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After Alice Best Read || [Gregory Maguire]


  • Title: After Alice
  • Author: Gregory Maguire
  • ISBN: 9781472230430
  • Page: 293
  • Format: Hardcover

    • After Alice Best Read || [Gregory Maguire] - After Alice, After Alice AFTER ALICE Gregory Maguire s ninth novel for adults returns to the mid th century summer day on which Alice disappeared into Wonderland tracing what happened to her sister left behind on an Oxfo
    Gregory Maguire
    Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children s stories such as L Frank Baum s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked He received his Ph.D in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A from the State University of New York at Albany He was a professor and co director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children s Literature from 1979 1985 In 1987 he co founded Children s Literature New England a non profit educational charity.Maguire has served as artist in residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

    Anal protrusion after anal sex Go Ask Alice Dear Alice, Here is my situation My b f and I had anal sex, and this was not the first time we ve done it But this time was different After we were done I noticed there was something that kind of just popped out from my bottom It s like a piece of your skin or muscle or something I kept trying to push it back in, but it keeps coming back out. Possible to enjoy sex after clitoris removed Go Ask Alice Dear Alice, Do women without a clitoris enjoy sex at all In certain parts of the world, young girls have their clitoris cut off at the very early parts of their lives for reasons such as relagious customs Will they enjoy sex Dear Reader, There is no easy answer, since sexual enjoyment varies depending on a person s body, other experiences About Alice Alice is used by teachers at all levels from middle schools and sometimes even younger to universities, in school classrooms and in after school and out of school programming, and in subjects ranging from visual arts and language arts to the fundamentals of programming and introduction to java courses. NT Police are looking for youths in Alice Springs after multiple NORTHERN Territory Police in Alice Springs are looking for a group of youths who could be affiliated with multiple damaged vehicles in the past two days. Alice Cooper stown restaurant in Phoenix is closed after years After years, Alice Cooper stown restaurant in downtown Phoenix has closed We are sad to close Cooper stown Thank you to all the loyal staff and patrons It was a good run, a restaurant Classes Canceled At Alice Smith Elementary After HVAC The school decided to cancel classes because of lingering smoke and odor in the school. Alice Greenfingers The Official Site Alice has just inherited a perfect piece of land in the countryside As grandmother tags along with some well needed advices, you get to help Alice build and decorate a blooming garden of flowers and vegetables Grow crops and watch the market trends, and you ll make a Classes Canceled at Alice Smith Elementary School After Faulty Classes are canceled after smoke was reported at Alice Smith Elementary School in north Reno Tuesday morning The report initially came in just before a.m at the school, located on Beckwourth Drive near Golden Valley Road Reno Fire says a Alice Crimmins Alice Crimmins born March , in the Bronx, New York City is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, year old Eddie Jr and year old Alice Marie known as Missy both of whom went missing on July , Alice Marie s body was found that day, and Eddie Jr s was found five days later After numerous criminal trials and appeals, Alice Ball Contributions, Facts Leprosy Biography Alice Augusta Ball was born on July , in Seattle, Washington to Laura, a photographer, and James P Ball, Jr a lawyer She was the middle child with two older brothers, Robert and William


    Commentaires:

    Hailey (HaileyinBookland)
    I have a lot of thoughts, review TK
    Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede
    Too wordy and not a bit interesting to read Gave up after 31% and decided to try something else instead
    Billie
    Lewis Carroll s Alice books are fun and clever and smart After Alice is occasionally the first, sometimes accidentally the second, and never as much the third as it thinks it is This is a case of trying too hard that just ends up being rather uncomfortable to read Maguire tries to give stories to too many characters and ends up shortchanging them all in the process The conceit of following Ada when she follows Alice down the rabbit hole is interesting and could have been a wonderful story if Mag [...]
    Eric Klee
    Lewis Carroll s masterpiece Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite books of all time It works for both kids and adults on different levels, and the Disney animated movie did it justice with the ponderings, thoughts, and musings of the characters within Wonderland After Alice from the author of Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is about Ada, a friend of Alice s who goes looking for after she s gone missing and falls into the rabbit hole after Alice In reading this novel [...]
    Joseph Cognard
    I tried hard to finish on February 29th One of the many tricks that I had to use to finish this book Regrettably, not my cup of tea, Joe thought to himself.Maybe it was nobody s cup of tea Perhaps it wasn t a cup of tea at all Joe wondered as he leaned closer to the rectangular object laying on the table It must be some form of nourishment he thought as he deeply inhaled the aroma leaping from the cover Closing his eyes for a second to strengthen his delight of the fragrance, he swayed closer an [...]
    Alexandra
    lord christ but this was wordy and pretentious once I got past all that though, I did enjoy the story at least a little bit and I have to say that there were some sentence gems tucked in among all the pomp and bullshit and that made it all worth it mostly and by mostly I mean not at all I think I need to stay away from re imaginings for awhile this was a complete boreus to be honest, nothing really happened alice s friend ada went looking for her down the rabbit hole, ran into some of the charac [...]
    Erin Clemence
    This review is for the audio version of After Alice by Gregory Maguire, narrated by Katherine Kellgren.Audio 3Ms Kellgren is an animated, exuberant narrator who is like a chameleon in the way she can easily slide from one voice to another Although she is so expressive and her vocal range is extraordinary, her voice is also extremely piercing and pretentious I have listened to a few books now which are narrated by Brits but Ms Kellgren s accent sounds overdone and severe I would ve preferred a ca [...]
    Rebecca McNutt
    I had hopes for this book, but it was incredibly pretentious and took itself way too seriously There was a limited vocabulary, very little by way of character development, and reading it only brought images of hipsters to my mind, sipping their Starbucks and scratching their beards while reading After Alice in an attempt to look intelligent.
    Tamara
    I m at a loss as to why this book has reviewed poorly it s one of Maguire s best in my opinion Brilliant retelling and brilliant social commentary.
    Julie
    As much as I geek out after all things Alice in Wonderland, I must say this book was a hot mess It didn t seem to me that Maguire could decide whether it was a retelling of the original or a commentary on Victorian life in the 1860 s Ada inadvertently follows Alice down the rabbit hole and spends the rest of the story in pursuit of her friend in Wonderland, encountering many of the characters that Alice has already come across One redeeming quality was seeing a few familiar characters The advent [...]
    Chiara
    A copy of this novel was provided by Harper Voyager Australia for review.DNF at 52%I tried to finish this I tried to love this But I couldn t do either To be honest, I wanted to DNF after the first few pages, because I almost immediately knew that After Alice was not the book for me Instead, I read until 52% and promptly gave up, because as the saying goes so many books, so little time , and I wanted to spend the time it would have taken me to read the last 48% of this book reading something tha [...]
    Erin
    This book was nothing like I wanted If a writer wants to do a re imagining of Alice in Wonderland using the concept of her friend that also falls into the rabbit hole here is my wish list for that story 1 A story that stays true to the sense of dark whimsy of the original2 A story with some sort of strange, spare, fantastical diction, even if not the same as Carroll s3 A deeper look into Wonderland with adventures, characters, and weirdness, all while occasionally meeting up with some of the [...]
    Audra (Unabridged Chick)
    I wanted to like this book so much I ve somehow never read Maguire before, despite loving retellings, and given the slavish devotion so many have to Wicked, figured I finally needed to hop on the Maguire bandwagon This book, however, was a massive fail for me, and I m not entirely sure I m going to attempt Maguire again.This take on Alice in Wonderland follows Ada, an awkward and ungraceful playmate of Alice s, who stumbles into Wonderland, as well as Alice s older sister Lydia, who stays in the [...]
    Tammy
    3 1 2 starsThe nitty gritty An Alice in Wonderland re telling that didn t quite hit the mark, but a wonderful look at the effect of Victorian society on a handful of memorable characters.So Mama waggled her fingers in the air, Go, go, and settled her crown of hair, the color of browning roses, upon the bolster of the davenport A miasma of lavender toilet water couldn t mask the hint of madeira wafting from the open decanter though it was not yet eleven in the morning Mrs Boyce lay squalid in sel [...]
    Ashley (TheNerdyBookmark)
    I would like to start off by saying that I received After Alice by Gregory Maguire for free via Shelf Awareness in exchange for a review Although I am super grateful and excited for any opportunity at receiving a book for free, I am also very strict with being honest That being said, giveaways do not impact my reviews Actual Rating 3.5 5Hmmm, not really sure why this book has such a low overall rating as I rather enjoyed it and for this reason I am glad I don t listen to what others think I happ [...]
    Ray Palen
    Gregory Maguire, who reimagined Oz with his WICKED series now turns his attention to an Alice In Wonderland sequel.In this highly imaginative and surreal novel, we find Alice s friend Ada searching for her missing friend Even Alice s sister Lydia is concerned as the typically odd Alice has never disappeared for this long During her search Ada finds the same portal Alice had discovered and finds herself in Wonderland Although not nearly as bizarre as the land depicted by Lewis Carroll, Gregory Ma [...]
    Liz Barnsley
    I m a huge fan of the Oz retelling, where the wicked witch was perhaps not quite so wicked after all I ve read the books I ve seen the musical and done my fair share of singing badly along to Defying Gravity so I was really looking forward to seeing what Mr Maguire did with another classical favourite, Alice in Wonderland.Well it was not as good For me it didn t quite hit the highs of Wicked but still it was an enjoyable little reimagining, following Ada as she follows Alice down that rabbit hol [...]
    Cherie
    No for me, Mr Maguire You can write, I know, but that was the driest, stuffiest story I ever read I did not like any of the characters, and I couldn t find anything to be excited about during any of the scenes in your wonderland.
    Cassie
    I always pay special care to caterpillars I move them from the walking path, and take time to place them without disruption next to the juiciest looking leaves All of this even though they re probably rude Walrus being social animals, of course are friends with carpenters and walk upright on two deeply grooved fins All of this information is thanks to my childhood attachment to Alice, and I would argue most of the odd girls club attachment to Alice We used to meet in the bathroom and create secr [...]
    Patty
    After AliceByGregory MaguireWhat I knew about this book before I read itI knew quite a few things about this book and this author before I read it I knew that this author wrote Witches I knew that After Alice was about Alice in Wonderland but with a different viewa slightly different and unique view.My thoughts after reading this bookI really loved reading this book The humor was so sweet unique perfect I loved the two stories vying for my attention story above ground and one story below What I [...]
    Jenny
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    Bob Schnell
    Advanced Reading Copy Due to be published October 2015Gregory Maguire is perhaps best known for his Wizard of Oz backstory book Wicked which has become an unstoppable force on Broadway I haven t read that one or anything else by him but when presented with his take on Alice in Wonderland, After Alice , temptation got the better of me I wish I could say that this added some new dimension or nuance to the Lewis Carroll tales but it does not.I suppose I was expecting some sort of twist along the li [...]
    Terri Wino
    I received a free ARC of After Alice through the first reads program from Harper Collins Publishers Thanks to both.Unfortunately, this book just didn t resonate with me Full disclosure, I ve never read any of Lewis Carroll s books, so I can t even begin to compare this book to his work I, of course, know the Alice in Wonderland story as much as anyone else and have seen the movie For me, this book was just boring I really struggled to get through and finish it It just isn t written in a user fri [...]
    Jess
    This book was fine I used to love Gregory Maguire, but it s been awhile since I read one of his books Wicked this was not It wasn t even Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Actually, if I had to codify After Alice it would be something along the lines of I wish I wrote Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and also here are some somewhat deep thoughts on the nature of imagination and seemingly poignant walk on cameos by period appropriate famous people It felt pretentious and largely unnecessary While [...]
    Rinn
    I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review Also posted on my blog, Rinn Reads.There is a definite trend for Alice in Wonderland related things at the moment, what with the 150th anniversary of the books publication in 2015 Since then I ve seen countless retellings, spin offs and books loosely inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll Therefore, anyone writing one of these such novels has to work extra hard to make theirs stand out from the crowd, an [...]
    Claudia
    Boy, I read the reviews and I wondered if I was reading the same book I really liked this oneMaguire takes us back to Wonderland, Thru the Looking Glass, and gives us two new heroes, both deeply flawed by the world, to navigate And, we see Lydia s struggles at home In the original, Lydia is a frame and nothing In a way, that s what Alice is herea frame A device to collect all the characters, to give Ada a purpose, and to allow Lydia to reflect.So much is going on here.erless girls both Alice an [...]
    James
    Total retread of Lewis Carroll s classic but with chapters lobbing across your reading attention like a tennis ball one deals with a friend of Alice s who falls down the rabbit hole into Wonderland and the other is about the above ground boring tale of Alice s sister, her nasty disposition, a bumbling housekeeper, and Charles Darwin visiting Alice s father Also, a small African boy named Siam a former slave in the company of Mr Darwin s American companion The boy, too, goes through the Looking G [...]
    Ethan
    How very like a dream this all is Gregory Maguire, author of the bestselling novel Wicked, is back with his latest novel, a re imagining of Lewis Carroll s classic Alice in Wonderland Whether you ve read Carroll s novel or seen any of the numerous film adaptations of the work, you are probably familiar with Alice s adventures in the strange Wonderland But what about Alice s family How did they cope with her mysterious disappearance And what kind of impact did Alice s presence in Wonderland have [...]
    Eyehavenofilter
    A glutton for punishment, and always willing to give a popular author another chance, especially when it comes to MY Alice in Wonderland, so begrudgingly I forged on Gregory Maguire has tackled the wicked witch, the cowardly lion, and several other well known characters from the wizard of OZ, and I didn t like what happened with them So when he went after MY favorite character I HAD to find out what he would do However he didn t really zero in on Alice per se, instead choosing her friend Ada, me [...]
    Elaine Carass
    I was so looking forward to reading this book The author did so well with OZ books, so I had very high hopes, even paid a extortionate amount for this ebook I was so disappointed, let down does not cover it Basically this book follows Ada a friend of Alice s who goes looking for her and ends up tumbling down the rabbit hole in search of her lost friend Good premise I was expecting a vivid wonderland to be brought to life with Alice and Ada both navigating the surreal world of wonderland That is [...]
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