{"id":4461,"date":"2018-05-25T08:18:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2018-05-25T08:18:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:18:50","slug":"uk-mag-picks-updikes-witches-for-summer-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2018\/05\/25\/uk-mag-picks-updikes-witches-for-summer-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"UK mag picks Updike&#8217;s Witches for summer reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-25-at-7.01.13-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4462\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-25-at-7.01.13-AM-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-25-at-7.01.13-AM-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-25-at-7.01.13-AM.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>Two seasons ago <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2016\/07\/25\/ny-magazine-calls-witches-of-eastwick-a-best-beach-read\/\"><em>New York Magazine<\/em><\/a> though John Updike&#8217;s <em>The Witches of Eastwick<\/em> a beachy-keen choice for summer reading. This year, the U.K.-based magazine <strong>Stylist<\/strong> seconds the notion.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine included <em>Witches<\/em> on its list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/books\/top-100-holiday-reads\/125101\">&#8220;Top 100 holiday reads,&#8221;<\/a> noting, of the Updike choice,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Three divorced women in a Rhode island beach town discover they have beyond-ordinary powers. Their coven is shaken up by the arrival of the mysterious and devil-like Darrell Van Horne. Updike&#8217;s novel is far better than the film adaptation, so don&#8217;t discount the book if you&#8217;ve seen the film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why is it a holiday read? See the beach as a place to conjure storms and mischief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two seasons ago New York Magazine though John Updike&#8217;s The Witches of Eastwick a beachy-keen choice for summer reading. This year, the U.K.-based magazine Stylist seconds the notion. The magazine included Witches on its list of &#8220;Top 100 holiday reads,&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2018\/05\/25\/uk-mag-picks-updikes-witches-for-summer-reading\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4463,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4461\/revisions\/4463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}