The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Audiobook

" So much in the vein of Lewis Carroll, with a tad less nonsense and logic puzzles, but beautifully visual. "

" Freaking loved this! "

" Oh, I love this book so very much. It is cute, clever and whimsical. I adore ALMOST every single character I met in this somewhat fractured Fairyland. This is a perfect book to read to your children, it is guaranteed to spark their imagination!! It is about 12 year old September and her adventures in Fairyland, and all the wonderful inhabitants she meets therein. "

" This is a great book. The heroine, September, is believable, wise and brave. On the way home from doctors office my daughter told me that when they took blood she was thinking she had to be brave like September. The creatures are fantastic especially the "dragon-like" wyvern whose father was a library - we could see him in all his red scaled glory as we read. We can't wait to read the next one. "

" I really tried, but I couldn't get into the book. The plot was interesting, but the writing style wasn't for me. "

" Magical. Awesome. I want more, now. "

" I expected to like this more than I did. Aside from an occasionally self-aware narrator, this felt a lot like Alice in Wonderland and The Phantom Tollbooth to me. Valente had her moments of cleverness, but more with characters and details than with plot, which took about 1/2 the book to hook me in. "

" Like an updated version of Alice Through the Looking Glass or a retread of the Persephone in the Underworld myth, but a gloriously strange and glowingly wonderful creation of its own. To be gulped in a single sitting, if possible! "

" A very bizarre read akin to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. "

" A beautiful, rich, not-business-as-usual fairytale book. I heartily recommend it. "

" Such wonderful use of language - you good let some of the lovely lines roll around in your head hours after you've turned the page. "

" This is now my all-time favorite book. EVER. Thank you Catherynne Valente for restoring my faith in contemporary children's fairy tales. "

" I loved this! I love how the author plays with words. It's as if someone read the book to me like a fairytail! "

" Words cannot express how lovely and not-little-girly this book is: it actually acknowledges the rich inner life of children and does not shy away from it. Great characters, great writing -- I was sorry to finish it and leave Fairyland behind. "

" what a charming story! loved it! "

" To quote Colin Meloy in his song Wonder, this book is "weird, but mostly wonderful." Take a little Alice in Wonderland, some Wizard of Oz, and some Narnia, then mix in some Gaiman and Lemony Snicket and you have this challenging and wonderful fantasy novel. "

" i just couldn't get into it. meh. "

" This book was amazing. Although at times tedious to read when I finally got through i was glad I'd stuck with it. It was pretty long. A nice thick book. Good for anyone who knows how to read well enough. I was exteremely happy that there was no romance, other wise I wouldn't be able to read it. "

" I listened to the audio book and really enjoyed it. It is read by the author. "

" A rare and perfect fairytale. Good vs. Evil. Love and Loss. Bravery and Complacency. Foolish and Terrifying magical beasts. It's all here. "

" This book is delightful. You should read it. (Especially if you like Oz, Narnia, fairies, or clever girl protagonists.) "

" This is really incredible. So much good stuff going on. But my favorite thing is that the "bad guy" is also really complex and understandable, at the end of it. "

" Interesting, so far, although the vocab is a bit tricky for reading aloud to a six year old. "

" Alice in Wonderlans meets Rosie the Riveter. This book is a perfect fairytale. Highly Recommended. "

" This book was unique and imaginative, and I did enjoy it while I was reading it. I'm afraid it didn't pull my heartstrings or gather me into it's soul, to make it a favorite book. "

" I've just started reading this one as a bedtime story for my son, so I'm only into Chapter 3, but so far, it's delightful. "