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MESSAGE FROM THE CO-EDITOR
I can’t believe it was one year ago when I made the decision to read all of the Oz books and now we are embarking on the third book this month! This will be a short email as there will be some noticeable changes I’ve made and scaling back. More on that in this email.
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RESULTS OF THE POLL
Just want to get this out of the way. You spoke loud and clear and I listened. There will be no “book club” built around Beyond the Wizard. We will keep things as they have been. Thank you all for participating!
READING UPDATE
Not to be confused with the CHAPTER CATCH-UP below. This is just a place where I like to share our graph that shows how many of us are reading the chapters each week. We’ve finished the 2nd book in the Oz series! I can’t believe it! Here are the numbers per chapter. Next issue we’ll see results from book 3!
JULY CHAPTER CATCH-UP
CHAPTER XVII.—The Astonishing Flight of the Group.
CHAPTER XVIII.—In the Jackdaw’s Nest.
CHAPTER XIX.—Dr. Nikidik’s Famous Wishing Pills.
CHAPTER XX.—The Scarecrow Appeals to Glenda the Good.
CHAPTER XXI.—The Tin-Woodman Plucks a Rose.
CHAPTER XXII.—The Transformation of Old Mombi.
CHAPTER XXIII.—Princess Ozma of Oz.
CHAPTER XXIV.—The Riches of Content.
I thought we should have a few days break after having finished the second book in the series. So, we’ll get started on Ozma of Oz on Saturday, August 5th. As usual, the Authors Note and Table of Contents post will go out the day before, August 4th. A guide for you to easily get to a chapter should you lose your way.
I do want to check-in with a quick poll to find out how we are all doing with the pace of twice per week for chapter releases? It’s been pretty hectic for me but that’s because I’m in the middle of selling the house I’m currently in, buying another and moving so that has made me feel a bit overwhelmed with trying to keep up. But I know that will change once I’m settled in and unpacked, etc. For now we keep twice per week but if you can just let me know we’re doing a-ok by answering the poll below:
Lastly, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with everything I am doing, not just for this group as we read each Oz book, but for my other work and family obligations. This means I will need to scale back a bit. What that will look like is still being discussed in my brain. But it will likely mean how we communicate and discuss will be limited to here via the comments of each chapter and nothing more and I may need to scale back on the monthly Oz Gazette as well. We shall see. You’ll notice the Discord is gone and there will be no update on the website for the foreseeable future.
Whatever other major changes happen won’t come till 2024 so let’s just enjoy this third book as we encounter new characters and get reacquainted with some familiar ones from the past.
I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate that you're running this! I know life is crazy and it's hard to keep up. You still taking the time to send out these chapters makes my week brighter- thank you for all your effort!