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...
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