It should not be a surprise that I absolutely loved working on The Witch Kitty Brew by Jeremiah Ketner from Diamond Art Club. It had so much purple and beautiful sections of just the right amount of confetti mixed with color blocking that I thoroughly enjoyed working on.

Stats:

Round drills

60 colors including 1 AB and 7 Fairy Dust

20″ x 28 ” or 50.6 x 70.7 cm

47,288 Drills Total

My favorite section was the cauldron in the bottom left hand section closely followed by the bat. Both were super sparkly and had a good mix of color blocking and confetti which is what I love. This one was easy to work on while I was editing with the border being a good color blocking section to work on while I listened to videos or edited.

I didn’t have any problems with the spacing of drills and there was very little trash compared to other diamond paintings that I have worked on. This is still one of the first pieces I have worked on at finish number four overall for me and the first round painting I tried multi-placing with so some of my drills are not lined up perfectly but I am ok with that. Getting good at placing drills takes time and luckily this piece was super forgiving so you really can’t tell unless you look up close.

The only section I was kind of iffy on was the large purple chunk of color in the middle of the kitty’s face. I felt like this could have used some feathering with another similar color so it was broken up a bit but overall I was very happy with the rendering on this one. The rest of the piece was so well done that it really didn’t matter that this one section was a little bit blocky and it doesn’t show too much when you look at it from a few feet back which is the typical viewing distance.

Overall I loved working on The Witch Kitty Brew and can’t wait to do another Jeremiah Ketner piece!

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The Witch Kitty Brew by Jeremiah Ketner

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Cozy Oscoey YouTube Review of The Witch Kitty Brew

I first heard about Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke on Threads. Someone was talking about how Anne Hathaway had bought the movie rights and everyone was excited for it to be turned into a movie. The idea of a trad-wife going back in time to live the reality she portrayed online as the ideal was very appealing to me and I immediately bought the book straight from Amazon (linked with this link). You know that feeling when a book pulls at you with an invisible tug and you just know in your heart of hearts that it is meant for you in this moment and may become a favorite? That is how I felt when I was reading about this book on Threads so I did not get it from the library or even begin to look for it in a used book store even though it is a bestseller and was bound to be there at some point. I wanted that fresh off the press I am the first one reading it feel to this read so my copy the book would take on some of my spiritual imprint and eventually it would become like an old friend. Anyone else feel like their copies of books do that?

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The books starts out with Natalie as a young woman and the early strict upbringing that caused her to adopt even more ultraconservative values as she goes off to college, marries a rich but clueless Caleb and has her first child Clem. Caleb and Natalie eventually move to a small farm with the help of Caleb’s father and Natalie starts her YouTube channel and builds her social media empire while birthing several more children. She adopts this all natural living style while homeschooling her children and staying isolated on her farm.

Things start to go awry when Natalie hires a young college student to help her with marketing who questions some of the realness of what Natalie has bene portraying online versus what she sees in person at the farm. One day Natalie wakes up and has time traveled to the harsh reality of an 1800s farm similar to the ideal she had portrayed online for many years. Her children are not her children, her husband is something different and the endless chores wear Natalie down. This causes a mental crisis for Natalie but I will not spoil it for you as to what happens next, just know that it is really good. So good in fact that I am going to have to read the book again since I was so enthralled I read the entire book in a day and I am sure I missed something.

It says a lot that I have not been able to find any major spoilers unmarked on Threads. Everyone seems to be waiting for the collective women of the world to read the book and come to some conclusions about their own lives and roles which is amazing. Ms. Hathaway is set to star and produce the horror film based on this article in Indie Wire. Nevertheless, Yesteryear is one of the best books I have read all year and the ending was not at all what I predicted. If you know, you know but I will not spoil it for those who have not read it yet.

I highly recommend this book to everyone to read and I can’t wait for the movie to come out!

Links:

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Anne Hathaway Producing and Starring in Yesteryear

Reminder: Sea of Charms is coming out at the end of July and we will be doing a book club in September for it on the Cozy Oscoey channel.

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The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a book that I picked up kind of on a whim but ended up loving. I honestly don’t remember if it was a book I saw in my Amazon suggestions or if it was one of the books my daughter bought me for Christmas a couple of years ago, but wherever I found it, it definitely called to me in the strongest manner possible. It is a fabulous book that hit all of my cozy fantasy spots while having a great story. I really wish there was a bunch more books about Caz the plant and Kiela the librarian!

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The book starts out with an overthrowing of the throne, a great library on fire and the escape of Kiela the librarian, Caz the talking plant and the crates of valuable books both have stashed away in a boat. Kiela and Caz end up far away on a small island in Kiela’s hometown. They settle into her old rundown house while hiding their top secret and forbidden selection of books. Needless to say, they have to interact with the locals and end up finding out a bunch of things about themselves along the way including the secrets of spellcasting.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I liked it so much that I bought her second book in the series The Enchanted Greenhouse which is about Caz’s creator and preordered her newest book, Sea of Charms, which comes out in July of 2026. The story is very well written and the romance that happens is very sweet with a great backstory. I love all of the fantasy elements to the story and the true conflict of an introvert stuck in a position where they have to rely on others to make it through. The internal struggle to socialize was well felt!

Needless to say I highly recommend this book! I have already started reading The Enchanted Greenhouse and so far it is good as well. I am thinking of doing a book club reading for Sea of Charms when it comes out, maybe for August since it comes out towards the end of July. Let me know what you think about joining!

As always, I encourage readers to find books at libraries and used book shops, but if you need more information on what to find or to snag an early copy of Sea of Charms, below are some links to the books mentioned in this post.

Happy Reading!

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The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

The Enchanted Greenhouse

Sea of Charms