Podcasts about future witches

The Everlasting by bestselling author Alix E. Harrow is an epic time-traveling fantasy about history, legacy, belonging and bravery. Alix joined us live at The Grove to talk about creating her own mythology, unreliable narrators, time loop stories, lady-knights, gender roles and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang In Memoriam by Alice Winn Starling House by Alix E. Harrow Middlemarch by George Eliot Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Black Silk by Judith Ivory  

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: audiobook samples and author shoutouts Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: books we've recently set aside and why The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). .  .  .  1:26 - Ad For Ourselves 4:27 - Currently Reading Patreon 4:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 6:09 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 9:50 - Our Current Reads 10:22 - Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins (Meredith) 13:50 - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent 13:54 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare 14:36 - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Kaytee) 14:45 - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy 14:51 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 18:04 - What the Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller  (Meredith) 18:54 - The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 23:07 - Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (Kaytee) 23:26 - Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle 26:15 - Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle 26:54 - The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury (Meredith, amazon link) 30:37 - The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 31:52 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Kaytee) 32:13 - Waterstones 32:14 - Blackwell's 34:16 - The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell 38:20 - Books We Recently DNF'd 40:47 - Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (Meredith NRN) 43:30 - All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman (Kaytee DNF) 45:16 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Meredith DNF with prejudice) 47:47 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 48:11 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 49:50 - We Are the Light by Matthew Quick (Kaytee DNF with prejudice) 51:58 - The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick 52:30 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Meredith - not sure!) 53:42 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 53:49 - A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 55:01 - Fire by John Boyne (Kaytee DNF) 55:14 - Water by John Boyne 55:15 - Earth by John Boyne 55:16 - Air by John Boyne 55:18 - The Elements by John Boyne (all 4 novellas combined) 55:27 - Blackwell's 56:45 - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne 57:46 -  Sarah's Bookshelves Live - The Elements by John Boyne discussion (only for patreon subscribers) 58:34 - Meet Us At The Fountain 59:14 - I wish for author Cameos. (Meredith) 59:17 - Cameo 1:01:17 - I wish for a reading merit badge. (Kaytee)   Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November's's IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

S6E4: While the days are getting shorter and the temperatures are dropping lower, being indoors is looking a lot more cozy. In other words, it's the perfect season to get back to reading! Not only is autumn THE season for reading, but there are so many sub-genres that perfectly compliment the moody weather and spooky atmosphere of fall. Tune in to hear our recommendations for witchy and gothic reads, to cozy, dark academia, and just plain dark. We also spend some time reviewing lists compiled by reading platforms (GoodReads and Fable) on suggested autumnal reads. As ever, happy reading from the Hot Girls Read podcast. Titles MentionedThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaThe Secret History by Donna TartLegends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, Discworld series by Terry PratchettThe Blue Castle by L.M. MontgomeryThe Dead Romantics by Ashley PostonThe Hexologists by Josiah BancroftThe Wisteria society for Lady Scoundrels by India HoltonWeird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Woods of Britain (A British Library short story collection)Anything by Shirley Jackson (Haunting of Hill House, We Have always lived in the Castle) Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierNinth House by Leigh BardugoAce of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBunny by Mona AwadTemptation of Magic by Megan ScottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryNatasha Preston booksA Study in Drowning by Ava ReidThe Ex Hex by Erin SterlingA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessWeyward by Emilia HartThe Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More by Arin MurphySlewfoot by Alexis HendersonPsychic Witch by Mat AurynDracula by Bram StokerThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkeinJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeFollow us on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/hotgirlsreadpodcast⁠ Check out our website: ⁠https://hotgirlsreadpodcast.com/⁠

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: 3D bookish printing and reading too many books at once Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: taking our top reads from each year 2019-2024 and ranking them The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). .  .  .  1:58 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 3:09 - Book bone 4:33 - 3D Printer 7:49 - Our Current Reads 7:55 - How to Survive A Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans (Kaytee) 12:17 - Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh (Meredith) 13:41 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh 15:34 - Fabled Bookshop 17:05 - A Rebellion of Care by David Gate (Kaytee) 17:24 - @davidgatepoet on Instagram 21:15 - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 24:51 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 24:53 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 25:46 - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Kaytee) 25:56 - The Novel Neighbor 27:25 - The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams 27:27 - The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester 28:49 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 29:39 - The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths (Meredith) 34:39 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 35:16 - Ranking Our Favorites From Years Past Meredith's Top Books 2019-2024 36:36 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (5) 36:41 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (6) 36:46 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2) 36:53 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow (3) 36:58 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (4)  37:05 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (1) Kaytee's Top Books 2019-2024 37:50 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (3) 37:54 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (4) 38:00 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (1) 38:13 - Babel by RF Kuang (2) 38:16 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (6) 38:18 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (5) 42:19 - The Count of Monte Cristo be Alexandre Dumas 50:57 - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher 51:57 - Meet Us At The Fountain 52:04 - I wish that I would better prepare for downtime or planned reading. (Kaytee) 54:32 - I wish you would make a top 10 reads every year from now on. (Meredith)   Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October's IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

We use history a lot in our worldbuilding, whether as a direct re-interpretation or as inspiration for a secondary world that we're creating. So… why do we do that? And what choices do we need to examine as we do so? Guest Alix E. Harrow joins us to discuss weaving historical realities into our fiction. The construction of history is, itself, always the process of creating a narrative through authorial and editorial choices, and so not as wildly different from writing fiction as it may seem. That interrelation means there is an ethical component to worldbuilding, particularly when dealing with issues of imperialism, colonialism, and historically marginalized populations. How do we interrogate the stories we've received, the information our research turns up, and the assumptions both we and our readers might make based on what we think we know about history? [Transcript for Episode 166] Our Guest:  Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including a duology of retold fairy tales (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended). Her work has won a Hugo and a British Fantasy Award, and been shortlisted for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, Southern Book Prize, and Goodreads Choice awards. She's from Kentucky, but now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.

There is no such thing as witches. Well maybe back when they burned innocent women at the stake in Salem. But not in the 1890s. But even then, witches were not real. But what if there were real witches? And what if they had just forgotten the old ways for fear of being found out? And what if the women's suffrage movement caused them to remember the old ways and bring witchcraft back to help fight for women's rights? This month we are discussing The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow.Editors Note: If you listen to this show as an audio only podcast, first, thank you for the support. But we have been doing a lot more stuff on YouTube. This month, I left in the pre-show banter that is on the video version of the show just so you can get a taste of what you are missing.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Jennifer HetzelLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: car picnics and even more bookshelves! Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: all about narrative POVs - do they matter? do we like one more than the other? The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). .  .  .  .  1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 4:04 - Awake by Jen Hatmaker 4:44 - BookPeople 9:45 - Our Current Reads 9:53 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Kaytee) 13:22 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 13:26 - Currently Reading Patreon to access Popcorn in the Pages 14:03 - Majesty by Katharine McGee 14:53 - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (Meredith) 18:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree  18:06 - The Spellshop by Sara Beth Durst 18:16 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna 19:24 - House of Frank by Kay Synclaire 19:41 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 20:08 - These Truths by Jill Lepore (Kaytee) 20:32 - libro.fm 22:04 - The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon 25:07 - The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis (Meredith) 26:03 - Fabled Bookshop 29:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee) 32:04 - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 34:15 - The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan (Meredith) 40:05 - Deep Dive: Narrative POVs 45:38 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 45:43 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 45:59 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler 46:32 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 48:28 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live 49:55 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 52:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 52:42 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 52:47 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker 53:05 - We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin 53:09 - Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin 53:30 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 53:32 - Everyone In My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson 53:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain 53:55 - I wish to press Starling House into everybody's hands. (Kaytee) 54:00 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 54:08 - The Novel Neighbor 56:10 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 56:29 - I wish everyone would try a book flight. (Meredith)   Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL is brought to us from Words Matter in Pitman, NJ. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Get your copy of "A Cozy Holiday Romance" by Jackie Adams here: https://www.amazon.com/Cozy-Holiday-Romance-Jackie-Adams/dp/1959621971/ Get your copy of "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson here: https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Hill-House-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039989/ Get your copy of "Practical Magic: 25th Anniversary Edition" by Alice Hoffman here: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Magic-Alice-Hoffman/dp/0425190374/ Get your copy of "The Once and Future Witches" by Alix E. Harrow here: https://www.amazon.com/The-Once-and-Future-Witches/dp/B08KJ9H1Y8/ Get your copy of "Sleep Weaver" by Jackie Adams here: https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Weaver-Jackie-Adams-ebook/dp/B0DLT58ZTZ/   Until next time!  

Last episode, Tara put out the call for queer YA books and a reader did the damn thing and delivered. So this week, we start off with a handful of fantastic reader recommendations for the little people in your life. Audiobook listening speeds, sphagnum moss, The Odyssey, and other queer topics are also discussed. Official Recommendations  From Kris: Prime Target (Apple TV+) Kris's official recommendation this week is the TV series Prime Target. A gay mathematician who's disastrously bad at relationships stumbles onto a discovery that puts him in the sights of a shadowy conspiracy. From Tara: If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke Tara's official recommendation this week is If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke. It's a "falling for the best friend's sister" romance that's set in a cozy small town. It also has a very fun disastrous lead (sensing a theme, here) who has no idea that everyone around her can see how down bad she is for the love interest. Tara's recommended this author before, but this is her favourite so far. Works/People Discussed You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson Loudmouth Books in Indiana The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes 6 Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow Love is Blind, season 8 (Netflix) Extracted (Fox) The White Lotus, season 3 (HBO) Yellowjackets, season 3 (Showtime) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) RuPaul's Drag Race, season 17 (MTV) Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat The Odyssey by Homer Ulysses by James Joyce Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson Her Best Friend's Sister by Meghan O'Brien Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden Support & follow the show Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Bluesky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Get all our links on Linktr.ee

Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Alix E. Harrow.Alix E. Harrow is the NYT-bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, Starling House, and various short fiction, including a duology of retold fairy tales (A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended). Her work has won a Hugo and a British Fantasy Award, and been shortlisted for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, Southern Book Prize, and Goodreads Choice awards. She's from Kentucky, but now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.Her writing is represented by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.In this episode, Alixshares how she approaches short vs long form fictiontalks about her writing processshares advice on honing your writing skillsgives us a delightful intro to a 1926 novel that revived her story joy. A witch who runs off to the woods? Deals with the devil? Please and thanks.delves into how she likes to use framing devices in her writingtells us her fav fairy tale and tropesindulges Courtney's need for secrets by telling us more about her forthcoming "lady knight time travel" book (Fall 2025)points out what happens as the Tamora Pierce girls are coming of age: i.e. more lady knight books to look out for soonFor more storytelling content to your inbox,⁠⁠⁠ subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.Be brave, stay beastly!

Lianne kicks off our 2025 season with an in-depth chat about the books that fortify us. We also chat about how we find a lot of self-help feels like fast food ( we have opinions!), and the books that have nourished us in more satisfying ways.We share fiction, podcasts and other sources of sustenance. We've included the books and podcasts we mention below:Books Self-help by Gabby BernsteinBeyond Anxiety by Martha BeckNo Bad Parts by Richard SchwartzLet Them by Mel RobbinsAn article about the Poem by Cassie Phillips that preceded Mel Robbins' bookOnce and Future Witches by Alix HarrowThe Courage to be Disliked Kishimi and KogaThe Fifth Sacred Thing by StarhawkWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema ChodronLet Your Life Speak by Parker PalmerThe Courage to Teach by Parker PalmerThe Untethered Soul by Michael SingerTen Poems to Change Your Life by Roger HousdenWoman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyPodcastsReThinking with Adam Grant The Handsome PodcastWiser Than Me with Julia Louis DreyfusWhere Should We Begin? With Esther PerelAll There Is with Anderson CooperLITerally  with Lacey StylesThe Rest is EntertainmentKim Hill Wants to Know with Kim HillCourage & Spice with Sas Petherick

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Alisa Alering at www.alering.com or on Insta @alisa.alering. This week we wrap up what has been a month of seasonally spooky books with guest Alisa Alering, the author of Smothermoss, a book that is set in 1980s Pennsylvania Appalachia. It is the story of two sisters who witness a murder on the Appalachian Trail. It is a book that Amy discovered while attending the Columbus Book Festival this past summer. If you like magical realism or gothic fiction, you will definitely want to check this novel out since there is a sentient mountain. Nature truly is a character in the story. Books Mentioned In This Episode: 1- Smothermoss by Alisa Alering 2- Ritual by David Pinner 3- Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham 4- Watership Down by Richard Adams 5- Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms 6- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms 7- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Dina @ddemaiosmith - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 8- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 9- Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 10- Assembly by Natasha Brown 11- White Teeth by Zadie Smith 12- The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister 13- My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics) by Kalynn Bayron Media mentioned— 1- What We Do in the Shadows (Hulu 2019) 2- What We Do in the Shadows movie (2014) 3- Wellington Paranormal (Max 2018) 4- Psycho (Netflix 1960) 5- The Wicker Man (Tubi 1973)

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Alisa Alering at www.alering.com or on Insta @alisa.alering. This week we wrap up what has been a month of seasonally spooky books with guest Alisa Alering, the author of Smothermoss, a book that is set in 1980s Pennsylvania Appalachia. It is the story of two sisters who witness a murder on the Appalachian Trail. It is a book that Amy discovered while attending the Columbus Book Festival this past summer. If you like magical realism or gothic fiction, you will definitely want to check this novel out since there is a sentient mountain. Nature truly is a character in the story. Books Mentioned In This Episode: 1- Smothermoss by Alisa Alering 2- Ritual by David Pinner 3- Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham 4- Watership Down by Richard Adams 5- Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms 6- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms 7- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Dina @ddemaiosmith - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 8- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 9- Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 10- Assembly by Natasha Brown 11- White Teeth by Zadie Smith 12- The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister 13- My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics) by Kalynn Bayron Media mentioned— 1- What We Do in the Shadows (Hulu 2019) 2- What We Do in the Shadows movie (2014) 3- Wellington Paranormal (Max 2018) 4- Psycho (Netflix 1960) 5- The Wicker Man (Tubi 1973)

Get your copy of "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson here: https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Hill-House-Shirley-Jackson-ebook/dp/B0D83LBPJ8 Get your copy of "Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman here: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Magic-Alice-Hoffman/dp/0425190374 Get your copy of "The Once and Future Witches" by Alix. E. Harrow here: https://www.amazon.com/The-Once-and-Future-Witches/dp/B08KJ9H1Y8   Learn more about Jackie and her books here: https://jackieadamssite.wordpress.com/   Until next time!  

In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of being books that are based on fairy tales.  These books are adult-sized treats that carry with them an ounce of familiarity and some secret ingredients you won't see coming. We will also share a Middle Grade March Book in Hand. Once upon a time…Featured Books Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (LP) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (LP) Heartless by Marissa Meyer (LH) Cinder by Marissa Meyer (LH) A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (LH)Book In HandFerris by Kate DiCamillo (LP)Books Mentioned in this Episode:Thornhedge by T. KingfisherBecause of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamilloThe Mercy Watson Series by Kate DiCamilloThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloUprooted by Naomi NovikStarling House by Alix E. HarrowTen Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowThe Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowLord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Additional Books That Go With Our Stack:All the Ever Afters by Danielle TellerThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA Mirror Mended by Alix E. HarrowA Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid KemmererWays to contact us:Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumbleFacebook:  Book BumbleOur website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.comEmail:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.comHey Friends, please rate and review us!

This week, we're taking a trip to 1950s Italy as we discuss Patricia Highsmith's classic thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley and its acclaimed 1999 adaptation directed by Anthony Minghella. Topics of discussion include the novel's iconic con artist protagonist, the twisty plot, homoerotic subtext, and how Minghella put his own spin on the themes and characters.  Media Mentioned Scrapper (2023) dir. Charlotte Regan (note: Lulu was wrong, the lead actress's name is actually Lola Campbell, not Lola Chambers) Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow Dune by Frank Herbert The Artful Dodger (2023), starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewliss, and Maia Mitchell Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Saltburn (2023) dir. Emerald Fennell Do Revenge (2022) These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson “Patricia Highsmith” by Richard Brooks for the Guardian The Bourne Identity movies Nimona by N.D. Stevenson Sorry to Bother You (2018) dir. Boots Riley The Celluloid Closet (1995) dir. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Hannibal (2013-2015) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword dir. Guy Ritchie Ripley (upcoming Netflix show) BBC Sherlock And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley Content Warnings: discussions of antisemitism, racism, murder, violence, homophobia, gaslighting, suicide, and classism.

Join New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren each week as she crafts a new story with one of her author guests!USA Today bestselling author M. O'Keefe is here with a steamy bodyguard romance who's determined to protect the pop star who's been cancelled. And they meet through their dysfunctional families. It's full of those messy emotions that make us really get to know the characters. Find out what happens on the inside!And if you enjoy this story, you'll love EVERYTHING I LEFT UNSAID by M. O'Keefe.About M. O'Keefe:Molly O'Keefe is the USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author of over 100 novels across four different pen names. Check out M. O'Keefe for steamy romance, Molly O'Keefe for contemporary romance, and Molly Fader for women's fiction.You can also find M. O'Keefe's website here.These are some of the books and shows referenced inside...The Tycoon by M. O'KeefeAnnika MartinTwisted Games by Ana HuangOnce and Future Witches by Alix E. HorrowThe Woman in Me by Britney SpearsFind Me by Anne FrasierYou get to help us pick our story prompts inside the Storytime with Skye Podcast Facebook group. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1030813154714760

Hello! Seeing as Cozy Christmas Reads has become an annual tradition for Medium Lady Talks I wanted to make sure those of you tuned in to this feed have a chance to enjoy the THIRD annual Cozy Christmas Reads Episode! Happy Holidays and Merry Reading!!! xo   Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 12, Cozy Christmas Reads 2023; Featuring Ali Oppenlaender and Stephanie Cunningham. This week's episode is extra special, because not only do you have Erin and Jillian, but you have the other two members of their Buddy Read Group, Ali and Stef. Together they're going to be discussing their favorite cozy books that would be perfect to read this holiday season. This episode was recorded in separate locations, but it is just as full of love and fun! In This Episode: All four ladies check in and share how they're reading is going. If you'd like to go back and listen to the previous episodes of Cozy Christmas Reads, you can listen to 2021's episode here and 2022's episode here. Each woman shares their definition of what a Cozy Christmas Read is to them. The women go round-robin through their recommendations. Prepare for 8 new cozy reads! Next up are hot takes, listen to the episode to hear what the ladies are sharing their thoughts on. Parnassus Books on IG: https://www.instagram.com/parnassusbooks/?hl=en Supposedly Fun on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/supposedlyfun, especially his episode reviewing the NYT Top 100 books of 2023: https://youtu.be/84IoxwSjAyo?si=4C7IwUI46L9QTuhC  Best of Goodreads 2023 List To end the show the ladies share their holds list.    Books Mentioned In This Episode: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow The Princess and The Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood  Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Legends & Lattes by Travis Balder Beyond the Four Kingdoms Series by Melanie Cellier The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett A Family for St. Nick: A Heartwarming Holiday Romance by Barbara Meyers The Maid by Nita Prose A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone Foster by Claire Keegan If you enjoyed this episode we would love it if you recommended us to a friend or loved one!  Be sure to take a screenshot and share on Instagram stories, and tag both Jillian (@jillianfindinghappy) and Erin (@medium.lady), or the podcast @mediumladyreads, so that they can reshare the love! Thanks for listening and if you enjoyed what you heard, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts! Tune in on December 27th for the next episode of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast.  

Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of books with a major sense of place.  You know...books with a setting ,or a place within the setting, that becomes a character.  We will also share a book in hand.  Setting makes the story!Featured Books:Chenneville by Paulette Jiles  (LP)The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (LP)Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (LH)The President's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood (LH)Book In Hand:Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (LP)Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey BurgesLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryEnemy Women by Paulette JilesThe Color of Lightning by Paulette JilesNews of the World by Paulette JilesThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowThe Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowOrdinary Grace by William Kent KruegerThis Tender Land by William Kent KruegerThe Cork O'Connor Mystery Series by William Kent KruegerThe Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson WoodThe First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher MurrayPodcast Mentioned in This Episode:Thoughts From a Page by Cindy BurnettWays to contact us:Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumbleFacebook:  Book BumbleOur website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.comEmail:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.comHey Friends, please rate and review us!

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow is a haunted house story for those of us who love books, creepy fairy tales and Southern Gothic themes. Harrow joins us to talk about her personal connections to the novel, the ties to children's literature, the differences in writing novels vs. short stories and more with guest host, Kat Sarfas.     This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang.            Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).    Featured Books (Episode):  Starling House by Alix E. Harrow    The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow    The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow     A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow    A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow    Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak    She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan    He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 

This week, Emily tells us about suffragists and cycles in The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, while Rebecca shares the whimsical and wonderful Honeycomb by Joanne Harris. We fully settle into witchy cosy season, Rebecca nearly makes Emily cry, and Emily is maybe a secret lyrical genius!   Our infatuations: The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow Honeycomb - Joanne Harris Social Path ft. LiSA - Stray Kids Moving in Place - Shauna Dean Cokeland The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA    Follow us: infatuatedpodcast@outlook.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/infatuatedpod Emily's Instagram - https://instagram.com/emiloue_  Emily's TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@emiloue Rebecca's Instagram - https://instagram.com/grammour.puss Rebecca's Twitter - https://twitter.com/grammourpuss    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Spooky season and probiotics? Let's give it a go! Kit and Bridge swap out their usual headwear for witch hats and stoke up the fires under their cauldrons as they get ready to embrace their inner witches. In The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow, your two favorite fake British friends discuss what bullshit it is that taking down the patriarchy requires so many bloody meetings, what "speechifying" means and why it should make a comeback into the modern vernacular, and how this tome of a book might benefit from a movie adaptation. Reading Content: Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow Drinking Content: Kit - Olipop Vintage Cola Bridge - Rowdy Mermaid Hello Ginger Other references: Sharon Lynn Fisher's new novel, Salt and Broom

In honor of back-to-school days, Laurie Dreyer, branch manager of Troy Public Library's Lansingburgh branch, selected four non-fiction books and two novels for adult learners to explore different aspects of life. "The Library Book" (Susan Orlean, 2018) covers the 1986 fire that completely destroyed the Los Angeles library as well as the history of libraries. "The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life" (Jill Schlesinger, 2023) provides financial advice aimed at the post-pandemic shift in many people's priorities. "Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale" (Adam Minter, 2019) looks at the global market for used objects and our tendency to "bond" with inanimate objects. "Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019" (Ibrim X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain, eds., 2021) gathers essays, poetry, and more from 90 African-American writers. Two novels explore women in 19th century America: "The Cherry Robbers" (Sarai Walker, 2022) and "Once and Future Witches" (Ailx E. Harrow, 2020). For details on these and other books, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

THROWBACK! Originally released October 31, 2022. We'll be back with new episodes in February 2023! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Today, we're talking haunted house mishaps and embarrassing spooky season stories in general. This episode features one of the funniest miscommunications we've had on the pod in a while, and that's saying something. Then, appropriately, we're talking about some spooky reads including a couple of witch stories (with varying degrees of horror/coziness), and a true-crime-podcast-esque mystery. And don't forget to grab your copy of All This Could Be Different for Libby's November book club! Stay tuned for dates.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a big sale, a reading husband, and 2023 reading observations Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: author completists - the ones we've read all of and the ones we want to read all of The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 2:02 - Bookish Moments of the Week 3:05 - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel 3:24 - Upgrade by Blake Crouch 7:52 - Currently Reading Patreon 8:45 - Our Current Reads 9:16 - Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen (Kaytee) 12:15 - Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah (Meredith) 16:19 - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah 16:48 - Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (Kaytee) 17:03 - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 20:28 - Thornyhold by Mary Stewart (Meredith, Amazon Link) 25:09 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White 25:15 - The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart 26:24 - Solito by Javier Zamora (Kaytee) 30:12 - How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (Meredith) 32:43 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 32:54 - The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix 37:01 - Deep Dive: Authors We've Read Completely or Want to Complete 38:00 - Taft by Ann Patchett 38:23 - The Hangman by Louise Penny 38:31 - State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hilary Clinton 38:56 - The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard 39:34 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden 40:12 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 40:37 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 40:38 - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby 41:19 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 42:06 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds 44:30 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 44:31 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 44:41 - Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield (not Susanna Clarke) 44:41 - The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke (correct short stories, Amazon Link) 45:11 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 47:14 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 48:19 - Final Girls by Riley Sager 48:21 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager 49:18 - Visit Us At The Fountain I wish to make a record keeper of my kids' series books. (Kaytee) I wish Murderful fans would watch The Menu, and someone would write a book like this movie. (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2023! Join the Well Read Dames as they embark on a journey with the Eastwood sisters in The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow! This book was a wild ride from the first page to the last and each sister's story was unique, compelling, and frequently frustrating along the way. We thoroughly enjoyed reading it and hope you have fun listening to our book club discussion.

Listen till the end to hear another side of Little Saint Vic... On this month's episode, host Victoria Horn answers listener requests for personalized book recommendations, shares Odell happenings, highlights the December book order, and reads her original poem, "Portrait of Christmas Eve." Parody of "Little Saint Nick" by the Beach Boys: written, performed, and produced by Victoria Horn Victoria's poetry Instagram Odell Public Library website Odell Kids' Area Amazon Wishlist Books mentioned: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney One by One and The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette The King of Infinite Space by Lindsay Faye Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordham Claiming Her Legacy by Linda Goodnight The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal The Island of Missing Trees by Elik Shafak A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrows The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Pig and Fox series by Jonathan Fenske Archie and Reddie series by Candy James Narwhal and Jelly series by Ben Clanton Jack Book series by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli Norma and Belly series by Mika Song Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies and Deborah Hocking The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins The Terminal List by Jack Carr The Force and City on Fire by Don Winslow Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Matrix by Lauren Groff Life is Meals by James and Kay Salter The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson The Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris Father Brown series by G.K. Chesterton Kurland St. Mary Mystery series by Catherine Lloyd Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny Holiday/winter poems: “White-Eyes” and “The Storm” by Mary Oliver “December 26” by Kenn Nesbitt “Christmas Tree Lots” by Chris Green “Taking Down the Tree” by Jane Kenyon “Chicago and December” by W.S. Di Piero “Christmas Mail” by Ted Kooser "Portrait of Christmas Eve" by Victoria Horn

Content warning: witch hunts and why women in the past were accused of being witches, misogyny, the clash between the Christian and non-Christian societies, toxic masculinity, and effects of the 2016 American Presidential election.Timestamps to skip if you don't want to listen to politics after sitting through thanksgiving dinner: 40:18 - 46:54.Hey there witches, let's talk witchy romance books, witchy history, the linguistics of witchcraft and the sociopolitical influence of witches today! Aka yes, we're talking about witches. We'll talk about where the word "witch" comes from, discuss the 1612 Pendle and Lancashire witch trials, look at witchcraft and the 2016 election, and why we think witchy romances are so popular!Questions/comments/concerns? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!Raging Romantics booklistBooks we mention:Grace Year by Kim LiggetRed Queen series by Victoria AveyardDread Nation by Justina IrelandWilder Girls by Rory PowerIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBabel by R.F. KuangAtlas Six by Olivie BlakeLegendborn by Tracy DeonnGame of Thrones by George R.R. MartinGrishaverse (Shadow and Bone series) by Leigh BardugoHouse of the dragon (for the book version read Fire and Blood by GRRM)Rings of Power (not a book but you can read The Silmarillion by Tolkien)The Women's War by Jenna GlassOnce and Future Witches by Alix HarrowCirce by Madeleine MillerCrescent City series by Sarah J. MaasThe Crucible (play) by Arthur J. MillerMalleus Maleficarium read free online"Demonology" (Daemonologie) by James VI (read free online)Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonDemon Slayers/Biker Witches series by Angie FoxBabes on Brooms by Vicki Lewis ThompsonPractical Magic series by Alice HoffmanYear One series by Nora RobertsLittle Shop of Found Things by Paula BrackstonWitch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxBlacksmith Queen by G.A. AikenCackle by Rachel HarrisonWitch Please by Anne AguirreEx Hex by Erin SterlingPayback's A Witch by Lana HarperA Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth BassNot the Witch You Wed by April AsherLeague of Gentlewomen Witches by India HoltonGo Hex Yourself by Jessica ClareSmall Town, Big Magic by Hazel BeckEpisodes to listen to:#21 Into the Unknown with Paranormal Romance#32 To Shun or Not To Shun Amish Romance NovelsSources:"European Witch-Hunting (A Brief History)" (Nitschke, 2022)"Pendle Witches" (wikipedia)"The Pendle Witches" (Castelow, n.d.)"Witch" (Online Etymology Dictionary)"Witchcraft" (ibid.)"Old English—an overview" (OED online)"Anna Göldi" (wikipedia)"Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell" (Morrison, 2012)The Lancashire Witches : a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill (Almond, 2012)"Lancaster Castle" (Wikipedia)The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster (Thomas Potts, 1613)"'Broad City' 's Excellent, Witchy Answer to the Trump Effect" (St. Felix, 2017)"Labeling and oppression: Witchcraft in Medieval Europe" (Campbell, 1978)"Is Exodus 22:18 a Command for Christians to Kill Witches?" (Goble, 2010)"Queen Elizabeth I and government" (bbc.co.uk, n.d.)"Queen Elizabeth I and Catholics" (elizabethi.org, n.d.)"Trends in YA since the 2016 election and what they say about current society" (Jensen, 2019)"This Exhibit About Witch Hunting Is Not About Donald Trump (But It's Still Politically Spellbinding)" (Keats, 2020)"This Halloween, witches are casting spells to defeat Trump and #WitchTheVote in the U.S. election" (Keller and Mulvey, 2020)"How the 2016 Election Led to Lyssa Kay Adams's Bromance Book Club" (Reading Women, 2020)"Impact of Witch-Hunting on Feminism and Legitimacy of Donald Trump's Politics" (Chadha and Narang, 2021)

Content warning: witch hunts and why women in the past were accused of being witches, misogyny, the clash between the Christian and non-Christian societies, toxic masculinity, and effects of the 2016 American Presidential election.Timestamps to skip if you don't want to listen to politics after sitting through thanksgiving dinner: 40:18 - 46:54.Hey there witches, let's talk witchy romance books, witchy history, the linguistics of witchcraft and the sociopolitical influence of witches today! Aka yes, we're talking about witches. We'll talk about where the word "witch" comes from, discuss the 1612 Pendle and Lancashire witch trials, look at witchcraft and the 2016 election, and why we think witchy romances are so popular!Questions/comments/concerns? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!Raging Romantics booklistBooks we mention:Grace Year by Kim LiggetRed Queen series by Victoria AveyardDread Nation by Justina IrelandWilder Girls by Rory PowerIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBabel by R.F. KuangAtlas Six by Olivie BlakeLegendborn by Tracy DeonnGame of Thrones by George R.R. MartinGrishaverse (Shadow and Bone series) by Leigh BardugoHouse of the dragon (for the book version read Fire and Blood by GRRM)Rings of Power (not a book but you can read The Silmarillion by Tolkien)The Women's War by Jenna GlassOnce and Future Witches by Alix HarrowCirce by Madeleine MillerCrescent City series by Sarah J. MaasThe Crucible (play) by Arthur J. MillerMalleus Maleficarium read free online"Demonology" (Daemonologie) by James VI (read free online)Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonDemon Slayers/Biker Witches series by Angie FoxBabes on Brooms by Vicki Lewis ThompsonPractical Magic series by Alice HoffmanYear One series by Nora RobertsLittle Shop of Found Things by Paula BrackstonWitch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxBlacksmith Queen by G.A. AikenCackle by Rachel HarrisonWitch Please by Anne AguirreEx Hex by Erin SterlingPayback's A Witch by Lana HarperA Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth BassNot the Witch You Wed by April AsherLeague of Gentlewomen Witches by India HoltonGo Hex Yourself by Jessica ClareSmall Town, Big Magic by Hazel BeckEpisodes to listen to:#21 Into the Unknown with Paranormal Romance#32 To Shun or Not To Shun Amish Romance NovelsSources:"European Witch-Hunting (A Brief History)" (Nitschke, 2022)"Pendle Witches" (wikipedia)"The Pendle Witches" (Castelow, n.d.)"Witch" (Online Etymology Dictionary)"Witchcraft" (ibid.)"Old English—an overview" (OED online)"Anna Göldi" (wikipedia)"Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell" (Morrison, 2012)The Lancashire Witches : a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill (Almond, 2012)"Lancaster Castle" (Wikipedia)The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster (Thomas Potts, 1613)"'Broad City' 's Excellent, Witchy Answer to the Trump Effect" (St. Felix, 2017)"Labeling and oppression: Witchcraft in Medieval Europe" (Campbell, 1978)"Is Exodus 22:18 a Command for Christians to Kill Witches?" (Goble, 2010)"Queen Elizabeth I and government" (bbc.co.uk, n.d.)"Queen Elizabeth I and Catholics" (elizabethi.org, n.d.)"Trends in YA since the 2016 election and what they say about current society" (Jensen, 2019)"This Exhibit About Witch Hunting Is Not About Donald Trump (But It's Still Politically Spellbinding)" (Keats, 2020)"This Halloween, witches are casting spells to defeat Trump and #WitchTheVote in the U.S. election" (Keller and Mulvey, 2020)"How the 2016 Election Led to Lyssa Kay Adams's Bromance Book Club" (Reading Women, 2020)"Impact of Witch-Hunting on Feminism and Legitimacy of Donald Trump's Politics" (Chadha and Narang, 2021)

As promised, here is your second, bonus-esque episode. This week, Aaron and Leyla dive into R.F. Kuang's dark academia bludgeon, Babel! We talk about how no one comes out of this book unscathed (both in fiction and real life), devastating footnotes, and our usual bout of disaporic grievances.  The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-once-and-future-witches-alix-e-harrow/1136530996 R.F. Kuang's Fantasy Mag Interview: https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/non-fiction/interview-rf-kuang/  ---  Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter, which has additional content and our personal recs. Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews The Bible Boys Astral Heart

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Today, we're talking haunted house mishaps and embarrassing spooky season stories in general. This episode features one of the funniest miscommunications we've had on the pod in a while, and that's saying something. Then, appropriately, we're talking about some spooky reads including a couple of witch stories (with varying degrees of horror/coziness), and a true-crime-podcast-esque mystery. And don't forget to grab your copy of All This Could Be Different for Libby's November book club! Stay tuned for dates.

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On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing: Bookish Moments: a bit of bookish magic and a pre-order wish fulfilled Current Reads: great books that we couldn't wait to discuss with each other Deep Dive: how do we manage having guests and still making time to read? The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 2:04 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:38 - Mindy's Instagram @gratefulforgrace 5:04 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman 5:16 - Bookshop.org 5:36 - The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander 5:53 - Booked by Kwame Alexander 5:54 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 6:36 - Current Reads 6:45 - Scribd 7:02 - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (Mindy) 7:31 - Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor 10:29 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor 10:35 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon 11:08 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 11:37 - Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Kaytee) 12:52 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 12:56 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 13:24 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 17:02 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman (Mindy) 17:11 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 18:19 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 23:35 - @kraysbookclub on Instagram 23:36 - @jordys.book.club on Instagram 24:57 - My Body is Not A Prayer Request by Amy Kenny (Kaytee) 29:49 - True Biz by Sarah Novic 30:03 - The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon 31:40 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell  31:50 - The Sign for Home by Blair Fell (Mindy) 36:27 - Tumble by Celia C. Perez (Kaytee) 41:22 - Deep Dive: Reading when Guests are Visiting 43:12 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 47:39 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 54:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish book jacket copy and summaries would stop ruining the plot for all of us. (Mindy) I wish that I could put The Once and Future Witches on everyone's Fall TBR. (Kaytee) 58:05 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow  Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week is all about seasonal reading!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood (Ellie) Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone (Traci) Open the Book:  Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout  The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Inspector Gamache by Louise Penny  The Winners by Fredrik Backman  The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston The Push by Ashley Audrain The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Emily Henry Abbey Jimenez Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Cackle by Rachel Harrison The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My review of Alix E. Harrow's book, "The Once & Future Witches."Music © by Capazunda.

Susan and Whittney discuss their goals for 2022. In this episode:The Comfort BookMindy Kaling's short storiesBridgerton seriesVeronica Speedwell seriesAlix E. Harrow books (The Once and Future Witches, The Ten Thousand Doors of January)Tribe: On Homecoming and BelongingThe Lazy Genius WayThe Guest ListThat SummerEmily Henry books (People We Meet on Vacation, Beach Read)An Inquiry Into Love and DeathErotic Stories for Punjabi WidowsMexican GothicAnne Bogel/What Should I Read Next?Dover Public LibraryHow to Be An AntiracistJodi Picoult (Wish You Were Here)Happy HabitsGoodreadsGretchen Rubin/Happier PodcastThe Container Store

Hello, hi! Have you ever finished a book and felt the empty space it leaves behind in your life? Either the writing, the characters, or the plot line contributes so much to your sense of happiness and satisfaction that when you come to the final chapter you just wonder “how am I supposed to go on?”   I don't know any book lover who hasn't experienced this feeling- a general sense of wanting MORE after a book ends. And while book endings are a pretty finite experience (the book is in fact over and no there aren't any extra chapters you ought have missed) today's episode covers a few activities I find myself indulging in to prolong the experience a wonderful book can provide.   Books mentioned:   The only books I have re-read!  The Harry Potter Series - particularly the audiobook read by Jim Dale Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Read Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen then listen to Episode 22 my interview with Jayne to prolong your love of the book!   You can find my Reading SoundtracksTM on Spotify (I'm Medium Lady there too!): The House in the Cerulean Sea soundtrack The Once and Future Witches soundtrack   You can find the amazing pastry account I mention @pieladybooks. The artist's name is Steph and her account is nothing but pie and book joy. You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Links within this description may be Amazon affiliated, which also gives the podcast a teeny tiny bit of financial help. And with the bi-weekly episode release schedule make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.  

Hi WitchesTodays book review is Into the Wild - Shadow Work Journal written by Dominica Applegate.We are talking all about the witch's besom on this episode - the besom has many sexual associations so best not to listen to this episode around little ears!Much of this episode came from the amazing website below which was the best account I have ever found on a witchcraft topic - The Besom – Good Witches HomesteadBesom Chant “Besom, besom, sacred broomSweep out darkness, sweep out gloomRid this sacred hallowed groundOf demons, imps and hell bent hounds;Then set ye down on Her green earthBy running stream or Mistress' hearth,Till called once more on Sabbath nightConsecration Chant “Besom of birch and willow tied,Be my companion and my guide.On ashen shaft by moonlight paleMy spirit rides the windy galeTo magickal realms beyond both space and time.To magickal lands, my soul will sail.In the company of the crone, I'll rideThis besom of birch with willow tiedSo do I consecrate this magickal tree.As I will it, so mote it be.” (Author unknown) You can find me on the new episode of The Hedge Witch's Almanac Podcast all about Protection Magick - The Hedge Witch's Almanac: Protection Magick on Apple PodcastsFind our new zine here - The Hedge Witch's Garden - The Hedge Witchs Garden | Etsy UKFind my first book The White Witch's Book of Healing - The White Witch's Book of Healing: Weaving Magickal Rituals throughout your Craft for Sacred Healing and Reclamation of the Wild Witch Within: Amazon.co.uk: Rose, Carly: 9781914447266: BooksFind my Patreon here - For just £6 a month you receive grimoire pages for The White Witch Podcast - a Patreon podcast episode, a workshop or event, meditation, story retelling, access to our witchy community over on Discord and access to The Literary Witches Coven where we read a book together and discuss at the beginning of the next month. Our theme for May is the Wild Witch, our book for May in the Lit Witch Coven is The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow . Patreon bills from 1st of each month regardless of when you sign up and you can cancel at any time.The White Witch Coven is creating Podcast episodes, Online Workshops, Grimoire Sheets | PatreonFind me on Instagram -

Hi WitchesTodays episode starts out with a book review of The Hedge Witch's Garden written by Carly Rose and Rachael Coats - yes! me and Rachael the Hedge Witch.This is me and Rachael's first book from our own small press print, the Hedge Witch's Library and its all about the element of Fire, Fire within, Fire without, magick and rituals celebrating April, May and June, Beltane and Litha.This edition has sections on The element of fire, sun magick, Beltane, the hawthorn tree, the fae, the cunning folk, a magickal tea garden, saining, juniper, Hekate, Litha, Solstice magick, fire scrying, Circe, Hedge riding, The rose, Midsummer bounty and midsummer recipes.Its full of spells, rituals and recipes. Studies on herbs, not to mention my Lemon and Lavender Litha Cake recipe! What more could you want! The Hedge Witchs Garden | Etsy UKYou can purchase our booklet on the Etsy link in the show notes and we can deliver to pretty much anywhere in the world. We will be producing booklets for the sabbaths of the wheel of the year so keep an eye out for our future releases too!Our Kitchen Witch section starts out with some self enquiry/shadow work around our relationship with food, if this might trigger you skip to 23:33 to get straight into the kitchen witch tips, blessings etc.As referenced on the show for the food shadow work section some of the information for this section came from the following sites -www.ascendinggrace.comwww.karidahlgren.comwww.medium.comCheck out www.Karidahlgren.com for the free copy of called The Spiritual Seekers Guide to Stop Binge Eating and it looks at self sabotage which I found a wonderful resource.Here is a link to my free printable of the Witch's Kitchen Blessing and another bonus Practical Magic one should you wish to use it -Kitchen Witchery | The White Witch Coven on PatreonHere is a link to the ABC of the Kitchen Witch -https://pin.it/3ft501mFind my newly published book The White Witch's Book of Healing here -Amazon.co.uk : the white witches book of healingFor just £6 a month you receive grimoire pages for The White Witch Podcast - a patreon podcast episode, a workshop or event, meditation, story retelling, access to our witchy community over on Discord and access to The Literary Witches Coven where we read a book together and discuss at the beginning of the next month. Our theme for May is the Wild Witch, our book for May in the Lit Witch Coven is The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow . Patreon bills from 1st of each month regardless of when you sign up and you can cancel at any time. www.patreon.com/thewhitewitchcovenFind me on Instagram -

Hi Witches Join me today to look at getting started with Spirit Work and touching on Psychological Necromancy.Three Questions mentioned on the Psychological Necromancy section - Q1 – Why did it break down and have these matters been resolved?Q2 – What are your needs and can your needs accurately be met by this person? This applies for them with you tooQ3 – Where are these feelings of wanting to get back together coming from? Is it from loneliness, uncertainty for the future or just the unknown or are you in a good place and want to move forward with this person. We will have a separate episode on Necromancy at some point looking at historical rituals and tales! I also read a story of the supernatural from a haunted house that was once located in my local area - this relates to one of our former episodes looking at lore of the land where you live! Forget House on Haunted Hill - this is the tale of Underhill House, England's Lost House of Horrors. If you like this story retelling check out my retelling of Hellfire Farm and subscribe to my YouTube for more future ghost tales and the like! Perfect for this Beltane if you are in the northern hemisphere or Samhain if you are in the southern Hemisphere. Wherever you are have a wonderful sabbath! Hellfire farm - YouTubeFor grimoire pages for this episode check out my Patreon The White Witch Coven - https://www.patreon.com/thewhitewitchcoven For just £6 a month you receive grimoire pages for The White Witch Podcast - a patreon podcast episode, a workshop or event, meditation, story retelling, access to our witchy community over on Discord and access to The Literary Witches Coven where we read a book together and discuss at the beginning of the next month. Our book for May is The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow. Patreon bills from 1st of each month regardless of when you sign up and you can cancel at any time. ******We have a Beltane Coven Chat on Patreon today (Saturday 30th April) from 8pm UK time if you wish to sign up and join us! Check out me and Rachael the Hedge Witch's new book - The Hedge Witch's Garden over on Etsy . The Hedge Witch's Garden is the first offering from our independent small press The Hedge Witch's Library that focuses on the element of fire and magick and rituals celebrating Beltane and Litha.Our beautiful sixty page A5 book contains a rich cornucopia of ways you might wish to celebrate these two sabbaths, all about working with the element of fire, sun magick, the fae, the magick of the hawthorn tree, magickal teas you can make, deities, solstice magick, fire scrying, hedge riding, herb magick, foraging and recipes to make with seasonal produce.The Hedge Witchs Garden | Etsy UKFind my newly published book The White Witch's Book of Healing here -The White Witch's Book of Healing: Weaving Magickal Rituals throughout your Craft for Sacred Healing and Reclamation of the Wild Witch Within: Amazon.co.uk: Rose, Carly: 9781914447266: BooksSources for this episode came from - Tarot Pugs, Aksnow.com, unchainyourserenity.com, www.selfloverainbow.comFind me on Instagram -

Katey and Ashley share life updates, some big lows and some inspiring highs, and they share some of their inspiring, fun reads on their currently-reading lists: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Come As You Are, The Once and Future Witches, and The Firekeeper's Daughter. Be sure to check out www.abortionswelcome.org and pick up a copy of Katey's book A Complicated Choice at our online bookstore! https://bookshop.org/shop/kindreds

In this episode we welcome our beautiful new co-host Margo!  Margo and Amberle discuss how witchcraft and their practices have evolved since the 1990's and their deep love for books.  Margo shares an adapted spell from one of her favorite books she used at the beginning of her craft journey, and Amberle shares one from one of her favorite, more modern, books. resources and products discussed this episode: Witches, Heretics & Warrior Women; LaFae, Phoenix; Lewellyn Publishing; 2022 The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman; Dulsky, Danielle; New World Library; 2018 Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner; Cunningham, Scott; Llewellyn Publishing; 1989 The Once and Future Witches; Harrow, Alex E.; Redhook Books/Orbit; 2020   Season of the Bitch Tea; Backwoods Brews & Botanicals; Instagram @backwoodsbrewsbotanicals; BackwoodsBrews | Etsy  Special thanks to ksbrmusic on Fivver.com for our intro music, and to L12Graffix of www.l12graffix.com for our beautiful logos and graphic design needs. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @thehearthandhedge, on our website www.thehearthandhedge.com, or you can email us at thehearthandhedge@gmail.com. Support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thehearthandhedge If you like what you hear, consider dropping a review wherever you get your podcasts!  

In this episode, Nicole shares some new books she's purchased for the library's nonfiction sections, and they welcome Melissa, Circulation Assistant, to the show. The resources discussed in this episode are discussed below: The Mean Girls: A Bunch of Bullies by Atiyah C. Henley; Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve Rodsky; What Is Black Lives Matter? by Lakita Wilson; What Were the Negro Leagues? by Varian Johnson; What Is Congress? by Jill Abramson; What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? by Jess Brallier; What Was the Holocaust? by Gail Herman; What is Rock and Roll? by Jim O'Connor; What Are the Winter Olympics by Gail Herman; Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health by Thomas Insel; Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women who Dared to Rule the High Seas by Leigh Lewis; The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton; Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe; The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow; The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow; Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead; The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead; Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead; The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead; Zone One by Colson Whitehead; Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi; The Princess Bride Cookbook by Jen Fujikawa; The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra by Shin Takahashi and Iroha Inoue; Bridgerton Netflix show; Strike HBO show

If you have ever struggled with body image or body shaming, this episode is a must-listen one for you. My guest brings creativity on many levels, and she brings people together in community with her joy and light. Join us to learn more! Katherine McClintic is a choreographer, poet, and founder of the online dance community, Inbox Dance Party. She moved to NYC immediately after high school and now works in TV, film, and theater in NYC and LA. A closet poet until now, Katherine wrote her debut poetry book, Ending the War On My Body. In today's conversation, Katherine discusses body image, her process to become a dancer and choreographer, and she reads a powerful poem from her collection. She is passionate about sharing her journey to body acceptance in a visceral, imaginative way as she previously longed for in art, dance, conversations, and music in her own healing journey to supplement therapy and medical resources. Ending the War On My Body is in production to become a multimedia performance event combining Katherine's choreography and poetry through film, dance, music, and visual art in collaboration with many amazing artists.  Show Highlights: Katherine's obsession with dance and movement that began with her earliest memories How Katherine felt connection through dance, movement, and words more than any other activities How Katherine's reading highlights the prevalence of creativity through the body and expression with words How dancing brings Katherine into the present moment with a joy that is contagious Why choreography began to feel “at home” as it merged with Katherine's love of systems, business knowledge, and sales experience How Inbox Dance Party began during the pandemic as a motivating way to take breaks while working from home–and then she decided to share it to bring joy to others The genesis of Katherine's book of poems about body image–and why she had to write it as a “larger” girl in the dance community How Katherine's poems came from a place or disordered eating and self-loathing into a more healed relationship with her body through therapy Why Katherine's book covers the war with her body, when it began and ended, and the back and forth process of healing What Katherine would say to her younger self about her struggles with body image Katherine reads the title poem from her book, Ending the War On My Body How community has helped Katherine with creative expression  Katherine's advice about getting “unstuck” in the creative process What it means to Katherine to live in her purpose Hear Katherine's answers to rapid-fire questions about helpful advice, grounding habits, favorite hot beverage, last meal on earth, morning routine, an inspiring person, something people might not know, what she's reading, and what's bringing her joy right now.  Resources: Connect with Katherine: http://www.katherinemcclintic.com ( ) http://www.katherinemcclintic.com (www.katherinemcclintic.com) https://katherinemcclintic.com/inbox-dance-party (Inbox Dance Party) andhttps://www.instagram.com/kgmcclintictock/?hl=en ( Instagram) Get Ending the War On My Body byhttp://www.katherinemcclintic.com/book ( Katherine McClintic) Books mentioned by Katherine:  https://amzn.to/37DPcnX (Good Bones by Maggie Smith) https://amzn.to/35ZmFbG (The Carrying by Ada Limón) https://amzn.to/3I9fj2B (The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow) https://amzn.to/3i9nG3s (All About Love by Bell Hooks) Want to learn more about the planets? Visit my website for more information with myhttps://weaveyourbliss.teachable.com/p/home ( Planets) course. Are you an online business owner? Join my free Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/groups/weaveyourbusinessbliss/ ( Weave Your Business Bliss) https://weaveyourbliss.ck.page/products/2022-astrology-guidebook (Get the 2022 Astrology Guidebook:) Join the https://www.patreon.com/weaveyourbliss (Patreon) for weekly updates and more...

Join us this St. Paddy's Day as we create a tricksy, quicksy leprechaun. For more information, please check out our website. Email: acoupleofcharacterspod at gmail dot com. Twitter, Instagram, Patreon: ACoCPodcast. Bookshop dot org storefront and gift cards. If you use our link during March, you support us even more than usual! Episode notes: Transcript. Lorcan O'Ponzi character sheet. Homebrew ancestry options. Dyslexia friendly versions: Transcript. Lorcan O'Ponzi character sheet. Homebrew ancestry options. Mentioned books: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow. D&D The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. D&D Player's Handbook. D&D Xanathar's Guide to Everything. Mentioned episodes: Magnus Burnsides, featured in TAZ: Balance. Cleffa Elderberri. Brik Houz. Sasha Fierce. What I Deserve from Cyrano, AKA the "Privilege Song". Cairde, a modern Irish step-dancing group. Fantasy Name Generators. Dungeons & Dragon Types: Website. Twitter. Cover art: Copyright Chandra Reyer 2019.

Happy New Year! Ryan and Jo are joined by Michael, the owner of Gibson's, to chat about their favorite books of 2021. Come for the book recommendations, stay for the tangents! Books Mentioned During This Episode Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow (audiobook) Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesMoon Witch, Spider King Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3) Neon Gods (Dark Olympus #1) My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite Join the Jack of All Graves Book Club!  Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner  Something to Hide by Elizabeth George  Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain Michael, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/michael-herrmann City on Fire by Don Winslow This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub  Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood Priestdaddy  Animal by Lisa TaddeoThree Women Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Our Favorite Books of 2021! https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff-favorites-2021 The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Matrix by Lauren Groff A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske  The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Say Nothing Siren Queen by Nghi Vo A Restless Truth by Freya Marske Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw Goblin by Josh Malerman Pearl  OTHER LINKS Shop The Laydown Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

As we all continue our dash through the holiday season and any end of the year rituals, Elizabeth's serving up a little bit of a pu pu platter of topics, some you can use as neutral topics for small talk situations while we all remember how to socialize, and some, well, some are just stories she wants to tell and has exhausted the audience surrounding her on the daily. No, no one in the family wants to hear the Belinda Carlisle/Pat Smear story, but you might. The Sparks BrothersValley Girl movie soundtrackCool Places videoThe Beatles: Get BackRock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2021Belinda Carlisle Instagram post about Pat SmearNoodle the PugNo Cure for Being Human by Kate BowlerDopamine Nation by Dr. Anna LembekeThe Once and Future Witches by Alix HarrowQuit Like a Woman by Holly WhitakerWe Are the Luckiest by Laura McKowenRadiant BadassChris Martin, Creativity Coach

This meditation series is loosely inspired by Alix E. Harrow's beautiful novel, The Once & Future Witches. Within this magical novel, she writes of 3 things needed to perform a spell - The Words. The Will. & The Way. We will look at these same elements as tools for our meditation practice. Today's episode is dedicated to the very peculiar kind of will needed for meditation practice. In the book, this will was a “you've got to want it enough” kind of feeling. An inner strength. This same strength is needed to get you to cushion, especially, in the beginning. Your will to meditate is the drive to show up day in and day out, even when it is slow, silly, or boring. We keep showing up and practicing because we trust in what is offered. AND THEN. Then, you gotta let go completely. Once you sit on that cushion, you've got to release all expectation of what your practice is going to feel like. It is here that our will to meditate must transform into the will to let go. Just sit down and breathe. Listen. Be curious. Be kind. Do it again tomorrow. Herein lies the magic. If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider making a one-time or monthly donation to support the growth of this labor of love. Your monthly donation will aid in keeping this show sponsor-free, employing additional small businesses AND funding the ongoing creative growth I invest in. Donate here: https://www.merylarnett.com/support-the-mindful-minute You can learn more about my: *Shoreline: my new meditation app *Awakened Heart Meditation Teacher Training *Live, virtual meditation classes with me *Upcoming events All by visiting merylarnett.com. You can also grab my FREE Meditation Starter Kit on my website merylarnett.com. It is full of my favorite tips, stories and ideas for starting and maintaining a daily meditation practice. Grab your copy today! --> http://bit.ly/meditationstarterkit *** Connect with me on Instagram {@merylarnett} to get bonus meditation tips, mini-meditations, and the occasional baby spam: https://www.instagram.com/merylarnett/   #meditatewithmeryl

It is May, and with the new month comes a new meditation series! This series was loosely inspired by Alix E. Harrow's beautiful novel, The Once & Future Witches. This book, according to the NPR.org book review: Once upon a time, Alix Harrow wrote about three sisters. Also, suffragists, witching, folklore, flawed alliances, an alternate America, and women's work. She gave this second novel many gifts: charm, grace, and gorgeousness; feral wonder, clear vision, an ardent heart. She gave it history, awareness of injustice and will to survive it. And so it went into the world to seek its fortune, inviting readers to settle in; to sigh with the pleasure of finding a not too this, not too that, just right story. Within this magical novel, she writes of 3 things needed to perform a spell - The Words. The Will. & The Way. This got me thinking… what is needed to truly feel and discover the magic of meditation? Not the baseline “I'm watching my thoughts, and there sure are a lot of them.” kind of meditation. Although that has true value, to be sure. No, I'm talking about the kind of meditation where you feel yourself drop into something wholly different than those curious thoughts in your head. A space? A universe? Something with true color, texture, feeling, maybe words, maybe visions, maybe just truths suddenly known. This is the type of meditation that has you running towards your meditation cushion each day. And we find it through the words we say, a very peculiar type of will, and a way that has been handed down for generations. In today's talk and meditation, we explore the words. What are the words that we say to deepen a meditation practice? It turns out that they aren't just any words, but a vow and commitment we make to support our highest truth. A Sankalpa. Ready to try your hand at magic? Let's meditate. If you enjoyed today's episode, please consider making a one-time or monthly donation to support the growth of this labor of love. Your monthly donation will aid in keeping this show sponsor-free, employing additional small businesses AND funding the ongoing creative growth I invest in. Donate here: https://www.merylarnett.com/support-the-mindful-minute You can learn more about my: *Shoreline: my new meditation app *Live, virtual meditation classes with me *Upcoming events All by visiting merylarnett.com. You can also grab my FREE Meditation Starter Kit on my website merylarnett.com. It is full of my favorite tips, stories and ideas for starting and maintaining a daily meditation practice. Grab your copy today! --> http://bit.ly/meditationstarterkit *** Connect with me on Instagram {@merylarnett} to get bonus meditation tips, mini-meditations, and the occasional baby spam: https://www.instagram.com/merylarnett/   #meditatewithmeryl

This month, we're sharing the audio of a virtual event we did for Indie Bookstore Day featuring a group of New England Booksellers chatting about all things literary! Special thanks to Elisabeth for hosting, and to Julie, Jess, Lily, and Steph for joining us! Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode Watch the video of this event here: https://youtu.be/3H9MC6QvAx0 MEET THE BOOKSELLERS Julie Jess Steph Lily Elisabeth BOOKS MENTIONED DURING THIS EPISODE The Unbroken by C L Clark (audiobook)  The Others Series by Anne Bishop (audiobook) When The Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (audiobook) The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (audiobook) The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (audiobook)  The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (audiobook) Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant (audiobook) Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (audiobook) A Pho Love Story by Loan Le (audiobook) The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'antonia (audiobook) Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook) She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (audiobook) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (audiobook) The Midnight Bargain by C L Polk (audiobook) Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne (audiobook) Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen (audiobook) The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (audiobook) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (audiobook) Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden (audiobook) Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (audiobook) While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams (audiobook) Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi (audiobook) Stamped by Ibram X Kendi & Jason Reynolds (audiobook) Stamped (for Kids) by Ibram X Kendi & Jason Reynolds (audiobook) Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide (audiobook) Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (audiobook) Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (audiobook) I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillet-Sumner The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (audiobook) Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (audiobook) Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark (audiobook) The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P Djeli Clark (audiobook) Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam (audiobook) Whiteout by Adriana Anders (audiobook) Uncharted by Adriana Anders (audiobook) The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren (audiobook) Neon Gods by Katee Roberts (audiobook) Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe  INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY Copper Dog Books Gibson's Bookstore OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Shop The Laydown Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our website by Category! Donate to the bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com