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BookmarkTavern
The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Pickpick

W/ the bank ready to foreclose the farm, Dorothy decides to plead to Ozma to let Uncle Henry & Aunt Em move to Oz. At the same time, the Nome King has decided to invade Oz.

A much more solid plot. Nome recruitment & war planning alternates w/ Dorothy showing new places of Oz to her family. There‘s also a huge increase in puns 😆. The ending was a little disappointing, but I‘m also no longer the real target audience for Ozma‘s speech.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern The colander is the High Priest of Utensia because he‘s the holiest thing they have. 😂😂😂 3d
Clare-Dragonfly So many puns!!! 3d
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JenlovesJT47 I‘m like 2 or 3 months behind right now but absolutely plan on getting caught up soon. Once I start reading them I usually finish them in one day because I can‘t put them down! So many books so little time 😵‍💫 2d
BookmarkTavern @JenlovesJT47 we‘ve got many months to go in our reread! Take all the time you need! 2d
JenlovesJT47 🤗 2d
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dabbe
The Wizard of Oz | Frank Baum
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rubyslippersreads Excellent choice! 😁👠🌈 1w
dabbe @rubyslippersreads One for you today! 💚💜💚 1w
Eggs Brilliant ✨ 👠 🌟 1w
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BookmarkTavern
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🎶 We couldn't be luckier, I couldn't be happier🎶

💚🩷💚🩷

#BookAdaptations #SLC #SLCLitsy

shortsarahrose So cool! I‘m seeing the touring company in July with my mom and sister. 2w
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2w
AnnCrystal 🆒🎭👍🏼💝. 2w
IMASLOWREADER so cool to see it live… 2w
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Pickpick

I liked that this book had a bit more of a plot through-line than others. Of course, the invasion plot chapters are interspersed with Dorothy having adventures and meeting silly beings all over Oz. Lots of puns and bits that are very reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. It really grates on me that Dorothy never thinks that if something can reason and talk to you, it deserves to choose its own fate.

BookmarkTavern I‘m looking forward to this one! 2w
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lauraisntwilder
The Road to Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Mehso-so

I read another Oz book today. Gathering these stories into collections like this one makes sense because they're so fast-paced (and sort of...pointless?). There was an especially fun cameo appearance by a non-Baum magical being, and the book ends with Dorothy still in Oz, which is different. #beyondtheyellowbrickroad

BookmarkTavern I loved the cameos! 1mo
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BookmarkTavern
The Road to Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Mehso-so

Dorothy again finds herself traveling through fairy lands & meets a variety of characters on her way to Princess Ozma‘s birthday party.

Baum has such a way with creating unique, beautifully absurd characters. We get to meet Polychrome, Button Bright, & the Shaggy Man! & one of my favorites Johnny Dooit. Button Bright may be silly, but it strikes me that if more people were willing to admit they didn‘t know something, we‘d be better off.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

BarkingMadRead I‘m sooooooo far behind! I will catch up in May! I am having surgery so I will have some down time 🤣 1mo
BookmarkTavern @BarkingMadRead I will keep all my fingers crossed for a smooth surgery and a quick recovery! ❤️‍🩹 1mo
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BookmarkTavern Also, if anyone‘s interested, there‘s actually a novel with Queen Zixi of Ix : https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55737 1mo
Soscha I‘m trying to remember how far I‘ve read in the Oz odyssey. Into Ruth Plumly Thompson‘s Famous Forty. It‘s an ongoing series really, the OZ foundation ppl or similar name, canonizing further books. (edited) 1mo
BookmarkTavern @Soscha I‘ve only read one or two of Thompson‘s, so I‘ve been debating continuing through. But you‘re right, it is ongoing! The most recent book recognized by Baum‘s estate according to Wikipedia was published in 2014! (edited) 1mo
willaful @BookmarkTavern quite a few of the characters at the birthday party have their own Baum stories. 1mo
BookmarkTavern @willaful Really? I‘ll have to do some research then! 1mo
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Road to Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Mehso-so

Another adventure through strange and random lands. Another thing that is pretty dark if you think too hard about it, which Baum clearly didn‘t intend the reader to do. The characters were fun, and while I‘m getting pretty sick of the way Baum correlates beauty with goodness/friendship, at least he subverts that a little in this book.

BookmarkTavern Yeah, the beauty = goodness always bothers me too. 1mo
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Creme_de_la_them
The Wonderful Wizard of Futhermucking Oz | L. Frank Baum, Matt Youngmark
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Book #6 of 2025: “The “Wonderful” Wizard of Futher-Mucking Oz” by Matt Youngmark

About as good and wholesome as the original, just with more swearing 😂 It‘s a cute and quick read. Bonus: the author is a Seattleite!

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Jen2
Toto | A.J. Hackwith
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Fabulous

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CatLass007
Bailedbailed

I‘m just disappointed.

Susanita I tried to read it many years ago and just couldn‘t get into it. 1mo
CatLass007 @Susanita I gave it a good try but just couldn‘t force myself to continue. 1mo
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