My wonderful friend Asha is hosting a month-long readathon; Februwitchy (you can read all about it here) and I, of course, needed to join. Mainly because I love witches but also because I bought a lot of witchy books for my Hallowreadathon, which Asha helped host, and never got around to reading them! I don’t normally do TBRs because I’m a huge mood reader but I think I’ve covered all my bases with this one…
If I feel like romance; The Witches of Cambridge by Menna Van Praag and Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman both blend magic with love. I’ve wanted to read more romance lately and I think these will help me dip my feet in with a familiar urban fantasy feel.
Both The Witch’s Daughter by Paula Brackston and The Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan are a blend of historical fiction and romance ending up in modern day (from what I can gather from blurbs) and if you search for witch-y books, I guarantee any list will include both of these so I want to get into at least one of these chunks.
If I feel like a historical fiction book that is more on the side of history, Her Kind by Niamh Boyce* is about the 14th century Kilkenny witch trials in Ireland. I don’t think I’ve read much of this time period before so I’m looking forward to learning more about it.
Hex Life, edited by Christopher Golden and Rachel Autumn Deering was a Secret Santa gift from Kate and I think it’s going to be the star of this readathon for me because if I can just read one of the eighteen stories every day, then I’ll finish this in no time. I love discovering new authors as well so this might end up making my TBR longer…
And if I feel like YA, I’ve got How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather, a birthday present from the wonderful Mols. Naondel and Maresi: Red Mantle by Maria Turtshaninoff which have been intimidating me ever since I read the first incredible book in this series, so I need the readathon themed push! And Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan was a book I bought last year because I was seeing Maria and Deirdre at the Edinburgh Book Festival but never dived into it. For shame!
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