false \ 10750 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166307053m/10750.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166307053m/10750.jpg 37442 32 1479280 1995 Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1) total:84148|5:16804|4:24710|3:22301|2:12069|1:8264| 84148 282165 110219 10405 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 0 80 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jan 25 10:11:11 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 22 06:52:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 1 58 false Sat Apr 26 22:17:14 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 26 08:00:34 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 26 22:16:16 -0700 2008
The biggest di...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 0 32 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Aug 02 13:51:34 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:27:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 5 28 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 12:58:36 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:54:08 -0800 2009 I never pretended to like the new trilogy. It could have been a n...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 1 51 false Fri Dec 07 08:08:42 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 08:18:25 -0800 2007
Things That I Really Wish Gregory Maguire Had Bothered To Explain That Might Have Made Wicked Worth Reading:
-Why Elphaba is green
-Why Elphaba cannot touch water
-The "Philosophy Club" which s...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 5 19 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jun 22 08:23:41 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:20:37 -0800 2009
The brilliance behind Magu...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 2 22 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Jan 11 11:07:52 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 11:40:14 -0800 2008
As is evident from my star-rating, I can't say that I liked this book. I did rea...more...]]> 10750 0060745908 9780060745905 1211 286 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166307053m/10750.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10750.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 17 false Tue May 13 00:11:49 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 00:12:20 -0700 2008
Have you ever read a popular book and wondered why it was so popular? That's exactly how I felt as I worked my way through WICKED. Actually, that's not entirely true. I know why it's a New York Times Bestseller. Part of it has to do with...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 2 12 false Sat Dec 01 06:42:10 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 06:42:28 -0800 2007
The backstory dragged on for far too long. Of course, I wouldn't complain if the backstory had ...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 2 10 false Fri Apr 18 22:00:57 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 22:32:07 -0700 2008 Wicked, but found it perplexing.

Maguire's Oz is a complex, political society, and his Wicked Witch Elphaba and her contemporaries are fascinating, moving, original characters--but the landscape and people are so far removed from their base story that the purpose of th...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 16 false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 15 17:27:10 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 11:06:29 -0800 2008
For starters, there are sev...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 12 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 22:25:12 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 23:21:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 1 9 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 07:32:58 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:29:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 8 true Sat Sep 29 09:55:37 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 02 22:04:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10750 0060745908 9780060745905 1211 286 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166307053m/10750.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10750.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 5 true Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Mon Apr 28 08:12:24 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 08:35:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 5 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Oct 12 12:47:26 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 13:26:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 4 false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 16:23:53 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 07:46:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 2 4 true Sun Jun 22 08:51:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 08:52:36 -0700 2008
OK, so I read the book thinking it would be good preparation for possibly seeing the musical while it's in Chicago. Now I'm not so sure, though I'm told the musical is vastly different from the book. I'm guessing I'm no more prepared than I was before I started.

...more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 4 4 false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 13:29:47 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 07:56:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 37442 0060987103 9780060987107 79692 9377 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255675230m/37442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West 2 5 false Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 25 18:02:16 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 05 12:00:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10750