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The last day of freedom is quickly slipping through my fingertips.

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So, the last couple of days have been very good. Friday, Chris and I went to Daytona and had dinner and went to Barnes and Noble because Chris wanted to buy The Da Vinci Code with his gift cards. He also bought me this! It has all seven books in one very large paperback book

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I will certainly let you now how he likes Da Vinci Code... even though it may be awhile from now! He probably won't read it until Spring Break, but more than likely he'll wait until summer. :( He has difficulty fitting in pleasure reading at Stetson. The book does sound great from the synopsis he read to me! It's all mysterious and puzzely.. very cool.

Hmm... I had originally thought that LWW was first, but then all of the sets that I saw had TMN first so then I thought I was thinking right, but now I'm thinking wrong again?! *confused* Anyway, it would almost make sense that TMN would be first since it gives all of the background on Narnia and Digory (the professor in LWW I imagine), but if it's supposed to be 5th, well then that's very interesting.

I'm glad you like P&P because that assures me it won't be like A Tale of Two Cities or something that most people don't like. (But for all I know, you may like ATOTC!) But anyway, it won't matter because I'm sure I will like it just fine. No, I haven't seen the movie, but I'm sure after I read it I'll be wanting to see it. I know I really wanted to see a Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights movie after I read those two books... never got around to it though.

Man I love Jane Eyre. :)

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Have yet to read Jane Eyre. . .but my roomie loved it. :) P&P is most excellent! I don't know what the hype is with the Austen fans (fun fact: my mom used to be a member of the Jane Austen society), but most people I know highly regard P&P, among all of her novels that is. And I /do/ love ToTC! But I hate most other Dickens. ^_~

Here's the thing with Narnia. . .Lewis wrote them with LWW first, and followed the order that I posted above (except I'm still not sure which was first, Magician's Nephew or Silver Chair) Ahhh! Did I forget Horse and His Boy? Man, I'm slipping. Anyway, that's in there too. However, as you know, that order isn't chronological. . .so some publishing company decided to start numbering them chronologically, which is the order you found. Which is all right and all. . .but LWW is /essentially/ the beginning of Narnia, even if not chronologically. It's when the children, who the entire series revolves around (whether they're in the book or not) are first introduced to Narnia. . .and we are as well. And of course, you can see the stories and Lewis's writing and history of them evolve as they go if you read it in his order. I don't think he minded which way anyone read them. . .it's just a ranty bit I like to take up.

The good news is, if you loved Magician's Nephew, you are just going to be more and more impressed as you go. MN is my least favorite of the series and probably the weakest story out of them all. Interesting, and a good piece of history for the world. . .but yeah. LWW is essential and written to be a whole (Lewis didn't know he was going to write anymore), Voyage is probably the best out of the whole series (also thought to be the last, he didn't think he woudl write anymore after /that/), Last Battle is the most moving, Silver Chair/Horse and His Boy tie for excellence, annnd Prince Caspian is okay. ^_~ that is my take and I will seriously stop ranting now!!

hope you love them :)

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Ah, you must read Jane Eyre! I was almost certain I was going to hate it, especially since it was assigned for summer reading for my senior year. And it's pretty long so I was dreading it. But, it really is a great book. I loved the whole "love story" (I use quotations because it's kinda twisted) It's just so different from everything else old that I've read. It really got me into reading classics. It's probably why I have such an interest to read P&P.

Now the chronicles is all starting to come together! I think the first time you read the series it's good to have it in like a historical chronological order and then after that read it in the original order, since by then, you are more into Lewis and you are more appreciative. I finished TMN last night and I'm gonna start LWW today. LWW I remember the most for some reason. My teacher read all of them to us when I was in fourth grade, but for some reason, I remember LWW the best. I own Voyage by itself, but I never finished it because back then, for some reason, I found it kinda boring. Now I can't imagine thinking any Narnia book is boring! I love Lewis's letter to his niece (Lucy) before LWW starts. It has a great line: "But someday, you will be old enough to read fairy tales again." I love that because it really hits home with me because I think I've gotten to an age (even though I may be almost 20) where these books interest me more now then they did when I was 8.

Thank you for ranting back and forth with me! I'm so glad I have someone I can talk to that appreciates and knows what I'm reading!