Sunday, February 22, 2009

On... L. Frank Baum

I had most of Baum's other books on my want to read list and recently I have been reading the rest of his books and crossing them off of my list.

On one hand I wonder why these books were so popular because they are remarkably predictable and a little off the wall. On the other hand when I compare Baum's book to Gregory Maguire's books I much prefer Baum's innocent style.

While I think that some of Baum's books are critical to have in a library I do think that some of his books at least are repetitive and while they introduce rather remarkable characters unnecessary to read.

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