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I still have some pictures to hang, but here is the mostly finished living room! (1 of 2)

I live near amazing used bookstores. One of my favorite things to do is to treasure hunt for beautiful hardcover editions of some of my favorite books. I try not to buy new but enjoy the hunt of seeking lovely editions of Folio Society books, Penguin Drop Caps and Penguin Clothbound books. I stopped into a store after a nearby lunch to see if they still had a Folio Society Pickwick Papers by Dickens and instead found these treasures- all used!

I have a confession to make #littens. I hate this book. I find Carroll's obsession with little girls so creepy. And the annotated edition provides insight into the man that gave me the creeps particularly his painting and photography of naked children and his possible intention to marry 11-year-old Alice Liddell. None of this is known for sure but it was enough to change the story for me. #seasonsreadings2016 #bookwithpictures

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The geek in me loves annotated versions. 😍

The *pick* here is for this edition. Annotations make this story so much better, when you consider all the in-jokes and satire of upper crust children education present throughout. The actual Alice story is pretty drab and dull. I had to finish this one myself as the kids got sick of it. (For some reason they weren't into 19th century wordplay.) if you must read this, pick up the annotated version so Carroll's ramblings make sense.

"Curiouser and curiouser!" Our current bedtime story. My sons like finding bits from the recent films in these original stories, and I like the annotations about Victorian life: jokes, sayings, songs and politics of the day lost on the modern reader. Oh, and an Alice Lego mini figure ???