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Before We Disappear Review | Novel & Audiobook (E-ARC) #NetGalley #BeforeWeDisappear

In case you’re not aware, I’ve been doing more bookish content and book reviews over on Youtube, if you’d like to check it out. This review is included in my May Wrap-Up video.

Full disclosure, I was given advance access to the audiobook form of this novel on NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review

Botany Book Club, Epi 1: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

Botany Book Club, Epi 1: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

The contents itself, while somewhat difficult to navigate at first, is informative and useful, each herb entry containing information for that plant’s common, scientific, and folk names, associated gender (masculine/feminine), ruling planet, element, and sometimes deity, and associated magical uses, rituals, and powers.

The Power of Oats (Avena sativa)

The Power of Oats (Avena sativa)

Oats are consumed world-wide in multiple capacities, added to face masks and healing baths, and, with few exceptions, seem to naturally rid their fields of weeds, choking them out of the space as the oat stalks grow.  This is assisted by the oat's propensity to grow quickly.