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The weekend begins 🥳🎆

Sad day attending a beloved uncle‘s funeral but lovely bookstore near the wake with a fine selection of occult books, horror memorabilia, & vinyl ♥️💀purchased this beauty & two histories of ghosts

#ReadAway2024

Read for #TravelingStars24 I enjoyed this simple book about “building a spiritual haven for yourself and your loved ones.”It‘s a good introduction & has simple ideas, techniques, rituals & recipes. It‘s making its way (sorry so late! 🥺) to the next #TravelingStars stop. 💚💙

This book is based on the 1621 witch trials in Vardo, a small island in Norway. It fails to evoke sorrow and empathy.

The LGBTQIA+ romance doesn‘t feel like an actual love story; something‘s missing.

The lives of the women, the period of accusations, the witch trials and the consequent hysteria aren‘t explored in depth. The pacing is too slow and there is too much focus on the protagonists‘ inner monologues.

The narration isn‘t very clear.

This story wasn‘t what I was expecting when I got it. Still good but not really that witch-y. A little slow during the first half. HF based on the Pendle witch trials, which I didn‘t know about before. MC is Fleetwood Shuttleworth (what a wild name but she was a real person) who engages Alice‘s services as a midwife. When a bunch of “witches” are arrested, including Alice, she has to find a way to help her, even though she has little power. 4 ⭐️

I also finished this audiobook on my drive. I was familiar with 4 of the 13 trials. The book makes its way through history. A little dry but informative. Many people seem to not care much for the final trial with Stormy Daniels but I liked hearing about how the topic of witches has evolved and how it‘s perceived on multiple sides/views of today‘s culture.

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This book is a history of witchcraft trails over the last 450 years. It contains lots of contemporary material and connections as well. Not surprisingly, whether 1600s or 2000s, witchcraft accusations are rooted in misogyny, control, hatred, and abhorrence of those in poverty.