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Shakespeare Tarot Cards

December 4, 2025

Despite its reputation as an ancient art like palm-reading or astrology, the Tarot is only a little older than Shakespeare’s plays. The illustrations of early Tarot decks used religious and literary archetypes to impart meaning, which made it enticing for spiritual guidance and cartomancy in addition to its originally intended use as a card game. […]

Christmas Ghost Stories

December 1, 2025

Book Recommendations | Library

Is it really the holiday season for a literature lover unless it's merry, bright, and a little uncanny? As we near the longest night of the year in December, the veil between this world and the unknown feels just a little thinner—a refrain of Samhain, if you will. That's probably why ghost stories feel so […]

Books Like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

November 21, 2025

Book Recommendations | Books About Magic

Susanna Clarke's debut novel sets the bar for world-building literature and alternative history cloaked in the mystique of Britain's ancient magical practices. Of course, we're talking about 2004's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Set during the Napoleonic Wars in 19th-century England, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell tells the tale of two rival magicians with opposing […]

Review of Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

November 20, 2025

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This past fire season was a horrific, almost cinematic moment as the West Coast glowed with smoke and blazing canyons. The sky smoldered as arson, wind breaks of eucalyptus, and the Santa Ana’s whipped up a horrible wave of orange heat that descended the hills. Local news reports advised Californians to evacuate, to prepare, to […]

Books Like The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

November 19, 2025

Book Recommendations | Library

Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist is a study in destiny that explores fear, love, and the obstacles that manifest on a personal journey. A modern and magical descendant of great works like Homer's Odyssey, The Alchemist rewrites the concept of the hero's journey by intertwining it with the universe conspiring to support personal destiny and the […]

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