(I know it should be #30. But book 30 was "In the Dark, in the Woods" and I'm not ready to write a review. I am not sure I wil) Great, as usual! I love meeting new characters (Dorothy is no longer the main character), but still getting to see a bit of the old ones, that was great.The part with t...
Books of 1916: Part Two The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Since childhood I’ve been familiar with the plot of this short novel; people talk about it all the time because it’s so compelling. I even had the first sentence memorized thanks to my older brother. Reciting it was a warm-up exercise in s...
A visitor to the Nickel-Plated Emperor, on hearing the story of how he a rusted tin woodman was discovered by Dorothy, asks a most important question - what happened to his love? The whole reason Nick Chopper's ax was enchanted by the Wicked Witch of the East, and he ended up replacing all of his pa...
I'd finally broken through the long dark night of poor Oz books with 'Rinkitink in Oz', the books still fail to work as delights in their own right, but at least Baum feels a little free to actually experiment with his writing again. 'The Lost Princess of Oz' has a good plot to begin with - Ozma is ...
Life is hard when you're a writer chock-full of creative ideas but the whiny jerks whose parents buy your books only want more of the same. 'Scarecrow of Oz' starts off with a jolt with main characters Trot and Cap'n Bill just existing with barely a sketch of an introduction - Betsy Bobbin at least ...
After 'Ozma of Oz' L. Frank Baum decided to telegraph it in. Big time. The books became a parade of nonsensical events with little of any importance happening to the characters other than walking through curious places, with no sense of wonder or danger, and when a real threat or problem emerges, su...
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