# Spells8 45th Book Club 📚 February 2025! **URL:** \ **Category:** Activities\ **Tags:** books\ **Created:** [February 1, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694 "2025-02-01T20:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/1 "2025-02-01T20:52:14Z")
## PLEASE NOTE! Starting in 2025, Book Club will be a little different. Instead of running for four weeks on - one week off, it will be running monthly. For example, this reading session will begin on February 1st and end on February 28th. The review session **and the next book club session** will run at the same time. It will become more clear as we continue, and if you have any questions, please let me know! **Book Club 44** (previous session) → Reading Session: January 1st - January 31st → Review Session: February 1st - February 28th **Book Club 45** (current session) → Reading Session: February 1st - February 28th → Review Session: March 1st - March 31st Welcome to all of the witchy book-lovers here in the forum! 📚 🧙 ❤ Thank you again to everyone who joined in for last month’s reading session! For those who haven’t yet shared their thoughts about their book (or anyone who enjoys reading book reviews!) you still have time to do so in ~~[Spells8 44th Book Club 📚 Readers’ Reviews!](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-44th-book-club-readers-reviews/58693)~~. As of today, the **45th book club reading session has now begun**! ![spells8 book club](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/3X/a/1/a1e1bf965cd5598fc1f6ec6bf69710a59bf96b28.png) ## **On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!** 📚 1. **Begin by announcing your book** The first post below is an editable wiki post- add your book title and name to the list! (instructions below) 2. **Know that you have [[the whole month]] in this reading session** While it is great if you can finish your book during this time, it is okay if you break it into chapters or sections- do as much as you can and know that doing your best is always good enough! 3. **As you’re reading, feel free to share your thoughts!** You are very welcome to share any thoughts or tidbits while you read in the comments below or in a new post in the forums. Just save the best parts for the final discussion at the end of the reading period! 4. **Join the final discussion** When the month is over, a discussion post will open encouraging all readers to share a review of their book and any personal thoughts they have about it. A mini-review is perfectly fine, and there will be a suggested format for anyone who would like to write a longer review. ![image](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/3X/d/a/daf328be1c3c34840d514afa38af0df90468eafa.jpeg) ## A note about sharing books: While everyone is free to choose their own book, you may consider _reading along with someone else_! It is fun to share thoughts and insights about different books and even more exciting to do in-depth about a book with fellow readers 🤝 If the book you plan to read is already on the list below, add your name to the list of others reading that book! Please keep in mind that everyone will reconvene and chat together in the Reader’s Reviews discussion, regardless of which book you read 📚 * * * ## Not sure what to read? You can find book recommendations in: - [All Book Reviews from the Spells8 Book Club](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uITavq7tyVEm3b-LTrAAGQ8E8XlCIMcsTlZKqOch8EM/edit?usp=sharing) And also: - This [List of Recommended Books for Wiccans](https://spells8.com/topic/recommended-books-wicca/) - The [Recommendations Category](https://forum.spells8.com/c/recommendations/10)of the Forum - The [“Books” tag](https://forum.spells8.com/tag/books)in the Forum **Reading on a budget?** **Free** online books can be found in: - A past book challenge with a list of [free online witchy ebooks](https://forum.spells8.com/t/weekly-witchy-challenge-books-tomes-and-tales/4176) and other reading resources - Freely available books about religion, mythology, and the esoteric at [Sacred-Texts](https://sacred-texts.com/) - Books about mysticism from the [Rosicrucian Library](https://www.rosicrucian.org/rosicrucian-books) - CafeAstrology’s [free books on Astrology](https://cafeastrology.com/freeastrologybooks.html) - Project Gutenberg’s open-access [eBook Library](https://www.gutenberg.org/)has 60,000 free eBooks - These [Free Books for Green and Kitchen Witches](https://forum.spells8.com/t/more-free-books-for-green-and-kitchen-witches/4249) - The non-profit online library [Open Library](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-book-club-xxxii-oct-6-nov-3/42374/27) - Use your [Library Card for Free Digital Books](https://forum.spells8.com/t/read-all-your-books-for-free/29926) ![image](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/3X/8/3/83b1d8a940be5e59dd242876454211351940cfff.jpeg) If you have any questions about Book Club, please feel free to check the [Book Club FAQ](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-book-club-an-introduction/4490)and/or ask in the comments. Blessed be and happy reading! ✨ 📖 ✨ ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/2 "2025-02-01T20:52:32Z")
~~~~ ~~**This post is a WIKI POST- it is editable by everyone!**~~ ~~~~ _for help editing a wiki post, see the [tutorial here](https://forum.spells8.com/t/forum-how-to-guides-for-using-the-forum/19894)_ Please announce your books here 😊 _Example:_ - **Book Title** by Author (@) your username _Out of respect to others, please only add/edit your own entry_ * * * - **Spellcraft and Spellwork** by Ariana Carrasca ([separate discussion here](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spellcraft-and-spellwork-45th-book-club-discussion/58873)) @TricksterShaman - @MeganB - @dan3 -@celinelise - **Year of the Witch** by, Temperance Alden @Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth - **Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft** by Madame Pamita - @TheMuslimWitch - **Transformative Witchcraft** by Jason Mankey @Amethyst - **The House Witch** by Arin Murphy-Hiscock @little.elf.queen - **Women of the Dawn** by Bunny McBride @MeganB - **Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods** by Lea Svendsen @celineelise ---
**Author:** ![TricksterShaman](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/trickstershaman/32/76914_2.png) [@TricksterShaman](https://forum.spells8.com/u/TricksterShaman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/3 "2025-02-01T21:09:23Z")
Does anyone want to read a book with me? Any suggestions, any practice and we can compare. 😁 Here’s one I just bought: **Spellcraft and Spell work by Ariana Carrasca Pagan Portals** ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/4 "2025-02-01T21:17:12Z")
I’ve read that one already but I’m always up for a re-read! It’s a good one 👏 ---
**Author:** ![TricksterShaman](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/trickstershaman/32/76914_2.png) [@TricksterShaman](https://forum.spells8.com/u/TricksterShaman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/5 "2025-02-01T21:23:28Z")
Ok you’re on. I’ll put it as my book, maybe more will join us and we can compare notes. 🥳 I’m never good at lining up the wiki thing, my entries a mess 😆 ---
**Author:** ![dan3](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/dan3/32/62627_2.png) [@dan3](https://forum.spells8.com/u/dan3)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/6 "2025-02-01T22:05:10Z")
I’ve got three books in the queue. I will get through two of them in a couple of days. The other is having a mind fight with me and the winner is yet to be determined. Please start your book and I’ll lurk meaningfully… and maybe learn something. ---
**Author:** ![TricksterShaman](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/trickstershaman/32/76914_2.png) [@TricksterShaman](https://forum.spells8.com/u/TricksterShaman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/7 "2025-02-01T22:06:19Z")
Sounds like a plan 😁 ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/8 "2025-02-02T00:53:04Z")
@TricksterShaman – no worries, I adjusted it 😊 @dan3 – feel free to add your books to the list, too 😊 the more the merrier! ---
**Author:** ![dan3](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/dan3/32/62627_2.png) [@dan3](https://forum.spells8.com/u/dan3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/9 "2025-02-02T02:44:47Z")
> [@TricksterShaman](#): > > Does anyone want to read a book with me? Tracy, Did you (or anyone) do a book review on “Practical Techniques for Directing Your Reality?” I searched on it and could only find the posting where you first mentioned it. I got it and I think it is helping me. Dan ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/10 "2025-02-02T02:57:04Z")
> [@dan3](#): > > or anyone Just hopping in – I can’t find it in our book review spreadsheet, so it doesn’t look like it was ever reviewed by anyone that I can find. ---
**Author:** ![dan3](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/dan3/32/62627_2.png) [@dan3](https://forum.spells8.com/u/dan3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/11 "2025-02-02T03:21:02Z")
> [@MeganB](#): > > it doesn’t look like it was ever reviewed by anyone that I can find. Thanks. I didn’t see it anywhere but I also noticed my search didn’t find a posting/referral that I knew was there. @TricksterShaman if you want to do it, I think you have first refusal. Maybe not this time since you have one but next time. Your comment about it is a good start to a book review. ---
**Author:** ![Eira\_of\_the\_Living\_Hearth](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/eira_of_the_living_hearth/32/17196_2.png) [@Eira\_of\_the\_Living\_Hearth](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/12 "2025-02-02T05:32:16Z")
Hello all! I just started reading the book I choose and seeing as its February 1st…I can join this time! So excited. ---
**Author:** ![TricksterShaman](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/trickstershaman/32/76914_2.png) [@TricksterShaman](https://forum.spells8.com/u/TricksterShaman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/13 "2025-02-02T07:58:29Z")
Not this time but maybe the next round sure 😁 Remind me the authors name again, not Adam Blackthorne? I live in chaos 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![dan3](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/dan3/32/62627_2.png) [@dan3](https://forum.spells8.com/u/dan3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/14 "2025-02-02T17:34:30Z")
> [@TricksterShaman](#): > > Remind me the authors name again Here is the full title from Amazon (kinda wordy for a book that promises simplification but it really does have some attractive features): # The Master Works of Chaos Magick: Practical Techniques For Directing Your Reality (Gallery of Magick Books by Adam Blackthorne) ---
**Author:** ![TricksterShaman](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/trickstershaman/32/76914_2.png) [@TricksterShaman](https://forum.spells8.com/u/TricksterShaman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/15 "2025-02-02T17:51:32Z")
Thanks. Bookmarked for next reading session 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![dan3](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/dan3/32/62627_2.png) [@dan3](https://forum.spells8.com/u/dan3)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/16 "2025-02-07T22:17:51Z")
re: Spell Craft and Spell Work by Carraska I got the book. Read the intro as a sneak peek and decided to get it since I’m getting double points today. ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/17 "2025-02-07T22:32:29Z")
Woo! I’m sure you’re going to love it 👏 It’s a short read but it’s packed full of some great information. ---
**Author:** ![TricksterShaman](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/trickstershaman/32/76914_2.png) [@TricksterShaman](https://forum.spells8.com/u/TricksterShaman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/18 "2025-02-08T09:47:57Z")
Fabulous we can compare notes. 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/19 "2025-02-10T18:44:42Z")
For those of us who are reading Spellcraft and Spellwork together, I have created a separate discussion to discuss the book so we don’t take over this thread 😊 → [Spellcraft and Spellwork [45th Book Club Discussion]](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spellcraft-and-spellwork-45th-book-club-discussion/58873) ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694/20 "2025-02-17T14:16:33Z")
I hope everyone is enjoying their books 📚 💕 I’m not even halfway through Women of the Dawn but what I’ve read so far is drawing a sort of parallel for me with respect to religion. Though I can’t imagine the struggles and hardships the Wabanaki faced during the beginning of colonialism, I _can_ understand being stuck between two faiths and not knowing where those who have passed on are because there’s no true knowing of the afterlife, just what we believe and feel to be true. The passage from the book that inspired these thoughts. CW: brief mention of death of a child > **Summary** > > ![20250217_090342](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/3X/a/a/aa93c33398ea7abe46d6ee2330002f15001f7b99.jpeg) > > > As afternoon shadows merged into night, Molly Mathilde built a fire. In time, she pulled a burning stick from the blaze and snuffed its flame in a bed of sweet fern. She stroked the charred stick with her palm and smeared her face black with soot. Then, folding her hands and closing her eyes, she prayed for her child’s soul. Midway through her prayer, she shivered. _Where is he?_ she wondered. Had he joined the spirit world of her Wabanaki parents or was he in a Christian heaven? With unspeakable dismay, she realized she did not know. [Next page](https://forum.spells8.com/t/spells8-45th-book-club-february-2025/58694.md?page=2)