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Quickly catching up on some of the books I’ve read lately. I ran through the first two books of the Narnia series (first time since childhood) so that we could go see the Lion Witch and the Wardrobe while Jodi’s mom was here at Christmas.
The Magician’s Nephew – this is a good one, I’ve always quite liked as it sets up the land of Narnia and introduces the witch (quite an interesting, innately evil character) and Aslan (the innately good character). I’d probably read this one 3–4 times before, perhaps because since it’s the first one in the series, each time I “start and eventually don’t finish” the series I still read this one. In any case, good book.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – This is the well known classic from which the movie was made. The movie covered the book pretty well, although (our neighbor with whom we saw the movie) Beth and I chuckled about how some of the controversial points were softened a bit for contemporary audiences. For instance, the whole overtly sexist scene with Santa Claus telling the women that they shouldn’t fight in the upcoming battle was glossed right over without comment. I realize this sort of stuff in the Narnia series was par for the times so I’m not overly critical… but it’s still interesting to see how these things change over time. In any case, good book.
