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Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
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bookshelves: 2019-reads, fantasy, feminism-and-gender-study, owned, historical-fiction, horror, queer-lgbtqia-rep, erotica, short-stories-and-novellas, bipoc-authors, anthology-multiple-authors, available-from-bookshare, available-from-nls-bard, bipoc-main-character, contemporary, disability-community-rep, fat-rep, works-not-part-of-series, works-part-of-series, young-adult-new-adult
Sep 30, 2019
bookshelves: 2019-reads, fantasy, feminism-and-gender-study, owned, historical-fiction, horror, queer-lgbtqia-rep, erotica, short-stories-and-novellas, bipoc-authors, anthology-multiple-authors, available-from-bookshare, available-from-nls-bard, bipoc-main-character, contemporary, disability-community-rep, fat-rep, works-not-part-of-series, works-part-of-series, young-adult-new-adult
4.5 stars
I absolutely loved this collection which introduced me to quite a few new authors, featured some darker subject matter, most dealt with in a fashion that was delicate enough not to be too bracing, and also offered lots of awesome queer characters and some lighter, fluffier fair. The collection starts off light and fluffy and ends on a somewhat dystopian, though not hopeless, note. The beginning and ending stories and some of the collections more historically set pieces proved to be some of my favorites. I also enjoyed “the Gherin girls” which reminded me of my recent read of Sarah Addison Allen‘s garden spells.
I also appreciated that this collection featured stories which were a mix of overtly fantastical and more magical realism-oriented.
I absolutely loved this collection which introduced me to quite a few new authors, featured some darker subject matter, most dealt with in a fashion that was delicate enough not to be too bracing, and also offered lots of awesome queer characters and some lighter, fluffier fair. The collection starts off light and fluffy and ends on a somewhat dystopian, though not hopeless, note. The beginning and ending stories and some of the collections more historically set pieces proved to be some of my favorites. I also enjoyed “the Gherin girls” which reminded me of my recent read of Sarah Addison Allen‘s garden spells.
I also appreciated that this collection featured stories which were a mix of overtly fantastical and more magical realism-oriented.
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Reading Progress
April 19, 2019
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April 19, 2019
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to-read
September 30, 2019
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Started Reading
September 30, 2019
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2019-reads
September 30, 2019
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owned
September 30, 2019
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feminism-and-gender-study
September 30, 2019
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fantasy
September 30, 2019
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horror
September 30, 2019
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historical-fiction
September 30, 2019
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erotica
September 30, 2019
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queer-lgbtqia-rep
October 1, 2019
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Finished Reading
March 18, 2022
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short-stories-and-novellas
March 22, 2022
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bipoc-authors
June 13, 2024
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anthology-multiple-authors
June 13, 2024
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fat-rep
June 13, 2024
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disability-community-rep
June 13, 2024
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contemporary
June 13, 2024
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bipoc-main-character
June 13, 2024
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available-from-nls-bard
June 13, 2024
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available-from-bookshare
June 13, 2024
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young-adult-new-adult
June 13, 2024
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works-part-of-series
June 13, 2024
– Shelved as:
works-not-part-of-series
