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There are great, even illuminating points & themes in here, but the intertwining narratives felt flat.

Despite engaging characters, & the absolutely fascinating context (the first female healer in an indigenous community that saw the role as a man‘s), it read like the recap of what would have been a compelling story.

Absolutely loved the pictured quote though.

Very good.

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Taken while bookshopping in Berlin

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I clearly had a lot of thoughts, and I don't regret reading it, but this one wasn't quite my cup of tea. Not enough detail on the parts I found interesting, but then we come to sudden, incredibly graphic descriptions of sexual assault...why?! So much unnecessary repetition...my favorite of my tabs serendipitiously ended up on top of this pile so I turned it right side up: "WE GET IT. Your father drank sweet coffee and you do too." ☕️

Read for bookclub. I‘d recommend a format other than audio for this- it wasn‘t clear when point of view was shifting which made it very confusing. I assume in print there was some sort of break in the text to make it clearer.

I liked the parts about the ceremonies and mushrooms, and found the lineage of knowledge passing interesting, but didn‘t connect much with the characters. Overall just ok for me.

Definitely check your content warnings!

I liked this a lot. I seem to be on a witch theme this month. Set in Mexico. Based on an actual person (amazing). Excellent translation. Fantastic cover. Definitely a pick.

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Such great gems dropped throughout the book...

Gotta buckle in and finally finish this. It‘s alright??? Half way through and hoping for more.

#currentread #witches this was my #doublebookspin I gave it 75 pages but it was NOT my jam! #bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks I‘m currently all caught up for the year.

I love this cover! This works for #ScarathlonDailyPrompts #PhotoChallenge Day 13: #Witch as well as an option to read #WomenInTranslation.

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Visited a bookstore today in Charleston that I haven‘t been to before, love their sign out front! (curious George is with me!)

My mother is the opposite. Words come easily to her, and she has a tendency to start up long conversations with people on the street, in a queue for coffee, or wherever. One time, a woman called our house by mistake and they ended up chatting for over an hour. When she hung up, my mother had said, "Oh, that was Raquel. She dialled the wrong number but we really hit it off."