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Emily Croy Barker

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I wrote The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic after a couple of characters, Nora and Aruendiel, wandered into my imagination and wouldn’t leave. In fact, they're still there. Their story continues in How to Talk to a Goddess and Other Lessons in Real Magic.

“I’m not sure what I love more about How to Talk to a Goddess and Other Lessons in Real Magic—its immersive world of enchantments, so lavishly imagined, or its characters, who are wise and funny and flawed, who win me over with their compelling voices, their wit and heart. A splendid follow-up to The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic—a sparkling, smart, irresistible read.”—Sally Rosen Kindred, author of Where the Wolf and Says the Forest to the Girl

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Average rating: 3.58 · 16,696 ratings · 2,699 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic (The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 14,994 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Talk to a Goddess (The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 1,702 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Q&A about the sequel to THE THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO REAL MAGIC

I answered some questions about the new book, How to Talk to a Goddess and Other Lessons in Real Magic, on my website. Click here for some very mild spoilers. Or just wait two days for the book!

How to Talk to a Goddess is coming as an audiobook original from Recorded Books on February 16. Print and eBook editions will follow later in 2021.

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“Out of habit, she stopped by the bookshelf in the living room to see if there was a paperback that she could stuff into her pocket for emergencies — you never knew when you might need a book to entertain and comfort and distract you in the day's empty places”
― Emily Croy Barker, The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

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“It was one thing to read about a society obsessed with female purity—quite another to find yourself living in one.”
― Emily Croy Barker, The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

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“You know, sometimes, very innocently, you can develop a sort of fascination with a man, and then you see all these little signs that actually don't mean anything, but it's too late because you're reading in them exactly what you want to read. Be careful, is all I'm saying. It's easy to get fooled.”
― Emily Croy Barker, The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

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“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
― Norman Mailer

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message 3: by Lexi

Mar 25, 2015 01:20AM

Lexi wrote: "Just wanted to say that of all the books I've read so far in 2014 (okay I know it's only April) The Thinking Woman's Guide has been my favorite. In fact while I've enjoyed the others I've read I st..."

It's been a year since reading your the book. I just wanted to let you know I still have yet to find one since that tops my most recommended to friends and I hope the sequel is going well because I like many others can barely contain ourselves.

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message 2: by Lexi

Apr 05, 2014 08:03PM

Just wanted to say that of all the books I've read so far in 2014 (okay I know it's only April) The Thinking Woman's Guide has been my favorite. In fact while I've enjoyed the others I've read I still keep thinking back to your characters wanting to know more about them, their lives, and the mouse.

Thank you for such an intriguing book!

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message 1: by Ariana

Feb 11, 2014 10:36AM

I am currently reading your book THE THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO REAL MAGIC. Can I just say I am really loving it and was so pleased to find out there would be a sequel! The book was a rare find for me and incorporated a lot of the things that I love in a book (fantasy, magic, little bit of love, and a strong female). I cannot wait to see where the rest of the book goes as well as where the sequel will take me!

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