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PRACTICAL MAGIC It wasn't until a few years ago that I actually read The Practical Magical series by Alice Hoffman. I started when "The Rules of Magic" was released in 2017. I started with that and was enthralled by the Owen women and the world that Hoffman created. I went on to read Practical Magic, then gobbled up "Magic Lessons" when it was released in late 2020. Now, as I write this, we are days away from the completion of the series with "The Book of Magic" which will follow the death of one of the aunt's, Jet.
"Practical Magic" obviously follows the story that the movie does while "The Rules of Magic" follows Gillian and Sally's aunts, Frannie & Jet along with their brother, Vincent. You get a great look at how the aunts ended up where they did and also how Sally and Gillian end up with them. Probably my favorite of the bunch so far was "Magic Lessons" where we get the origin story of Maria Owens, how the women got their magic and how the curse came to be. This is the ideal series to read (and re-read) during the fall season. It has everything you want: magic, history, family, love, and an overlay of coziness and warmth. PAGE NINE | FALL READING GUIDE
