Nov
29th

I Love Little More Than Free Books

Category: Mama Kelly's Musings, Reading & Writings | Written by Mama Kelly

Some women are obsessed with clothes, some with pocketbooks, some with shoes. Some people are obsessed with electronic gadgetry or video games. Me? My obsession is books.

I started reading very young. When I was 4 my mother came into the living room and found me with the newspaper spread out on the floor in front of me talking out loud. She stood there for a few moments, reveling as parents are wont to do at the cuteness of my “pretending to read.” It was not until she heard me slowly and carefully sounding out the word president that she realized that I wasn’t playing or pretending … I was reading.

To be honest I do not remember learning to read. I’ve been reading as long as I can remember and have always loved it. I always read everything I could get my hands on from the backs of cereal boxes (since reading a book at the table was disallowed), to the dictionary, to everything from fiction to nonfiction (and everything inbetween). As a teen I adored wandering the stacks at the library and coming home with a drawstring bag (the one that was supposed to hold my sleeping bag) full of books. Today as an adult I love to wander the clearance rack at my local Barnes & Noble and bring home a new treasure for $3 or $4.

Imagine my joy when I was contacted by a representative of Red Wheel/Weiser offering Lady Rose and I a sampling of their titles to review here on 2Witches. Imagine my pleasure when said books arrived as promised and absolutely free.  I am sorry to say that I have had no time to do more than stroke them lovingly and promise that I will spend time with them soon.

Look soon for reviews on:

Magic When You Need It: 150 Spells You Can’t Live Without - by Judika Illes

Charm Spells: White Magic for Love and Friendship, School and Home - by Ileana Abrev

Shamanic Witch: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Earth and Other Realms - by Gail Wood

Magic Words: A Dictionary - by Craig Conley

The Wicca Handbook - by Eileen Holland

I am hopeful that I will be able to get to them in the weeks between Yule and the beginning of the Spring semester of college (which I have yet to determine IF I am attending as I have yet to determine IF I can afford to).

Please reply in comments if you have read one of these books and want to share your opinion of it.

Blessings

Mama Kelly

PS  Many thanks again to the kind folks at Red Wheel/Weiser!! Blessings to all of you this holiday season.

PPS Dont forget our 2nd giveaway started yesterday.  Don’t miss out on your chance to enter.

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2 Responses to “I Love Little More Than Free Books”

  1. By Lady Amaranth on Nov 30, 2008 |

    :) I was just a bit younger than you were - I was 2, and I was in my dad’s lap, pointing at words and telling him what they were in the paper! :) I’m a reader as well, and I have books coming out my ears - some read, some not. :) Free books are awesome, I have to say that! :)


  2. By Andrea S. on Nov 30, 2008 |

    Mama Kelly,

    Congrats on not only the free books, but also the important nod to your value as a reviewer! I’m excited to see what you have to say about these books, and I look forward to reading them once I hear what you have to say.

    I’m always interested by stories regarding how people learned to read. I read ravenously now, but I had trouble learning and didn’t really pick it up until the end of first grade.

    It’s amazing that you taught yourself - obviously that has served you well as you step forward as a voice in the literary pagan community!


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