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behudd
The Great Divorce: A Dream | Clive Staples Lewis
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘ve read this book before, but it has been at least 15 years, so it was good to go into it with fresh eyes.
I think Lewis most shines in this one when he is describing the nuances of different types of love, pity, creating, etc.
It was especially interesting to read this book with my study group after reading a more modern view on Hell & the afterlife. Lots of good thoughts & good conversations.

behudd @TheAromaofBooks forgot to say - this was my May #bookspin book! 4d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4d
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Kristy_K
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Read for #classicschallenge2025 and because I‘ve had it on my bookcase forever. Obviously very preachy and religious, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Lunakay Amazing! Well done 👏🤩 1mo
Kristy_K @Lunakay Thanks! 1mo
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Hooked_on_books
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I‘m surprised that 1984 is the Orwell book that‘s had so much recent traction when this allegory of authoritarianism and the corruption of power is just incredibly timely. I‘m so glad I finally read this and appreciate the reminder that none of this is new.

GingerAntics Right? I have no clue how this isn‘t way more popular right now. It feels more fitting than 1984 to me. 4mo
Hooked_on_books @GingerAntics If the orange idiot ever read anything longer than a tweet, I would have thought he read this and was using it as a playbook. 4mo
SqueakyChu I‘ve read both, and the book that left the bigger impression on me of the two was 1984. 4mo
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tjwill
Bog Myrtle | Sid Sharp
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Ok, this graphic novel is so funny, with Sid Sharp‘s trademark touch of darkness! I love Beatrice, the caring, nature-loving younger sister.

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Lcsmcat
The Great Divorce | C. S. Lewis
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Narnia for adults, in a way. I love Lewis‘ ability to articulate difficult mysteries in an understandable way yet without robbing them of their ineffable-ness.

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dabbe
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TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
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everlocalwest
Bog Myrtle | Sid Sharp
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Bog Myrtle, I love you! What a delightful, weird little tale. This a fable about environmental awareness, kindness, and greed. And honestly, as cute and weird as it is, it's a great way to talk to kids about the danger of the individual/scarcity mindset and the power and abundance found in the collective. Rock on, swamp witch! 🕷

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JenniferEgnor
Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust | Stephen Gammell, Eve Bunting
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The art and red letters on this book reminds me of ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark‘ (one of my childhood, teen, and adult favorites). This is a short but powerful and haunting book; it also serves as a warning to the reader, no matter their age. When fascism comes, speak up, no matter what. The time is always now.

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Sarahreadstoomuch
Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust | Stephen Gammell, Eve Bunting
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It‘s been quite a bit since I was a children‘s librarian, but I still like reading picture books from time to time. Recently there was one of those “help me find this book based on this vague description” posts on librarian FB and at the end of the, I realized I was not at all familiar with this Eve Bunting book… and now I am. Great message, a little scary and sad (it is an allegory about the Holocaust), excellent illustrations.

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underground_bks
Bog Myrtle | Sid Sharp
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Two sisters, friendly oddball Beatrice and fiercely unhappy Magnolia, seek something from the forbidden forest, coming face to face with its magic silk-spinning monster and learning about environmentalism, labor rights, and anti-capitalism along the way, in this creepily-cute and razor-sharp fable that has all the old-school deadly morality of the Brothers Grimm. A challenging, dark, yet adorable picture book for fans of Jon Klassen‘s The Skull.