What I'm Loving This Week
Listening:
For anyone else who is an anglophile like I am and is obsessed with the Royal Family, this podcast is hosted by ABC News royal contributor Omid Scobie. It is enjoyable to listen to and really gives those of us who aren't UK-based a lot of great information regarding the sentiments surrounding the royals.
Watching:
I am full blown OBSESSED with this show! I was always a fan of Sabrina the Teenage Witch when it was on TV and I have a fondness for the history of witches/witchcraft. This show popped up as "new on Netflix" a few weeks ago when I was at home sick and I plowed through all 3 parts in two days. Once you start it you won't be able to stop! Just a heads up - it is quite gory and graphic, very much in line with the graphic novels the show is based off of. Also, Gavin Leatherwood as the warlock Nicholas Scratch is YUM.
Reading:
"My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new settlement asks for a new journal, and so this Book of Shadows begins…
In the spring of 1628, the Witchfinder of Wessex finds himself a true Witch. As Bess Hawksmith watches her mother swing from the Hanging Tree she knows that only one man can save her from the same fate at the hands of the panicked mob: the Warlock Gideon Masters, and his Book of Shadows. Secluded at his cottage in the woods, Gideon instructs Bess in the Craft, awakening formidable powers she didn't know she had and making her immortal. She couldn't have foreseen that even now, centuries later, he would be hunting her across time, determined to claim payment for saving her life.
In present-day England, Elizabeth has built a quiet life for herself, tending her garden and selling herbs and oils at the local farmers' market. But her solitude abruptly ends when a teenage girl called Tegan starts hanging around. Against her better judgment, Elizabeth begins teaching Tegan the ways of the Hedge Witch, in the process awakening memories--and demons--long thought forgotten.
Part historical romance, part modern fantasy, Paula Brackston's New York Times bestseller, The Witch's Daughter, is a fresh, compelling take on the magical, yet dangerous world of Witches. Readers will long remember the fiercely independent heroine who survives plagues, wars, and the heartbreak that comes with immortality to remain true to herself, and protect the protégé she comes to love."
So I started reading this and then found out it was book 2/3 of a series, but onward I go! I'm a sucker for anything witchcraft related so I'm loving Bess' story so far. I'm only 20 or so pages in, but I'll be sharing a full review of the book on the blog if I end up liking it!