Welcome to Litsy!

This book was absolutely packed with information about L Frank Baum and the extraordinary time period in which he lived. He also seemed to have been present for, or just on the heels of, most of the major events I knew about during this time. He was at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, for example. Loncraine did a phenomenal job pointing out possible influences and making connections between Baum's real and fictional worlds.

#SLC #SLCLittens #SaltLakeCity #BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad

The Red Butte Garden has an After Dark exhibit through the 30th of October!

It‘s called Trouble in Oz, and the whole garden is done up like the fairyland!

Movie references, book references, Wicked references, oh my! Takes about an hour to walk through and was an absolute delight!

https://redbuttegarden.org/events/garden-after-dark/

"Baum's ability to create vivid, odd characters and varied, weird kingdoms wasn't matched by an ability to build well-structured and satisfying plots." Isn't *that* the truth? ? #beyondtheyellowbrickroad

Ozma‘s birthday is approaching, and her friends are determined to get her gifts that she doesn‘t already have. This involves lots of adventuring all over Oz. Oh, there are also some people with secret magic who want to conquer Oz. This was fun with the Glass Cat and all the talking animals, and even some genuine peril.

I love the way this artist draws the Wizard. He looks so slick and clever. #BeyondtheYellowBrickRoad

The Halloween decorations are up and the TBR is ready! 👻 #BingoBoard #BookSpinBingo

#BookSpin The September House #DoubleSpin Trixie Belden

#Roll100 Mom & Me & Mom, The Invisible Library, Full Fathom Five

#OokBOokClub Nightwatch

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Magic of Oz

#QueerBC The Forgotten Dead

#ThematicCozies Body at the Bakery

In September I caught up on ALL THE THINGS!!! Summer is my least favorite season. Everything happens then and it's not like I get the summer off from work. 😜 #bobwhitebuddies #beyondtheyellowbrickroad #kindredspiritsbuddyread #ohcanada #KLBR

The Tin Man remembers the girl he promised to marry & goes on a quest to find her. W/ the Scarecrow, a boy named Woot, & an enchanted Polychrome, they‘ll face many weird & wonderful things in Oz.

I love the buddy road trip & the friendship, but I forgot that this is the book that introduces the fact that nobody ever changes or dies in Oz. Babies stay babies, the old stay old, & your chopped up body parts remain alive independent of you.🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

Somebody points out to the Tin Man that he never reconnected with the girl whose love caused him to be chopped up and turned to tin. Time for an adventure! The usual random bizarre assortment of creatures and places await. I appreciated Baum explaining a bit of the history of Oz becoming a fairyland where no one dies, though as a mom I‘m horrified at the prospect of babies staying babies forever. Then again, if they can‘t die, maybe not so bad?

It‘s birthday month time! #BingoBoard #BookSpinBingo

#BookSpin book club pick #DoubleSpin It Devours

#Roll100 The Woman Who Would Be King, A Year in Provence, Final Harvest

#OokBOokClub The Fifth Elephant

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery of the Uninvited Guest

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Tin Woodman of Oz

#QueerBC Island Time

#ThematicCozies Booked For Revenge

Princess Ozma has been kidnapped, & all the magical artifacts of Oz have vanished. Dorothy puts together a team to rescue the lost princess.

I remember loving this one as a kid, because it‘s a dramatic search & rescue, all the girls are together, & my favorite animals. And I adored the bears. I also appreciated the resolution with Ugu. But I hadn‘t remembered the Lion or Scraps being quite so condescending to every one around them. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑