Welcome to the seventeenth book review of fifty-three. As you know, I used to provide freelance book reviews to several review companies. It was a great experience that introduced me to new authors and their wonderful books. Each week this year, I’m opening my Weekend Coffee shares with a link to a review I’ve provided. Reviews are three stars or higher. The genres range from picture books to fiction and nonfiction titles.
Tarot for Light Seers
Author Chris-Anne
Published in October 2024
The publisher is Hay House LLC
Available in Audiobook, eBook, and Hardcover, (304 pages)
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If we were having coffee, I would share about the book club this week. The theme was fairy tales and folklore. For May’s theme, we all provided recommended book titles. We are supposed to pick a book from someone’s list to read.
My recommendations (I couldn’t provide only one, so . . .):
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- Chocolate Chip Murder by Joanne Fluke
- Year One by Nora Roberts
- The First King of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Recommendations from the group:
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Beyond the Trees by Adam Shoalts
- A few titles by Kelly Armstrong: A Rip Through Time and City of the Lost
- A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones
- The Women by Hannah Kristin
- Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
- A Recipe for a Good Life by Lesley Crewe
- Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
- Midworld by Alan Dean Foster
- Something by Connie Willis
I’ve read none of the group’s recommended books. So, I decided to try Beautiful Ugly and A Bad Day for Sunshine. Turnaround between meetings is short this time, so I don’t know if I’ll finish both books before the next meeting. I’m going to try, though. May to June has a longer gap between meetings, and I proposed our theme: book to screen.
If we were having coffee, I would share that since I received my Reiki Level 1 attunement, I have noticed that my dogs are acting differently with me. Maddi seems to stick to me like glue. She’s become my furry shadow. She loves receiving Reiki. The energy draws Riggs in when I give Maddi Reiki, but he doesn’t like to sit still to receive it himself (not yet, anyway). I ordered a book called Reiki for Dogs by Kathleen Prasad. So, I will see what tips are offered when I read that.
If we were having coffee, I would share that I’ve been learning Lenormand. The system differs from Tarot and Oracle. I’m finding it interesting. I’m taking “Divination with Lenormand” by Erika Robinson, which is offered through the Tarot Readers Academy. In addition, I’m reading Cartomancy with the Lenormand and the Tarot by Patrick Dunn.
If we were having coffee, I would pass you the coffee bean grinder. I would also invite you to read the eighty-nine-word post I shared last weekend in relation to Sammi Cox’s writing prompt, chandelier.
By Shari Marshall (2026)
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 