The Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction

So I just completed reading The Wizard of Oz, I absolutely loved it. The movie is almost completely different from it, and that is ok. Both are so well done that there is no need to compare. Although, now I'm just going to get little things confused thanks to the book, the movie and Wicked. But its all so worth it. I wish I had read this at an earlier age, and I can't wait for Alex to be able to read it.

I love the message that the story has, which is conveyed better in the book. What ever you are looking for is already within you. Although I must say when the Wizard gave the Lion liquid courage it did make me laugh quite a bit. And "There is no place like home" is a much better chant than "Take me home to Aunt Em". I found that Glinda was the witch of the South, not the North like I previously thought. And did you know that the witch of the South was a munchkin, who know? The little details, such as Dorothy's gigam dress representing the munchkins and good witches, were fascinating to me. And yet all this new info that I learned will not effect my love for the movie. And it is fun to see what components of the book and of the movie were put into Wicked.

So with me being done with The Wizard of Oz I am moving on to a new book called Songs of the Missing. It is a mystery I picked up one day when I ransacked Borders. Ok maybe not ransacked, but I bought way too many books that weren't even on my wanted list. And to make it even more interesting when I opened it, this is what I read:

Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the clouds are far
behing me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
away above the chimney tops
that's where you'll find me

What a coincidence! Now on with the reading...

So awhile back I lent Courtney my Shopgirl book and dvd. Well when she was done I received the movie back but no the book, she swore she didn't have it. But then yesterday when I was out bargain book shopping with mom I found a perfect copy for $3, so naturally I bought it. It's nice to have it back in my mini library. I do greatly enjoy Steve Martin's writing and hope that there is more to come from him.

Hi! My name is Chrissy and I am a bookaholic. It has been 8 hours since I bought my last book because I broke down when I bought a friends present at Borders and bought 5 books for myself. I was doing so well!! I had gone well over a month since the last book I bought. Two of the books were recommended The Wizard of Oz and Hell. The other three I saw and picked up; Songs for the Missing, Shattered Silence and The Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I know it's bad I do, I swear, but I did use coupons! Although the guy who rang me out was a bit inept so I'm sure I could have gotten to use more of my coupons. So to continue my voyage through classics I just began The Wizard of Oz, I'm excited. Although whenever Dorothy speaks it sounds like Judy Garland in me head. So I'm going to go back to Dorothy's tale while, according to facebook, everyone else is watching the VMAs.

So I finally finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I absolutely hated it. See I have a brain for imagination and fun, but this book is just a bunch of blubber. I couldn't even make sense of it, which I'm sure is half it's purpose but having never done drugs in my life I don't know how this is pleasurable or interesting. And don't even get me started on how it flows because there is no flow. It's like Carroll just wrote it down as it came to him and didn't even bother to edit it or to maybe even read it over. I was very disappointed considering this is a 'classic'. I think a nice mystery will do me good for my next read.

Sunflower mazes...the greatest thing ever created! Absolutely loved it and I want to go back again. Kenny and I had a fantastic time, even if I did spend a lot of time with my camera on.

My birthday was also fantastic. I had a great little gathering of close friends with a Mad Hatter Tea Party theme. I had lanterns and balls and flowers hanging and a table that had an array of food and tea. After a lovely time over tea and food we cleared the table for a game of Therapy which was hilarious. But not as much fun as our game of What's Yours Like? around the fire. I couldn't have asked for a better evening or better friends.

On another note, I started Pre-K last week. The kids are great but boy is it a long 6 hours. I help 2 classes, an am class and a pm class. I come home exhausted, but I don't think I would trade it in for any thing. Although coming home with preschool songs stuck in my head is a little annoying.

And back to the point of this blog, books. So I've been reading Alice's Adventure in Wonderland and you know what, I still hate it. Alice is a pain in ass and a dumb ass. And I probably haven't picked up the book in a week. But since Kenny is reading I figured maybe I should do a bit too. Especially since once I'm finished I can move on!