Embrace the Fall Magic Day or Night
Our crystal ball has spoken. There’s even more Practical Book Magic in your future this fall. It’s time to go beyond the pages, embrace spooky season, and take on a few fall side quests. Pick a quest, bring your favorite people along, and don’t forget to take pics. Tag @BookSparks and #FRC2026 to be entered to win books and more.
Day Side Quests
Read at a Pumpkin Patch
Bring a blanket and a book and make a pumpkin patch your reading nook.
Pick Your Potion
Visit a coffee shop and order a seasonal drink you’ve never tried.
Go Book Thrifting
Go thrifting and let yourself choose a book based solely on its cover.
Go Apple Picking
Bring a book for the inevitable sitting-around portion of the adventure.
Find Your Familiar
Read with a cat, dog, or other furry companion nearby.
Do a Spooky Bookish Scavenger Hunt
Head to a bookstore and find a book with a witch, ghost, moon, black cat, or haunted house on the cover.
Browse the Occult Section
Spend some time exploring the witchy, mythology, folklore, or astrology shelves at your local bookstore.
Go on a Blind Date
Choose a book without reading the synopsis.
Read the Book First
Read the book before watching its upcoming screen adaptation – Practical Magic 2, The Love Hypothesis, Verity, or The Wicker Man.
Be the Main Character
Make your own bookish Halloween costume.
Bake a Seasonal Spell
Bake a favorite fall treat and enjoy it with a good book.
Read Among the Leaves
Find a scenic outdoor spot, spread out a blanket, and read surrounded by fall foliage.
Night Side Quests
Read by Candlelight
Turn off the overhead lights, light a candle, and read for an hour.
Have a Ghouls’ Night In
Gather your coven for a cozy night of books, snacks, pajamas, spooky movies, and absolutely no plans to leave the house.
Have a Ghouls’ Night Out
Get dressed up and head out for a spooky-season night with your favorite people.
Practical Magic Movie Night
Rewatch Practical Magic with the perfect snacks, drinks, and reading companion.
Read Under the Moon
Take your book outside and read beneath the night sky.
Have a Séance
Gather your unread books, close your eyes, and let your hand choose your next read.
Build a Book Fort
Because some magic requires blankets.
Go on a Midnight Bookstore Run
Find a bookstore open late and go browse after dark.
Have a Black Cat Night
Put on a cozy playlist, curl up with your book, and make absolutely no plans.
Use a No-Phone Spell
Put your phone in another room for one hour and disappear completely into your book.
Read The Scariest Book on your TBR
Pick the book you’ve been avoiding because it looks too creepy.
The All-Nighter Challenge
Choose one book and see if you can finish it in a single night.
