Book Club September Pick: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Dear Readers, 

Our Book Club pick for September is all about kicking off the holiday reading season! While all things pumpkin spice have made their debut, fall and Halloween decorations are slowly replacing school supplies in store displays, and Halloween movies are starting to play at home, it is time to get our witchy on. (I write this while wearing my “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus” t-shirt.) The goal, beyond reading what is hopefully a wonderful book, is to add a little magic, love and spookiness in our bookish world by reading Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman.

To further add seasonal magic, especially if you are locked indoors from the west coast fires, I challenge you to not only read the book but then to find and watch the movie Practical Magic. I LOVE the movie! I can’t imagine the book being better or different in the best way but, we will see! It may be the book is the exception to the rule “the book was better”. Let me know what you think!

As I was creating this post, Goodreads showed that there are two other books about the Owen’s women and the curse they deal with in Practical Magic. Wahoo! One comes out in October this year! Let’s get reading!  

Oh! And one last thing before I close. I wanted to share some Practical Magic advice for your everyday:    

 "Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender for luck. Fall in love whenever you can."