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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Lyman Frank Baum
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Mehso-so

Dorothy‘s visit to San Francisco is interrupted by an earthquake, where she falls into the earth. There, with her cousin Zeb, she meets up w/ the Wizard again through many adventures.

The way Baum writes animals suddenly realizing they can talk is always so funny to me. This 1 is very disjointed, w/ almost every chapter being a separate, contained adventure. I did love the fantastical elements of the lands under the Earth. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

BarkingMadRead I still have to read this! I may read it next month along with the next one! 22h
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Awesome bookmark! This Oz story… was not my favorite. 21h
willaful @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I was never very fond of this one either. 17h
BookmarkTavern @BarkingMadRead Feel free read as you like! 💕 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @willaful My mom calls this one and Ozma of Oz Baum‘s attempts to write the other stories he wants, but throwing them all into Oz in the last couple of chapters so he can call them Oz stories. 😂 11h
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Clare-Dragonfly
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Lyman Frank Baum
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Pickpick

Very fun and silly story! It reminded me of a couple of the Narnia books—I wonder if Lewis had read it. Dorothy, the Wizard, a boy named Zeb, a horse named Jim, and a kitten named Eureka travel through many lands under the earth, each dangerous in its own whimsical way. The Wizard is kind of a badass in this book. It irritated me that it took Dorothy so long to come up with her solution. But at least her speech didn‘t have so many apostrophes.

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JenlovesJT47
Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Pickpick

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

BookmarkTavern I really should rewatch this movie! 🍿 2w
JenlovesJT47 @BookmarkTavern that is a great idea, thinking about watching it tonight with my son. Beware the wheelers! 😱🛞 2w
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lauraisntwilder
The Marshland Mystery | Kathryn Kenny
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I finished these at the beginning of March. Ozma of Oz starts off pretty unhinged, but end up being a more coherent story that Marvelous Land of Oz. This Trixie book was one of my favorites so far. I like that these feel like mysteries a kid could actually solve. This one also included a long-past tragedy and tumbled down mansion, so it was checking all the boxes for this Kate Morton reader. #bobwhitebuddies #BeyondtheYellowBrickRoad

BookmarkTavern What a gorgeous edition of Oz! 🤩🤩 3w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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I‘m so ready for spring!🌸🌼🌸🌼
#BookSpinBingo #BingoBoard

#BookSpin book club pick, #DoubleSpin The Girl Who Drank the Moon

#Roll100 A Brief History of Time, Tortall and Other Lands, Mere Christianity

#OokBOokClub Raising Steam

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery of the Bob White Cave

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

#QueerBC Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

#ThematicCozies Death by a Honeybee

#AuldLangSpine Wonderland

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 4w
BookmarkTavern @TheAromaofBooks Hope the move is going smoothly! 4w
TheAromaofBooks Thank you!! A bit chaotic but we are making progress 😂 4w
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BookmarkTavern @TheAromaofBooks Good luck! You got this! 👍🏻👍🏻 4w
TheAromaofBooks Thank you!!! 4w
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willaful
Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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What on earth? When did Ozma grow up and join the Ziegfeld Follies? 😂

This is one of my childhood favs. The lunchbox trees, with the napkin leaves, could anything be more tantalizing? And I love all the adventures and the sneaky Nome King.

@BookmarkTavern #BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad

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willaful
Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum

“Do you expect me to believe all that rubbish about the land of Oz?... your impossible stories about animals that can talk...“ -- Bellina, the hen. 😂

@BookmarkTavern #BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad

BookmarkTavern I love her so much! ❤️❤️ She‘s got the best lines. (edited) 1mo
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Clare-Dragonfly
Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this, though not as much as previous books. Dorothy is really obnoxious in the beginning and it annoyed me a lot how Baum wrote her pronunciation, especially since it‘s a change from the first book. But it‘s funny (albeit quite dark at times, in a way the narrative doesn‘t seem to acknowledge) and the characters—Billina the talking hen, Langwidere the lazy princess with her heads, Tik-Tok—are delightful. #BeyondtheYellowBrickRoad

BookmarkTavern I‘ve always wished that Langwidere showed up again in a later book. She‘s such an interesting character. 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly @BookmarkTavern Yeah! Where did she get all those heads?! She can‘t have traded for them all, like she offered to do with Dorothy… 1mo
willaful @Clare-Dragonfly I actually had a conversation about this recently! I had never wondered, assuming it was like Barbie accessories or something. 😂 My friend had always assumed she killed people for them!

I actually prefer the way Dorothy talks here. I find the first book too formal in tone to really enjoy.
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Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Oh, Langwidere is definitely too lazy to kill anyone! 1mo
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BookmarkTavern
Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Pickpick

On a voyage to Australia, Dorothy falls overboard & is swept away to the magical Land of Ev w/ a sassy talking chicken. When Ozma comes to rescue the royal family, Dorothy joins the quest.

Billina is in my top 5 favorite Oz characters! & this story is so charming & lets us explore more fairy countries. We get to meet new friends like Tik-Tok & the Hungry Tiger, the iconic Langwidere, & the Nomes! & an epic rescue, w/ Billina saving all!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

JenlovesJT47 Ooh I can‘t wait to read this! I love Billina in Return To Oz. 🐓 1mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Billina is my favorite too! 1mo
BarkingMadRead Billina is the best!! 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Billina is hilarious! I think Langwidere might be my favorite, though. All she wants to do is laze about and be pretty. 1mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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I‘ve got some amazing reads lined up for February!#BookSpinBingo #BingoBoard

#BookSpin Calamity Jane, #DoubleSpin Artful Dodger

#Roll100 The Wind‘s Twelve Quarters, Gwenhwyfar, Calamity Jane

#OokBOokClub Making Money

#BobWhiteBuddies The Marshland Mystery

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad Ozma of Oz (one of my favorite Oz books!)

#QueerBC Pet

#ThematicCozies Artful Dodger

#AuldLangSpine A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 2mo
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