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July 30, 2025

This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Fox by Joyce Carol Oates, Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, and The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. We also bring you new First Impressions selections, author interviews, and more.

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Blood and Ink: Writing Materials Through the Ages

In Emma Törzs's Ink Blood Sister Scribe, the first word of the title plays an important role: By mixing blood with herbs, people can make ink with magical properties. In the real world, writing has been done with a variety of materials throughout history — including, from time to time, blood.

Evidence points to ink first being used in Egypt circa 3200 BCE, and in China around the same time. These inks were often carbon-based, created by mixing soot with binding agents like acacia gum. Iron gall ink, which was common in medieval and early modern Europe, is a mixture that ...
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