بذارین اول ریویوم این جمله رو جار بزنم که: من پیش از این آلیس در سرزمین عجایب رو نخونده بودم! :عربده:اما درعوض زبان‌اصلیشو خوندم، و وای! وای وای وای! چی می‌تونم بگم! به‌قدری لذت بردم، به‌قدری لذت بردم که دلم می‌خواست آلیس بودم! لوییس کرول انگار هیچ مانعی برا تخیلش نذاشته بود و کاملاً رها و آزاد به وقایع و شخصیت‌ها می‌پرداخت. شخصیت‌پردازی‌ها اصلاً درشت نبودن. توصیف‌های خاصی نداشت، دیالوگ‌های خاصی نداشت. اما به‌قدری ظریف و موجز، به‌خصوص موجز، این ایجازش واقعاً حسرت‌برانگیز بود. (جمله‌م نصفه موند. ...

People knocking on the door of their seventh decade don't typically get their first of these things at this point in their lives. But then the Cubs had never won the World Series any other year of my life. I got caught up in the moment. And as is often the case, supply created its own demand. When a smiling Kris Bryant threw the runner out at first to complete the impossible dream, we high-tailed it to Wrigleyville to join the celebration. An enterprising artist took advantage of the mood -- del...

To purge myself from the impact of a controversial book that I read recently - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things - I tried to go back in time and read something for fun. I'm glad to say the experiment was successful as the reading experience was stellar to a T. In fact something happened that didn't happen ever before.What happened was that I enjoyed this book's poetry for once. It was a nonsensical poem but very funny.Alice folded her hands, and began:—“You are old, Father William,” the young m...

Go home, Alice. You're drunk.

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."


First of all, this was my 200th read book this year, so YAY for me!

Second of all, even though I've watched countless adaptations of Alice, it was completely new experience to read this book (well, listen actually). If you haven't already read this book, I suggest listening to Storynory's audiobook. The narrator did an amazing job, and she really brought all those characters to life.

3.5/5
I really enjoyed the beginning of the novel, but soon this whimsicality just grew too much for me. I didn't really understand what was happening at the trial and pretty much gave up trying to understand. Honestly, I think this is one of those rare instances where the movie is better than the book! This is a short book, though, so if you have a few hours to spare and want to read a classic, I'd recommend!

بخشی از شعر "بابا ویلیام" که خودم به شعر ترجمه کردم. (:

جَوونه گفت: "بابا ویلیام تو پیری
موهات سفیده، میکنی هِنّ و هِن
ولی بازم روی سرت راه میری
درسته این کار آخه توی این سن؟"

بابا ویلیام گفتش که: "بچگی هام
این کار ضرر میزد به مغز سرم
ولی الآن که مغز نمونده برام
چه عیب داره روی سرم راه برم؟"

I think that the failure not only of Children's Literature as a whole, but of our very concept of children and the child's mind is that we think it a crime to challenge and confront that mind. Children are first protected from their culture--kept remote and safe--and then they are thrust incongruously into a world that they have been told is unsafe and unsavory; and we expected them not to blanch.It has been my policy that the best literature for children is not a trifling thing, not a simplific...

WHAT LIBRARIAN MESSED AROUND WITH ALICE IN WONDERLAND that changed my review to this edition that was published in 2004, I read mine as a child, WHO WOULD DO THAT? I reviewed the ORIGINAL Alice in Wonderland but this one is on my bookshelves? Where in the Librarians Manual does it say you can do this and then make it unchangebackable? I'm going to transfer this review to the PROPER edition. Can you see I'm furious? Really really TYPING IN CAPS furious? Written, fuming, 2 June 2020.This book make...

Well, if you really love this book, please do not read on! I really did not enjoy the book, and I'm a little surprised that it's considered a classic. The one thing I did enjoy was that there were many imaginative scenes - all of the different places that she went, like the tea party, the garden, etc. But, the characters were drawn very poorly - they were simply drawn, and most were just annoying (even Alice!). Most of the characters in the great "wonderland" were either cruel, mean or contrary ...