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It‘s here! 💚🩷💚🩷💚

Part two of a movie musical based on a stage musical based on a book based on a movie musical based on a book. Phew!

#BookAdaptations

Semi serious question. I‘ve been going through my books trying to get rid of some (none so far 😅) and I found my copy of Wicked I tried to read back in high school. Should I give it another go?

https://youtu.be/BRt-qexTWy4?si=riPJksD-LycwtNTp

Soubhiville In my opinion, no. I read 2 of his books years ago and honestly don‘t like his writing style at all. The blurbs on back of his books sound so good, but I have ended up really not liking them. 21h
rubyslippersreads I love the Wicked musical and The Wizard of Oz in general, and I did not like the Wicked novel. (edited) 21h
BarbaraJean I vote no as well. I loved the musical and hated the book. I really liked the tagged book by the same author, which I‘d read years before, so I WANTED to like Wicked, but I did not. Go with your high school self‘s opinion! 20h
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BookBr Just to play devil‘s advocate, I LOVED the book and disliked the musical. I thought Maguire really created a solid vision of an Oz for adults, if that makes sense. Lots of weird fairy tale elements to love too. 18h
Prairiegirl_reading I also vote no. I thought it was a disappointment. 17h
Susanita I liked his book about the tooth fairy but bailed on Wicked. 16h
willaful I liked his children's books but didn't get into Wicked. 14h
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willaful
The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Haven't a clue what's going on in that picture, but I had to use it.

I saw the #BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad group reading this & was surprised I couldn't place it in my memory. I've definitely read it multiple times but I think it must be one I didn't go back to as an adult. Not hard to see why... Dorothy and Ozma are both kind of obnoxious in this one and I feel bad for Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Still lot of fun to be had though.

BookmarkTavern Ozma is a little on her high horse in this one, isn‘t she? 😂😂 6d
willaful @BookmarkTavern She's the perfect, kind ruler... just don't disagree with her! 😱 6d
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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. 😂😂😂 1w
Clare-Dragonfly So many puns!!! 1w
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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 😵‍💫 1w
BookmarkTavern @JenlovesJT47 we‘ve got many months to go in our reread! Take all the time you need! 1w
JenlovesJT47 🤗 1w
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dabbe
The Wizard of Oz | Frank Baum
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rubyslippersreads Excellent choice! 😁👠🌈 2w
dabbe @rubyslippersreads One for you today! 💚💜💚 2w
Eggs Brilliant ✨ 👠 🌟 2w
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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. 3w
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 3w
AnnCrystal 🆒🎭👍🏼💝. 3w
IMASLOWREADER so cool to see it live… 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Emerald City of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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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! 3w
willaful Agreed! Ozma is a bit dictatorish too. 7d
Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Yes, it‘s like only a few characters in Oz are people, and those people have no problem making decisions for the non-people inhabitants of the country. 7d
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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!