Something new

So, Nick and I are trying something new. Along with our new workout routine and healthier living habits (we have stopped drinking soda and attempts are being made to cut back on eating out). We are also going to exercise our minds. On Saturday we went to Barnes and Nobel and grabbed some books. We decided that it would be fun to read the same book.

Our first book was "The Looking Glass Wars" by Frank Beddor. I realize this book is geared towards teens but, we wanted something fun and quick for our first read. The book is about how "Alice in Wonderland" came to be. To give you a short summary; Princess Alyss (yes, not Alice) Heart witnesses the deaths of her mother and father at the hands of her Aunt Redd. She jumps into the pool of tears and winds up in Victorian England where she is adopted by a Reverend. Where she meets a friend of her adopted fathers, Charles Dogdson (aka Lewis Carroll). He seems to believe her story and writes up the book "Alice's Adventures Underground" upon her reading she is hurt and eventually she tries to move past her thoughts and hopes of returning to Wonderland and live by Victorian standards. Fast forward a couple of years and Alyss is 20 years old when people from Wonderland come looking for her. The good guys, Alyssians, get her first and bring her back to Wonderland to face off against her evil Aunt Redd to become the true Queen of Wonderland.

To be honest Nick and I were hoping for more. It's not a great book. Nick and I both read it in a day. We didn't have any big issues with the book other than for Nick he said it wasn't up the level of a Harry Potter book. In the end I guess our imaginations were bigger than this book. Which, if you read the book that might be kind of funny to you.

My next read is a classic, Emma by Jane Austin.