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Legends of Oz

This week I'm super excited about the Fangirl Favorite. As you can tell from the Wizard of Oz Throwback post I did recently, I have a slight obsession with most things Oz related.   I say most because I’m a bit of a traditionalist.   I have an exceedingly difficult time adjusting to many of the more modern takes on the story.   I know that even the classic movie swayed from the original L. Frank Baum books in several ways.   Obviously one of the biggest changes was that of the now famous ruby slippers, which were originally silver.   For some reason, changes like these didn’t bother me.   Maybe it's because I grew up on both the books and the film. I’m not a huge fan of The Wiz and I couldn’t stand watching Oz The Great and Powerful.   Yuck.   So, I admit that even after spending a good deal of time talking with Tom Hutchison, writer of Legends of Oz: The Wild West, there was still a part of me that was reluctant to read the books. ...