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Just saw this and had to play. I see lots of good ones already shared so I‘ll also add:

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Shining by Stephen King

I loved all these books and movies.

Thanks for asking @dabbe !
#ThreeListThursday or Saturday

The Owens' women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town since Maria Owens built a house on Magnolia Street. This unconventional house has 3 locks on every door.Gillian and Sally are sisters who live in the attic where they are raised by their carefree aunts who allow them freedom to do as they wish. Trouble seems to follow Gillian when she returns putting the responsibility of the dependable Sally to help remedy the situation.

Granted, I fell in love with the movie adaptation of Practical Magic before ever reading the novel…but I actually prefer the ending of the movie to the ending of the book. 🫢

To be clear, I also love the novel. Alice Hoffman‘s writing is just so pretty & evocative.

#SundayFunday

So my total for this year was 2,745. Not as good as I wanted to do. But, hope it helps with the team totals.

#Blackcatcrew

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge
Day 30 #Treat
Midnight Margaritas
Read
#BlackCatCrew #Scarathlon
@Clwojick @StayCurious

3/5 ⭐️ A bit disappointed in this book. And it's been awhile since I've seen the movie so I can't remember if I liked that either. This is the second book I've read of Hoffman's where I just feel meh towards the book so maybe it's just not a good reader/author match 🤷🏼‍♀️
#scarathlon #BatBrigade

Practical Magic on the TV, several jars of apple butter in the canner, and snacking on these skull pizza pockets!

Watching Practical Magic - one of my favorite fall movies!🎃🧙🏼‍♀️👻 #scarathlon #teamBOOks @Bookwormjillk

Book 1 for Dewey's 24-Hour #Readathon. Oddly enough, I didn't enjoy this one as much as The Rules of Magic and The Book of Magic, though I don't know why. It was still good, and I'm glad I read it because now I can watch the movie. 135 points for #Scarathlon #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

This is the second time I've read this book, and while I still like the movie more, I did enjoy the book more the second time. Also, the cover is gorgeous, and I really want to hang out with their aunts 🐈‍⬛️
#BlackCatCrew #BuddyRead #Scarathlon
#Witchathon @TEArificbooks #Wickedwords #Birthday @AsYouWish #OustandingOctober #Rushathon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #Falling4Books @Read4life #31By31 @Catsandbooks #Spookoween @TheSpineView

For the first half of October and #scarathlon2023 and #blackcatcrew is 735 points. That‘s mostly from movies/shows. I‘m about halfway through reading Practical Magic. I need to step up my reading game for the second half.

AutumnPlease #Magic
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

An enchanted series 🪄🔮💫💎🕯️✨

#Magic

#AutumnPlease!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘m off to a promising start for the #outstandingoctober read-a-thon! Hoping to complete my #bookspin, #authoramonth, and #scarathlon buddy reads over the course of the week.

Day 11 #Scarathlon Photo Challenge - Witch. I absolutely love this series, and the Fall feels like the perfect time to read it. #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

I did like it, but the movie was better. I think the structure was problematic, it needed more chapters breaks to transition between characters. #scarathlon #blackcatcrew #spookoween #31by31 #witchathon #falling4books #pumpkinspicereadathon @BookwormAHN @TheSpineView @Catsandbooks @Read4life @Emilymdxn

1740 pts

Recently I rewatched the movie; my friends & I loved it when we were young, but was it actually good? Or did we just want to drink midnight margaritas & kill our abusers?

I feel similarly about the book, which is somewhat different in its premise from the film; it has style, it‘s weird, whimsical & a bit haunting. But found it of little substance.
#blackcatcrew #buddyread #scarathlon2023

I‘m still so far behind on book reviews! This is my most recent audiobook, a reread for my church book club. I read the physical book before, but I think I liked it better on audio. Still a bit slow in plot but a good witchy story, especially now that I‘ve read the prequel, The Rules of Magic.

I missed yesterdays reading sprint, but I did check something off my bucket list with a Candy Corn Cocktail!

@BookwormAHN @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TEArificbooks @Yuki_Onna @LibrarianRyan @Read-y_Picker @TheQuietQuill @hes7 @TheBookDream @Allydanielle88 @Justmissc87 @RedxoHearts

#BootsandLeaves #AutumnPlease
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

⭐️⭐️⭐️
For a short book, this book seemed to go on way too long. It was ok. But not great.
10+1+(5hours×5thons×10)=261
Words: 63×10=630
+891 team for #spookyghostclub
@Clwojick
#rushathon #31by31 #bookspin #falling4books @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader @Catsandbooks @TheAromaofBooks @Read4life

Total accrued points so far: 7,504

It's time #BlackCatCrew 🐈‍⬛️
#Scarathlon Begins!
Here is our first game. Each answer is worth 10 pts. You can earn an unlimited amount of pts as long as you are finished by the 8th. Please post your answers and feel free to mark them as spoilers 👻

Here is my #bookspin list for October that doubles as my #scarathlon TBR! This is definitely ambitious as I have to read some #LMPBC books and continue my chronological read of Stephen King (Firestarter and Cujo) as well. BUT I‘m so excited for spooky season!!!!

#scarathlon #batbrigade

1. The tagged series. The movie was good, too. In my younger days when I liked horror, it‘d have to be The Stand

2. Grape-flavored nerds: the only time of the year I get any!

3. Listening—while driving and doing chores, reading—before going to bed

4. Dang, no doubt about it, cooler weather—& the way the sun is angled differently (but more noticeably in the northern states)

5. I still ❤️ 80s music 😊

My #Scarathlon2023 to be watched list. Mostly classic scary movies. I‘ll probably add in a few new movies as well. And a few tv series. #blackcatcrew #scarathlon

My #bookspin titles for October. I haven't been reading much lately. Hoping that #scarathlon (and some new books I've really been looking forward to) will help me get my groove back.

@TheAromaofBooks

I just watched Practical Magic for the second time and I get why my younger self didn‘t love it - it honestly would have been too scary for me as a kid - I noped out of watching The Little Mermaid, Snow White and the second Aladdin movie where Jafar turns into a snake. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT this time round, totally get why it‘s beloved and why you‘d want to watch it every year.

And now I‘m wondering how different the book is?

Here is part of my October tbr for #Scarathlon #Witchathon & #BookSpinBingo 🐈‍⬛
@Clwojick @StayCurious @TEArificbooks @TheAromaofBooks

My TBR for #Scarathlon 🦇 The tagged book is my lucky book for #castthedie
#BatBrigade

What book are you most looking forward to reading during scarathlon?

Welcome to the Black Cat Crew 🐈‍⬛️
@5feet.of.fury @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TEArificbooks @Yuki_Onna @LibrarianRyan @Read-y_Picker @TheQuietQuill @hes7 @TheBookDream
You all are on my team for the #Scarathlon festivities. Our book picks are Practical Magic and Goddess of Filth. I will be posting ways to get early points up next. Also I will be keeping up with team points, weekly games, and other fun stuff. This year is going to be brilliant 🐈‍⬛

Here is my aesthetic board for the #ModernWitchSwap 🔮🌱🖤

Okay, Modern Witches time for some fun. Here is my aesthetic board for the #ModernWitchSwap. What does y'alls look like 🐈‍⬛
I know some have already done one, and a few have even received their packages already. If so, then well done. If not, want to play? Also, #Witchathon #Scarathlon and Halloween are coming up. The time for spooky fun is quickly approaching 🎃
#MWS

#HHS #HHS23 #HauntedHallowSwap. Practical magic is one of my fave movies to watch during October. I cannot wait for the fall for all the pumpkin spice coffee, hoodie season, cozy fuzzy socks. I also love the colors of the fall

I read this with a book club. It was really good but very different from the movie, which disappointed my fellow book club members. I actually loved the story more with Sally‘s girls growing into their teen years and the family‘s time in NYC - seeing them build a life there. Good book! Just don‘t expect the movie followed it faithfully if you‘ve not read it but loved the film. This is one that I feel like you can love them both Independently!

#TemptingTitles @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#WithMagic

I absolutely adore the movie, so this book has been on my TBR for quite some time. Its a lot different than I thought it would be. I still enjoyed it and really love a good book about sisters because I always wanted one myself growing up. The Owens ladies didn‘t disappoint and I can‘t wait to read the rest of the series! 4/5 #12bookschallenge

Finally read this one! Listened, actually, and I loved it! What a rich story of family, magic, finding your way and the love that sisters have for each other no matter what. If you haven‘t read it yet, what are you waiting for?#BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#WomensHistoryMonth #Recommendations
6of31 Fiction

I love this whole series. But I was fist introduced to it through the movie adaptation of Practical Magic, which I loved. The book is very different from the movie, so if you love the movie, take the book series as a similar but different entity.
The series follows the strong and amazing Owen women through generations, and each book is well crafted and makes you fall for the women.

This book was hot and cold for me. I loved the way Alice Hoffman wrote about the jealously between the sisters Sally & Gillian. I think she did an amazing job of portraying the simultaneous love and outrage that can be felt between siblings. But then there were so many other moments and characters in this book that felt poorly developed, those really dragged it down for me. I saw the movie has 28% on rotten tomatoes, so I don‘t think I‘ll watch.

Who else here is a chronic series starter and not finisher? Here we go again. 🧙‍♀️ 📚

I loved the movie with Bullock and Kidman. The book was interesting, too. Most of the verb tense was written in present tense, which makes for a different read; however, the idea of the verbs happening NOW made the story even more suspenseful because the reader felt as if the action was occurring right then and now. Differs from the movie quite a bit but not enough to disrupt the main storyline.

This September and October, I went witch-crazy. I read this Alice Hoffman series chronologically, plus two other witch books. #thanksscarathlon for the inspiration. This series is pretty traditional with roots in Salem and witch trials. Hoffman treats the family genetics, witchery, and Nameless Arts, seriously, with limited humor and irony. Because there‘s a curse!

Full review https://www.TheBibliophage.com (combined with The Women Could Fly)

I forgot to post it yesterday, but thank you so much @Gissy for my #BasicWitchSwap!! I can‘t wait to dive into these books and hide secrets in the book box! The candle smells great and now I have another mug for my collection, mwahaha!! Thank you so much! Also, that wrapping paper?? I loved the texture, and it was so pretty!

#BWS #BWS22

Great great great; lots of different relationships explored & buckets of spookiness

Next up for #Scarathlon! #TeamMonsterMash

I'm off this weekend, so breakfast this morning with a little practical magic.🖤 This is the life. @StayCurious #TeamMonsterMash #scarathlon

A wonderful Halloween #scarathlon2022 #wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. So in general I can watch all horror movies pretty much just fine. The one that I genuinely still think about when I‘m at home alone is the tragically underrated Ghost Stories w Martin Freeman in it.

2. Probably the tagged book? Hard to say tbh I love SO many

3. I guess I wear a lot of brown and black, I‘m not sure about favourites but I wear them a lot

Wanna join in @moll?