Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Colleen wrote: "Sorry. I didn't think of mentioning it since I already knew all the stuff she'd mentioned."

Oh, yeah. I was thinking of Becky and spoilers.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Because we all know Becky will cut you over spoilers...

Then again, Becky probably won't read this thread.

For fear of spoilers.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "Because we all know Becky will cut you over spoilers...

Then again, Becky probably won't read this thread.

For fear of spoilers."

O_o

Why didn't I think of that...

[Lee]

I started 'The Horse & His Boy' and I like it so far. Very different tone than the other books. Less preachy I think.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I'm roughly 75% through Silver Chair.

It's ok. I think I like it second, after LW&W - but both Jill and Eustace are kind of annoying. (And it keeps confusing me why he had to call Eustace Scrub in this one.)

I can't help but be darkly amused at some of the commentary, though. Like (view spoiler)[how they don't know who Adam and Eve are because that's not taught at the horrible school (even though Eustace should know from the last book), and how when they fight the snake the guy's are fighting it while Jill has to sit down and try not to cry, but she gets called brave for not fainting, or something.

Oh, and how before she had some line about how men who defer to their wives aren't thought of well in our world...

Yeah... (hide spoiler)]

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I need to catch up.

[Nyssa]

I'm taking a break from Earth Abides and I've just started The Silver Chair. I hope to finish it tonight actually. *fingers crossed*

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I can't put down Gardens of the Moon. I really need to - I can't get anything done.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Mindfuq.

[Nyssa]

Nyssa wrote: "I'm taking a break from Earth Abides and I've just started The Silver Chair. I hope to finish it tonight actually. *fingers crossed*"

Still reading...I fell asleep.

Can't stand Jill! In fact, I'm finding all three of them - Jill, Eustace, and Puddleglum - to be very annoying!

I'm about to start chapter eight, (view spoiler)[ The House of Harfang (hide spoiler)], and I'm wondering if they've been sent into a trap. (view spoiler)[The lady's wording "for dinner" instead of "to dinner" seemed almost too obvious, but then again, these stories are written quite simply, and plainly. (hide spoiler)] I'm assuming the children missed its significance because of their age and level of discomfort. I am surprised that Puddleglum is going along, however, seeing as he is supposed to be the older, wiser, and exceedingly much more cautious of the three.

[Emily]

Hahaha - at first I was so confused because I opened the GoftM thread and this one in different tabs, and the only two other comments I could see were about GoftM so I thought I was in that thread!

Puddleglum sounds like he would fit right in there... but I was really scratching my head over Jill. ;)

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Puddleglum doesn't annoy me that much because I find him kind of funny. He'd probably annoy me in real life, but in the context of the story his doom and gloom approach to everything amuses me.

As to your spoilers, Nyssa, (view spoiler)[he got outvoted. (hide spoiler)]

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I'd said I was enjoying this more than the last two, and I think I am... but I also have no interest in getting back to it. I keep sitting here thinking I should finish it, and then I continue browsing around the web for another 45 minutes instead...

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Finished. I think I give it 2.5 - equal to Caspian, but better than Dawn Treader.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I started the 'Horse and His Boy' the other day, as my work out read. It's the shortest so far, I think, at least judging by the Nook page count.

It's an ok story, less preachy, which is good, and a potentially strong female character, even.

On the downside, it's horribly racist. Basically (view spoiler)[ white + Christian = noble and good, whereas brown + Islam = lazy, smelly, brutish, etc. Kind of like another recent buddy read (view spoiler)[i.e. Sign of Four (hide spoiler)]. (hide spoiler)]

But, for all that, it's not leaving much of an impression. I kind of forget all about it until I see it on my currently-reading self.

But I'm about 55% through, or so, and things seem to be picking up, so I guess we'll see.

[Nyssa]

I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to get to it this month... If it's as short as you indicate, I might be able to squeeze it into the rest if the chaos ... Umm... I mean madnesssss I have planned.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I might start 'The Magician's Nephew' tomorrow... if anyone is still around...

[Nyssa]

c.o.lleen ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "I started the 'Horse and His Boy' the other day, as my work out read. It's the shortest so far, I think, at least judging by the Nook page count.

It's an ok story, less preachy, which is good, and..."

I seem to be having the same experience with THe Horse and His Boy as you had - the lack of impression, the feeling of it it possibly picking up soon (I'm at the 60% mark) and the racism which is really bothering me.

[Lee]

I didn't care for the last two books at all. I wanted to finish the series as quickly as possible - just to finish it. But I just did not care for the series at all. And the end...

If you get there I'll be interested to hear what you think about it.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "c.o.lleen ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "I started the 'Horse and His Boy' the other day, as my work out read. It's the shortest so far, I think, at least judging by the Nook page count.

It..."

I need to read it again. I saw the racism/religious issues but it sorta changed a little for book 7 (the religious issues). Spoiler will spoil some but no where near all of book 7 (view spoiler)[In book 7 Aslan says that it isn't the name used -their god was an evil god- but the intention. That you can't do evil in Aslan's name and you couldn't do good in the other god's name. So no matter what you said - if you were a good person and worshiped the evil god - in reality you were worshiping Aslan. (hide spoiler)]