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Book Review

  • The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might

    For today’s post, I have chosen to do another book review on an amazing book I recently finished reading.   As regular readers of my blog will not be surprised it was a book on yet another Celtic Goddess!   This time the focus was placed on the Morrigan, one of the most powerful, and…

  • The Sea Priestess and Moon Magic

    For today’s post I would like to share a book review for the novels The Sea Priestess and Moon Magic by Dion Fortune.     The two books are interconnected in that the main character is the same in both tomes.    This character goes by Vivian le Fay Morgan in the first novel, and…

  • Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Goddess

    For todays post I would like to do a book review of Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Goddess by Kathy Jones.   I will be giving my thoughts and feelings about this tome, not giving a break down of the content. This is an incredible text by a Goddess worshipper who is one of…

  • My Top 5 Magical Celtic Books

    In honor of this very magical time of year, I have decided to do a countdown of my top five magical Celtic books!   These books go deep into the history and myths of the Celts and Arthurian legends.    Each one is well worth reading for anyone interested in magic, myth, and legend (whether…

  • My Love Affair With Jewelry

    As I have just recently re-read Elizabeth Taylor’s book My Love Affair with Jewelry I decided I would do a book review of it here on White Rose of Avalon!     This book was published in 2002 and detailed Elizabeth Taylor’s iconic jewelry collection.   It is a coffee table book, meaning that all…

  • Orlando

    For today’s post I would like to do a short review of the novel Orlando by Virginia Woolf.   Orlando is my favorite of Virginia Woolf’s books.    In this unique supernatural tale we see the evolution of a character for centuries.    The character also goes through a sex change during the story.   …

  • The Phantom of Manhattan

    Today I want to do a short review of the book The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth.    This is a novel that continued the story of The Phantom of the Opera.    Andrew Lloyd Webber himself was a great supporter of this novel, and would years later use it as a basis for…

  • Queen of Fashion

    For today’s post I wanted to do a book review of a biography of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France! Marie Antoinette has been the subject of many biographies.    Some good, others not so well researched.   My favorite biography of the last queen of France is titled Queen of Fashion.    I…