5 Fandom Fridays: Favorite Fandom Accessories

I found something so cool today! Every Friday, the ladies of Female Geek Bloggers post about their fandoms, and as a fellow geek, I am both very excited about this and will be participating from now on.

So this one was easy for me. I honestly could’ve done this whole post with just my Batman stuff. As it is, I tried to diversify.

1. Batman Belt

I needed a belt and when I saw this at Rugged Wearhouse, I knew it would be mine.

2. Alice In Wonderland Necklace

I love Alice In Wonderland. Not the Tim Burton ones, but all others. I watch every kind of run off and am working toward getting the American McGee game. Someone sent this to me on Swap-bot from an Alice In Wonderland swap. Cause of the color, I don’t wear it a lot, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love it any less!

3. Nightmare Before Christmas Earrings

At this point, is there anyone who isn’t a member of the NBC fandom?

4. Batman Converses

My first pair of Converses. When I saw them when browsing with a friend, I fell in love. The Harley chucks don’t really fit, but shhh. I’ll bind my feet if I have to.

5. Jayne hat

A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything.

Tune in next Friday for Favorite Funko Pop Figures!!!

The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy by Frank Beddor

  

 

If you’ve been wondering where my book posts have been, it’s because I wanted to finish this trilogy before I posted about it. It also didn’t help that I lost interest halfway through ArchEnemy, the last book.

Now, I love Alice in Wonderland and will read pretty much any and all spin-offs from it, as well as watch the movies. I previously posted about Alice Have I Been, a really good Alice In Wonderland book. It was hard to break away from the things that book put in my head (such as Carroll being a pervert) while reading this book.

I have this terrible time with series. I must have them all in my possession before I start reading. Otherwise, I get lost or forget what I’ve read. This is what happened to the Dark Tower series and it had happened to this series once, when I originally read the first two books in high school. Oh, I was in love with them! They stayed in the back of my head for a long time until I  found one of the books at Goodwill! I had thought to myself then, “How could anyone throw out such a wonderful series?”

I know how.

Because it’s not actually wonderful.

Aly did that annoying thing where she read the book before me then pointed out all the mistakes. I like to think that I would’ve found them eventually myself, because I had never gotten to ArchEnemy before.

Do you hate puns? Hate ridiculous, over the top stereotypes? The original Alice In Wonderland was nonsensical. The Disney movie was nonsencial. 90% of all Alice In Wonderland is nonsensical. These books are just plain nonsense.

There are so many “I just want to lay my head down and cry because this book hurts so bad” moments that of course I lost interest. Okay, so The Looking Glass Wars wasn’t bad. I still really enjoyed that one. However, the unbelievability began in Seeing Redd and just kind of picked up pace until it exploded all over ArchEnemy. I finished the book this weekend and I’m still in “What the hell” mood about it.

They’re making them into a movie. Actually, they had planned this before Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland came out (which I think is actually worse than these books), so in a smart move, the project was held back, awaiting its time to shine. I would go see the movies. I’m sure that cinematically, it’s beautiful and maybe they’ll change away the annoying parts. We’ll see.

Overall, I’m cutting my ties at Looking Glass Wars. The other books don’t exist to me. I’ve done this with so many shows and book series that I’m practically professional at this. If you want to read it, I strongly suggest not buying them and just getting them from the library.

 

 

Alice Have I Been by Melanie Benjamin

Sometimes, stories are weird. Sometimes, those weird stories are someone’s real life.

Alice Have I Been is the tale of the real Alice In Wonderland. Historical fiction it may be, the author did a really good job not deviating too much from the real facts, which in a sense, is disturbing.

The fact is: Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, was close to the Liddell family for years until something passed between them to break their bond. The details of that break are nonexistent in every record, including Dodgson’s diary.

What this book suggests, along with scholars, is that Lewis Carroll was actually a peodphile.

Reading some reviews, several people said that they will never look at Alice In Wonderland again. Myself, I still look at the original book as what it was.

This book isn’t really about Charles Dodgson though. This is about how middle child Alice Liddell fell in love with three different men: Mr. Dodgson, Prince Leopold, and her husband, Regi. If you’re looking for a nice, happy story, this isn’t that. I almost cried in this book. It’s heartwrenching, but that doesn’t make it any less of a good read.

If we were on a star rating system, I’d give it 4 out of 5.

I did not find quotes to record here, though. Until next time.