Thoughts 
by Quan Barry, Random House Audio 2020, 14 hours 44 minutes
Narrated by Isabel Keating
Challenge: Possible TOB Long List to Short (Gamble) Genre: YA Type/Source: Audiobook/Library Why I read this now: Available at LibraryMOTIVATION for READING: Tournament of Books 2021 Hopeful
WHAT’s it ABOUT: A Girls HS Field Hockey Team who make a pact with the darkside in order to win State. This takes place and draws heavily on the Salem Witch Trials history.
THOUGHTS: This was a fun listen. Humor was delightful and I was often chortling or laughing or exclaiming, “oh my!” Good stuff.
However, it was a bit too long. I was invested but ready for it to be done.
The poetry collection I opened when almost finished with this audiobook references the Salem Witch Trials. [The Thin Wall by Martha Rhodes]
RATING: Four slices of pie.
Pie actually had a few mentions – a mother of a team member enters a pie in the county fair, is one.
Care's Books and Pie 
This sounds less serious than the witching book I just finished, Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches (review soon, I hope).
Are witches a theme right now?
This WAS too long, although I admit I wouldn’t have liked it even if it had been shorter. It felt arch and fakey, and I didn’t enjoy the jokes. ALAS because it sounded absolutely amazing!
Yea, I can see that – I think what I really was most enjoying is that it wasn’t 2020.
I’ve heard good things about this and it’s on my list.
Made the short list!!!!
ooh, I’ll have to look the shortlist up!
Too long is a big no-no. although you never know if they’re worth it until it’s too late to turn back.
I persevered. But wow-golly-gee did I have a LOT of DNFs this year. If it wasn’t catching on and I was avoiding reading all together, had to drop. Breaks my heart! I know some of the DNFs I had are terrific book but just didn’t hit the right timing for me. And if LONG?! I’m surely not going to stick with it.
I stuck with this one – – HAD to know how it ended!!