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[@mcsims6094]

I’m not a non fiction person but I recommend Crying in H Mart and omg it was so good. Do not read this book on an empty stomach because you will crave Korean food.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

This has been on my list for SO long. I really need to pick this one up.

[@dragonaquarius7745]

I think I recommended this on your Instagram already, but I REALLY liked "The Once and Future Witches" by Alix E. Harrow. It takes places during America's Gilded Age, and it's about three working-class sisters who do folk magic based on nursery rhymes. However, one of the main reasons I liked it is because, the author discusses how difficult it is to be a woman in a dark, gritty way. There is also some representation of African-American and Native American forms of ancestral magic too.

[@amandadelaney4789]

I loved that book! 5/5 in my opinion. Alix E. Harrow is a phenomenal writer.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Some other people have been suggesting that as well, guess I'll ave to move it up the list!

[@solangelicag]

I love videos where you sit down and talk! They're my favs, including interviews. I loved your tea talks ❤

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Good to know! I'll plan to make more of them~

[@Brattybambi]

It’s so fascinating to me how different peoples tastes are! A piece of art can impact individuals so differently

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Right? My roommate ADORES books I tend to not love much, and we love chatting about why we liked and disliked things about the book. It's a lot of fun and perspective shifting.

[@a.lg.6577]

This might sound funny, but I nearly fell asleep :D Not because it is boring (like you said in the end), not at all. I got inspired, but also just sooo relaxed. The ambience you create is really soothing and warm. So, I just wanted to thank you. :)

[@charlespalella9489]

I wonder if you might enjoy "Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains" by Bethany Brookshire. Non-fiction, she takes a look at several animal "pests" whose only sin is being themselves in a way that the local humans dislike.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Omg this sounds EXACTLY like a book I'd pick up.

[@charlespalella9489]

@@TheWitchOfWonderlust 😊

[@hkqtt]

I’ve been in such a reading slump so this is such good timing ❤

[@kayb8916]

I just got Tradition of Household Spirits, and even more excited now to get into it! If you're looking for fiction recs, I have to say you should read Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura if you haven't read it already. It wasn't what I expected at all based on the description (in a good way), and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it for weeks. (Also just finished Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa and it was also super good.)

[@xavi9132]

I've been reading a lot more non-fiction lately and am kinda enjoying that. Right now I'm reading Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft which I'm really enjoying and a psychology book called Sensitive and honestly it was life changing. I'm still going through it so I can't really leave a review yet but so far I love it. It's helped made soo many things finally make sense for me. Oh and P.S. - Baba Yaga's book also has her point of view as well as Vasylyna's (the MC) and the author's and I really like it

[@RoseGoddess11]

I love reading and have always read fiction, but after watching your channel I got into nonfiction. I have Walkable City on hold at my library. Can't wait to read it. As someone with car trouble and not a lot of extra money to buy a new one, I'm very interested in this book. (I did love the Newjack vlog)

[@jessangel9756]

Loved the 4 horse man books haha all of them chefs kiss... love smutt books.😂❤🤘🖤 -Salacious Players -Sara Cate That series i would highly suggest -Praise -Give me more - All eyes on me -Highest bidder - Mercy - Madame My fav 😉

[@tammyflores7510]

Yes please talk to me all damn day about books❤

[@sageandhemlock]

Definitely didn't get A Court of Thorns and Roses hype either. The ick was strong and swift lol.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

The ick 😂 very true for me as well

[@missmusic734]

I am intrigued by House of Leaves! I read a lot of books on my kindle, so I really like the idea of having to actually find a physical copy of this book to get the full effect! My fiction recommendation is Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. It's necromancy in space, plus so so many queer characters!

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Oh your rec sounds super unique! I’m so in. And yes I hope you enjoy the house of leaves, it’s super cool. Takes a bit to follow at first because it’s a lot of info all at once but once you’re in it’s kind of like this eerie train wreck you just can’t look away from. I hope you enjoy it !

[@missmusic734]

@@TheWitchOfWonderlust That's good to know that I need to stick with it at the start to get into it. Looking forward to it!! Borrowing a copy from the library this week :D

[@leolapennington264]

I love both fiction and non fiction, but one of my go to reads is Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin.

[@kristiobrien1418]

Thank you for sharing. I picked up the soul of an octopus at the recommendation of a book store employee but haven't gotten to it yet. I just might have to move that to the top of my list.

[@GrannyLinn]

Love your book reviews. Thanks!

[@DannyMack]

House of Leaves sounds intriguing. Picking that up!

[@brentmartin1981]

I am currently reading a book called All Hollows by Christopher Golden. It is a fictional horror book set on Halloween in 1984 in a small Massachusetts town. A bunch of teenagers have interconnecting stories on the same night and something is observing all of them from the woods.

[@nikka3222]

You should anything in the Grimdark genre a shot. They do all tend to be high fantasy - and most are series BUT Grimdark as a genre is very character driven. The characters are often borderline unlikeable people, who make very real decisions in very dark, crappy situations. It's almost never a happily ever and you find yourself rooting for these characters - even though they're not always good people. Some suggestions: - Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (really cool earth based magic system in this seris. Author is a Hugo Award winner if that matters to you lol) - Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks (again, really cool magic system in this series, this time based on colour magic. My favourite series by far, though it's longer at 5 books) Unfortunately I prefer series over stand alone novels, so I don't really have any single novels to suggest. I get REALLY attached to characters, so if it's a good book, one is never, ever enough lol

[@amandamiscellaneous3790]

I’m getting back into fiction as well and I’m currently reading “The God of Endings” it’s a vampire book but not like fantasy type but of vampire stories. More of a practical modern take I guess? First chapter had me hooked.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Ohhh I haven't read a vampire one in a VERY long time.

[@lunawolf3645]

If you want a book like Night at The Museum, I suggest “Relic” by Preston and Child. It’s a mystery/thriller that gave me very adult Night at The Museum vibes.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Oh YES thank you!

[@angelablanco6671]

Would adore to see reading vlogs for suree

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I only have the one for now, but I'll plan to make more if you like those! It was fun to make last time.

[@creepydani8]

I'm currently reading Emily Wildes Encyclopedia of Faeries and so for it's pretty great!

[@lisapicklemagick]

~I love your honest takes on the super popular fantasy books. It's good to know a lot of them are middle of the road for you. (I appreciate your take on those books cuz I feel like you're not one to just get swept away by the hype.) My current reads: Fiction: Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes (about to start) Shady Hollow by Juneau Black (Beatrix Potter meets Agatha Christa. It's an ADORABLE little anthropomorphic animal murder mystery.) Nonfiction: Creating from the Spirit by Dan Wakefield Childhood Disrupted by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (PHENOMENAL. Anyone who has ever been a child should read this [everyone. i literally mean just everyone should read this.]) Waves of Creativity by Allen Arnold

[@AnnaCornelius-s6r]

The dark tower series by Steven King has become a quick favorite for me!

[@Ameslan1]

Hey Olivia! Have you read Annie's "The Green Witch's" "Herbal Magick" book? Looks like fantastic resource which you know if The Green Witch Annie wrote it, is going to be FANTASTIC! Hope you are having a nice summer season.. Stay cool :)

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I have!! It's amazing - and not just because she's my friend. She took YEARS to write this and put so much work into making it useful. I would 100% suggest it over the popular "Green Witch" by Arin Hiscock-Murphy. Annies feels much more in-depth and intentional.

[@Ameslan1]

@@TheWitchOfWonderlust YES Absolutely 100 percent agree! Yes you can tell she put everything into that book. I am telling everyone i know to get it! Sending best vibes and best wishes to both of you! Enjoy the rest of your summer!

[@liminalquartz]

What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher!! I adore this author & this series is short and my favorite, but she writes other more fantasy stuff and also more horror stuff, but her writing is so witty and fun regardless

[@trixiekay22]

There seems to be a used bookshop about to open up right across the street from me soon (signs in the window say October) and I am so excited to go check it out when it opens and add it to your shared google map!! 📚❣

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Yes please do! That would be e deviating financial issue for one to open up so close to me 😆

[@trixiekay22]

@@TheWitchOfWonderlust that's what I'm worried about! Hahahaha

[@idkyet4435]

While I am a fan of the entire last airbender novel series, my favorite has to so far be the reckoning of roku.

[@Virgoshadowwitch88]

Just started reading "White Trash Warlock" soooooo good!!!!

[@bureaucraticmess]

If you enjoy well defined characters, I think you might like "Thirteen Storeys" by Jonathan Sims. It's under the fiction category, but has been described as 'a modern horror classic'. Lots of people love it for the feel of traditional horror, brilliant foreshadowing and great story structure, but I personally love how deep the author goes into the mind of a character and just how well you get to know them in less than three pages. The horror hits you hard, because it feels so personal to the characters' worldview and psyche - it is crafted to hurt the character most, not the reader. Anyway, I went on a longer rant than expected😅 but that's because I absolutely Love that book

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I'll look into it, thank you!

[@nate742]

I recommend The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig if you're looking for your next nonfiction fix.

[@readingandrum]

If you’re looking for an autumnal read I highly highly highly suggest Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh!!! It’s a queer novella about a keeper of the wood, fae in a folklore sense and not in a fantasy way. There’s also a dryad named Bramble and a cat. Also, i haven’t read this yet, but The Once and Future Witches by Alix e. Harrow is like women’s suffragette but the witches suffragette movement instead. The tag line literally says “there’s no such things as witches, but there will be.” I heard it amazing

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Oh that sounds lovely. I'll add that autumn read, and I'll have to check out The Once and Future Witches as well. Thanks for the recs!

[@AmiaRavenne]

I just got done reading Someone You Can Build a Nest in by John Wiswell. Sweet, queer, monster horror romance, loved it. The octopus book you mentioned reminded me of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, I highly recommend it. For my book club, I will reread Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck. That book had me bawling a few chapters in.

[@sarahvela354]

I clicked so fast when I saw Ninth House in the thumbnail

[@erica.explores]

Yay! I caught the video shortly after upload, and bonus points: wearing the same earrings as you.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I've been eyeing it!

[@LearningToLiveWithM.S.]

Great, I think I added about 6 books to my reading list. Like I don't have enough!😂💜 Ok, more like a dozen. Man I'm an addict 😢

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Oh good you can have a problem with me😅

[@jennyl.3742]

I recently joined my public librarys' book club. Our July book was a historical fiction called 'Homecoming' by, Kate Morton. I normally would not have rented this book. But I am REALLY GLAD I read it. The ending. ..is just not what I was picturing...like not even 3/4 of the way in. I highly recommend this to everyone. Try it out, you will not be disappointed. Edit: another great read is a series by Cadwell Turner. It's The Convergence Saga, which is a 3 book saga. Book one is called, 'No Gods, No Monsters' book 2 is called 'We Are the Crisis ' and I think book 3 isn't out yet. Book 1 and 2 are very good. Also...another fun and quirky read is called Bless Your Heart. I really think they should make a horror movie from this book. comedy/horror or popular/horror. I loved it. The ending...like the last couple of sentences...killer!

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I love when books outside our usual tastes can grasp us!

[@olivetoreadbooks]

For fiction, I think you may enjoy Rachel Harrison. I really loved the main character in Black Sheep. Also look up Mexican Gothic and What Moves the Dead if you want to try fungal horror. I don't get the hype for ACOTAR either, and I agree that House of Leaves was a time! 🖤

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Mexican Gothic has been on my list forever! I'm waiting till closer to the spooky season!

[@robzombie69]

agree with u about supernatural & acotar, tho i love high fantasy lol

[@xxzcfdxc]

Girl you need to read books by Brom like Slewfoot

[@JasonW-mentalHealth]

Hi I'm Jason I'm just starting my witchcraft journey and I heard someone that also does witchcraft talk about using a wand and/or Crystal tower to cast spells but I'm confused about how that works can you please make a video that explains how this works please and thank you

[@daredevilelegance9296]

Read Slewfoot by Brom. You’ll LOVE it.

[@creepydani8]

Yes! Brom's stuff is great! Krampus and Lost Gods are also awesome. They're very much inspired by folklore and practices.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I just got this book 2nd hand! Very excited for it!

[@doeandmystica]

If you haven’t already, I would totally read Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa if you want to get into some witchy fiction! No spoilers but it’s LGBTQ+ and centered in Salem! I actually found it in my high school library as my independent reading for english class :))

[@CriticalThinker-i6e]

Have you worked through the Hekataeon Olivia?

[@allisondavis6543]

Gamer book rules thanks for the recommendation! I didn't get the ACOTAR either, Also LOVE BANE

[@seditadri]

Hello there I like your videos, you're doing a great job by them. I'm here mostly for the witchcraft content and the book reviews though, but you do a good job with the pole too. You should check on The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe. It's a great witchy novel halfly set in the Salem witch trials time. I don't know if you'd like it or not, but it's quite an interesting book. And I also recomend to you an other, rather big fantasy-historical fiction, which is nowadays quite problematic for its author, but in itself the book is well written and entertaining. It's The Mists of Avalon. An arthurian mythology-is by the female point of view. But before that look up the writer and what she had done, it's very nasty and gross, to make up your mind about giving the book a try. Best wishes, Olivia, A quite new viewer from Hungary

[@Miscellaneous-s9m]

You did not bore me.

[@daysejones968]

my recomendation: A Practical Guide to Sorcery by AzaleaEllis I really love it

[@lukedylon3971]

I know you said you were not into witchcraft books right now but let me tell you if you are not looking for yet another boring how-to, then read The Witch Belongs to the World by Fio Gede Parma. - it's a love letter to witches especially those that practice traditional witchcraft. something more in the traditional practice method etc that is really good by the same author is Ecstatic Witchcraft, they just did a republish and a new cover for it.

[@Ghoul-Thanatos]

If you're interested in more dark academia books. . . I can't remember if you've read this or not, but if we were villains is good.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I've been told to read this one! It's on my list:)

[@JosephCunningham-u4p]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman or really about anything else he's wrote. Great fiction author.

[@bodhi47]

Tattered Cover was just bought by B&N, sad to say.

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

Ugh it's so sad. However, at this point, I'll take B&N over Amazon any day.

[@w1tchb0n3_r10t]

i find it really ironic that you thought it was the secret history was bad because a lot of people don't know its a satire book commenting on pretentious academia practices lolll as someone whos autistic I didn't get it either at first but one of special interests is literature so I knew something was off about the book!

[@TheWitchOfWonderlust]

I've learned that recently and it makes SO much more sense.

[@Camille_Lee_Æon]

❤😊❤

[@pattiekhalil6336]

Heyyyyyyyyyy Olivia ❤❤❤❤

[@wanderinghedge]

So you like Dark Fantasy? Is that what you're saying? Many people get Dark Fantasy confused with Grim and Horror. Dark Fantasy can play on the strings of both Grim and Horror very easily because it's a Low Fantasy genre and because of the foundations it lays before you. But that doesn't make it Grim and Horror. Dark Fantasy is much more than that and there are many people including myself who swear by the genre (i.e. it's the liminal genre, if you will, because it's the ambiguis genre, hence the name "Dark"). What Dark Fantasy likes to do, is give a "gloomy" and possibly "doom" with "grey skies" atmosphere as the backdrop and setting with things hidden behind the veil that you could almost touch from time to time. It also likes to put you rate next to the bonfire to maybe sing the hairs off your face, arms, and legs, but not enough to burn you while very skillfully and playfully walking that fine line between "this" and "that" until you get to the climax. It's like Harry Potter, for example, many believe that the series is High Fantasy just because that's what it says on the copyright page because if they didn't print it under the High Fantasy genre it probably wouldn't have initially sold as well in the beginning. When in reality it's a young adult Dark Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery series (i.e. the Sword & Sorcery bit is where people are getting confused as well with High Fantasy; just because magic is involved, doesn't make it a High Fantasy genre which Sword & Sorcery clearly shows and always has because Sword & Sorcery is a Low Fantasy genre too; notice the "sword" and "sorcery" in its title, because magic doesn't solve everything, like it would in a High Fantasy genre). This is why Harry Potter was and still remains as one of the most successful series to date even among actual pagans and witches and even though the magic contained in the series is just pure fantasy, and that's due to the fact that when a market gets saturated in High Fantasy genres, a Dark Fantasy novel or series can come in and dominate the scene. Just think of the simple setup of the first book in the series for a moment of how dark, gloomy, and mundane everything seemingly is but with hints of something much more mystical and mysterious going on behind the scenes; that is Dark Fantasy at work rate there playing on the strings of Sword & Sorcery at first, setting the stage ever so slowly but surely, until it opens up into this whole other hidden world but not losing the pretense of themes within its foundations. And also, many people fondly remember for better or worse chapter 10, of the Chamber of Secrets (i.e. there are people who still to this day skip that chapter 20 years later, however I myself, love it and always have; it's a masterclass of Dark Fantasy playing on the strings of Grim and Horror). Think of The Hunger Games series as well. Yes, it's Sci-Fi, but it's also a Dark Fantasy, Political Society, and War genre. Once more we have that dominate "doom and gloom and grey skies" even if the sun is shining rate now atmosphere as the backdrop and setting that we begin with. To put it bluntly and the most amazing thing, is that Dark Fantasy as a genre, loves to pluck on the strings of other genres ever so slightly like an orchastra slowly weaving and sewing different melodies together to make beautiful music. It takes time to build, but once your in the fray there's no denying what's at stake and what's placed rate before you on a silver platter, and when finally it comes toward the end of a Dark Fantasy novel or series for it's finale it loves to just barely peak above the Low Fantasy ceiling for a moment or two making it shine all the more brighter than any High Fantasy genre could ever hope to wish to achieve. And if even young adult Dark Fantasy books are good enough for actual adults that's saying a lot. It has nothing to do with nostalgia why people go back to read series such as Harry Potter. It's genuinely because Dark Fantasy is no easy task to properly craft because it can easily devolve into something else if the author isn't careful and it's hard to come by compared to other genres (i.e. many people as young adults put the Chamber of Secrets at the very bottom of the list in comparison to the other books in the series, but once they become an adult, they notice all the little easter eggs that Dark Fantasy often likes to hide in passing such as the scene with the Weasely's and Malfoys almost getting into a fight in the same shop when school shoping, some easter eggs in that chapter that are answers to many people's complaints of some lose ends people thought existed in the series, and among other things Dark Fantasy pulls on the strings of in that book, and they come to appreciate the book much more than when they did as a young adult). And it's also because Dark Fantasy is that five star restuarant that you hoped for but in a down to earth way with good home cooking that you just can't get anywhere else; and in the end, Dark Fantasy is based on hope at its core which is something people can deeply resonate with on a profound level, rather than imagination.

[@NoOneAtAll-bz3zb]

Sychronicity...I was thinking of all my Magick Teacher YT channel subscriptions, and then you upload a video 10 minutes later 😊

[@StephanieD7]

Emily McIntyre and her books are like fractured fairytales. Twisted wasn’t her best one either lol Hooked was better!

[@Trucellent]

Gosh I HATED ACOTAR, can't believe so many people are in love with SJM writing which is so terrible lol.

[@EmpressoftheHarelquinDevilGods]

Book dragons too; we are! ❤

[@angelablanco6671]

Love these kind of videos so much 💌 I felt so seen by some of your opinions, particularly the most “unpopular”?? ones 🫶🏻