookworm...

Feb 4, 2022

Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

Witchy Book Love Last year I published a Greedy Reading List of Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You, and because I do love a...

Oct 18, 2021

Review of The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) by Naomi Novik

This second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous forces, and the irresistible attraction...

Sep 17, 2021

Review of Circe by Madeline Miller

ICYMI: My recent review of Natalie Haynes's entertaining A Thousand Ships brought to mind this wonderful title by Madeline Miller that I...

Aug 31, 2021

August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. The list skews toward light fiction,...

Aug 24, 2021

Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is smart, shadowy and gothic, often...

Aug 18, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/18/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Shoulder Season, Christina Clancy's novel set in 1981 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, at a Playboy resort;...

Jul 13, 2021

Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

Small moments in this young adult book ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships, set against a witchy background. In...

Jul 12, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a bizarre, dark set of short stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra;...

May 17, 2021

Review of Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the time. Bohjalian's newest book,...

Apr 28, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/28/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming book from Chris Bohjalian (author of Midwives), a historical fiction story Hour of the...

Mar 26, 2021

Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

Do you love witchy books like I do? I love a good witch-focused book, and I've been wanting to put together a Greedy Reading List on this...

Feb 4, 2021

Review of The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

I was especially taken with the sisters' complicated relationships and with the link Harrow draws between witching and the women's...

Dec 16, 2020

Review of The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

There's brutality and bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie,...

Dec 14, 2020

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/20 Edition

01 Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford Crawford thought the trauma of her assault at St. Paul's boarding school decades...

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