carrie jae’s Reviews > Practical Magic > Status Update

'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.'

the tears that pricked. what an ending 🥲

'she switched on the radio and sang along and told herself that sometimes the right thing felt all wrong until it was over and done with.'

this book honestly, the relatability. there are some really poignant things inside this magical tale.

'the aunts tried to encourage her not to be so good. goodness, in their opinion, was not a virtue but merely spinelessness and fear disguised as humility.'

i relate to so much of this book already. it’s such a women’s book, i’m loving it.

'desire had a way of making a person oddly courageous. in the aunts opinion, it could sneak up on a grown woman and turn her from a sensible creature into something as foolish as a flea that keeps chasing after the same old dog.'

this.

hoffman’s writing is exquisite, a natural storyteller. i was drawn in, instantly.

'she did not ask the aunts for special favors, or even request those small rewards she deserved. sally could not have had a more intractable and uncompromising judge; she had found herself lacking, in compassion and fortitude, and the punishment was self-denial, from that moment on.'

i am sally. i feel very seen.

the weather is changing, a witchy, comforting read is precisely what the doctor ordered.