Year of the Witch
Connecting with Nature's Seasons through Intuitive Magic

Edit: I'm removing a star to make my rating more honest. After mulling it over and going through the book again, I do struggle to find enough redeeming qualities to make this a 3-star read. A huge thank you to Weiser for sending me a copy of this book to review. Unfortunately, I did feel quite let do......more

Skipped around and ultimately didn’t finish it. Once an author denies climate change, shames women for using birth control, and appropriates other cultures and religions, I’m out. Infinitely disappointing. While I appreciate Alden’s approach to using what you have (like McCormick spices), the book i......more

Like many, I was really excited to read this book. I am an avid listener of Occultism With A Side of Salt, a podcast which Alden cohosts, and as soon as she mentioned it I knew I had to read this. As someone who is in the process of creating their own wheel of the year, I was ready for this book to......more

The section of the book that actually talks about the wheel of the year (which doesn't start until almost 100 pages into the book) only has the most basic information that you could get from Yoututbe videos instead. The Sabbaths section would be good for beginners, but the author throws in so much h......more

I am SO disappointed by some of these reviews because it is ABUDANTLY CLEAR a lot of them did not read the fucking book. They’re just repeating what another review said and this is what sucks about Goodreads. If you haven’t read the book, don’t leave a review because you don’t know what you’re talki......more