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Book Club Book Review: A Snicker of Magic (And February’s Pick)

February 1, 2015 by Cassie 10 Comments

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Happy Sunday!  Hope you all have been enjoying your weekend and are ready for some football!  We’ve got a family divided here… Chris and Sawyer are pulling for Seattle.  Born and raised in Massachusetts, I am rooting for my old home team, New England.  And Emmy picked New England because “I am picking what Mom picks.”  Good girl.  But really, I just hope it’s a good exciting game, and I am ready for loads of awesome commercials.

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For January, our blogger book club selection, A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd, was chosen by Carmel.

A Snicker of Magic is actually a book for grade level 3-7, but I loved it!  (And let’s be honest, I love tween novels…. Twilight, Hunger Games, anyone?).  The nice part for me about the grade level was that it was a quick read that was just easy to enjoy.  The story is told through the eyes of 12 year old Felicity Pickle, who’s being raised by her single Mom who we discover is cursed with a “wandering heart”.  The family winds up in the once magical town of Midnight Gulch to stay with her Aunt Cleo.  While bracing herself for another short stay in a town, ready at any moment to follow her mother’s wandering heart, Felicity starts to set down her own roots and finally makes friends.  She begins to learn about the mysterious magical history of Midnight Gulch, and soon becomes engrossed in the tale, as she discovers it’s part of her own family history, and maybe her mother truly is “cursed” by magic with a wandering heart.

I highly recommend this book for parents of elementary and middle schoolers, and really anyone who truly believes in magic, even if it’s just a little snicker of it.  Again this is not a book that I would have selected myself, so I am thankful to Carmel for expanding my horizons.

This February, we are welcoming Jessica of Gourley Girl & Guy to our book club!  We are excited to have her!

And guess what?  It was my turn to select the book for February, and I chose I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum.  I can’t wait to dive into it this week!

Be sure to check out all of the other Reviews of A Snicker of Magic.  I will add links as soon as they are all up….

Our Fifth House

Kirb Appeal

On the Banks of Squaw Creek

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  1. Kirby says

    February 1, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    I liked the book too, but I would say it’s for under 12s. It’s a tad twee for adolescents. Can’t wait to start the next book!

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    • Cassie says

      February 1, 2015 at 6:31 pm

      ha! i don’t know age groups well- i liked it and i am 36. 😉

      Reply
  2. designPOST interiors says

    February 1, 2015 at 9:22 pm

    I am really curious about your latest pick- it sounds good and I love anything set in Paris!

    Reply
  3. Carmel says

    February 1, 2015 at 11:52 pm

    I liked it too! Aunt Cleo was my favorite character! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Krystine says

    February 2, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    I’m going to have to look into your favorite pick, I need a good read!

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    • Cassie says

      February 3, 2015 at 1:50 pm

      oh yes! read along with us! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Amber @ Wills Casa says

    February 3, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    Interesting! The Feb books looks awesome! I just got out of my loooong (6 book!!!) YA series. I’m pretty sure Nick doesn’t want to see another book in my hands for several weeks! 😉

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    • Cassie says

      February 6, 2015 at 2:27 pm

      ha! too funny. 🙂 i get like that, too.

      Reply
  6. Tracy Laverty says

    February 12, 2015 at 12:47 am

    What? How come I didn’t know you are from MA? I am too! We rooted for the Patriots too. My daughter just finished reading this book and loved it. I for one am still reading Les Misrebles, which I most likely will be reading for a long time. Which part of MA are you from?

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    • Cassie says

      February 12, 2015 at 1:42 pm

      ha! yes, i grew up in a small town in western mass- wilbraham. how about you?

      Reply

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