false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170252564m/44170.jpg 44170 20 You know the myth...<P> <P>A little girl named Alice tumbled down a rabbit hole and proceeded to have a charming adventure in the delightful, made-up world of Wonderland... <P> <P>Now discover the truth... Wonderland Exists! <P> <P>Alyss Heart, heir to the Wonderland throne, was forced to flee through the Pool of Tears after a bloody palace coup staged by the murderous Redd. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life only to see it published as the nonsensical Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alyss had trusted Lewis Carroll to tell the truth so that someone, somewhere would find her and bring her home. But Carroll had gotten it all wrong. He even misspelled her name! If not for royal bodyguard Hatter Madigan's nonstop search to locate the lost princess, Alyss may have become just another society woman sipping tea in a too-tight corset instead of returning to Wonderland to fight Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts. <P> <P>Meet the heroic, passionate, monstrous, vengeful denizens of this parallel world as they battle each other with AD-52's and orb generators, navigate the Crystal Continuum, bet on jabberwock fights and travel across the Chessboard Desert. <P> <P><i>The Looking Glass Wars</i> unabashedly challenges our Wonderland assumptions of mad tea parties, sleepy dormice, and a curious little blonde girl to reveal an epic battle in the endless war for Imagination. <P> 918951 book 2005 The Looking Glass Wars (Book 1) total:3532|5:1229|4:1272|3:740|2:221|1:70| 3532 13965 5324 791 1 14 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 27 16:36:55 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 31 08:43:02 -0700 2007
The Alice books are as sacred texts in my mind, and this ridiculous novel stands ...more...]]> 4 11 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 15:52:09 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 20:50:03 -0800 2008
That said, let me say that I loved this book. I read Alice (Wonderland and Looking Glass) this past semester for a children's lit class so it was cool to approach ...more...]]> 1 11 false false Thu Aug 07 18:19:32 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 18:57:47 -0700 2008
Probably the most posi...more...]]> 3 4 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 19:54:57 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 17 09:44:08 -0800 2009
My main problem with this book is that Beddor does not do a very good job of writing the story. It is so...more...]]> 1 5 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 19:04:30 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 19:13:15 -0700 2007
In theory, I like it. The idea behind it intrigues me, but the reality is that it is just so badly written. Good idea, very poor execution! Cliche characters! Stupid names! A writing style so awful it was almost physically painful to read!

Yet I'll p...more...]]> 4 4 false true Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 20:25:21 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 20:25:26 -0800 2008
Ok. On...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Nov 04 12:56:53 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:42:22 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 12:56:53 -0800 2009 5 and counting
First before I start, I don't want to hear any of your crap about this book. I've read it five time and counting, I know... just wanted to make that clear ok?

Reasons why I'm reading this book again:

-The ...more...]]> 4 3 false true Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 18:05:23 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 11:42:49 -0700 2008 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Alyss is princess and heir to the throne of Wonderland. However, her evil aunt, Redd, stages a coup and overthrows her mother, Queen Genevieve. Alyss escapes through the Pool of Tears and lands in London, wher...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 18 17:24:17 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 17:31:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 13:53:28 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 19:37:02 -0700 2007
I was nervous about this book for about thirty seconds, until I flipped to the full-color pages in the middle, which put my mind at ease and propell...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 18:23:28 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:46:34 -0700 2009
I cannot think of enough neg...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 13:04:55 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 08:35:46 -0800 2009
It was recommended to me by Beta; Alpha hadn't liked it when he first read it (in author's proof, which is what I am reading). Beta insisted that _Seeing Redd_ must be read, and thus, I had to read this first. That, plus the TABarron series on Merlin, and of...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 11:42:17 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 14:09:28 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 17:46:25 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 17:47:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 10:26:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 10:36:05 -0700 2007 AIW pastiches, parodies, sequels, etc... largely because the original works were so adept at presenting things, and your imagination did the rest.

Meaning, people rarely see the Wonderland you do. But this one was (happily) an exception to the rule. Th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 21:02:30 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 21:07:56 -0800 2008
Alyss Heart's parents are killed by her evil aunt Redd, who takes over the kingdom (queendom, ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 11:18:40 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 11:23:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 13:37:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 08:17:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 5 false false Fri Jun 20 20:02:34 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 20:06:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:20:48 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:20:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=44170