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Soubhiville
My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley
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September is drawing to a close #AuthorAMonth readers. 🙂

Please comment below with the number of books by Alice Hoffman you read. Or if you prefer to post a collage of your reading, just use the hashtag #AAMAH and be sure to tag me so I see it.

#AuthorAMonth is a no-pressure challenge in which we read books by a voted on author each month. Read as many or as few as you like. At the end of the year there is a prize box for “Most Read.” ⬇️

Soubhiville There will also be randomly drawn prizes- everyone who has read at least one Author a Month book and is still active on Litsy is entered into those random drawings.
As always, just let me know if you‘d like to be added or removed from my tag lists. ❤️📚
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TheBookHippie 5. Thank you parent pick up/drop off line 😫😝😂 3y
Read-y_Picker 4 for me! ☺️ 3y
BookwormAHN 3 for me 😺 3y
Eggs I love AH and read a total of 21 of her books 📚 3y
vlwelser @Eggs wow. That's amazing. 3y
vlwelser I made it through 4. 3y
Texreader 2 for me: Rules of Magic and Practical Magic 3y
Megabooks Just 1 3y
slategreyskies Just one for me! 3y
Addison_Reads None for me this month. I tried two audiobooks but I disliked the narrator and bailed. Not my best reading month. 😕 3y
Cinfhen I read one on audio and really enjoyed ~ interconnected stories with a hint of magical realism 3y
Cinfhen @Eggs 🙌🏻💚🙌🏻 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa None for me this month! 3y
Bookzombie Just 1. I listened to Practical Magic on audio. 3y
Bklover One- Not quite finished yet but will be. 3y
Bklover @Eggs You are amazing!!👏👏👏 3y
Amiable None this month 3y
Skygoddess1 6 for me this month 3y
Skygoddess1 @Eggs Wow! 😮 3y
CoffeeNBooks None for me this month. 3y
Eggs Thank you 🙏🏻 @vlwelser @Kdgordon88 @Cinfhen @Bklover @Skygoddess1 I would love to read all of her books someday... 3y
mom2bugnbee I tried one, but bailed. 😔 She just wasn't for me. 3y
Butterfinger 2 - Survival Lessons and Faerie Knitting. 3y
Soubhiville @mom2bugnbee @Addison_Reads I haven‘t managed to read all the way through one of hers yet either. It‘s not just you! 3y
Q84 I think it's 3 for me. The Red Garden. Magic Lessons. Survival Lessons. 3y
Q84 Wow @Eggs That's amazing. 👏 👏 👏 3y
Q84 I forgot to include Blackbird House, so 4 3y
Eggs @Q84 Thank you Sue 🙏🏻 3y
Megabooks Hey Soubhi - I somehow messed up my tracking on the storygraph. Can you tell me which author from this year I‘m missing? I have Jemisin, DuMaurier, Patchett, Tan, Ward, Woodson, Hoffman, and Baldwin tagged. Thanks!! 3y
Susanita Alas, none. I had to renew Dovekeepers and will still try to finish. I‘m at 12% and they‘re still wandering around in the desert! 3y
Soubhiville @Susanita I tried to read that one and couldn‘t get into it either. 🤷‍♀️ 3y
DivineDiana Although I love Alice Hoffman, I‘m sad to say that I am carrying over to October my only one 3y
StellarDoc 2- Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic 3y
Melismatic I read 2! Really enjoyed it. 💖 3y
JaclynW I read and enjoyed 3y
sprainedbrain I read one in September. And I loved it! 3y
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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Practical Magic | Alice Hoffman
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Panpan

My dear Littens, I may be ostracized for this but...

The movie is better.

This audiobook felt like a slog of summary and not much actually happening. I didn't feel the familial comfort and closeness in the book that I got from the movie. And I literally have only seen the movie once about 10 years ago. That was enough. There really wasn't much magic or intrigue and I don't think I care enough to read the prequel or sequel. ⬇️

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I was hoping to find more to like in the story, but I saw it as a stream of over-summarization linking a few key scenes.
September #AuthorAMonth #AAMAH @Soubhiville #bookspinbingo @TheAromaOfBooks #LittensDressedInBlood @MidnightBookGirl #pop21 #BestsellerFromThe1990s

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Kimberlone This is not an unpopular opinion ^ 3y
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vlwelser I also enjoyed the movie more. 3y
Prairiegirl_reading I‘m not a fan of the book or the movie! 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y
Kimberlone @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick i wasn‘t super impressed with Practical Magic, but I recently decided to give Magic Lessons a try and I ended up LOVING the prequel. 3y
BookwormAHN The movie and the prequels are much better 😺 3y
WanderingBookaneer My least favorite in the series. 3y
Read-y_Picker Seems this is very much the popular opinion. I was so disappointed by this book but on a positive note, the (prequels) are MUCH MUCH BETTER! 3y
nichollinlove I'm with you and @bookwormAH. I read The Rules of Magic first and that probably saved the whole series for me. I'm really glad I didn't start with PM, I wouldn't have picked up another and I would have missed out! 3y
Sargar114 I‘ve never seen the movies, but I agree with others that the prequel (I‘ve only read The Rules of Magic) was much more enjoyable. I also have Magic Lessons on my shelf to read. 3y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! I had one Hoffman book on my TBR that I tried to read this month & it just wasn't really for me. 3y
5feet.of.fury I haven‘t read it, but I watched the movie last year for probably the first time in a decade and was like “I don‘t think this movie is good, I think I just want midnight margaritas” 3y
Bookzombie I agree with your review. I haven‘t seen the movie in ages and I‘m worried it won‘t hold up to my memory. 🙂 3y
MidnightBookGirl So, I first read this book right after seeing the movie and it was a let down. But I re-read it a year or so ago in preparation for the other Owen novels coming out and liked it a lot better... but I agree, the movie is better, and I have watched it so many times. I just consider the book and movie as two separate things. 3y
BkClubCare Oooooo! I love to do book to film challenges for myself. And I like when people say the movie better. Might have to move this duo up my list. 3y
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BookwormAHN
Practical Magic | Alice Hoffman
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Pickpick

Okay, so this may be a rare time when the movie is better than the book. The book was good but with the newer prequels there were some annoying inconsistencies. This is the story of Sally and Gillian and Sally's daughters Antonia and Kylie and what happens one night when Gillian shows up with the body of her dead husband.
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville #Aamah
#LittensDressedInBlood #IPutASpellOnYou @MidnightBookGirl

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BookwormAHN
The Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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Pickpick

This is the story of Frannie and Jet the Aunts from Practical Magic. It was a really fantastic and at times heartbreaking story. I loved it 😻
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville #aamah
#LittensDressdInBlood #Superstitions @MidnightBookGirl

KathyWheeler I liked Practical Magic, but loved this one so much more. 3y
AmyG I am reading this now and really enjoying it. 3y
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BookwormAHN
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Pickpick

I can't believe I waited so long to read these books. I loved this book. This prequel tells of how Maria Owens came to Salem and started the curse that's messed with her family for generations 🧡
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville #aamah
#LittensDressedInBlood #BlackMagicWoman @MidnightBookGirl

Kimberlone Currently reading this. Enchanted! 3y
StaceGhost I‘ve never read these either but I watch Practical Magic at least once a month 3y
samantharoberts I loved Practical Magic and Rules of Magic. I need to read this one this fall! 3y
MidnightBookGirl I love this series too! I read Practical Magic for the first time in the early 90s, but I remember not loving it. However, I wanted to read Rules of Magic, so I re-read Practical Magic and older me loved it. I still have this one on my TBR though. 3y
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