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Captain's Reading Log !!!
"June 16th, 2006.
I have begun reading
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis.
Stop.
I have started and finished the first book in the series;
The Magician's Nephew .
Stop.
It was 202 pages long.
End."
"June 18th, 2006.
I began reading the second book in the series,
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , yesterday and have finished today.
Stop.
I read the 189 paged book in these two days at a rate of 94.5 pages per day.
End."
"June 20th, 2006.
I began reading the thrid book in the series,
The Horse and his Boy , yesterday and have finished today.
Stop.
I read the 224 paged book in these two days at a rate of 112 pages per day.
End."
"June ??, 2006.
I have lost track of time.
Stop.
I have finished the fourth book in the series;
Prince Caspian .
Stop.
Average read time of 74.3333333333....... pages per day.
Stop.
Took a total of 3 days to complete the 223 paged book.
End."
"June ??, 2006.
I am still lost in time.
Stop.
I have finished the fifth book in the series;
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader .
Stop.
Average read time of 49.6 pages per day.
Stop.
Took a total of 5 days to complete the 248 paged book.
End."
"July 4th, 2006.
I have finally regained my track of time.
Stop.
I have finished the sixth book in the series;
The Silver Chair .
Stop.
I had started on the 2nd of this month.
Stop.
Average read time of 81 pages per day.
Stop.
Took a total of 3 days to complete the 243 paged book.
End."
"July 5th, 2006.
I have finished the seventh and final book in the series;
The Last Battle .
Stop.
I had started yesterday, right after finishing
The Silver Chair .
Stop.
I read the 211 paged book over these two days at rate of 105.5 pages per day.
Stop.
The series is complete
Stop.
Next book to read:
Different Seasons by Stephen King.
End."
I enjoyed
The Magician's Nephew not because it had an well done story (I think many people would find it boring as it was an old style of child's fairy tale), but because of the way it worked. The magic, the different worlds, the creation (I'll say no more, as I don't want to ruin it)... lets just say I found his ideas very interesting and ejoyable.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was also quite good, though it was deminished because I had already seen the movie. I think they did a good job of recreating it in the movie and that they even improved it. For that reason, it had a shade over it as I read. Still good if you haven't watche the movie yet.
Book three,
The Horse and his Boy was even more different than the second than the second was compared to the first (and they were quite different). It had an Aladin style to it. I actually really liked it, and found it to be the best so far. It had very little to do directly with Narnia though. Bah, oh well, it was fun! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
I move to the story of
Prince Caspian . This one features our four protagonists from the second book. I also found this one to be very good. It also had its own tweaked differance of style than the second. I put it on par with the third book on my rank of favoritism.
Next,
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was again completely a thing of its own. This one became my favorite thus far with its constantly changing many adventures (though a new caracter starts off as quite the annoyance) and amazing ideas. Good stuff!
Following this,
The Silver Chair (needless to say, a thing of its own, completely different than the rest) was another complete sucess. I rank it just before the fifth book, as it was once more an amazing adventure that had many turns and twists. I'm actually feeling bad that the series is ending...
And finally,
The Last Battle ended it all. I won't say I was disappointed with it and its end, I wasn't, but it... Let's just say the whole thing filled me with anger, rage, pride for the heroes, encouragement, hope, pain, sadness, awe, amazement, enjoyment, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera... in that order. I rank this one along side of the sixth book. A great story and a great series. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
The Chronicles of Narnia...
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