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Tepid pick for IRL book club. The narrative starts out strong and the ending is good, but the middle meanders with descriptions of other worldly beings and landscapes without much character development or plot.

The best line was the MC realizing he couldn‘t trust alien shepherds because after all, the cyclops were shepherds too. 🤣

Was using the foil of sci fi for spiritual philosophy a new thing? (1938)

quietlycuriouskate I remember loving this when I read it as a kid: your review makes me disinclined to risk a re-read, though. 1d

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Mollyanna

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis

If I‘m in a reading slump, I usually go to an old favorite, like the tagged or a favorite genre (cozy mystery or golden age mystery). With any luck, one of the two will kick things back in for me.

Great question @BookmarkTavern I enjoyed seeing the different ways readers deal with a slump.

#SundayFunday on Monday (again 🙄).

BookmarkTavern This is a great one to revisit! Thanks for sharing! 💕 3w

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OriginalCyn620

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis

Found 3 #pantone2025 matches for this recent read!

#dejavublue #mistedmarigold #rumraisin

Lauredhel

Lauredhel Nice one! 2mo

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OriginalCyn620

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis

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Delightful! I‘d definitely read more of the series!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#serieslove2025
#pop25 - book containing magical creatures that aren‘t dragons
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterL

Texreader, Andrew65, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks

TheSpineView Well done! 2mo

Texreader A good one!! Most of the rest are very good-except the last one. It‘s weird 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I love this one very much. 2mo

Andrew65 If you haven‘t read it I strongly recommend The Magician‘s Nephew. My favourite in the series. 2mo

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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures

Prince Caspian (adult) | C. S. Lewis

Watching this remake of #chroniclesofnarnia I always thought it was a pretty good representation, and the level of sass is on point! What do you think?
#childhoodmemories #princecaspian #narnia #returningtonarnia

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kspenmoll

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 | Joseph Loconte

I had just purchased this tagged book for my brother when I read this in A Letter for Mary.As a very young precocious reader,my brother was wild for Tolkien & owned many first editions.He lost everything in a fire when wild fires in CA burned down his house,garage, brewery.His family got out;he suffered burns on his arms. Fortunately I had borrowed his letters from Father Christmas, so he has this original book.We sibs celebrate #Jólabókaflóðið

AnnCrystal That's horrible 📚 glad he escaped 🙏💝. 3mo

Jari-chan I'm sorry for what happened to your brother, but am glad that they got out 🙏 3mo

kspenmoll @AnnCrystal @Jari-chan This happened about 15 years ago- they rebuilt & all is well. Thank you for your concern- Tolkien throws be back to that time. (edited) 3mo

LeahBergen I‘m sure he‘s going to love this gift! ❤️ 3mo

AnnCrystal @kspenmoll that's good 😘💝. 3mo

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

The Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis

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I've been meaning to re-read this book.
Enjoyed it just as much this time around, with the added bonus of Screwtape's speech.

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Sace

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis

#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern

Tagging @LeafingThroughLife @Karkar @Decalino @Clare-Dragonfly and @Jari-chan

BookmarkTavern A wonderful pick! Thanks for sharing! 3mo

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Rome753

The Problem of Pain | C. S. Lewis

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Found this interesting. Some of C.S. Lewis's arguments could be difficult to follow. While I might not agree with every point, I still found the book thought-provoking.

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Doppoetry

The Last Battle | C. S. Lewis

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Reading this last book felt as if you were at the beach, building a big, beautiful sand castle and a toddler ran up and trampled all of your hard work, and then said toddler ran off giggling. I am fully aware that it‘s a product of its time but I also don‘t think that excuses this piece of literature from being criticized and discussed in contemporary terms. Nor does it excuse the harmful material in it. --

Doppoetry There is so much to unpack here. I did not care for the ape and donkey subplot at all, this was the least believable plotline in a fantasy novel I have ever read, there is only so much stretching of the imagination that you can have before it just comes off like utter nonsense. 4mo

Doppoetry The ending of the world starts, with people and animals killing everyone and being killed left and right with a “trust me bro” type explanation of “I saw it in the stars” I imagine it‘s a not-very-subtle reference to armageddon. We see more racism with more of the stand in Middle Eastern people invading Narnia, there is a lore dump and it‘s revealed that Narnia has fallen and all the people are dead. The last surviving king of Narnia is devastated 4mo

Doppoetry -- He then Aragorn‘s his way through enemies, feels bad, surrenders, and then ends up dying. We also reach a new low with blackface, because that really is what these books were missing. In the end, everyone who has ever existed goes to superheaven, except for Susan, of course.
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Doppoetry There is that revelation that the kids all died in a train crash and now they are in perma superheaven and it‘s supposed to be a happy ending but it reads like a delusional mess. Acting like Christianity is the only ‘valid‘ religion harms this work more than it helps it. I understand it‘s essentially religious fanfiction, but acting like these books are for “White Christian people only” is not doing this book/books any favors.
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Doppoetry Susan (who is probably like 21 now) is “No longer a friend of Narnia” because she is now mostly interested in “stockings and makeup” and having a social life in the real world. I don‘t want to read TOO much into this as a commentary on women in general or people who lack faith and focus on other things. But considering how Lewis treats this character throughout the series--
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Doppoetry -I don‘t doubt that he had some personal issue with anyone who isn‘t as devoted to Christian Teachings as him. Growing up is a part of life, everyone grows up. To hold that against this character is bizarre. I can‘t even begin to unpack everything wrong with how Susan is treated in these books, nor do I particularly want to.
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Doppoetry I will only say that the overall message of “Susan is not barred from superheaven completely, but will be accepted into superheaven if she starts to blindly believe in everything Aslanjesus stands for and stops thinking about temptations (aka living her life)” isn‘t it.

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Texreader Agree!!!! Such a downer for the series. 4mo

TieDyeDude Bummer. I remember my mom had a box set of this series. I always planned on reading it, but never did, and I don't have a lot of interest in it as an adult. (edited) 4mo

Doppoetry @TieDyeDude I would not recommend it, now that I've gotten through the whole thing. There are better works of fiction for children out there from the same time period. (edited) 4mo

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