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The Wizard of Oz (Oz #1)
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bookshelves: classic, genre-fantasy, bage-middle-grade, series, 1900-1929, own, genre-spiritual, z-l-frank-baum, award-lewis-carroll-shelf
Dec 09, 2014
bookshelves: classic, genre-fantasy, bage-middle-grade, series, 1900-1929, own, genre-spiritual, z-l-frank-baum, award-lewis-carroll-shelf
This is one of those rare books where the movie is ACTUALLY BETTER than the book. I did read this years ago and I did enjoy it, but the movie tops it. Still all the magic is here at the beginning.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
April 1, 1998
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Finished Reading
December 9, 2014
– Shelved
October 12, 2015
– Shelved as:
classic
June 21, 2017
– Shelved as:
genre-fantasy
June 21, 2017
– Shelved as:
bage-middle-grade
September 25, 2017
– Shelved as:
series
November 22, 2017
– Shelved as:
1900-1929
March 27, 2018
– Shelved as:
own
March 27, 2018
– Shelved as:
genre-spiritual
June 29, 2018
– Shelved as:
z-l-frank-baum
January 13, 2019
– Shelved as:
award-lewis-carroll-shelf
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Aug 11, 2019 02:48PM
But weren't there some gems of insight in the book that might not be in the movie.
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Patrick wrote: "But weren't there some gems of insight in the book that might not be in the movie."Hey Patrick. I read it a while ago and I didn't really notice any at the time. I just remember thinking that the movie really made this story into something.
Yeah, the movie does a great job of capturing the spirit of the book while adding a lot of good stuff at the same time.
Joe wrote: "Yeah, the movie does a great job of capturing the spirit of the book while adding a lot of good stuff at the same time."Hey Joe, I agree with you. The movie made magic while the book was sort of 2 dimensional.
JM the nice bookworm. (Storm) (SSR) (Aus+). wrote: "Wow! I love how good the movie sounds like. I never watched the movie. I've only read the book."Hey JM, I think you might be the 1st person I know who hasn't seen the movie. It used to a yearly TV event. I tried to get my niblings interested in the movie and they were bored with it. They loved the new Oz cartoon. I couldn't believe it. Maybe, it's a generational thing.
I think you're right, Calista. This is always a charming story and the movies, the recent versions but also the oldest, improve the reader's feelings.
Andrew wrote: "I think you're right, Calista. This is always a charming story and the movies, the recent versions but also the oldest, improve the reader's feelings."Andrew, you stated that so much better than me. Thanks.
Poweravocado wrote: "I love this book! It's hard to explain, there is something inside the story, the aura."Thanks for sharing Poweravocado. The story is quite special.
