Book reviews that sound better than the author may have intended

For Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

"Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit ..."

Yes. Because Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll and The Hobbit was written by J.R. Tolkien. And Maguire starts with an 'M.' And you're the kind of person with an alphabetized bookshelf.