Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollI am trying a new thing - you can see the link to Amazon in this post. I thought it might be helpful to have a link to get more info about the books I review. Who knows if I will keep it up, but I thought it would be worth a shot.
I read this book today on my lunch break at work. It was really quick and surprisingly good, and surprisingly funny! My favorite passages:
When Alice grew very tall at the bottom of the rabbit hole:
'Come, there's no use crying like that!' said Alice to herself, rather sharply; 'I advise you to leave off this minute!' She generally gave herself very good advice, (although she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself.
When Alice grew very tall inside the White Rabbit's house:
'Oh my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stickings for you now, dears? I'm sure I shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can; -- but I must be kind to them, thought Alice, or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas.' And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it. 'They must go by the carrier,' she thought; 'and how funny it'll seem, sending presents to one's own feet! And how odd the directions will look! ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT, ESQ. HEARTHRUG, NEAR THE FENDER, (WITH ALICE'S LOVE.)
This was another FREE book! I love it when a free book turns out to be a good book as well. I guess there is a reason this book is a classic. I think I will read it to the girls when they get a little older. I can see Ella getting a kick out of it - she has a very vivid imagination, just like Alice.
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