Just started Trumpet by Jackie Kay which has been on my to read list for ages. I’m wondering how loosely interpreted from the real situation it’s based on it is.

Also just got a subscription to Ground News. Been looking for a new news source for a while and someone on here recommended GN. Hopefully it will do the trick.

• How to Develop Advanced Psychic Abilities A very fascinating book about divination, mind reading, and organic portals. The author writes some really good books on witchcraft.

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Because why not? I was binge reading the whole series again but I've read the first four books so. many. times. I decided to jump to the last book because I can hardly remember it, and I'm honestly starting to dislike Professor Lupin. That he ended up with Tonks, who he doesn't deserve, still low key pisses me off.

• Grimoire of Santa Muerte A book by the same author as the psychic abilities book. Great book for new devotees. Wish I had found it much sooner. I'd recommend it to any lurking witch who is curious about it. It covers her history and common myths about her and her followers, tells you how to set up an altar, and gives you simple rituals and spells to dedicate yourself to her and leave her petitions.

• How to Interpret Astrodice Just because divination fascinates me.

• Breaking Bad Rewatching the entire show just to try to understand the dynamic between Walter White and Jesse a bit more. I never fully got why Walter seemed to love and hate Jesse like his failure son or something. And Jesse has dad issues so he clings to Walter.

• The Sims 4: Life and Death Yes, I've been a simmer since the first installment. The Life and Death expansion has been interesting so far. Sims can become tarot readers, which is cool to me as a witch. They can throw funerals, build cemeteries, write wills, and even been reincarnated into the same family. I've been playing with the Goth family and it's a pity their house isn't big enough for a graveyard. I might put a tomb under the house instead.

Drova- (Switch) “pixel art Action-RPG inspired by the grim dark classics of the genre and the mystical allure of Celtic mythology.” I haven’t been playing very long but I like it so far.

This sounds totally awesome.

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships- I’m an introvert in an extrovert world. The book is a little dated but it has some good tips here and there

I need this book in my life. I'm useless. Especially since I'm going to start job hunting soon.

If you really loved my by Ann Rule right now, favorite true crime book ever. I've read it probably a dozen or so times but I've been staying across the state with my grandma in the hospital so I've needed a comfort thing.

I’m reading through the A Court of Thorn and Roses series. I enjoy it quite a bit. Normally I balk at books with romantic elements. It has a bunch of wonderfully complex female characters, and it’s a nice distraction from life.

It tackles a lot of relatable issues which are familiar to all women. Abusive relationships, the cultural brutal oppression of females that certain cultures inflict, being valued only for their breeding abilities, and a character which comes out as a lesbian. Watching the female protagonist grow into a powerful woman is quite nice. Plus fairies.

We're watching Silo as well, and are looking forward to Severance. We're also enjoying The Diplomat and Slow Horses. I don't know why I love Slow Horses so much; the characters are despicable but so well written. We always start an evening of tv with a random documentary. Oh, and we enjoyed the holiday Bake Off and Pottery Throw Down.

I've finished a re-issue of a good Martha Wells book, polished off the last book of yet another Tad Williams epic, and was just thinking about trying A Court of Thorns and Roses. Thanks for the recommendation, Metal_Detector!

I'm still loving the minecraft realm I have with some friends. I've been playing Wildmender, and finished My Time in Portia a while ago.

I’m also watching Silo, as well as Dune Prophecy, in which I can never figure out what is going on, but it looks good and centers women, and am awaiting the new seasons of Severance and White Lotus. Already watched the masterpiece that is Severance. Just finished reading Rachel Kushner’s book Creation Lake, as well as Eliot Stein’s Custodians of Wonder, and am currently reading Saroshi Yagisawa’s More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Bought, but haven’t yet started in on Ticket to Ride Legends of the West, a Legacy version of the popular board game.