I love witches too. Malcolm Gaskill is one of the experts on the history of witchcraft but not the only one. Have you read Ronald Hutton? He writes mostly about paganism but has a book called The Witch. Having said that Gaskill's books are good. I have a big collection of books on witchcraft, my ancestry includes witches mostly in Scotland.
First off, that hat is everything. Second, I am American and cannot pronounce Worcestershire sauce lol. I have never heard of these books. I think The Witches of Vardo would be my Jam. I loved the Mercies and it seems to have the same vibe.
I have just finished The Last Witch of Scotland by Philip Paris and it is absolutely brilliant! The writing and storytelling are on point. It is about the story of Janet Horne and her daughter, that were accused of witchcraft in Dornoch. Apparently the last known official registry in history.
The Ruin of all Witches sounds great. They all do but I'm finding myself wanting non fiction more atm so I think that one is going to have to trump the other two on my tbr
The Ruin of All Witches sounds fascinating 🧐 I read Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici earlier this year and thought it was fantastic nonfiction exploring the connections between the development of capitalism and assertions of witchcraft in Europe and the “new world”. Very good and I would highly recommend it 😊
Immediately ordered the first book. I love most witchy media/lit, so thank you! I always come away from your videos with recommendations for books I am not familiar with, and knowledge I didn't have. I appreciate you so very much! Also, Willow is such a beautiful name with the witchiest of vibes.
Amazing as always!! Thank you so much for introducing me into the Laura Purcell' s work. Right now reading Little, loving it too. Your channel has become my main source of reference at the time to purchase books. Thank you so much, Willow!💜💜
I adore books about witches, and these all sound great! I love your crocheted hat, too! It’s so chic! I crochet and you’ve inspired me to make one like it.
Love the cute thumbnail. 🙂 I just placed a library hold for The Ruin of All Witches. 😊 Also while watching this I ordered a poetry book called The Saint of Witches by Avra Margariti. I kept going back and forth on buying it, but hearing you talk about witchy books made me give in to my desire. LMAO 😅
Also, a non-fiction that I am interested in is season with the witch by JW Ocker Apparently, the author spent the Halloween season in Salem Massachusetts which I think is pretty cool I would do that
Hi Willow😊! Just bought the audible version of Ruin of Witches & a copy of - The Bewitching. EXCELLENT recommendations and would love to know if you could recommend any fiction based on Merlin and Arthurian Legends?Would be happy to know! 😊😊😊😊
I just started VenCo by Cherie Dimaline. I am loving it so far. Her sense of humour really works for me. I am new to your channel, so I am not sure if you have read this. I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
Seems like witch lit has developed enough to be sorted into 2 piles, one in which magic is real in some way, the other more historically based in which the darkness is no less frightening for being rooted in sexism, classism, racism, xenophobia, trauma etc. Reminds me of how a lot of horror films’ central mystery is resolved in either “demons/ghosts were real all along!” or “it was trauma all along!” As the genre develops I’m curious to see authors maybe start to play with that boundary. I’d love to read, e.g., a story in pre-Tudor England when it was the *belief* in witches that was criminalized rather than the “practice of witchcraft” itself, where the initial accusation is what endows the protagonist with witchy powers.
Thank you so much for the awesome recommendations! I’ve been a practicing pagan for almost 30 years, and I love witchy history. Also that hat is goals, is that knit or crochet? So cute!
Awesome! I just recently visited Salem #massachusets aka Witch town. I paid #homage to all who were hanged with flowers. The graves & monumental structures were insane! #witches
I did a video years ago, back when my channel was new, talking about how it wasn’t as good as Silence of the Girls. It’s probably a very very very bad video
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I absolutely love your hat!!!!
Yessss ❤
You look so beautiful especially with this hat on!❤
Tales of witches hit different during the peak heat of midyear...thank you, as always, for the excellent recommendations ~ ✨
The Witches of Vardo is amazing, wonderfully and terrifyingly atmospheric.
I love witches too. Malcolm Gaskill is one of the experts on the history of witchcraft but not the only one. Have you read Ronald Hutton? He writes mostly about paganism but has a book called The Witch. Having said that Gaskill's books are good. I have a big collection of books on witchcraft, my ancestry includes witches mostly in Scotland.
First off, that hat is everything. Second, I am American and cannot pronounce Worcestershire sauce lol.
I have never heard of these books. I think The Witches of Vardo would be my Jam. I loved the Mercies and it seems to have the same vibe.
I have just finished The Last Witch of Scotland by Philip Paris and it is absolutely brilliant! The writing and storytelling are on point. It is about the story of Janet Horne and her daughter, that were accused of witchcraft in Dornoch. Apparently the last known official registry in history.
Ooooooo ok so glad I found you!
The Ruin of all Witches sounds great. They all do but I'm finding myself wanting non fiction more atm so I think that one is going to have to trump the other two on my tbr
Thank you for the recs! ^_^ I love witches too.
All three on my tbr. The witches of Vardø is on my shelves already
The Ruin of All Witches sounds fascinating 🧐 I read Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici earlier this year and thought it was fantastic nonfiction exploring the connections between the development of capitalism and assertions of witchcraft in Europe and the “new world”. Very good and I would highly recommend it 😊
I have it on my tbr :)
@@WillowTalksBooks oh yay 😊 I hope you enjoy it
Immediately ordered the first book. I love most witchy media/lit, so thank you! I always come away from your videos with recommendations for books I am not familiar with, and knowledge I didn't have. I appreciate you so very much! Also, Willow is such a beautiful name with the witchiest of vibes.
Amazing as always!! Thank you so much for introducing me into the Laura Purcell' s work. Right now reading Little, loving it too. Your channel has become my main source of reference at the time to purchase books. Thank you so much, Willow!💜💜
You’re so welcome! 💜
I love checking out your book recommends, and putting them on display in my library ^~^
I adore books about witches, and these all sound great! I love your crocheted hat, too! It’s so chic! I crochet and you’ve inspired me to make one like it.
Love the cute thumbnail. 🙂 I just placed a library hold for The Ruin of All Witches. 😊 Also while watching this I ordered a poetry book called The Saint of Witches by Avra Margariti. I kept going back and forth on buying it, but hearing you talk about witchy books made me give in to my desire. LMAO 😅
Alright, that is a Greek name and I'm Greek - I'm definitely going to check her out 🎉
Ok. More books for the TBR.
I really want to read a book called Slewfoot by Bram, as well as my favorite witchy themed, cozy mysteries
Also, a non-fiction that I am interested in is season with the witch by JW Ocker
Apparently, the author spent the Halloween season in Salem Massachusetts which I think is pretty cool I would do that
Hi Willow😊! Just bought the audible version of Ruin of Witches & a copy of - The Bewitching. EXCELLENT recommendations and would love to know if you could recommend any fiction based on Merlin and Arthurian Legends?Would be happy to know! 😊😊😊😊
Ooh, there’s a brand new novel called Morgan Is My Name, which is Arthurian and looks really great! Also The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro :)
@@WillowTalksBooks 🥰🥰🥰🥰Thankz a million!! I'll certainly get a copy of both soon!!!😁😁😁
Love the Witches!
I just started VenCo by Cherie Dimaline. I am loving it so far. Her sense of humour really works for me. I am new to your channel, so I am not sure if you have read this. I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
Seems like witch lit has developed enough to be sorted into 2 piles, one in which magic is real in some way, the other more historically based in which the darkness is no less frightening for being rooted in sexism, classism, racism, xenophobia, trauma etc. Reminds me of how a lot of horror films’ central mystery is resolved in either “demons/ghosts were real all along!” or “it was trauma all along!” As the genre develops I’m curious to see authors maybe start to play with that boundary. I’d love to read, e.g., a story in pre-Tudor England when it was the *belief* in witches that was criminalized rather than the “practice of witchcraft” itself, where the initial accusation is what endows the protagonist with witchy powers.
Thank you so much for the awesome recommendations! I’ve been a practicing pagan for almost 30 years, and I love witchy history. Also that hat is goals, is that knit or crochet? So cute!
I live in Leominster Mass now and they pronounce it like lemon-ster. lol
Awesome! I just recently visited Salem #massachusets aka Witch town. I paid #homage to all who were hanged with flowers. The graves & monumental structures were insane! #witches
Have you ever tried the "Strange" novels by Syd Moore?
Nope!
I would be very interested in your thoughts on Circe by Madelyn Miller
I did a video years ago, back when my channel was new, talking about how it wasn’t as good as Silence of the Girls. It’s probably a very very very bad video
Maybe not in the same vein but have you read Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt?
Yup, I made a video about it like a week ago :)
Great video!