Showing posts with label Project Gutenberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project Gutenberg. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

I wrap up my time with the Bastables

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With New Treasure Seekers, or the Bastable Children In Search of a Fortune, my time with the Bastable kids has come to an end, along with th...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus: Baum tackles the big red guy

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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is just what it says on the tin, an origin story for Santa Claus. After the Wizard of Oz, it might be...
Monday, July 11, 2016

The Club of Queer Trades is a little taste of Chesterton

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Every year or so, I reread Gilbert K. Chesterton’s Club of Queer Trades. It’s not because it’s one of his masterpieces. In all honesty,...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

The Magical Monarch of Mo, the start of Baum's fantasies

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The Magical Monarch of Mo, originally published as A New Wonderland, was L. Frank Baum's first fantasy book, published right before the ...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Emerald City of Oz, where Baum planned on ending the series

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Ho boy. This is a big one. The Emerald City of Oz is the book that turns so much of Oz on its head. The Nome King returns, more vindictive ...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - dangerous underground adventures

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Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz is the fourth book in the Oz canon and, in case you didn't guess, brings the wizard back to Oz. Bringing th...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Ozma of Oz - my favorite Oz book

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Ozma of Oz is the third book in the Oz cannon. It also happens to my favorite book in the series. I've easily read it more often than I...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

The Swoop: using Project Gutenberg to explore obscure Wodehouse

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I just finished reading the Swoop by P. G. Wodehouse.  What I personally find interesting isn't the book itself, although it's d...