'If spring is a whispered promise that everything can be made new, autumn is a brilliant sacrifice born of love. Because if the autumn did not love the spring, it would not fall to winter just so the spring could rise.' ~ Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

A beautiful first day of Spring, unfortunately the record warmth is harder to enjoy when you know it is because the climate crisis. If only I was one of Rachel Griffin's witches and could help to save nature 💚

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“We have nothing they want, and they have nothing we can afford.” - a line from _The Color of Magic_ that may as well be about #tariff-driven trade wars, despite actually being about relations being two mythic kingdoms, one of which is the homeland of a being who owns a piece of luggage with legs and teeth. #books #bookstafed #booklover #Bookstodon

'All women are magic. Literally all of us. It's in our nature.' ~ Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

Happy #internationalwomensday 💖
I loved When Women Were Dragons. I read Kelly Barnhill's children's books before, and the story and writing of this book are just as lovely and magical 💜

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Dickens is one of my favorites. I love this book! I also really like Little Dorrit and David Copperfield.


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'What greater gift than the love of a cat.'
~ Charles Dickens

And here's my other new room mate, little Alfie. Alfie has had a really hard start in life and doesn't trust humans yet (he has a point). But after a first few days mostly hiding, he now feels safe enough to explore the house and play with his brother. I will try my best to earn his trust ❤️

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'Tell me having a cat's affection and a good book doesn't sound like an ideal evening.' ~ Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil

Last summer we lost the two of our oldest cats soon after each other. While I still miss them terribly, I am also happy to say we just adopted two little new ones. This is Timmy. He and he his family were found on the streets when he was just about two months old. His brother Alfie had been hit by a car and unfortunately lost one of his paws, but he healed and now Alfie and Timmy live here with us. They were very scared at first, not used to humans, but they are getting better day by day. Timmy is very curious and climbs in and on everything!

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'Hand you the right storybook, and you are capable of anything.' ~ Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

My favourite reads this month were The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune and Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett.

Are there any other old bookstagrammers here we should follow? Let us know!


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'Nice things don’t happen in storybooks. 'Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.' ~ Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

Is there anyone who has time to read on mondays? I think it's the day I get the least reading time.

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'Hand you the right storybook, and you are capable of anything.' ~ Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Happy Caturday! It was lovely to read the new Emily Wilde's. Our favourite character of course was Orga the fae cat 😺


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'You belonged in the library, as much as any book.' ~ Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

How I would love to visit the magical libraries from Sorcery of Thorns!
An adventurous, enchanting story, one of my favourite fantasy standalones, and with one of the best side characters, Silas 🤍

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