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“My heart is so much more than it once was, even if it now beats outside my chest.”

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

July 29, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

BINGO – MYTHIC Angrboda is a thrice burned witch, and a thrice survived witch at that. She once was a seer for the gods, but she was ultimately burned for refusing to tell Odin, king of the gods, of knowledge beyond what anyone should know. After burning thrice and surviving, she escapes to the woods but leaves her heart on the pyre. She finds a cave and makes a home for herself. She strikes up a friendship and trading partnership with a giantess name Skadi […]

Do you already have a vague idea of what self-care is? If yes, you can skip this book

The Witch's Book of Self-Care by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

July 29, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 1 Comment

BINGO – SELF-CARE Arin Murphy-Hiscock endeavors to instruct in practical self-care through a witch’s lens. She begins with an introduction to what self-care is and isn’t and how the idea of self-care has been co-opted by some many people and industries to make a buck. She then breaks down modes of self-care into Mental and Emotional Self-Care, Physical Self-Care, Spiritual Self-Care, and Household Self-Care. She sprinkles spells, rituals, and recipes throughout as well as practical tips on how to incorporate self-care into one’s daily life. […]

An overload of aerial acrobatics information; now what?

Proximal: An Introduction to Aerial Theory by Dara Minkin

July 27, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – SPORTSBALL Dara Minkin has set out to try and do the impossible: write a book instructing in some of the basic shapes, wraps, and transitions in aerial acrobatics. How do you take a physical movements and describe them in a book? Minkin does what she can and finds a great deal of success in Proximal. Minkin has broken down a series of movements and skills in a progression from beginner to more advanced with the hopes that the reader will be able to understand […]

“There is nothing nice about Southern ladies!”

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

July 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – LIBATIONS [TW: sexual assault/rape] It’s the early 1990s, and Patricia Campbell lives in a suburb of Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, two kids, and mother-in-law. She does what she can to be a picturesque Southern lady: exceptional manners and hospitality, exquisite outfits, pristine home, and exemplary family. She is a perfect Southern peach, and she’s bored. The only outlet she has that is solely for herself is her book club filled with other women just like her. To escape their lives, they […]

An immensely exciting magic system in a novel with resolution

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

July 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 6 Comments

BINGO – OLD SERIES Mistborn: The Final Empire (also frequently known as just Mistborn) in the first in a series of novels that was originally published in 2006. Vin is an orphaned street thief who has had a tough life hopping from thieving crew to crew just trying to survive in Luthadel, the capital of the oppressive Final Empire. Vin is skaa (the lower, poor, working class) and not a part of the nobility, the ruling upper class who treat the skaa as sub-human. Ultimately, […]

A very cool pantheon of gods ruined by lackluster writing and anti-Semitism

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

July 23, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 4 Comments

BINGO – NEW SERIES Originally published in 2019, Wicked Saints is the first novel in a young adult, fantasy series that follows a young cleric named Nadya from a downtrodden land Kalyazi. She is able to commune with the entire pantheon of gods and petition them for assistance and magic. The people of Kalyazi are in a century-long war against Tranavia primarily led by a young mage named Serefin who is also the prince of Tranavia. The people of Tranavia reject the gods and instead […]

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