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Toto | A.J. Hackwith

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When Toto & his human Dorothy are swept away in a tornado, he was not expecting a land of magic, political feuds, & revolution. Being a Good Dog was going to get him taken away by Animal Control, so it‘s time to see what a Bad Dog can do.

I laughed out loud so much. A modernized retelling, poking fun @ a lot of tech bro culture & far right wing masculinity, while also providing loving references to the wide spread cultural impact of Oz.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

BookmarkTavern #Lucygirl When I realized who the wizard was, I had to put the book down as I actually cackled. #14Books14Weeks @Liz_M (edited) 1w

Aims42 I have a hold at my library for this book, it sounds soooooo good!!! 1w

rubyslippersreads Glad to see you‘re reading this with your little dog, too. 😂🧹 (edited) 1w

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Sace I want your bookmark. I‘m adding this to my wishlist now. Sounds fun! 1w

Beatlefan129 And your bookmark is perfect ❤️ 1w

Suet624 Ooohhhh, sounds great. 1w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w

Read-n-Bloom Love the bookmark 😂 1w

AnnCrystal 💕🐕🐾🐶💝...🆒📚🔖🐾💝. 1w

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Toto | A.J. Hackwith

Doctor‘s appointment: Boo!

Toto‘s Point of View: Yay!

AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝. 3w

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Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire

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. 1mo

rubyslippersreads I love the Wicked musical and The Wizard of Oz in general, and I did not like the Wicked novel. (edited) 1mo

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!

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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. 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading I also vote no. I thought it was a disappointment. 1mo

Susanita I liked his book about the tooth fairy but bailed on Wicked. 1mo

willaful I liked his children's books but didn't get into Wicked. 1mo

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Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire

🎶 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. 2mo

dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2mo

AnnCrystal 🆒🎭👍🏼💝. 2mo

IMASLOWREADER so cool to see it live… 2mo

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Jen2

Toto | A.J. Hackwith

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Fabulous

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Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire

bailed

I‘m just disappointed.

Susanita I tried to read it many years ago and just couldn‘t get into it. 3mo

CatLass007 @Susanita I gave it a good try but just couldn‘t force myself to continue. 3mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 3mo

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Cathyloves2read

Son of a Witch | Gregory Maguire

so-so

I‘ll start by saying that I‘ve always loved the story of the Wizard of Oz.Wicked strayed from the original story a bit, but not enough to bother me. This book strayed a bit too far away for my liking. I hardly recognized any of the original characters or storyline. Maybe that is what the author intended.There are many questions left unanswered, but there are two more books in this series. I may or may not read them.

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Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum

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I got behind last month on #BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad but I‘m loving these books. I‘m a big fan of Return To Oz & this was such a fun read. As always the books & movie are slightly different but I love Billina & Tik-Tok. Billina especially cracks me up! Looking forward to reading the rest of the series. And as always, I‘m struck by the creativity of these books, especially considering the time period they were written. 5⭐️🐓🐓🥚

#Oz
#TheWizardOfOz

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BookmarkTavern I really should rewatch this movie! 🍿 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @BookmarkTavern that is a great idea, thinking about watching it tonight with my son. Beware the wheelers! 😱🛞 4mo

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Andarna

Son of a Witch INTL | Gregory Maguire

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Just can‘t get into this like I did Wicked. Something is just not hitting the same. Has anyone felt the same? Read the others? Maybe I skip this one and go to the next?
##wicked #sonofawitch #dnf