I’m going to guess that I was around 9 or 10 when I first read this? I think the actual version I had is packed up in a box somewhere around here. It was already beat all to hell when I got my young hands on it and I can only assume that it belonged to my mother in her youth. 

I read it many, many times and it only got better with each new reading. I grew up with this book and understood it a bit better every time I read it. Well, as much as you can understand a novel like this. 

Do you know of any other book that has inspired so many people? The art, the quotes, the movies, the tattoos! Would anyone like to design an Alice tattoo for me?* I’m game. 

Check out the Alice items on Etsy, or the amazing amount of art on Deviantart.

*For real

I’m glad that this is an easy question because I haven’t feel very well today. I’m tired and grumpy. Boo. 

There are a number of books that I re-read every year or so. The one that I’ve been thinking about lately: