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I read 14 books in January: all fiction but one, including three audiobooks and two rereads. The God of the Woods and Frozen River are h...

In L. Frank Baum’s final Oz book, published a year after his death, Ozma learns from Glinda’s Great Book of Records that two tribes in the d...

In the penultimate book in the series – at least by the great and powerful L. Frank Baum – The Magic of Oz , it is Ozma’s birthday again and...

If you remember when Dorothy first met the Tin Woodman in The Wizard of Oz , he revealed he was once an ordinary wood-chopper in love with a...

My favorites this month were The Law of Innocence about Harry Bosch’s half-brother, Mickey Haller, accused of murder and forced to defend h...

My favorite books this month were Northern Spy , a thriller about an innocent young woman, dragged into an IRA conspiracy, and Abigail , an ...

The eleventh Oz book begins dramatically – Ozma, the lovely and beloved girl ruler, has disappeared! Dorothy sounds the alarm because she k...

A few books stood out this month, including Radio Girls , about the early days at the BBC, and The Trap , the newest book about Emma Makepea...

Trot, a serious little girl, and her devoted friend, Cap’n Bill, are exploring the California coast when their boat hits a whirlpool. They a...

No 5s this month: I liked The Briar Club but not as much as Kate Quinn's other books. I enjoyed Long Island and will suggest my book ...

I got a little behind with Lory’s group read of the Oz books but here are two more, slightly out of order: Tik-Tok of Oz (1914). This book...

June found me starting an absorbing new-to-me series by Susan Hill about Simon Serrallier, a police detective in a Cathedral town in souther...

Title : The Patchwork Girl of Oz Author : L. Frank Baum Illustrator : John R. Neill Publication : Dover paperback, originally published in 1...

There is no doubt my two favorite books of the month were Going Zero , a thriller involving a chase I am still thinking about, and The Diamo...

Title : The Emerald City of Oz Author : L. Frank Baum Publication : Books of Wonder, hardcover edition, originally published in 2010 Genre :...

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking on a World of Words . The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish read...

Lots of good books in April, including some for the #1937Club, a spine-tingling Orphan X book, a book by Nicholas Stuart Gray I’d always wan...

Title : The Road to Oz Author : L. Frank Baum Illustrator : John R. Neill Publication : Dover, paperback, originally published in 1909 Genre...

This month’s best reads were all historical fiction: The Phoenix Crown , set around the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco; Daughter of Lir b...

Title : Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Author : L. Frank Baum Publication : Books of Wonder/HarperCollins, hardcover, originally published in ...