Books: In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Beloved by Toni Morrison Empire of Mind: A History of Iran by Michael Axworthy
Prompts:
1. WHO? (Who first turned you on to tarot? Who's your favourite tarot author? Who's your favourite deck creator? Who's your favourite tarot character? etc)
2. WHAT? (What do you most love about tarot? What's your currently most-used deck? What's your favourite tarot tool or technique? etc)
3. WHEN? (When did you first encounter tarot? When did you first start to take tarot seriously? When did you last have a significant tarot experience? etc)
4. WHERE? (Where were you when you did your first serious reading? Where do you carry out readings and tarot practices now? Where do you store your decks? etc)
5. WHY? (Why do you love tarot? Why do you continue to study tarot? Why do you think tarot is important and/or helpful? etc)
Books: In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende Beloved by Toni Morrison Empire of Mind: A History of Iran by Michael Axworthy
Prompts:
1. WHO? (Who first turned you on to tarot? Who's your favourite tarot author? Who's your favourite deck creator? Who's your favourite tarot character? etc)
2. WHAT? (What do you most love about tarot? What's your currently most-used deck? What's your favourite tarot tool or technique? etc)
3. WHEN? (When did you first encounter tarot? When did you first start to take tarot seriously? When did you last have a significant tarot experience? etc)
4. WHERE? (Where were you when you did your first serious reading? Where do you carry out readings and tarot practices now? Where do you store your decks? etc)
1. The Perfect Host: The deck that sets everything up perfectly for you in a read 2. Party Decor: The deck that is all about the aesthetic of Halloween for you! 3. Comfort Food: The deck that always satisfies, leaving you feeling good. 4. Bobbing for apples: The deck that is hit or miss. Sometimes it's right on and other times you are left empty handed! 5. Werewolf Costume: The deck that brings transformation 6. Vampire Costume: The deck that you can only do a few cards, lest you feel drained. 7. Ghostly Apparition: The deck that disappears and shows up unexpectedly in your collection. 8. Zombie Costume: Your deck in tatters 9. Witchy Costume: Your favorite witchy deck 10. Blood and guts: The deck that cuts you to the core. Use at your own peril! 11. Couples in Costume: The perfect pair of decks for the season 12. No costume: The no frills deck (someone always refuses to dress up. We love you anyway!)
#gothlitnovember is hosted by @SecondThoughtsAboutTheMission and @BaileyJean1001. I’ll make a TBR soon!
Books:
•The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter •Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic •Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World’s Ends •The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness: Ghosts from Elsewhere by Tabish Khair •Nordic Terrors by Robert W. Rix •Gothic Appalachian Literature by Sarah Robertson •The Cambridge Companion to Ulysses •Ledfeather by Stephen Graham Jones
•Winter Solstice: An Essay by Nina MacLaughlin •On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf
•Stone Dreams: A Novel-Requiem by Akram Aylisti (Azerbaijan) •Letter to Jimmy by Alain Mabanckou (Congo-Brazzaville) •Expraedium by Armen Melikian (Armenia)
•Vã: Stories by Women of the Moana by Lani Wendt Young (Cook Islands, Mariana Islands, Erub Island (Torres Strait), Fiji, Hawai’i, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga) •Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures by Flora Aurima Devatine (Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Marshall Islands, Guam, Hawai’i, Northern Mariana Islands, Kanaky (New Caledonia), Federated States of Micronesia, Cook Islands, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati)
•The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories (Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe)September Tarot WrapupNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-10-07 | https://linktr.ee/NicoleACottageWitch makeplayingcards.com/sell/nicole-acottagewitch
Read around the world: Laos, Georgia, Timor-Leste, the Maldives, Barbados, Estonia, Brunei
Books:
DNF•Night and Day by Virginia Woolf ✓Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ✓The Waves by Virginia Woolf ✓Three Lives by Gertrude Stein ✓The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway ✓The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge ✓Greek to Me by Mary Norris ✓Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic ✓The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie ✓All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker ✓The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
✓The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny ✓A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny ✓Small Favors by Erin A. Craig ✓The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose ✓Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney ✓The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay ✓The Fallout by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Iceland) ✓Authority by Jeff VanderMeer ✓Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer ✓Gothic Literature by Sue Chaplin ✓Beloved by Toni Morrison ✓Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty ✓The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Malaysia) ✓Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 🍁Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson 🍁Powers of Horror By Julia Kristeva (Bulgaria)
✓Taking up the Runes by Diana L. Paxton ✓The Peace by Roméo Dallaire ✓The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan DNF•Veneficium by Daniel A. Schulke ✓Our Green Heart by Diana Beresford-Kroeger 🍁Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva (India)
✓How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa (Laos) ✓Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili (Georgia) ✓Words of Hope in Dangerous Times: Collected Speeches and Interviews, 2022-2023 by José Ramos-Horta (Timor-Leste) ✓Folktales from the Maldives visitmaldives.com/en/search?for=Folktales ✓How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones (Barbados) ✓The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirank (Estonia) ✓ The Witch Doctor's Daughter by Kathrina Mohd Daud (Brunei)Two phenomenal books about Lebanon and IranNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-10-03 | ...Two phenomenal books about Lebanon and Iran.Nicole - A Cottage Witch2024-10-03 | ...#MabonMagick: a cozy fall VR to @Lisa_Papez and @DaniMysticNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-10-01 | https://linktr.ee/NicoleACottageWitch
Prompts:
1. Sweater Weather - A deck that makes you feel comfy-cozy 2. Pumpkin Spice Season - A favorite fall beverage 3. Deepening Shadows - A deck that challenges you 4. Let's Get Cozy - A favourite comfort item 5. Crisp Autumn Air - A deck that brings clarity 6. Me Time! - A hobby or project you want to dive into this fall 7. Back to School - A deck that invites a deeper dive or full-on study 8. A Time of Transformation - A favourite fall ritual, spell, or change in your routine 9. Treat Time - An indulgent, extravagant, or luxurious deck 10. Rainy Day Read - A book you can't wait to read this fall Bonus - favourite fall scent
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffman to Hodgson The Cambridge Companion to the Brontës Writing Poetry in the Dark by Stephanie M. Wytivich Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia PelayoI made tarot and rune decks!Nicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-29 | https://linktr.ee/NicoleACottageWitch
One quick note: I use a photo of American elm instead of slippery elm because that’s what I could find near me, but for herbalism, I use slippery elm.
And I know people like linen cardstock, and it does shuffle better, but the photos just looked a bit funny with the cross-hatching, so I just used standard.
Book:
Call of the Runes by Walter McGregory
Podcasts:
Walter McGregory’s Channel: @thecallofthe24futharkrunes
1. How often do you go to the library? 2. Do you belong to more than one library system? 3. What percent of books you read come from the library? 4. Do you listen to audiobooks or get e-books from the library or are you hooked on Audible or Amazon or something else? 5. Did you go to storytime at the library as a kid? 6. Have you ever borrowed a movie or video game from your library? 7. Have you ever gotten fined for returning books late? If so, how do you feel about that? 8. Do you attend special events, groups or book sales at the library? 9. Have you ever given or taken a book from a little free library, a book box or a book swap? 10. Bonus! Does your librarian know you by name? 11. Tag some friends!
*If you DON'T go to the library... answer these:
1. Why the heck not? 2. Where do you get your books from? 3. Have you ever had a library card or do you have one now? 4. When was the last time you stepped foot in the library? 5. Have you ever gone to an event at your library? 6. Do you have little free libraries or book boxes or book swaps where you live? Show us a picture if you do. 7. Tag some friends!The Cozy Coffee Mug Book Tag (with tarot!)Nicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-23 | The Cozy Coffee Mug Book Tag by @literarylove123 youtu.be/XM-LcPF_Iyk?si=j0TSldmiTDzbJ04b
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Prompts: 1. Hex the Patriarchy: Share your favorite women authors. 2. Never Underestimate a Woman Who Reads Stephen King Books: Share your favorite fictional women characters. 3. Edgar Allan Poe: Share your favorite Gothic book or story. 4. Swiftea: Name your auto-buy authors. 5. Camp Crystal Lake: Share a book that makes you feel nostalgic. 6. Happy Halloween: Share a holiday-themed book that you recommend. 7. This Mug Contains Magic: Share a book you enjoyed that is outside of your comfort zone/typical genre. 8. Tag some bookish friends.
Books:
1. Hex the Patriarchy: Share your favorite women authors. Isabel Allende Toni Morrison Virginia Woolf Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë N.K. Jemisin Nadia Hashimi Robin Wall Kimmerer Tarot: Mari in the Sky (The Gentle Tarot) thegentletarot.com/products/the-gentle-tarot-pocket-deck
2. Never Underestimate a Woman Who Reads Stephen King Books: Share your favorite fictional women characters. Jane Eyre Tarot: Heartwood Tarot Threetreestarot.co.uk
3. Edgar Allan Poe: Share your favorite Gothic book or story. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley amzn.to/3Z3dctf Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë amzn.to/3AG0c2o Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë amzn.to/3XbXHMS Tarot: Wild Woman Oracle amzn.to/3ItEr6P
4. Swiftea: Name your auto-buy authors. Khaled Hosseini Corinne Boyer Tarot: Mari in the Sky and Three Trees Tarot
5. Camp Crystal Lake: Share a book that makes you feel nostalgic. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell amzn.to/4cMPmoL Tarot: Buffy the Vampire Slayer amzn.to/3wUMQNM
7. This Mug Contains Magic: Share a book you enjoyed that is outside of your comfort zone/typical genre. A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher amzn.to/3XbbBPi Tarot: Somnia Tarot somniatarot.com/en-ca/products/tarotdeck
8. Tag some bookish friends. @Bookishdowntime @BaileyJean1001 @SecondThoughtsAboutTheMission
All amazon.ca links are affiliates.A book haul in a quirky mood, with many tangents.Nicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-20 | https://linktr.ee/NicoleACottageWitch20 Booktube Questions TagNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-16 | 20 QUESTIONS BookTube Tag!
How many books is too many in a series How do you feel about cliff-hangers Hardback or paperback Favourite book Least favourite book Love triangles: Yes or No The most recent book you just couldn't finish A book you're currently reading The last book you recommended to someone Oldest book you've read by publication date Newest book you've read by publication date Favourite author Buying books or borrowing books A book you dislike that everyone seems to love Bookmarks or dog-ears A book you can always re-read Can you read whilst hearing music Do you read a book in one sitting or multiple days One or multiple PoV A book you've read because of the cover
✓The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie ✓All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker ✓The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
•Taking up the Runes by Diana L. Paxton •Gothic Literature by Sue ChaplinSeptember reading challenges I’m attemptingNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-09 | https://linktr.ee/NicoleACottageWitch
Challenges:
Shorty September (@pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers) Magical Readathon (@BookRoast) GracyEllerby’s 24 hour reading challenge: youtu.be/YMUKJQZbftw?si=PB1r8PvolcYTDKeH
✓Greek to Me by Mary Norris ✓Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic amzn.to/3STiPWM •Gothic Literature by Sue Chaplin amzn.to/4dShsjc
All Amazon.ca links are affiliated.Time to curl up with some hot chocolate and books about about gothic literature! 💀🌚🖤Nicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-06 | ...August Book WrapupNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-06 | https://linktr.ee/NicoleACottageWitch
Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö amzn.to/3WPhdyF The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (Sweden) amzn.to/46RvL5g Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen (Tibet) amzn.to/3AGl49F Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias (Costa Rica) amzn.to/46OW78h
All Amazon.ca links are affiliated.August Acquisitions: Gothic lit, Heartwood Tarot, and the Gay Marseille!Nicole - A Cottage Witch2024-09-02 | 0:00 books 21:01 decks
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Channels mentioned: For #gothlitnovember: @SecondThoughtsAboutTheMission and @BaileyJean1001 For the 3 girls, 1 book book club: @Peekaboorose, @SunsetBoughTarot, and @Heather_Tarot
Books:
The Penguin Book of the Sonnet amzn.to/3WQJxAJ The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction amzn.to/3YY4D2V Gothic Literature by Sue Chaplin amzn.to/4dShsjc EcoGothic by Andrew Smith amzn.to/4dspnUT The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle by Kelly Hurley amzn.to/4dsoATN
The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. Gilbert amzn.to/3WX5bmO Powers of Horror By Julia Kristeva amzn.to/46T0Wxc On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich amzn.to/3WWosVH
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle amzn.to/46WJbwR Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson amzn.to/3yP1ebU Human Sacrifices: Stories by Maria Fernanda Ampuero (Ecuador) amzn.to/4dRizjq Fresh Dirt from the Grave by Giovanna Rivero (Bolivia) amzn.to/4dReYSh
Classic Novels by Arnold Weinstein amzn.to/3XaCJiG Classics of British Literature by John Sutherland amzn.to/4g5hiar 20th-Century American Fiction by Arnold Weinstein amzn.to/46X3WsC Literary Modernism by Jeffrey Perl amzn.to/3As3BSy Masterworks of Early 20th-Century Literature by David Thorburn amzn.to/3WPV2bv Joyce's Ulysses by James A.W. Heffernan amzn.to/3WSsuOP The Lives and Works of the English Romantic Poets by Willard Spiegelman amzn.to/3XbgrNK Classics of Russian Literature by Irwin Weil amzn.to/46T13ZA A Day’s Read by Various Professors amzn.to/4csJkcR
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park (North Korea) The Land in Our Bones by Layla K. Feghali (Lebanon/Levant) Call of the Runes by Walter McGrory Seiðr by Katie Gerrard The Poetic Edda The Saga of the Volsungs The Path of the Hedge Witch by Joanna van der Hoeven The Book of Hedge Druidry by Joanna van der Hoeven Conjuring Dirt by Taren S To Fly by Night by Veronica Cummer Under the Witching Tree by Corinne Boyer Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism by Daniel A Schulke The City Where Dreams Come True by Gulsifat Shahidi (Tajikistan)
Beautiful in Design: A deck whose structural, art and message designs elevate the tarot experience.
Beautiful Color Palette: A deck with color schemes that enchant and draw you in.
Beautiful in Connection: A deck that reaches into the soul, creating a personal and profound bond.
Beautiful in Association: A deck rich in symbolic associations that enhance intuitive readings.
Beautiful in Wonder: A deck that inspire awe and a sense of wonder, and something bigger than yourself with each card.
Beautiful in Rhythm: A deck that seamlessly blend their narrative and imagery with a sense of movement and flow.
Beautiful in Meaning: A deck that delves into the layers of meaning and offers depth and insight.
Beautiful in Artfulness: A deck that has an artful perspective with an appreciation for the artistic mastery and creativity imbued in each deck's design.
Beautiful in Haptics: A deck that not only look beautiful but feel incredible to shuffle and handle.
Beautiful in Senses: A deck that engages the senses in a beautiful way.
1. Deck you've used the most so far in 2024/Best Book 2. A new dec/book that came into your collection 3. Most anticipated deck/book that was released this year 4. Biggest disappointment 5. Biggest surprise 6. Deck/book crush or best book reread 7. Fave tarot card/Fave new-to-you author 8. Deck/book that makes you happy 9. Most beautiful deck/book this year 10. What deck/book do you want by the end of the year (or are still waiting on)? 11. Which deck hasn't been used yet but you want to work with this year/What books do you need to read by the end of the year? 12. Fave video you've made
1. Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto and Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez and A Nervous Breakdown by Anton Chekhov 2. Ireland's Wild Plants by Niall Mac Coitir 3. Alive with Spirits by Althaea Sebastiani 4. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell 5. The Bones Fall in a Spiral: A Necromantic Primer by Mortellus 6. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi 7. Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur 8. Scottish Myths & Legends by Daniel Allison 9. Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer 10. Under the Dragon Root by Corinne Boyer 11. Ulysses by James Joyce
Honourable mention books:
Philosophy Bites Back by David Edmonds Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell Plants of the Devil by Corinne Boyer Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston Read Like The Devil: The Essential Course in Reading the Marseille Tarot by Camelia Elias Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient by Edward W. Said#TaRomanceTropes: a VR to @TarotMagpieNicole - A Cottage Witch2024-06-21 | #TaRomanceTropes VR to Sylvie @TarotMagpie
1. Enemies to lovers: a deck, style, or system you've insisted just wasn't for you - until you realised it was. 2. Friends to lovers: a deck you used liked well enough, and then one reading deepened or changed your relationship with it. 3. Forced proximity: a deck you used for a month, took on holiday, made yourself work with for, that changed your relationship with it. 4. Soulmates: when it was just meant to be. A deck that you fell in love with immediately. 5. Slow-burn: a deck you didn't have the best first impression of, but the more you worked with the more you liked it. 6. Opposites attract: this deck is NOT your usual style but you love it anyway. 7. Blind date: an impulse buy, a gift, or a deck you got without much research - but ended up really loving. 8. Second chance: a deck you planned to get rid of that worked its way back into rotation, or a deck that you did move along and ended up repurchasing. 9. Unrequited love: you really want to love this deck, but it just doesn't love you back (yet..?) 10. Love triangle - two decks that are in competition with each other in your collection, OR a pair of decks that you always use together.
This is the video: youtu.be/RUFAmTnDUcU?si=R6bQUl-Ddsvlcler From @SunsetBoughTarot @Heather_Tarot and @Peekaboorose and @toadstooltarot (don’t know how I forgot a fantastic username like that!)
Since filming this, I’ve finished the rune deck and put it on MPC, although I haven’t printed one for myself yet so I’m relying on MPC’s border outlines to be accurate:
Marea, Thoth, and Medieval Feathers Tarot guidebooks Secrets of the Thoth Tarot Volume 1 by Marcus Katz amzn.to/44Pxbwr Ireland’s Wildflowers by Niall Mac Coitir amzn.to/4bpGPrT A Broom at Midnight by Roger J. Horne amzn.to/3R71M2T Alive with Spirits by Althaea Sebastiani amzn.to/3RcdRDN Fairycraft by Morgan Daimler Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell amzn.to/3VF5hAH To Fly by Night: The Craft of the Hedge Witch amzn.to/4c0AJhv Irish Mythology: the Children of Danu by Daniel Allison amzn.to/4bq4KHC Celtic Druidry by Ellen Evert Hopman amzn.to/4e4OH3L Fairy Faith in Ireland by Lora O’Brien amzn.to/3Xb27FA Fairy: The Otherworld by Many Names by Morgan Daimler amzn.to/458TwFi
Understanding the Old Testament by Robert D. Miller amzn.to/4apUu0T The Old Testament by Amy-Jill Levine amzn.to/44Q2mY8 Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament by Martien Halvorson-Taylor amzn.to/4apyYcI Great World Religions: Judaism by Isaiah M. Gafni amzn.to/44JKVZz Reading Biblical Literature: Genesis to Revelation by Craig R. Koester amzn.to/44Mj5f4 The Book of Genesis by Gary A. Rendsburg amzn.to/44MeJVo A History of the Bible by John Barton amzn.to/4bNjQqJ Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code by Bart D. Ehrman amzn.to/3K5EdDF God: An Anatomy by Francesca Stavrakopoulou amzn.to/4bEY48H When God Had a Wife by Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince amzn.to/3KuQqSh