Red Wolf's Room

Covers Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw is one of the few Owlcrate books I've received, so the cover is white and not black like the regular edition (and has blue sprayed edges). I find both versions are equally beautiful; perhaps the black one lends a more forbidding and mysterious sense since it's like being out in the dead of night under the moon amid eerie bare trees. The white edition is more neutral and focuses on the beauty of the cover art. It's like the Owlcrate version of The Bone Houses where they changed it from black to white, removing some of the scariness from the cover. Show your  support for books and reading . Summary  Nora Walker is part of a line of witches who each have a unique power. Her mother could communicate with bees, for example. Nora looks up to her grandmother whom she saw as being brave and powerful. Despite her mother's rule that they should not practice any magic, Nora sneakily reads her grandmother's book when her mother's away for...

In starting this post, I accidentally wrote 'Cirice' instead of 'Circe.' I thought about it and decided to see if there was a chance of there being a connection between the two. Cirice is a song by the band Ghost and one of my favorites to listen to. The music video demonstrates a girl has psychic abilities in a heavily religious environment, which could lead to the community accusing her of witchcraft and establishing a link to Circe.  Show your  support for books and reading . I want to interject here that I am not that familiar with Greek Mythology. I know only the names of a few gods and goddesses (which I sometimes confuse with their Roman equivalent) from movies like Disney's Hercules and a childhood book of stories that were watered down for a younger audience. All I knew before reading Madeline Miller's book Circe was that the name belonged to a Greek goddess, but even now, I see that that is debated because she is sometimes called a sorceress or a mi...

  I'll be honest: what made me choose to read this story was 1) I love mysteries and have been trying to read more about witchcraft and Wicca; 2) The story had some Scottish characters; and 3) I immediately thought the Writing the Broomstick podcast duo, K.T. Anglehart and Genny Methot would love this story, so I snatched up the ARC!  The ARC I received had a few issues with names and other details, but I've been told that they will be fixed in a later edition of the story. So, some readers may have a version where they're given a description of someone and then Lily suddenly calls them by their name, for instance. Please keep this in mind. It's still an exciting read! Trigger warning: The book contains   suicide, drugs and murder. You Should Read Dream Stalker  if... You love characters who embrace Wicca. You want to solve a mystery. You long to travel to Salem. You're partial to dream states. You want to learn about plants and their properties. Want a short, spoi...