I just finished reading "Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" last night. Excellent book, especially for fans of the Wizard of Oz, even though it turns Oz on its head! Can you imagine letterboxing through Munchkinland, along the Yellow Brick Road and into the Emerald City??...obsessed? Who, me??
Artdog

I believe that is the book that the Broadway Play Wicked is based on. It has been getting terrific reviews in NYC! It was playing when Ryan and I were there in September, but it was so popular, we couldn't get tickets.

-Amanda from Seattle

"I believe that is the book that the Broadway Play Wicked is based on. "

Yes, it is. It is playing in Chicago now and my bookclub is thinking about taking the train up (from Indy) and attending the show together after we've all finished the book.

-Artdog

Read the book & saw the show. Both are fantastic but are totally different! The book is much darker & the musical is much more what you'd expect from a musical that is supposed to lead up to the Wizard of Oz- upbeat, fantastic tale, but very different from the book. Even the story is different. So, while it is based on the book, it is very loosely based. But it is fantastic in its own right & there are things about each that I enjoyed & often I wondered which story version I enjoyed more. You'll have to decide for yourself. :)

The Family

I just got a copy of Wicked to take on vacation with me! Hope it lives up to my expectations :-)

-Amanda from Seattle

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I posted a reply to this post. Why don't I see it?

Dunno. There's no record of it--past or present-- in the database, so for whatever reason, it didn't "take". Did you post it tonight? I have to admit, I did temporarily break the site (for a maximum of five seconds at a time) three or four times this evening, and if you happened to be so unfortunate as to have posted during those brief interludes, I fear your message was lost in the ether called the Internet. You probably would have seen a blank screen or perhaps an error message if you tried to submit and it didn't work for that reason, however. You'll know if the post went through successfully because it should tell you "posted successfully" (or something like--I don't remember the exact message) if it recorded a post.

Sometimes, the Internet just has hickups as well for whatever reason. Unless you see a confirmation about your message successfully posting, it's best to assume it did not.

-- Ryan

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Christmas is over. Put the snowman and holly back into the box in the closet.

Hey, now! It's still winter, so the snowman stays! ;o) It is long time to put back the holly and and dreidals, though. Maybe I'll put up the Valentine's theme a couple of days early if you'd like a change of theme, though. (I had been planing to wait at least until February before uploading those changes.)

Hmm.... It's the 30th now? Yeah, that's good enough. I'll get right on that theme change. =)

-- Ryan

I'm in the middle of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister & I don't love it like I did Wicked. In fact, I find myself putting it down for LOOOOOOOOONG stretches of time while I read other books then coming back to it when I have nothing else to read. Needless to say, not my favorite. I hope you have better luck with it.

I really enjoyed it up til the end and although this is the part of the story that we are all most familiar with...the confrontation with Dorothy throwing the water on her etc. I found it lacking. It seemed rushed and just ended too soon for me. There was so much detail and intrique earlier and then boom it ended. Other than that, I was fascinated by the whole thing. I think I will be reading more of Maguire.

-Amanda from Seattle
Currently reading Orphan's Preferred about the Pony Express (recommended by someone on the IALC Yahoo board) and a Dick Francis mystery!