The always interesting Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac! I start each year with the idea of reading a bit a day, but always end up forgetting or reading through it all at once. Pretty interesting, even if I'd never do most of the spells. ( )

I bought this book because I liked the idea of doing a 'spell a day', for the sake of practice. I also really liked how they used lunar phases to determine the best time to do a spell.

Despite all that, honestly, I didn't use this book much at all.

Some of the spells listed are awfully silly -like the one on page 104, regarding the goddess "Burn-It". They're joking, but I'm not laughing. It's just too silly for me (which is shocking, because I can be a rather silly person!)

The silliness is there for a reason, though. The author explains that the spells "are seemingly fun and frivolous, filled with rhyme and colloquial speech. This is not to diminish the seriousness of the purpose, but rather to create a relaxed atmosphere for the practitioner...".

I could've done with less frivolity, but I love the idea of doing a spell each day, in accordance with the lunar phases. -- overall, four stars from me. ( )