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Finished for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 I‘m sure I read this back in middle school but revisiting it in October was perfect for the season. I meant to reread The Crucible as a companion, but ran out of time. Amazing what havoc a group of young girls started, perpetuated by the patriarchy & resulting in the unnecessary imprisonment, ruin & death of so many. Jackson breaks in down in a way that is accessible to all.

This was the perfect Halloween read. I also found it quite timely, which made it even spookier.

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Tonight‘s #HyggeHour is being spent with this one from #ChildrensClassicRead2025 I‘m trying to capture a fall vibe with apple cider (cold) & this cinnamony pear cheesecake I got at a craft market this weekend. Listening to an instrumental mix called Witchy & Woodsy on Spotify: https://spotify.link/HzoCirVDNXb 🍂🧡🍁

Mood is not ready for Monday & a busy work week but what‘s new?! 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have always enjoyed Shirley Jackson's writing, and this is no exception. I like the fact that she researched and created a nonfiction work for children about this sad period of American history. Jackson wrote that if the girls had been disciplined, it wouldn't have gotten as bad as it did. I agree, not with corporal punishment, mind you, but something.
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A pick. I read this for #childrensclassicread2025 hosted by @TheBookHippie . Turns out it was an excellent refresher of events an people that‘s enhancing my reading of I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem.

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I‘ve always been intrigued by the Salem Witch trials and this was a good informational read. I wasn‘t even aware of this title so thanks @TheBookHippie for introducing me to it. Great pick for spooky season.

Martha Corey, you go girl.

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This is a great introduction to the Salem Witch Trials. It would make for some really good discussions in sixth grade and possibly some parallels to the present would be made unfortunately.

10/10 illustrations

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Reading age for this book 8-12 (!!!!!!!)

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When superstition is more prevalent than education, people end up hurt.

Great for a blanket overview. If you are already familiar w the trials, skip.

#BFCr4 #BFC Week 4 Check-in! 4/4 runs for the week (two of them on the same day, one in the morning and one in the evening). All 4 were on the treadmill due to smoke from the Kincade fire making the air quality iffy in Berkeley. Finished the tagged book, so 6/6 books for the challenge, so I'm increasing my goal to 9 books. Great week! 👍💪🏃‍♀️ #RunningonReading @wanderinglynn @BarbaraJean @Catlover23 @hermyknee

Another treadmill #audiorun! (Yes, two in one day... In my defense, I spent most of the day sitting and reading, so I was getting fidgety. Also this means I got 4 runs in this week. 👍) #NFNov @rsteve388 @Clwojick #BFC #BFCr4 #RunningonReading

#TIL about the economic devastation caused by the Salem witch trials (in part because when people were released from prison post-hysteria, they had to pay the gov't for their stay in prison?? 😤)

Got some good #audiocooking in while I tried this new recipe and then enjoyed the fruits of my labor. 😋 I don't have a lot of practice cooking, so it's been hard to make time for cooking yummy meals with veggies and stuff, but I think this recipe is easy enough to fit into my schedule! Plus I made 3 servings in one go! 👍 #NFNov @Clwojick @rsteve388

2.2 mile treadmill #audiorun! Did surges, which is hard on a treadmill, but the air quality still isn't good enough for me to run outside. Continued listening to the tagged #audiobook for #NFNov! @Clwojick @rsteve388 #BFC #BFCr4 #runningonreading

Kicked off #NFNov tonight by starting this #audiobook on my #audiorun! Running 3 miles on a treadmill sure is boring, so it was nice to have a good audiobook as company. I love Shirley Jackson, and I'm thinking that this can count as #truecrime for #NFNovbingo! @Clwojick @rsteve388

This nonfiction YA about the Salem Witch Trials certainly packs a punch! Filled with details about Salem Village at that time, and how a whole community succumbed to paranoia, this is an excellent introduction to the subject.

But you really can‘t go wrong with Shirley Jackson.

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Preparing and delivering candidate walk packets today! Should get through this audiobook by the time I‘m done, and will have walked a few miles in the process! #audiowalk #screamathon

1. Tagged on audio, and The Bakeshop at the Corner of Pumpkin and Spice
2. 44! Library just reopened after renovations = 📚📚
3. Graphic novels, and reading books that have been made into movies, help break me out of a slump.

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I was aghast several times while I listened to this book. I guess I forgot or maybe didn‘t know the details of the Salem witch trials. It is a short one, but Jackson does a great job of moving the story along, even with all of the details. The narrator is perfect. #authoramonth #nonfiction19

August‘s author is Shirley Jackson! I‘ve already read We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House, so I wanted to try something a little different and I found her book The Witchcraft of Salem Village. When I was in school, I was interested in the Salem Witch Trials so I chose this short nonfiction book!
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It‘s possible my middle name should have been “late” instead of Ann. I only read one #authoramonth for July. 😕 I‘m shooting for two on audio this month, maybe three if my hold comes in. #audioforthewin

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really enjoyed this ”just the facts” non-fictionalized telling of the Salem Witch Trials! It doesn't matter how many books I read on the subject, (and I have read a lot!) I always learn at Least one new thing in each book!

Accidental spine poetry in my Currently Reading stack.

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Even though this was a short read it was packed with a lot of interesting information that kept my attention through out.

Shirley Jackson giving us the story of the Salem Witchcraft trials? Yes, please. What could be more frightening than her take on repression, mores and teenage evilinas? Not much, really. #favoritescarynonfiction #AllHallowsRead