Originally Posted By piperlynne Is everyone reading Wicked? We will start discussion on the 20th of June. magic is taking July. So we can start preparing for what book we're going to read then as well. READ READ READ!!!
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I'll be in Germany and don't have the book yet, but I might come read all your spoilers. I saw the musical, but haven't yet decided about reading it. Have fun without me.
Originally Posted By piperlynne BUMP 5 more days. Check in. . who is reading/read and ready to participate on the 20th?
Originally Posted By piperlynne LOL I'm sorry. . .This weekend was crazy and I didn't have time to log in. . And now I'm at work. Sooooo. Wicked. I finished this at the beginning of the month and my roommate absconded with the book. I'll go into more detail later . . but overall, an enjoyable read. Brief thoughts * would rather have had the author not concentrate as much on the Galinda character development and more on Elphaba. I know it was sort of written that way. . snippets of life etc, but I had a hard time empathizing with the main character. * it was a definite twist. Noticed many literary/social type themes intermixed. Will get into that more later (at work. . hiding the screen LOL) Anyway. . thoughts?
Originally Posted By alexbook I was off-line over the weekend, too. I expected I'm log in today and find I'd missed all the fun. Have you seen the play? I haven't, and I'm really curious how much there is in common between the book and the play. Just from reading the book, I have a hard time imagining it as a musical. I read it a few years ago, and liked it, but I'd forgotten just how much I'd liked it. Maguire's got a real gift for odd, traditional-sounding language. And I love the amount of detail he crams in.
Originally Posted By piperlynne I haven't seen the play. I've heard it actually is more detailed around the falling out between Galinda and Elphaba. I liked it. And I agree with you on the language and detail. (still at work sneaking in to check thread LOL) So, are we a book club of 2 people now?
Originally Posted By piperlynne woohoo a book club of 3 ;-) DVC started all this and hasn't participated. . someone go drag him back here LOL
Originally Posted By alexbook See, DVC, this is what happened to it before! piperlynne: Have you read any of Maguire's other books? I liked "Lost." "Leaping Beauty" and "What-the-Dickens" were so-so. I'm curious about "Mirror, Mirror." I used to work as a bookstore clerk, and had repeated awkward moments with kids wanting to buy "Wicked," or parents wanting to buy it for their kids. It's not exactly a kiddie book, is it? I used to tell customers that if it were a movie it'd be rated R, and they'd say, "Oh, we saw the play, and we're fine with it." I always suspected the parents were in for some nasty shocks later. "Mommy, what's a hermaphrodite?"
