All About Books discussion

Our winner of the poll was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, please feel free to discuss the book here.

Sorry for being late with posting this.

I recently read this, one book ago I think, and found it to be very psychedelic. Whew that imagination!

I mention a few of the questions I had in my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Any thoughts?

Bookish wrote: "I recently read this, one book ago I think, and found it to be very psychedelic. Whew that imagination!

I mention a few of the questions I had in my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

Ha ha, so true about the psychadelics Bookish!

As far as why the shrinking and growing, I found this very brief article online: https://www.shmoop.com/alice-in-wonde...

Truthfully though, I don't know if I believe it. It could be something much simpler -- partly a story device, adding suspense, and partly, just a part of the childlike whimsy of the book.

If I remember correctly, Carroll originally wrote it for a girl that he knew. I remember from the bedtime stories I told my nephews and nieces when they were small that they loved strange, wonderful, and magical things in their stories as well as a healthy dose of silliness and nonsense. Perhaps he was trying to invent a story that would appeal to her?

Of course, there is grown-up satire in the book too and plenty of adult subtext, but on the surface, I also think it works well as playful children's story.

Is anyone else planning on reading or re-reading this? It's quite short; so I'll give it a try mid-month.

I would like to try this book as an audiobook this time around and see if my reading experience is different. I grew up with the movie and remember watching it a lot, I never read the book until I went to university and wasn't that impressed. I don't know, I think it was more the fact I kept comparing it with the movie.

I found Through the Looking Glass slightly better as a novel. But Adventures hits all those nostalgic spots :)

I grew up with the movie too, Alannah, and the Cheshire cat's grin and those vivid colours, the taste of the green liquid in that bottle (or what I thought it tasted like) sort of transposed themselves onto these scenes in Adventures.

What a brilliant choice!

I think I preferred Through the Looking Glass as well.

I read it several times as a child/teen and fairly recently as an adult. Not planning another reread. I've always identified with Alice with her curiosity and openness about the world. I hosted my adult book club when we read this, and decorated the table appropriately.

I liked this as a child, and probably should reread it. I hadn't realized until this past week that the poems, etc, are actually parodies of real verse, but I have no idea which ones.