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The Great Handfasting Project: Secular Wedding Planning Books
While historical sources about pre-Christian weddings and books written by modern pagans can give you a lot of good ideas for your ceremony, many of them don’t cover the most stressful part of getting married: planning, budgeting, scheduling, and managing a modern wedding. My fiance and I decided in December to move our wedding date…
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The Bizarre World of “Cozy” Murder Mysteries
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on January 1, 2021. When I think of murder, I don’t typically think of warm, fuzzy feelings. If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’m a fan of all things gritty…
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Let’s talk about urban fantasy.
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on October 25, 2020. Last week, I was hit with the dreaded condition that plagues all readers at some point. That’s right — I hit a reading slump. I was in the middle…
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In the Dark by Loreth Ann White Review and Analysis
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on September 13, 2020. Spoiler-Free Review I bought this book on a whim because the Amazon blurb reminded me of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The similarities are no mistake — In…
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Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked by Christa Carmen (Review + Analysis)
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on August 27, 2020. Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked is a short story collection that feels like it was made for women who love horror — probably because it was written by one. Christa…
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Spooky Books I’ve Been Enjoying Lately
(Yes, this is a break from witchcraft/paganism-related content. It’s been a long week and my brain is tired, so we’re going to talk about other hobbies that require less research.) Does anyone else feel like Halloween has totally crept up on them this year? This is my favorite holiday, but I feel like I just…
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Book Review: Psychic Tarot by Nancy Antenucci and Melanie Howard
Since I’ve started reading tarot for others more often, I’ve been making an effort to read more books about tarot and about different reading styles. I’m already pretty darn familiar with the cards and confident in my own reading style, but I think it’s helpful to see what other people are doing. It helps me…
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Q+A: Resources for Learning About Southern Folk Magic
Question (submitted by Tumblr user @green-earth-witch): “I’m moving from Washington to Alabama in a couple months and I’m really hoping to learn about the Southern folk practices, and maybe incorporate some parts of it into my own. Do you have any recommendations on how to go about doing that? Or are a lot of practices…
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If You Have a Uterus, You Need to Read This Book
A Woman’s Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, RU-486 by Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer was recommended to me by a friend the day after the news broke that the US Supreme Court was voting to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate federal abortion protections. She knew that, like a lot of people, I was…
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A Woman’s Book of Choices by Carol Downer and Rebecca Chalker
A Woman’s Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, RU-486 by Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer is one of the most informative books I have ever read (and I read a lot of books). I learned more about my own reproductive organs, about abortion, and about birth control from this one book than I have from…
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