OF MADNESS & MAGIC
BOOks, lifestyle and MuSINGS
About Alessa
I’m Alessa, 27 years old, and live in Bavaria, Germany.
I’m a reader, writer, and reviewer, but most of all, I like being creative, learning, and finding ways to make life feel more purposeful and fulfilling. In August 2021, I started my Bookstagram @ofmadnessandmagic and fell back in love with reading.
I’ve dabbled in blogging before, but it’s not super fun when you have zero readers, so I’m excited to get back to it now. While my Bookstagram is focused on, well, books, I will also be writing about lifestyle topics here. I am multi-passionate, and as much as I love books, I don’t want to limit myself to only that here.
I have been on a holistic wellness journey in the past few months because I’ve been wanting to take better care of my mind, body and soul and it’s been truly life-changing so I wanted to share about this on here as well.
And lastly, I want this to be a place for some of my musings. I went through a breakup last year that really made me reevaluate my entire life and I have been on such a growth and self-love journey since then which has been accompanied by many, many thoughts and reflections. So I figured this would be a good place to share them.
Long story short, welcome to Of Madness and Magic – The Blog!
About me
Personality
Aries Sun, Virgo Moon, Scorpio Rising
INTJ | 5w4
reputation Sun, evermore Moon, Midnights Rising
My most-read genre is fantasy, I love YA and adult fantasy, historical and high fantasy, and romantasy. I am not a fan of urban fantasy and sci-fi. I also read romance, thriller, horror, and occasionally nonfiction.
R.F. Kuang, Shannon Chakraborty, Danielle L. Jensen, Chloe Gong, Ava Reid, Samantha Shannon, Rebecca Ross, Amélie Wen Zhao, Margaret Owen, Sarah J. Maas, Alexandria Bellefleur
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My Top Book Recommendations
Top 15 Romance Novels
Romance is such an interesting genre for me. With fantasy, I know my taste quite well, and even though I do come across the occasional surprise, I usually have a good sense of what I like and what I do not. Romance novels are a lot less predictable for me. Sure, I...
My Top 15 Fantasy Novels
In September 2021, I picked up a little-known series called A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, not knowing it would change my life forever. The years before, I had read a handful of fiction books, but never more than ten per year, and it often took me...
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Lifestyle Topics
My Holistic Wellness Journey In The Past 6 Months
For the past 2,5 years, books were pretty much the only topic I was creating content for, and while I love my Bookstagram and I’m really excited to write blog posts about books and reading, I’ve also been feeling really drawn to branching out. Blogging has always been...