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The Winter Solstice: The Sacred Traditions of Christmas | John Matthews

Happy Winter Solstice everyone! Here in the western hemisphere the sun is slowly starting to return 🩵

This is the opening day for #WinterWitchSwap
All packages were sent out. I hope you all enjoy today & the rest of the holiday season ❄️
@BarkingMadRead @Chrissyreadit @Aconight @forestandcrow @Gissy @MaleficentBookDragon @MittenGirlPeach @guinsgirlreads @KadaGul @bumpinthenight @Readergrrl @WildAlaskaBibliophile @MrsGagnonreads2024 @KT1432

Aconight Blessed Yule everyone! Thank you for hosting 🖤❄️ 1w

AnnCrystal Blessed Solstice 💝🤍💝🌨️🤩🌨️😍🌨️. 1w

dabbe Blessed Yule! 💙🤍🩵 1w

KT1432 Wishing everyone a blessed Yule!!! 💙🩵 1w

MaleficentBookDragon Happy Winter Solstice and thank you for hosting. I loved this swap. ❄️💙🤍🩵 ❄️ 1w

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kspenmoll

Hemlock at Vespers | Peter Tremayne

Em & Me started our morning together. She is our previous beauty.

rebcamuse Sweet girl! 1w

Crazeedi Looks like my Klinger! Sweetie! 1w

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1w

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Aims42 What a sweet, snuggly looking reading buddy! 1w

AnnCrystal 😘💕😻🐾💝. 1w

RaeLovesToRead Cutie 🥰 1w

dabbe 🖤🐾🤎 1w

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kspenmoll

Hemlock at Vespers | Peter Tremayne

#SisterFidelmaMysteries
Back in 664 with Fidelma as she is unraveling 15 mysteries.

rebcamuse I don‘t always enjoy short stories, but this collection has a good variety! “At the Tent of Holofernes” provides some good back story for Fidelma. 1w

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bibliothecarivs

Folksongs of Britain and Ireland | Peter Kennedy

Random book from our personal library.

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MonicaLoves2Read

The Shadowed Land: A Novel | Signe Pike

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While still good, the 3rd book in The Lost Queen Series, I didn't find as good as the first two. The Shadowed Land took us on a journey with Angharad, as she continues to develop as a Wisdom Keeper, and Artur, who follows in his father's footsteps. Languoreth and Lailoken still are prominent in the book. This one wasn't as long as the other two, either. I reread the first two books, since it had been a few years since I read them, before I ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read ⬆️ read this one. Now, I have to wait until the Fall of 2027 for the next book. Of course, I will have to reread the 3 before it, before I read it, which is okay since I love this series.

When reading this series, you can tell Pike put in a lot of hardwork and a lot of time doing research. She gives you a chance to travel back to 540 to 584 Scotland. My TBR grew also, because she listed some books in her note I would like to read concerning Artur.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

#Bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks 4w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w

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Darklunarose

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

bailed

Having been warned about the anti trans sentiments in this book I‘m choosing to send it back without reading.

ravenlee Good to know; unstacking this now. 1mo

Darklunarose @ravenlee I honestly wish that books had warning labels, and/or there was a website where you could find a list of books that are full of undesirable things….like transphobia, homophobia, etc. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yiiiiiikes. Off my list for sure. Thanks for the heads up. 1mo

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Darklunarose @Clare-Dragonfly all thanks to @Bookwomble for the heads up! 1mo

BookishMarginalia Thank you for letting us know. Off my list too. 1mo

Deblovestoread Thanks for the heads up. 1mo

lil1inblue How disappointing. But good info to know. 1mo

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Darklunarose

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

I have been wanting to read this for a long time….going to try a chapter every so often and get it down. I‘m close to my crone era.

Clare-Dragonfly I‘ve been curious about this book. Let us know how you like it! 1mo

Bookwomble If you are Trans supportive, please be aware that this author is not, and that reviewers say one of the chapters in this book explicitly reflects that. 1mo

Darklunarose @Bookwomble I‘m sitting here with the book open and about to start it this morning. Thank you so much for this warning. I‘m more than just passively supportive of the trans community, I‘m ferociously supportive. I have people in my circle who are trans. I refuse to do anything that would not be supportive. This one is now going in the discard pile. Thank you so much for that! I don‘t do abelism, lgbtqia hate, racism, misogyny, etc. 1mo

Bookwomble @Darklunarose 🩵🩷🤍💖 I was reading a different book by this author and struggling with the writing style, so looked up reviews to check how others found it, and then saw the comments about this book, which were generally positive about the content until the terfy chapter, when many people bailed. Sad, but there are undoubtedly other books on the subject that are more inclusive ✊ 1mo

Darklunarose @Bookwomble im going to keep looking. At 46 im sure im close to perimenopause…..and id like something from a spiritual side as i move into my crone era to read. But not at the cost of terf bs. 1mo

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RavenRenegade

Kindling the Celtic Spirit: Ancient Traditions to Illumine Your Life Through the Seasons | Mara Freeman

I‘ve found myself to be in the position recently needing to downsize my personal library. While taking some books to Half Price Books, I came across this gem among the stacks. It doesn‘t count if I buy it using the money earned from selling books, right!? 😅

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BarbaraJean

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom | John O'Donohue

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I‘ve loved John O‘Donohue‘s writing in the past. His book of blessings (To Bless the Space Between Us) always has something rich and meaningful to offer, and I‘ve often come across quotations from O‘Donohue‘s work that are exactly what I need when they cross my path. So I had high expectations for this one, having had it on my TBR for some time.

O‘Donohue offers an exploration of Celtic spirituality as he examines friendship, the senses, ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d)… solitude, work, aging, and death. Woven throughout is a reverence for beauty and for the natural world. I enjoyed this overall, but often found it meandering & disconnected. Looking back at sections I underlined, there were quite a few gems along the way…so I‘m puzzled as to why it left me underwhelmed.

I read it over 3 months, in fits and starts, and I wonder if it would have read better for me if I‘d dipped into it more frequently—⤵️ 2mo

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …savoring it more consistently. I will probably read this again, more slowly, dipping into chapters and sections as I feel drawn to them.

This was my April #DoubleSpin and I also chose to read it as # 44 for #50x50—“Related to my vocation/profession”—connecting it to my coursework in spiritual direction. @TheAromaofBooks 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo

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hes7

Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy | Juliet Marillier

🔟 ten before the end 🔟

only ten weeks until 2026 🤯 so here are ten books i want to be sure i read before the end of 2025:

1️⃣ daughter of the forest
2️⃣ the first girl child
3️⃣ the last sin eater
4️⃣ the measure
5️⃣ the metropolitan affair
6️⃣ red string theory
7️⃣ suspended in the stars
8️⃣ the twelve dogs of christmas
9️⃣ under the texas mistletoe
🔟 winter solstice

SomedayAlmost Yikes! 10 weeks?!!! 2mo

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