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43) "The Scarecrow of Oz" - Baum
This was another one where Baum took characters - Trot and Cap'n Bill - from other books of his ("The Sea Fairies" and "Sky Island") and brought them to Oz. He seems to have forgotten about Glinda having made Oz completely invisible to the outside world and they manage to get there by being carried across the desert by big birds. I guess that spell must have worn off.
This was much more of a story than many of the Oz books, with evil kings and star-crossed lovers and such, but then there was another long denuement where they have to get brought to Oz proper and meet everyone important.
It's odd how often his humor has people being rude and often callous to each other. Button Bright at one point walks up to a young man who's crying and just says, "Who cares, anyway?" Is that because men are not supposed to cry, therefor we should shame them? I don't know. Well, I still laughed, even though I did think it was mean.
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44) "The Poacher's Son" - Paul Doiron
This was a really good mystery and a good story with a lot of realistic Maine background, and kept me really hooked throughout. There were unfortunately some tropes he used that I was kind of annoyed about. A shame, really, as I would have preferred to have recommended this book without reservations.
This was another one where Baum took characters - Trot and Cap'n Bill - from other books of his ("The Sea Fairies" and "Sky Island") and brought them to Oz. He seems to have forgotten about Glinda having made Oz completely invisible to the outside world and they manage to get there by being carried across the desert by big birds. I guess that spell must have worn off.
This was much more of a story than many of the Oz books, with evil kings and star-crossed lovers and such, but then there was another long denuement where they have to get brought to Oz proper and meet everyone important.
It's odd how often his humor has people being rude and often callous to each other. Button Bright at one point walks up to a young man who's crying and just says, "Who cares, anyway?" Is that because men are not supposed to cry, therefor we should shame them? I don't know. Well, I still laughed, even though I did think it was mean.
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44) "The Poacher's Son" - Paul Doiron
This was a really good mystery and a good story with a lot of realistic Maine background, and kept me really hooked throughout. There were unfortunately some tropes he used that I was kind of annoyed about. A shame, really, as I would have preferred to have recommended this book without reservations.