Still Alice is for EVERY ADULT!
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A must read for any caregiver or person with dementia and those
who realize it likely will happen to someone they know.  Just
excellent!
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Read it in elementary school.
Read it in Junior High School.
Read it in High School.
Basically I read it every 10 years or so now.
Incredibly well-written tale that works well for kids and adults on how to have fun by leading a thoughtful, creative, balanced life.
I prefer it to Alice in Wonderland by far.
I'd hate to live in a world where this book didn't exist.
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I still read fairy tales and enjoy them even though I am an adult.  There is so much craziness in this world and they take you away from all of it for a while.  I recommend it to everyone.
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I was browsing the library one day as a kid and stumbled upon Alice Through the Needle's Eye.  Since I had just finished Lewis Carroll's two tales about Alice, I thought I'd give this third tale, written by Gilbert Adair, a chance.  With my recent Alice in Wonderland kick, I decided to revisit the book.  It's just as good as I remember it being.

It's a cozy winter's day, and Alice is sitting by a warm fire attempting to thread a needle.  As she puts the needle close to her eye to better perform that task, she suddenly sees an entire world inside the needle's eye, and before she knows it, she is falling.

Fortunately, she lands on a hay stack.  Or should I say A stack since what she thought were wisps of hay are really strands of A's clinging together.  As she begins to explore this new world, she discovers spelling bees, meets a grampus who has written his auto-biography in advance and works hard to make sure it comes true, meets Jack and Jill, and gets lost in a-maze-ment.  Will she ever find her way home?

If you've enjoyed either of Lewis Carroll's classic tales, you'll definitely enjoy this one as well.  It has the same level of the absurd and surreal.  You can't help but laugh as some of the creatures that Alice meets along the way.  Plus there are a couple of nods to the original books, making this a nice homage in every sense of the world.

Quite a few times, Mr. Adair used word play to add some humor to the events.  As a lover of this, I really enjoyed those moments.  Overall, there seemed to be a more humorous bent to the book than the originals.  Maybe it's because this book was written in 1985, so I catch the jokes more than I do something that was written over 100 years before that.

The book has two or three illustrations per chapter done by Jenny Thorne.  Her efforts deserve praise as well for capturing the flavor of the original illustrations almost perfectly.  Yes, she does put some small personal touches in, but at a quick glance, you'd think the original illustrator did the pictures here.

My only complaint is the writing style.  Mr. Adair does a good job most of the time capturing the flavor of Lewis Carroll's writing.  However, he seems to put in too many mid-sentence asides.  Used sparingly, they would capture the writing of the originals.  Over used like they are here, they distract more than help the feel of the story.

Alice Through the Needle's Eye may not be an official Alice adventure, but it has been lovingly created to capture the feel of those classic stories.  Anyone who loves Alice will be glad they took the time to track this volume down.
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Do you remember the first time you saw a painting by Marc Chagall? His fantastic creatures wearing hats and trousers, people kissing while floating in mid air, layers of events happening at once, and conversations between animals and flowers? If Chagall was alive and asked to illustrate Alice's Adventures, it may have looked very similar to this.
Only this is better.
Simple and yet very rich illustrations bounce you from page to page. They are vibrant but not overwhelming, you are curious about where the images will take you next, it makes you hungry for more. And you get more! There is a printed illustration on almost every other page of the book! There seem to be as many small images, lending themselves as nuances to Carroll's text, as there are full-page illustrations. In a word, it's fantastic.
I disagree with the editorial review of the School Library Journal. While I see this book as sophisticated, I also see very young children relating to the artwork. The dream is at times spooky and frustrating like the real world can be, just as at other moments it can be a playful party. Although Alice in Wonderland may not have been originally intended for child as young as three or four years old to read, they will be enticed into trying. A child as young as four will relate to this Alice, she is a small girl with flowing hair and dresses in an easy style. Deloss McGraw has illustrated a modern and truly dreamlike interpretation of Carroll's classic. Finally we have a total departure from the formal British and more grown up Alice that John Tenniel portrayed all those years ago and has been an influence upon artists attempting it since.
Albeit a short, but important side note: the size 14 - 16 font is very readable for both old and young eyes, and comes in very handy for those readers-out-loud at late bedtimes in a dimly lit room.
Of all the illustrated versions there are of this classic story, this will be the version your child would first pick up from the shelf.
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I am a huge fan of coloring. Adult coloring books are the best but I am very picky about them. When I saw that there was an Alice in Wonderland themed adult coloring book, I was all on top of it!
My copy of Wonderland arrived this morning. I immediately tore it open and flipped through the pages. While the book is not what I expected, it is very pretty in its own way. It does not resemble original Wonderland art work or that of Disney. It is unique. Some pages are very minimalist while others are very detailed. I love that it is broken into chapters and even includes activities such as riddles. I love the overall theme of this coloring book. Sweets are all throughout it. The story is spot on and perfect.
I recommend this book to every Alice and coloring fan!!

I received my copy of Wonderland through Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
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Alice at Heart is one of my all time favorite books!  Alice starts out as this rather unkempt, lost, lonely young woman with a mysterious and odd lineage; a woman who has never truly fit in. After she is 'rescued' by her aunts, she slowly emerges as a beautiful, confident, magnificent woman. The great thing about this book is she doesn't really get a makeover, but the odd things about her suddenly fit in with where she is supposed to be, and she is beautiful because of those things.  My favorite thing about this book was how fantastically vivid all of the colors, tastes, sounds, and feelings are!  I couldn't put it down because I felt like I was there, living that wonderfully odd and beautiful life.  I am not a huge fan of romances, but this book was actually romantic, fun, and centered on the independence of the heroines of the story.  I also loved the sequel to this book entitled "Diary of a Radical Mermaid" and I am eagerly awaiting another installment!
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Alice's book is an inspiration to all.  It is amazing how Alice can recall so many years later the details of her childhood. Although not a book of suspense, the nature of the book keeps you in suspense wondering, "what is next"/  Perhaps, Alice's IQ being at the top percent of the country could account for her keen memory. Alice could continue this book which would be a great series and would start out like the story, "Little House on the prairie". So much more will be revealed in her next book. Her gripping tale of how she took on huge challenges and won is exciting and true. I am looking forward to the publication of her next book.
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When I was a kid, I used to go with my Mom almost every Saturday to the local Montgomery Ward department store. While she's be looking at clothes, I'd be in the book section checking out the B.C. or Peanuts paperbacks.  She bought me one every time we went and I had dozens of them. Now, over 30 years later, I remember these strips like I had just read them last week.  It's amazing how much you can recall something you really loved after so many years.  To me, this is the beginning of the height of Schulz's work on the strip.  The character's looks and personalities have totally matured into what we know them best as today.

Jazz superstar Diana Krall kicks off this volume with her introduction and her reminiscences closely mirror my own, and I suspect many others as well.  This volume opens with Lucy burying Linus' blanket in a hidden spot, hoping to cure him of the habit of carrying it around.  On one hand, this is monumentally callous of Lucy, and yet it also shows the tough love she has for her little brother.  I'm sure I didn't understand this 30 years ago.  Snoopy saves the day by digging up the hidden treasure, much to his glee and Lucy's consternation.

The memories flooded back as I read these strips for the first time in over three decades, and yet they were still as fresh, still as funny as ever. No Woodstock yet, but that doesn't stop Snoopy from entertaining many other birds on the roof of his doghouse.  And of course Snoopy's imagination is in high gear as he imagines himself as a fierce, jungle prowling cat, a swinging gorilla, and even a cow.  There's also a slew of topical references such as Charlie bemoaning that Willy McCovey didn't hit the ball three feet higher.  Classic!

Interestingly, it is Linus, and not Charlie Brown who suffers from Pantophobia (the fear of everything) as he visits Lucy's psychiatric help booth.  "A Charlie Brown Christmas" uses the strip almost word for word except for Linus being the patient instead of Charlie Brown.

My favorite strips were always the holiday ones and this volume doesn't disappoint with Linus writing to the Great Pumpkin and doing his best to find the most sincere pumpkin patch to wait for his arrival.  In the strips from 1962, we again see where these are some of the strips that were used for "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"  Specifically where Sally screams at Linus and demands restitution for missing out on trick or treating as she spent the night with him in the pumpkin patch.  We again see a character switch from strip to cartoon as it's Lucy and not Sally who asks Santa Claus to bring her "Tens and Twenties".

This was simply a delight for me to read and just serves to prove how good Schulz really was...

Reviewed by Tim Janson
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I absolutely adore Pnk. She is amazing! No cookie cutter average Hollywood star. She's just bad a**. I also love the Alice movies! Who wouldn't! Tim Burton! Johnny Depp! & THIS as the movie soundtrack!
Great song! Epic as always.
MUST see video too! She has her daughter, Willow, with her in the video. Very sweet.
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I have given this book to my parents, aunts and uncles, and dear family friends.  Absolutely everyone has loved it.  It's great fun in classic Seuss manner and helps everyone to laugh at getting older - which helps them stay young.  A must for anyone who is 60+.
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Alices' adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass written by Lewis Carroll and is  illustrated by John Tenniel is a story that has lived on and is enjoyed by both young and old. The original book was an immediate classic success for people young and old to read. Carroll's sense  of absurdity in his humour and his amazing gift for games of logic and language have made this book an enduring dream legacy of what is possible to happen in a persons mind. This is a story about Alice and growing up and what is lost for her in doing so. Alice dreams of a world where she doesn't belong to and where what is true in her real life isn't necessarily true anymore. The story begins when Alice follows the frantically delayed white rabbit down a black hole into the magical world of wonderland, where she meets a variety of some bizarre creatures some mythical creatures and some downright illogically wrong creatures. There is no linear path to life in wonderland where one event will lead seamlessly to another adding meaningful experience upon experience, instead life for her is made up of series of oftentimes unrelated events, by conversations you never fully understand while others you can't reason with at all in a completely upside down unpredictable world,that is always ever changing. Carroll's way with words has stood the test of time. His use of characters such as the mad hatter and the jabberwocky all have added to the simplistic colorful nature of his story in its a true grandeaur of a masterpiece that will live on for generations to come for readers reading it. Characters that keep you wondering for days on what they exactly are ? Do they belong in our world truly or are they a instead a collection of mixed creatures that are  taken from mythological creatures of times a gone by who knows? If you haven't read this book yet then pick it up and read it no matter how young or old you are in age.
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I collect versions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and I have to say I love this one, it is beautifully put together. A nice edition, meant for grown ups. Love the pattern design of the back cover.
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Still Alice is everything I look for in a book:  Good character development, beautiful writing and a story well told.  I grew fond of Alice immediately and followed her decline with great concern, as I have my own mother.  I loved the family dynamics.
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Alice Adams, written in 1921, is a wonderful coming of age novel about a young woman in her 20s who lives at home in a Midwestern town. Tarkington quickly paints a complex picture of colorful characters in Alice's family who influence her in various ways. Through many experiments in dissembling and pretending, Alice eventually asks herself the important "who am I?" questions.  Despite being nearly 100 years old, the scope of this book and the kind of family within which Alice grows up, are as relevant and true for today's youth.
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This is my favorite version of Alice and Wonderland. I remember watching it as a kid in the 80's - now I have kids and I wanted to get it for them. Even though the effects are not as up to date as what is out there now, this is such a wholesome, wonderful version of Alice and Wonderland and there are a lot of famous cameos.  I hope you enjoy.
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OMG what can I say about this book!!!! What's not to love about it, gives a whole new spin to "Alice" and  "Wonderland". Erin Bedford truly knows how to make you feel like you are a part of the story,as well as to make this Fairy tale more adult and come to life. Kat is so down to earth, sassy, independent, funny, and speaks her mind. The Dark Prince is such a sexy moody jerk, who you grow to love and understand. Cheshire S. Cat is another sexy character with his mysterious ways,use of words, and tail! You will have to read to find out about the tail and you will be wanting him for your own. Mop and Trip our unlikely little heroes who help Kat, are hard not to love. One is moody, the other a goof ball. I'm counting down to the next book in this series, adult Fairy tales rock!!!