Ozathon 2024: The Tin Woodman of Oz and The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum

I’ve fallen behind a bit on reviewing the Oz books, but I have been keeping up with the monthly reading. The Tin Woodman of Oz and The Magic of Oz are the 12th and 13th books in the seri…

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Ozathon 2024: The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum

I’m late writing about this book, mainly because I’ve been having trouble putting my thoughts into words. The Lost Princess of Oz was one of my favorite books in the series as a child, …

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Ozathon 2024: Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum

As a child I found this book particularly frightening, in both a good and bad way. It’s one of Baum’s stronger stories, in that it’s more linear and more focused than many of his others. But it&#82…

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Ozathon 2024: The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Scarecrow of Oz is book 9 in the Oz series, and I enjoyed it quite a bit more than Tik Tok of Oz, which I liked as a child but as an adult felt like a rehash of the previous stories thrown toge…

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