Just a lady on a bicycle and not subtext I swear. You’ve probably seen something by now about the “fake books” that are being marketed through Amazon, dominating the sales charts and potentially influencing newcomers. Some of these appear to be ghostwritten, some are perhaps plagiarized (or at the very least recycled), and practically all …
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I’ve made a lot of blog posts and videos in the past about favorite books: advanced books, beginner books, books for people interested in taking things in a new direction, classics I think everyone should read, and books that I’ve got in my personal to-be-read pile. But I was recently asked to share my thoughts …
Hi, everyone! For those of you new to my work, I post a series of book reviews on Instagram that are designed to be “quick and dirty” rundowns of witchy books. I always post both what I loved and some critiques I had, in an attempt to be even-handed. I also suggest which audiences which …
Harmony Nice is one of the leading voices in this latest incarnation of Wicca, and it wouldn’t surprise me if this book does what Teen Witch by Silver RavenWolf did in the nineties, both good and bad. Though I'm not its target audience by any stretch, I see myself twenty years ago in this book. Adult …
It’s been a long time since I’ve been a beginner, but being active on the Pagan and witch Internet means that I’m constantly in contact with newcomers. I see their questions (and sometimes have them directed at me), I check out the books they’re reading, and I watch what’s changing since I first got started …
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