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8. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman


You've seen the movie, but the book is much different than the movie. Of course. "Magic" is not as obvious in the book (Sally doesn't stir her coffee by twirling her finger, nor does she blow candles a-light), but there are hints and a couple of overt instances. The law man from Arizona doesn't play as big of a part (sadly), and getting rid of Jimmy once and for all is kind of anti-climatic. It took me a couple dozen pages or so to get used to how different this was than the movie, but I did, and I enjoyed it.