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Black Hills by Nora Roberts

Sarah — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:58:38 +0000

I’ve recently started keeping track of the books I read using Goodreads.com. I was thinking that it’s a shame I’ve never catalogued any of the books I’ve read, I’m sure it must amount to hundreds over the years. So, I decided to track them on Goodreads. Of course, I can always put up reviews on my blog, but I also wanted a proper reading catalog. This will probably enable me to put up reviews a lot more often, otherwise the books look so sad on my virtual bookshelves, without any reviews attached to them. I’ve got about 5 in queue, so here’s the first one.

Nora Roberts has always been one of my favorite authors, from her romance novels to her murder series, written by her pseudonym, JD Robb. So, whenever a new book is published, I pick it up, no matter what it’s about!

Twelve year old Cooper Sullivan was sent to the Black Hills to stay with his grandparents for the summer. He hated it initially because he was away from his friends and was of the opinion that he was stuck out in the country, but after awhile, he came to like it. He met Lil, a ten year old girl, and they became friends, brought together by their mutual love of baseball.

After that summer, he came back once in awhile to visit his grandparents in Lil, but nothing happened until he was in college. They became lovers, but due to certain circumstances, they eventually drifted apart.

Now, years later, Lil runs a successful wildlife center which takes in animals that can no longer survive in the wild. Coop has returned from his previous job (private investigator in NY) to help out his grandparents with their farm and business.

A serial killer is introduced into the story, and he’s set his sights on Lil. Coop starts to get involved again, after all, they’ve always been in love…

There’s another sub-romance in the book between Lil’s colleague, Tansy, and Lil’s “kind-of-brother”, Farley. Tansy was reluctant to get involved with Farley, because she was older (only by four years!), and because she was black and he was white. This little romance was really sweet, and had me rooting for Farley all the way!

All in all, it wasn’t Nora Roberts best work, but definitely a book that kept me entertained most of the way.

Book: Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Read in: September 2009
Rating: 7/10

Miss Chopsticks by Xinran

Sarah — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:35:23 +0000

I’ve been falling behind in my book reviewing lately. I’ve read quite a few books, but not been inspired to blog about them. So, it’s time to get back on track! Miss Chopsticks by Xinran is a book I bought recently from a warehouse sale. It was thin enough, so it qualified as my “carry around in case T goes shopping” book. And I put it to good use last week. We went to Klang for the FJ Benjamin warehouse sale. I was in for about…15 minutes? Then I got bored and went out to walk in the “shopping complex”, and I use that term very loosely. It’s tiny, and has almost nothing in it! I was hoping and praying for somewhere to sit and read quietly, and after walking around, I managed to find a Starbucks. I can tell you that I haven’t been so glad to see a Starbucks before!

This book is about three sisters, known as Three, Five and Six. Their mother was only able to give birth to girls (although we all know that’s the man’s fault, isn’t it!). In his disappointment, the father didn’t want to bother thinking of names for the girls, so he named them according to the order that they were born in. It’s called Miss Chopsticks because that’s what girls are known as, “Chopsticks” because chopsticks are only to be used and discarded, and easily broken. Men, however, are the strong rafters who hold up the roof of the household.

The three sisters leave their small village, and set out to find work in the city of Nanjing. Their eyes are opened by how different the city is compared to their village. They sit in cars for the first time, experience new culinary delights, and learn so many new things from their respective employers. Three has a talent for arranging flowers and vegetables, so she quickly finds a job at a restaurant, where her work pulls many people into the restaurant. Five, who is not as smart as the other two, is drafted to work at a health spa. And Six, who has the most education of them all, works in a tea-shop cum library.

Being a Chinese myself, it’s so easy for me to picture myself in their shoes. Who knows, if my great-grandparents hadn’t come over from China, I might even be one of these girls! I read several reviews of this book, and one reader commented that he found it hard to believe that the girls were really that naive. Personally, I don’t find it that unbelievable at all! I’ve visited China before, and gone to some of the remote villages which are quite cut off from the cities. And I’ve heard stories of Indonesian maids that come over to Malaysia and are really clueless. For example, there was one maid that thought the toilet was a washing machine, and threw a towel inside and pulled the flush! This could equate to Three (I think it was her), who visited her employer’s loo, and she had no idea how to use it. In desperation, she hiked up her clothes, jumped onto the toilet bowl and did a No 2. When the employers went into the toilet, there was a nasty smell, and a “surprise” still inside the toilet bowl!

All in all, a very charming book with humorous stories thrown in here and there. By reading it, you’ll have an idea of rural China, and the difficulties people face when migrating to the city, as well as Chinese culture.

I bought Sky Burial from the same author, and I’m waiting for it to arrive from the US. Can’t wait!

Book: Miss Chopsticks by Xinran
Read in: May 2009
Rating: 8/10

Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky

Sarah — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:47:07 +0000

After reading my “serious” Khaled Hosseini book, I needed something a little lighter in tone. So, I picked up one of the books in my to-be-read pile, Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky.

I was first attracted to this book by the cover, it intrigued me, so I picked it up. At first, when I looked at the cover, I thought that it was about an adoption story. White woman, dark-skinned child, that’s the first thing that popped in my head. Hugh and Dana, who are both white, are about to have their first child. When Dana gives birth, they are surprised that their baby, Lizzie, is dark-skinned. Hugh’s family ancestry can be traced back to the Mayflower, whereas Dana has never known who her father was.

With the birth of their child, Hugh begins to struggle with his emotions. Although he trusts Dana, his family keeps on suggesting that she might have had an affair (especially as they are close friends with their neighbour, a single black man). Eventually, he asks Dana to do a DNA test on the baby, insisting that it is the only way to prove that it is really his child. After the test proves that Lizzie is his, Dana begins a quest to search through her family tree, to try and discover who her father was.

It was a very readable book, easy to read, and interesting. I felt myself wanting to smack Hugh at times for not having more trust in Dana. I suppose that it’s easy for women, the baby is always definitely theirs, whereas men never know for certain. And if you are both white, suddenly getting a dark-skinned baby must come as a huge shock, thus breeding doubt in the man’s mind.

I wouldn’t nominate the book for any awards, but it’s definitely an enjoyable book to read if you’ve got a few hours free time!

Book: Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
Read in: February 2009
Rating: 7/10

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Sarah — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:47:53 +0000

Lately I’ve felt the urge to read more … serious? books. Books that don’t make me feel stupid whilst reading them. Books that enrich my life further. Some of the ones that I’ve read seriously have been absolutely rubbish, I blame bookshops for having 3-for-2 sales which tempt me to buy chic lit books. Some of them have been OK, and some of them have been really bad.

About three weeks ago, I picked up both of Khaled Hosseini’s books (Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns) from MPH at 30% discount. I started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, and within the first few pages, I was enthralled.

In the book, one of the main characters is Mariam, who is an illegitimate child. Her father is a rich man with three wives, who had an affair with one of the housekeepers, resulting in the birth of Mariam. She and her mother were moved to a secluded area, where they would never meet people, and her father, Jalil, came to visit her every week. Things were not ideal for her, as her mother was very bitter their situation, and she sounded a little unstable to me! So, she always looked forward to Jalil’s visits, as they were the highlight of her week. Soon, she discovered that Jalil didn’t really love her, and then her mother committed suicide. She went to stay with Jalil for awhile, and then his wives forced her to marry an old man as they didn’t want her around. Part one of the book relates her early life with her mother and Jalil, and then continues on to her story with her husband, Rasheed.

In the second part of the book, it switches to a little girl called Laila. She has two elder brothers who have gone off to fight in the war, and her mother’s depressed as she seems to love the brothers more than Laila. Her best friend is a lame boy called Tariq, and everyone always jokes that eventually the two of them will get married. We read more about the conditions in Kabul, and about the war that affects everybody. Eventually, most of their neighbours move away from Kabul, but Laila’s mother refuses to go. Tariq’s family leaves as well, leaving Laila brokenhearted. Eventually, Laila’s mother gives in, and they begin to pack their belongings to leave. Unfortunately, just as they are leaving, their house gets bombed, and Laila’s parents die. Now, here’s when the two stories really intertwine. Laila gets taken in by Rasheed and Mariam, eventually agreeing to become his second wife when she discovers that she’s pregnant with Tariq’s baby!

At first, Mariam and Laila don’t get along. Mariam accuses Laila of trying to steal her husband, and is jealous because Laila managed to have a baby, whereas she has never had a baby before. Eventually, things change, and she becomes somewhat of a mother figure to Laila, protecting her from Rasheed’s cruelty.

This book is so well written, but I hypothesized that perhaps I felt that this book was great due to the fact that I had been reading not-so-great books prior to this. However, on reading people’s reviews of the book, everyone seems to think it was great as well! It gives you a glimpse of life in Kabul, as well as how it would be like if you were a woman in Afghanistan. I’m sure this look at a woman’s life is only applicable to a certain group of women, but it still does affect you very deeply. At the end of the book, I cried! It’s rare that a book evokes such emotion from me.

What I found really hilarious was Mr T’s reaction to the book. I updated him on the storyline every time I read some of it, and he found it really weird that I kept on rhapsodizing about the book when it was so sad! He said that only happy books are good books. You can tell that that’s a comment coming from someone who considers reading as browsing through a magazine!

Book: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Read in: February 2009
Rating: 9/10

Books are a man’s best friend…

Sarah — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:26:56 +0000

Well, since Eel used my last post as her inspiration, I will now do the same. :p

I’ve been reading ever since I can remember, always lugging around tons of books wherever I go. Things haven’t changed, even nowadays, when I buy bags, one of my important criterias is that it must be big enough to carry a book. When I go to shopping malls, I’ll always carry around one book, so that when I get tired of walking around and T is still shopping (yes, he shops more than me!), I’ll sit down somewhere and read my book.

I remember once when I was small, my mum and I went to a booksale and we got quite a lot of Chalet School books (if I had known back then how much they would be worth now, I would have gotten double copies of everything!). Anyway, my mum kept most of them from me, cos she knew that if she gave them all at one go to me, I would do nothing else but read, and she wanted me to do my homework and stuff. She would normally give me one book every few days. Well, what I did was to look through all the cupboards till I found the bag containing the books. I substituted the one I had already read for a new one, and I went through all the books till I had finished them all.

Nowadays,�I don’t read quite so much, I need to split my time between playing the PS2 and reading! One of my favourite-st authors is Nora Roberts. I LOVE her In Death series, it’s a good mix between crime/mystery and romance. The main character is Eve Dallas, who is a cop with a traumatised childhood. In the first book, she meets up with one of her murder suspects, this really rich classy guy called Roarke. The books are set in the future, in the year 2050, or something like that. Some of the futuristic ideas are pretty cool, there are things like drying tubes which make bath towels unnecessary, gadgets that can determine exactly when the person was murdered, and many more! Other ideas are a grim prediction of the future. For example, real coffee is extremely rare, and therefore really expensive! That’s one of the ways Roarke manages to get on Eve’s good side, she loves coffee, and he can provide it to her. Prostitution has been legalized, prostitutes are known as LCs or licensed companions. I could go on and on, but you get the general idea.

For chic lit, I agree with Eel, I like Jill Mansell too. Hmm…can’t remember, did I introduce Jill Mansell to her? Or the other way round? One of the best things that I like about her books is that they’re funny and easy to read. I don’t think I have a favourite book of hers, umm..maybe the one where the girl is a florist and the guy is the camera dude. I never can remember the titles of her books.

OK, I was just re-reading Eel’s post, and in my defence of Little Women, I cried ONCE during the movie. It’s SO sad, how can Jo not marry Laurie?? He’s rich, sweet to her, perfect! Instead, he goes and marries annoying spoilt brat Amy, and she marries the old dude with the weird name. Baer? Bhaer? I don’t really read that series anymore, I prefer the Rose In Bloom books, it’s not so annoying!

I can keep on listing the many, many, MANY books that I read, but I should save some for next time.

More E-Books…

Sarah — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:47:24 +0000

The other day, I was talking to my uncle and he was telling me that he always downloaded a couple of e-books onto his phone before he goes on holiday. This way, he doesn’t need to carry bulky books around wherever he goes. It inspired me to continue my search for e-books. The last time I searched for e-books, I found the Wizard of Oz series which I used to love when I was small. This time, I found:

The Asterix comic series�and Tintin used to entertain me when I was small. I even bought the Tintin 4-in-1 series at the various booksales I’ve been for, but I never had the heart to buy the Asterix series. Each comic costs about RM30 for one! While surfing the net, I managed to find the ENTIRE series of Asterix!

esnips seems to have quite a lot of stuff, I even found Enid Blyton books, as well as the Sherlock Holmes series. Who knows what else I can find after surfing through the site!

Reading is addictive…

Sarah — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:11:23 +0000

Have you ever read a book that was so enthralling that you just couldn’t put it down until you finished it? I’m sure for most people, it would have to be a really, REALLY good book, especially if it was already in the middle of the night, and work started bright and early in the morning. However, most books are like that for me, I just won’t be able to stop reading.

This is generally why I have what I call my “sleepy-time” books. These are books that I’ve read many times before, but still love to re-read. When I’m reading these books, I can fall asleep over them because I know what’s going to happen next, and won’t get caught up in the excitement. Usually they’re books by Agatha Christie, Jill Mansell, etc.

I’ve always loved reading, ever since I can remember. Even when I was small, I remember that every time my family went outstation on a trip, the most important things to bring would be my books. We joined the Playcenter library, and I was able to borrow about 20 books at one time. Each person is only entitled to two books, but my parents and my brother had library cards, and my cousins from the UK also joined, so when they were back in the UK, I took over their library cards. So, everyone else would be packing up their clothes to go on holiday, and I would be packing up my books. At one stage, my mum even had to dole out the books to me, one every few days, otherwise I would totally ignore my schoolwork and just read my books instead!

Remember back in school, they used to have these survey thingies, asking how many books you read in a year? I actually used to lie on those forms, if I filled out the real number, everyone would be asking me whether it was true or not, and I got so tired of answering questions.

Anyway, last night, I was reading Nora Robert’s Birthright�and I just kept reading on and on. The clock moved to 12.30, and I thought it was a good time to put down the book. I still had about a quarter left, and if I stopped now, I would have enough to read tomorrow, and I wouldn’t be too tired, but of course, I wanted to read just one more chapter. Continued reading on…and at 1 o’clock, I told myself that I really should stop reading. But there were only a few chapters to go!! I finally finished the book, looked at the clock and it was past two!

Oh well, yet another late night! It didn’t really matter much, I would just come back home during lunch break (thank God that I live about 5 minutes away from the office!) and take a nap. In the morning, I picked up Too Good to be True by Sheila O’Flanagan, whilst getting ready for work and read a couple of chapters. During my lunch break, I came back home, made myself a sandwich which is quick to prepare and eat, then I could take my nap. Well, things never work out the way you plan, do they? Instead, after lunch, I picked up the book I started reading in the morning, and read some more! By the time I was ready for my nap, there was only about 10 minutes left of my break. *sigh*

So, here I am at work now, without a nap during lunch, and totally zombi-fied.

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

Sarah — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:51:21 +0000

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I just finished reading my first book by Jodi Picoult called Plain Truth. I’ve flipped through some of her books before, but I never felt prompted to buy one, as I saw that most of them talked in the first-person view, eg. “I saw that she was terrified,” etc. For some reason, I just don’t like this style of writing. However, last week in Borders, I picked up this book, and started reading the first few pages.

It really captivated me, and so I was tempted to buy it.�One look at the price tag, and I changed my mind. Fifty-two dollars for that book?? I put it down, and left the bookshop. Later that night, I went to eat dinner at Fasta Pasta in Ikano. While waiting for my food to arrive, I decided to go to Popular, and see if they had the book (I have 10% discount there because I’m a member). I found the exact same book, same cover, for thirty-four dollars! I have no idea why Borders overcharges people by such a huge amount! So, I bought it and started reading that night.

I would definitely read more of Jodi Picoult’s books, this one really captivated me. It’s background is in an Amish town, where a newborn baby is found dead in the barn. The teenager living on the farm denies that she was the one who gave birth to the baby, even though all the doctors that examined her said otherwise. A big-shot lawyer, Ellie Hathaway, takes on her case, and is forced to live on the Amish farm so that her client would be allowed bail.

Before I read this book, the most I knew about Amish people was that they drive buggies, and don’t use electricity. They usually dress in black, and the men have beards. That about sums up everything I knew about them! This book reveals a lot about their lifestyle. Apparently, Jodi Picoult went to stay on an Amish farm for about a week whilst researching/writing this book, so it is pretty accurate. Check out her website if you would like to read an excerpt from the book.

Da Vinci Code debunked

Sarah — Fri, 05 May 2006 04:18:35 +0000

With all the hoohah going on over Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’, it was only natural that my church had a talk yesterday about the book, and some of it’s glaring inaccuracies. Some of the interesting points that were mentioned follow:

Point 1:
Even the book’s title, is not exactly accurate. If Leonardo Da Vinci’s name were to be shortened, it should be shortened to Leonardo, not Da Vinci. ‘Da Vinci’ means ‘from the town of Vinci’. It’s the same thing as shortening ‘Joan of Arc’ to ‘of Arc’.

Point 2:
In the book, the title of Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting ‘Mona Lisa’ apparently was an anagram for Amon L’ Isa, which are the names of the Egyptian fertility gods, Amon (male) and Isis (female). However, when Leonardo painted the picture, it was not known as ‘Mona Lisa’ until many years later when his biographer called it the Mona Lisa.

Point 3:
Dan Brown also wrote that in the painting ‘The Last Supper’, the figure seated on Jesus’s right, was actually a woman, Mary Magdalene, as the figure had long red hair and a hint of a bosom. However, it was the style of many of the Renaissance painters to depict men with more womenly characteristics on occasion. (The speakers flashed some pictures of other Renaissance paintings where men looked like that.) Also, if that were really Mary Magdalene, where was John, Jesus’s beloved disciple? It is most unlikely that Leonardo Da Vinci would have left out John from the painting.

There were many more issues that the speakers brought up, but those were some of the main ones. Basically, Dan Brown’s book is ‘faction’, a blend of fact and fiction. I personally enjoyed the book myself, but it is always best to know the difference between what is fact, and what is fiction.

Grammys Night

Hurray for e-books!

Sarah — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:17:02 +0000

I was feeling a bit bored the other day because I had just finished the last book that I purchased from the Times Warehouse sale, so I decided to read some excerpts of books online to see if I wanted to get anything (PS: Times in 1Utama has 20% discount on books today, and MPH has 15% discount next weekend). Anyway, while browsing through sites like First Chapters – BookSpot.com and BookPage.com, I discovered that there were a few sites offering free E-Books!

So, immediately I started looking through the sites to see what I could find. Well, one of the major discoveries was a site that actually provided the whole Wizard of Oz series! I used to LOVE those books when I was a kid. In fact, I even considered buying the whole set through Amazon recently. So far I’ve read the first two books, and I still like them. I’ve provided the links to each book so that anyone can download them and relive your childhood memories, or make a new acquaintance!

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Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz. Here she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all-powered Wizard of Oz.

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The Marvelous Land of Oz, Baum’s second Oz adventure, is now available in a faithful reproduction of the rare 1904 first edition.

Here is the story of a boy named Tip and his travels through the endlessly fascinating land of Oz. Along the way he meets up with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman as well as new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. Wogglebug, T.E., and the wooden Sawhorse. Their efforts to thwart the wicked plot of the evil witch Mombi and the revolt of the women of Oz — as led by General Jinjur — make this an exciting and endearing tale. And behind it all lies the mystery of whatever happened to the missing Princess Ozma, rightful ruler of all of Oz.

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Ozma of Oz — Baum’s third magical adventure set in Oz — reunites readers and listeners of all ages with Dorothy Gale of Kansas as she makes her second journey to Oz. Here you will meet such beloved old friends as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion. You’ll also meet new favorites like the Hungry Tiger, whose appetite is never quite satisfied; Billina, the tart-tongued hen; and that ozzy marvel: Tik-Tok the mechanical clock-work man.

And the Nome King — everyone’s favorite petulant villain — makes his first dastardly appearance in Ozma of Oz.

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Now that Dorothy’s found a way to get to Oz, there’s no keeping her on the farm. In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, a California earthquake sends Dorothy, her kitten Eureka, her cousin Zeb, and his horse Jim on a fantastic journey through underground fairy realms. And who should they meet below the earth, but the Wizard of Oz himself! Together they make their way to Oz, where even more surprises await them.

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Dorothy is on The Road to Oz again! Joined by new friends Shaggy Man, Button Bright, Polychrome, and Toto, too, she’s in a race to reach the Emerald City in time for Ozma’s royal birthday party.

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When Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry need a new home, Dorothy comes up with the perfect answer — The Emerald City of Oz. But while Dorothy and her family are being welcomed to Oz, the wicked Nome King is busily plotting to conquer Oz and have his dastardly revenge on Princess Ozma and Dorothy.

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When Unc Nunkie is accidentally turned into a statue, it is up to Ojo the Munchkin boy and Scraps — the Patchwork Girl of Oz, to find the magical ingredients that will cure Unc Nunkie. Joining Ojo and Scraps on this daring quest are Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Bungle the glass cat, and the Woozy.

Join them on a fun-filled quest through the wilds of Oz — punctuated by Scraps’s incessant wild cavorting and silly rhymes.

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Meet the first girl to come to Oz from America since Dorothy Gale! Betsy Bobbin of Oklahoma is swept off a ship at sea and into magical adventures when she meets the Shaggy Man, who’s seeking a way to free his brother from the wicked Nome King.

In a series of comic, action-filled adventures, Shaggy, Betsy, and Hank, soon unite with the Rose Princess, Tik-Tok, Polychrome, and the hilarious army of Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo as they try to outwit the wily Nome King.

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When a whirlpool pulls Trot and her peg-legged sailor friend, Cap’n Bill, into an underwater cave, they find themselves at the start of a wild adventure that eventually brings them to Oz. Befriended by the propeller-tailed Ork and Button-Bright — who’s lost once again — they find their way to Oz, only to run afoul of the evil King Krewl and the wicked witch Blinkie.

Luckily, Glinda the Good learns of their plight and sends the Scarecrow to their rescue! But can even the ever-resourceful Scarecrow best this wily pair?

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When merry King Rinkitink and his surly goat Bilbil take a holiday on the peaceful Isle of Pingaree, their lives are turned upside down when the tiny island is conquered by invading warriors. Reluctantly, the timid Rinkitink agrees to aid brave Prince Inga rescue his people. At first it seems an impossible task (especially when the rascally Nome King sides against them), but with the three magic pearls of Pingaree — and a little help from Dorothy and the Wizard — they just might have a chance!

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Ozma has disappeared! And so have most of the magical treasures of Oz — including the Magic Picture, the Wizard’s black bag, and Glinda’s Book of Records! With nary a clue to guide them, all of the Emerald City’s most beloved citizens volunteer to search for their missing monarch.

Deep in the Winkie Country, Dorothy’s search party learns that Ozma is the prisoner of a mysterious villain. But if their new foe is powerful enough to steal Princess Ozma and all their magical treasures, how will they defeat him with no magic of their own?

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What ever happened to the young munchkin maid who was once the love of the Tin Woodman? In this exciting tale, the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow set out to discover her fate.

Aided by a young lad named Woot the Wanderer and befriended by Captain Fyter — a soldier made of tin! — our old friends find enchantments, perils, and mysteries as they seek the long-lost Nimmee Amee. And, along the way, they run into such beloved Oz characters as Dorothy, Princess Ozma, and Polychrome — the Rainbow’s daughter.

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Ozma’s kingdom is threatened once again by Ruggedo, the dastardly former Nome King. This time he’s teamed up with a young munchkin lad named Kiki Aru who’s discovered a secret word which allows him to transform anyone into whatever shape he pleases. When Dorothy, the Wizard, Cowardly Lion, and Hungry Tiger are caught by the wily pair and changed into other shapes, can anyone stop them in time to save all of Oz? Or will Ruggedo finally get his revenge on Ozma and Dorothy?

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Determined to stop the fighting between the Flatheads and the Skeezers, Ozma and Dorothy set out for their homelands in the far north of Oz. No sooner do they escape the warlike leader of the Flatheads then they are imprisoned by the cruel Queen Coo-ee-oh, who has submerged her city beneath the waters of the Lake of the Skeezers. But when the Queen is bewitched and forgets all her magic, can Glinda the Good find the enchantments that will free Ozma and Glinda from their watery prison?