Spells8 58th Book Club 📚 March 2026

[MeganB]

Welcome to all of the witchy book-lovers here in the forum!

Book Club 58
→ Reading Session: March 2026 ←
→ Review Session: April 2026 ←

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 the 57th Spells8 Book Club - Readers’ Reviews!

As of today, the 58th book club reading session has now begun !

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.

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

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Not sure what to read?

You can find book recommendations in:

• All Book Reviews from the Spells8 Book Club

And also:

• This List of Recommended Books for Wiccans
• The Recommendations Category of the Forum
• The “Books” tag 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 and other reading resources
• Freely available books about religion, mythology, and the esoteric at Sacred-Texts
• Books about mysticism from the Rosicrucian Library
• CafeAstrology’s free books on Astrology
• Project Gutenberg’s open-access eBook Library has 60,000 free eBooks
• These Free Books for Green and Kitchen Witches
• The non-profit online library Open Library
• Use your Library Card for Free Digital Books

If you have any questions about Book Club, please feel free to check the Book Club FAQ and/or ask in the comments.

Blessed be and happy reading!

[MeganB]

~~ ~~ ~~ This post is a WIKI POST- it is editable by everyone! ~~ ~~ ~~
for help editing a wiki post, see the tutorial here

Please announce your books here

Example:

• Book Title by Author
  (@) your username

Out of respect to others, please only add/edit your own entry

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• Witch Blood Rising: Awaken Your Magic in a Modern World by Asa West @Amethyst

• Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D
  @Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth

• Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson - translated to English
  @Dan3

• Poetic Edda translation by Crawford
  @dan3

• Conceive, Believe, Achieve, Receive: Manifestation with Aphantasia by Colleen Soper @Amethyst

[Amethyst]

If I finish that one, I’ll come back and add another!

[Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth]

I’m still powering through my book! I’ll give a review when I reach the end. So far, I love what she has to say, and she is definitely a very good writer! It is slow going because my sleep deprived brain doesn’t always work these days!

[dan3]

There is no way I will finish these two books. They are really references. The Poetic Edda (Elder Edda) is less encumbered with Abrahamic Dogma. Both are good for finding the original stories about Norse mythology. Both are available on Amazon in Kindle form. The Prose Edda is being sold for 54 cents! The Poetic Edda is more scholarly and sells for 10 dollars (kindle).

The Poetic Edda was oral based and composed between 10-13th centuries. The Prose Edda was written in the early 13th century. Their English translations use modern language.

They are great for checking AI summaries of the Norse stories. One way to study them is draw a rune, ask an AI for the Norse Archetype and its story. Then look up the name in the books and see for yourself. Sometimes the differences in the stories are significant. Of course, in the process of checking, one is also studying runes.

The introduction to the Poetic Edda is amazing. It frames the actions of the Deities in the context of the way of thinking at the time the stories were circulated. The context is not always comfortable.

[Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth]

I am so proud of you! I have yet had a chance to pick up my book this month and we’re 8 days in! Ugh.

[Amethyst]

I make it part of my morning ritual to read each morning. That’s what calms me more than anything else, even meditation. So that’s what I do.

[BryWisteria]

March’s book club has come to a close!

A discussion is open for everyone to share their reviews → 58th Spells8 Book Club - Readers’ Reviews!

The few wonderful reviews already posted here have since been re-homed in the Readers’ Reviews post to make them easier to find!

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Didn’t finish your book or just got started ? No worries!

Feel free to share your thoughts so far and chime in on the reviews that your fellow coven members have shared. You may find a recommendation for a new book!

A note that book club will be on hiatus during April, so please feel free to continue to discuss current and new books in the new Reader’s Reviews discussion.

Happy reading and reviewing!