7 Books Read

This week I have had a very busy week, with a lot of audiobooks in it.

This week I have read…

1. Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston

2. The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum

3. The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum

4. The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum

5. Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum

6. Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

7. TBH, This is SO Awkward by Lisa Greenwald

This is what I thought of each one.

Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston

This book has changing perspective and timelines of before and after the murder as well as an event that happened 10 years prior. The people that we are mainly following are Aubrey, Camille and Hank.Ben is Camille's husband and he gets murdered but who did it and why. Hank is Ben's business partner but how does Aubrey fit into all of this? Why was Ben looking into her as a person?At a point in time it looks like Camille and Aubrey are working together to figure out this whole thing but was one of them setting them to make them look like they were the murderer?This book had me guessing right to the very end, at who had killed Ben and for what reason, there was a huge misdirect and I do appreciate it! Well done Ashley Elston on a great book.

The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum

I thought that this book was really cute.We are following Dorothy and the gang from the Emerald City to find Ozma who has been kidnapped by Ugu the Shoemaker, the very same man who was able to do suck magic that brought the patchwork girl to life.A friend of the Emerald City is Cookie Cook who has lost her magic pan and joins the journey to get it back.Alone the way Dorothy meets new people and makes some friends and visits a land filled with teddy bears. The king as well as Pink and Lavender Bear join the journey to help find Ozma.Once at Ugu's place Dorothy finds the magic belt and puts a spell onto Ugu to make me a dove. They find Ozma and together they go back to the Emerald City where Ugu wants to stay as a dove as he is young and limber as a bird and there will be no temptation to go and do magic, due to the inability to do so.All is now well in the land of Oz.

The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum

This book is great but kind of weird towards the end due to it being a kids book.What happens is that we have Nick Chopper or the Tin Man sets out on an adventure to go find his old love of Nimmie Amee. Woot the Wonderer and the Scarcrow go on this journey with him.The 3 soon run into Mrs. Yoop a giantess who turns Woot into a green money, the Scarecrow into a bear and the Tin Man into a tin owl. She also has a fairy named Ploychrome who she turns into a canary. The group escapes the giantess to go to Oz to have Ozma turn them back into their regular forms.After this, Ploychrome, the Tin Man, Woot and the Scarecrow set out again to go to Nimmie Amee where they find another tin man who was set that way by the same witch that made Nick Chopper. Together they go to Nimmie Amee to see who she decides. When they get there, Nimmie Amee has created a new man out of the flesh parts of the tin men so she has best of both worlds of the both of them and sets the 2 Tin Men on their way. The group of adventures go about their journey to discover the great land of Oz.

The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum

This books is super cute and I really enjoyed it.Ozma is have a birthday and Dorothy doesn't know what to get her so she, the Wizard go on this journey to find something when they meet up with the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger who join in on the adventure.Kiki a boy learns a word that can transform anything to and thing that you want. So he transforms himself into a bird and goes on some travels where he ends up meeting the former Norm King Ruggedo who is angry that he was kicked out his land and he is no longer king and wants to take revenge on the Emerald City for doing this to him so he convinces Kiki to get the animals of Oz to go to the Emerald City to drive all the people out, then Kiki and himself will turn all the humans into animals and all the animals will be humans.In the process of doing this, Kiki and Ruggedo run into Dorothy, the Wizard, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungary Tiger but transforms them into animals. the Wizard learns this word and is able transform himself and his friends back into humans and Kiki and Ruggedo into walnuts to take them back to the Emerald City.Once back in the Emerald City it is Ozma's birthday and a huge celebration where everyone is invited to come out and enjoy. A plan is set in place to change Kiki and Ruggedo back into human form but have them drink this water that is enchanted so that way they forget who they were and what they wanted to do. Kiki and Ruggedo are now citizens of the Emerald City and enjoy the festivities with everyone else and stay in the Emerald City so Ozma can keep an eye on them.

Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum

This book is super cute, Glinda is the sorcererous of the world of Oz and knows all the people of her land but the Flatheads and the Squeezers who live close to one of the boarders of Oz, she knows very little of, she sends Ozma and Dorothy to help them out and to get more information about them.As it turns out, The Squeezers where being oppressed but due to the help of Glinda, Ozma and Dorothy they are not anymore.

Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

This book is super well done and I enjoyed it thoroughly.The Banks household is in need of a new nanny but they are not certain on who to hire when Mary Poppins shows up and essentially starts working for them.In the book, we have Jane and Michael plus their young twin siblings, John and Barbara but the twins don't really have a roll in this book, it is Jane and Michael who are going on all of these adventures with Mary Poppins.At first Mary has her own adventure with Bert into one of his paintings for tea. Mary, Jane and Michael go visit Mary's uncle where they are happy and laugh and there for have tea in the ceiling and come down when they find that they have to come home. The trio go on other adventures like around the world and Christmas shopping. Jane and Michael also have tea with their dad one day and see the bird woman on the cathedral stairs who asks people to feed the birds.In the end Mary Poppins does leave when the wind changes but the kids know she will be back.

TBH, This is SO Awkward by Lisa Greenwald

This book is super cute.It is about these 3 middle school (grade 6) friends who are in a group chat together named Gabrielle, Prianka and Cecily.They get to be part of the community to put together the valentines day dance which is the first big thing to happen in their lives. Victoria, a new student wants to join but she is being 'freeze out' by the girls.Gabrielle is going to be moving before the end of the school year and has a crush on a boy named Colin. Prianka knows that Gabrielle is moving and is urging her to tell Cecily. The word gets out that Gabrielle likes Colin and the girls need to let Victoria help them plan the dance. When it all comes crashing down, will they remain friends and have a new friend? How is the dance going to go? Will it be cancelled?

Overall, it has been a great reading week with lots of audio books but that is something that I should be happy about and something that I am very proud of.  Not every week will I be able to read 7 books but this week I did and I am very proud of myself for doing so!

I am happy that I have made the time to do so and I look forward to another long week of reading!  Happy reading everyone and we will see you next Dippit!