When absent-minded Professor Random misplaces the main character from Alice in Wonderland, young Henry Witherspoon must book-jump to fetch Alice be...
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Oct 19, 2011
Majanka
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I was contacted about Random Magic a couple of weeks ago, and I was quite excited to be part of the tour. It was only when I visited the RMT Tour – Pirates! website that I realized the author has been touring with Random Magic on and off for the last year. It must have really taken a lot of time and effort, and I find it pretty amazing and wonderful that someone goes through all that trouble to promote their book. It shows that the author really loves his work, and is still as passionate about i
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May 28, 2011
cecilia
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Random Magic is just that: Randomagical – and definitely for the whimsiest of minds! At first I hesitated to continue reading as Chapter 1 seemed like a whole lot of randomness that I was entirely unprepared for – but by the time Henry and Winnie meet in Chapter 3, I settle in quite nicely into this bizarre world that somehow makes sense in its nonsense. I always enjoy a good play on words and ideas – and Random Magic definitely has a party with them! There is quite the colorful cast of epic pro
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May 18, 2011
Natalie
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I feel that I have to make a note of the fact that I was smiling before I opened the book, and laughing before I started the first chapter. The author's zany wrapping techniques had me smiling and the whimsical "Advance praise for Random Magic by raving loonies" had me laughing. The package containing this book arrived wrapped in blue paper with an excess of tape. Once I got past the tape (I had to have help), there were layers of tissue paper, a rubber duck, two teabags and a piece of
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Oct 31, 2010
Rhiannon
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Of late the thump of books coming through my mail slot has become a very frequent and delightful sound. I love three things above all else as worldly pleasures, cats, books and food, so naturally surprise packages of books (who doesn't love real mail after all?) are the highlight of my afternoons.
So imagine my surprise when one of these packages opened up to this! This was not just a book delivery but an experience. As I unwound wrapping paper and iridescent tinsel I have to sa More...
So imagine my surprise when one of these packages opened up to this! This was not just a book delivery but an experience. As I unwound wrapping paper and iridescent tinsel I have to sa More...
Oct 31, 2010
Greta is Erikasbuddy
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Oct 15, 2010
Lady
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When the author contacted me and requested her book to be reviewed, I wasn't sure if I wanted to review it. She informed me or should I say warned me?, that it was a bit "off the wall" and probably not for everyone. So, I was a little hesitant. But after several correspondences with her, with her quirky and carefree attitude, I couldn't help but be enchanted by her and curious about her book. So, I accepted the request. After reading it, I can honestly say, without a doubt, I have neve
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Aug 16, 2010
McKenzie
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Professor Random has somehow managed to misplace Alice. Yes, that one. Now poor Henry Witherspoon (I've been reading a lot of books that involve that name Witherspoon!) has to go off in search of her. When he gets to this new world, he meets Winnie Flapjack, a doodle-witch. Along their quest they brave numerous indescribable creatures and people, all while forming a quirky connection.
First off, I did not think I was going to be able to make it through this book at all. Based on the f More...
First off, I did not think I was going to be able to make it through this book at all. Based on the f More...
Oct 08, 2009
Allison
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Random Magic is truly.. random. The first chapter seems to be off the wall and hard to understand – but only at first. One must continue reading to fully grasp the quirky, eccentric, and brilliant style that is Sasha Soren. (It also helps to have a dictionary handy).
Once Henry comes into the picture, the book (for me) read with much more ease. As a student at (enter long-quirky-title-here), his professor, Professor Random, insists that he misplaced Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Ye More...
Once Henry comes into the picture, the book (for me) read with much more ease. As a student at (enter long-quirky-title-here), his professor, Professor Random, insists that he misplaced Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Ye More...
Dec 16, 2010
Blodeuedd
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It just has to be read, but I can give it a try. Alice in Wonderland has gone missing, and Henry Whiterspoon is sent to find her. In a strange land he encounters a young doodle witch named Winnie, gods, demigods, floating cities, and all kinds of weird things.
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By now you have noticed that this is one strange book. Think Alice in Wonderland meets The Hitchhikers' guide to the and whatever other book that is filled with humour and nonsense.
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It just has to be read, but I can give it a try. Alice in Wonderland has gone missing, and Henry Whiterspoon is sent to find her. In a strange land he encounters a young doodle witch named Winnie, gods, demigods, floating cities, and all kinds of weird things.
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By now you have noticed that this is one strange book. Think Alice in Wonderland meets The Hitchhikers' guide to the and whatever other book that is filled with humour and nonsense.
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Oct 19, 2009
Aimee
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What is that, you say? A book that can be described as Alice in Wonderland meets Harry Potter? YES PLEASE!
Random Magic by Sasha Soren is a firecracker box crammed full of crayon-colourful, whizz-happy tricks. I was so excited to be accepted as part of the somewhat extensive blog tour for this book I almost wet my pants. Figuratively, of course.
And the care package I received upon acceptance into the tour did little to quash my anticipation - there were chocolates, rubber duckie More...
Random Magic by Sasha Soren is a firecracker box crammed full of crayon-colourful, whizz-happy tricks. I was so excited to be accepted as part of the somewhat extensive blog tour for this book I almost wet my pants. Figuratively, of course.
And the care package I received upon acceptance into the tour did little to quash my anticipation - there were chocolates, rubber duckie More...
Nov 23, 2009
Elizabeth (Miss Eliza)
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The family solicitor has been called because Henry has been missing for three weeks. The usual suspects have been gathered and then a strange little girl with blond hair and a pinafore appears out of nowhere. She is, without a doubt, Alice, from the beloved children's classic. Alice explains that Henry is where Henry should be, where he went years ago when Alice herself was misplaced by Professor Random, a teacher at Henry's school. She then recounts the tale of how Henry saved the world by find
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Sep 09, 2009
Eleni ( La Femme Readers )
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Random Magic, stays true to it's title, it's truly random yet magical at the same time. It's based on the character Alice, which we all know from Alice and Wonderland. Henry Witherspoon misplaces Alice, and starts to frantically look for her. He then meets Winnie which would go to the end of the world to find her. The beginning of the book started out a little slow but eventually picked up when Winnie and Henry start a search party for Alice. They went through a crazy journey trying to find her.
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Dec 19, 2010
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
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This was not our cup of tea. It was too random for us to follow along and we felt lost on what we were reading.
Here's the review that Sophie & I (Katie) did together for our Random Magic Blog Tour, which was set up like a coffee chat:
We're today's stop (12/19/10) in the Winter Longing blog tour for Sasha Soren's Random Magic. Sophie and I thought it would be fun to mix up our reviews a bit, which resulted in our coffee chat style review:
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Here's the review that Sophie & I (Katie) did together for our Random Magic Blog Tour, which was set up like a coffee chat:
We're today's stop (12/19/10) in the Winter Longing blog tour for Sasha Soren's Random Magic. Sophie and I thought it would be fun to mix up our reviews a bit, which resulted in our coffee chat style review:
Characters -
S-They we More...
Jun 09, 2011
Bonnie
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When I picked up my copy of Random Magic I only had a vague idea of what to expect and that was pirates, magic, and fantasy. I got those three things and more. Random Magic is what I like to call Alice Fantasy because it’s not exactly definable by genre, but at the same time comes across as being inspired by Alice in Wonderland; that sort of surreal setting where the world hasn’t the logic of our own reality, but a logic of the unreal, and is a story that will throw the unexpected at you and kee
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Aug 07, 2011
Chrystal
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This will be a quite long review as I have chosen to write my thoughts on the chapters along the way. I've divided it by groups of five chapters at a time. Hope you enjoy my new and interesting way to review! I'd say this book is a mixture of being in Wonderland with Harry Potteresque characters and adventuring along like in The Neverending Story. There are so many references to pop culture (The Beatles and The Blair Witch Project) and I am sure that I missed a few along the way. Very hard to wr
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Sep 05, 2011
Pepca
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Random Magic is unlike anything I have ever read. It is an adventure story full of magic. The way it is put together is magical in itself.
I really loved the writing and the language in Random Magic. It is witty, humorous and sarcastic. Its beauty lies in its unusualness. Random Magic is a kaleidoscope of references to basically everything from strict or absent-minded teachers, mythology, literature, history and science, to sports, technology and modern world’s every day life of ordin More...
I really loved the writing and the language in Random Magic. It is witty, humorous and sarcastic. Its beauty lies in its unusualness. Random Magic is a kaleidoscope of references to basically everything from strict or absent-minded teachers, mythology, literature, history and science, to sports, technology and modern world’s every day life of ordin More...
May 16, 2011
Moonlight
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After misplacing Alice from the pages of Alice in Wonderland, Henry is sent off by Professor Random into the pages of another book to find her. Henry lands in the story, forgetting his compass, and now having no way to get back. Upon arrival, he meets Winnie Flapjack, a doodle-witch who agrees to help him on his quest to find Alice.
Together the pair search high and low, encounter strange creatures in forests, seek help by vampires, face a group of pirates, and challenge a furious red More...
Together the pair search high and low, encounter strange creatures in forests, seek help by vampires, face a group of pirates, and challenge a furious red More...
Mar 07, 2011
Jen
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My Thoughts: Let me preface this review with a little about Sasha Soren. She is definitely one of the quirkiest, most wonderfully random people I've met in my very few months as a reviewer. This is a good thing, you guys. She possesses an uncanny attention to detail and a deep love for her characters. I knew when I cracked open Random Magic, that I would have a bunch of in-your-face, clever quips and humor.
At the risk of being entirely cliche and corny stating the obvious, Random Magic More...
At the risk of being entirely cliche and corny stating the obvious, Random Magic More...
Dec 21, 2010
Misha
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If I say that I have never read anything like this before, I won't be wrong. Random Magic is one of the most original novel I have read recently.
I loved the characterization. I felt as if I knew Winnie and Henry - I really grew attached to them. There were times when I felt annoyed and exasperated at Henry for his cowardice, yet I warmed up to him eventually. This was mainly because he is not like the usual male protagonists. (Or maybe I like men being weak....hmm..) We usually have females More...
I loved the characterization. I felt as if I knew Winnie and Henry - I really grew attached to them. There were times when I felt annoyed and exasperated at Henry for his cowardice, yet I warmed up to him eventually. This was mainly because he is not like the usual male protagonists. (Or maybe I like men being weak....hmm..) We usually have females More...
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Jan 19, 2011
Amanda-Lee
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I am still actually trying to look for the words to describe Random Magic, other than completely random.
Random Magic follows the story of Henry and Winnie on their search for Alice from the book, Alice in Wonderland. She escaped from the pages of her book into the pages of another.
Henry provided the human eyes to view the story through. Being a smart kid and extremely observant the train of thought we gleaned from being in his perspective made you feel like you were walking a More...
Random Magic follows the story of Henry and Winnie on their search for Alice from the book, Alice in Wonderland. She escaped from the pages of her book into the pages of another.
Henry provided the human eyes to view the story through. Being a smart kid and extremely observant the train of thought we gleaned from being in his perspective made you feel like you were walking a More...
Oct 25, 2010
Alex
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Random Magic looked totally and completely cute. And it was, it was a whimsical, light read that kept you wanting to read more the entire time. Though, it was a lot more in-depth and complex than I would have thought it to be. It is certainly a different breed of book.
Winnie and Henry are great characters, Winnie especially. She is quirky and funny, and keeps you wanting to read, even when you are thinking about setting the book down. Henry, though he starts off timid and shy, blosso More...
Winnie and Henry are great characters, Winnie especially. She is quirky and funny, and keeps you wanting to read, even when you are thinking about setting the book down. Henry, though he starts off timid and shy, blosso More...
Dec 17, 2010
Misty
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When I first started Random Magic, I was pretty enthused. I'd been chatting with the author, and her emails were hilarious and scattered in a fun, quirky way, and the book seemed much like those emails. It was quirky and scattered and absurd and random for sure, and I look a good bit of quirky/absurd/random in my life. (quirksurdom?) The book was more sort of a series of weird little vignettes that were connected by this search for Alice (of Wonderland fame), and for about 1/3 of the book, I
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May 22, 2010
Emily
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. I'm happy to say that the real experience of reading the book lived up to the vicarious one of hearing what other people thought of it.
First off, though, and this should definitely count as fair warning; this is not a book to read when you're tired, or when your brain is not functioning at maximum capacity. There is a lot of doublespeak, entendre, verbal acrobatics, and general mayhem woven into each and every page. No element of a published book is safe from the author's wacky sen More...
First off, though, and this should definitely count as fair warning; this is not a book to read when you're tired, or when your brain is not functioning at maximum capacity. There is a lot of doublespeak, entendre, verbal acrobatics, and general mayhem woven into each and every page. No element of a published book is safe from the author's wacky sen More...
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Dec 07, 2010
JG (The Introverted Reader)
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Professor Random has sneezed Alice right out of Wonderland. He sends young Henry Witherspoon into the book to find her and put her in her place before the world as we know it comes to an end. But Henry accidentally gets sent into the wrong book. Luckily, he meets the unflappable doodle witch, Winnie Flapjack, who takes him under her wing and helps him find his missing Alice.
This book is for those people who actually believe that it's about the journey and not the destination. Me? More...
This book is for those people who actually believe that it's about the journey and not the destination. Me? More...
Dec 11, 2009
Andrea
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The Little Bookworm
Professor Random has somehow lost the main character from Alice in Wonderland and sends Henry to find her. Henry meets Winnie, a doodle witch, who leads them a series of crazy misadventures in search of Alice.
I believe the word I'm looking for is random, very, very random. Because that is what a lot of this book is, RANDOM. At first, I wasn't sure because it seemed so all over the place, but after I got into the groove and understood where the autho More...
Professor Random has somehow lost the main character from Alice in Wonderland and sends Henry to find her. Henry meets Winnie, a doodle witch, who leads them a series of crazy misadventures in search of Alice.
I believe the word I'm looking for is random, very, very random. Because that is what a lot of this book is, RANDOM. At first, I wasn't sure because it seemed so all over the place, but after I got into the groove and understood where the autho More...
Nov 03, 2010
Bewitched
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I don’t know how on earth to describe this book. I’d like to say that I understood it. I’d really like to hang out with the cool kids and their thick glasses and say it was tre’ cool. But folks, that would be lying. And in my opinion you shouldn’t lie when giving a review.
I just didn’t get it.
Read the full review here.
I just didn’t get it.
Read the full review here.
Oct 27, 2010
I have been looking for a full copy of this since Sasha contacted me about it many years ago. I read the first chapter and knew that it would make an excellent novel. Now that I know where to get a copy, I will have to see about getting one. Does anyone know if an audio version was ultimately made?
Dec 31, 2010
Naberius
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Great!! Full review here: http://fluidityoftime.blogspot.com/2010/... and post on subtle magic in the book here: http://fluidityoftime.blogspot.com/2010/...
Dec 22, 2010
I had a hard time with following the story and I feel that I may have missed the satire bandwagon when reading it. You can find my review on Mundie Moms here-
http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2010/12/b...
http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2010/12/b...
