As Alice would say, Lewis Carroll just becomes "Curious and curiouser."

He's a man of many interests, that is for sure. Working as in the clergy, and as a math teacher, not including his own personal studies and habits, I don't know how he does it all. It's quite overwhelming.

The author however writes to calmly for such and eccentric person she is writing about. It's also kind of dry, not much extra to it. Although I find Carroll very intriguing, I cannot say I can find the way he is told about engaging. Perhaps it is because the books is not written chronologically which I am used to in biography. It's more that each chapter is about a subject like math, or his writing, his family, his social life etc. But all seem to weave in and out without a cohesive feeling. I don't know if that makes since.

When I was little I had three favorite biographies that I read, one on Clara Barton, one on Eleanor Roosevelt, and one on Amelia Earhart. Perhaps I found those more engaging because there lives were more public than that of Carroll and none of their papers went missing, leaving gaps for writers to speculate about.  I guess I want to read more about a persons' life and not speculation.

But alas, I will continue to plow through, probably over Spring Break when I can sit with it for an hour or two and just keep my focus.