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Initially after finishing this book, which contains both "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" I felt that I liked the Wonderland story better than Looking Glass one. The thing is, I'm not really sure why. It might be because the Wonderland portion of the book is more familiar to me. Or just that I didn't understand all of the chess subplay in the Looking Glass portion of the book. The second story just seemed to be more contrived to me (if that makes any sense). I f
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This is probably the 5th time I have read this book at different times in my life. Most recently I have read it in response to Tim Burton's film. I found it really interesting to see what he depicted (I really liked the film) But this reading of the book led me to appreciate more irony and humor than I had in past readings. The characters are uniquely wacky. It was a childhood favorite since being introduced to it in a 3rd grade enrichment class. Seeing Redd Seeing Redd is my favorite adaptation
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I know this book by heart. One of the abridged versions is the first book I've ever read in my life, because I learned reading through that very book. My mum used to read it to me every night and I had it memorized to every last word. I've read the whole book as soon as I could, and I've read it a million times more after that. I am not afraid to say it made me who I am today. Alice (and Milo from Atlantis the Lost Empire) was my childhood hero and idol, I grew into a curious child just like her
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Mar 29, 2009
Dionisia
rated it
it was ok
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ku-book-club
This would probably be a fun read-aloud story for someone small.
Jun 01, 2010
Lindsey
marked it as to-read
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summer-2010-reading-challenge
Nov 23, 2010
Sarah
rated it
really liked it
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