tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post2347898830768965889..comments2024-02-20T08:10:20.272-05:00Comments on Ordinary Lovely: Classics, I *heart* Maestro, and a New Kind of Book Basket (WWRW)Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09440812661317797011noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-21691182927861279342015-03-12T14:55:45.060-04:002015-03-12T14:55:45.060-04:00Ooh, thanks! I'll check it out :)Ooh, thanks! I'll check it out :)Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09440812661317797011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-32678711829553818512015-03-12T14:53:23.474-04:002015-03-12T14:53:23.474-04:00Definitely agree that the accent is a bonus!! We&...Definitely agree that the accent is a bonus!! We've been following the "rule" that the kids are allowed to listen to them on CD after we read them together, which was working out nicely until my boys broke one of the CD's of the Silver Chair and I got on the library's naughty list. They wanted me to pay $30 to replace it, but I insisted they take the exact same recording that I bought on Amazon for $8.99! Now we borrow audiobooks electronically so there are no more mishaps ;) Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09440812661317797011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-32486188519038314182015-03-12T14:48:58.696-04:002015-03-12T14:48:58.696-04:00Hmm... I haven't heard of that book. But I *h...Hmm... I haven't heard of that book. But I *have* tried to read Lewis' Space Trilogy and just couldn't get into it :(Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09440812661317797011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-22940403293359235602015-03-07T04:37:13.404-05:002015-03-07T04:37:13.404-05:00Ah a book post, I'm sure you know I'm grin...Ah a book post, I'm sure you know I'm grinning and devouring:) <br />Still so excited about Aaron reading too, remember my Jelly Bean is at the same stage. She just read Fantastic Mr Fox and loved it!! Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-35827945981266532922015-03-05T15:20:28.711-05:002015-03-05T15:20:28.711-05:00I actually think Prince Caspian is the low point. ...I actually think Prince Caspian is the low point. I agree that Horse and his Boy isn't great but I love The Silver Chair. Puddleglum is just so wonderful and the part where he frees the prince from his chair and stands up to the snake witch is probably on my top three favorite parts of the whole series. "We're just babies making up a game if you're right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead." Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449189050973961508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-15997503469599276512015-03-04T22:38:02.678-05:002015-03-04T22:38:02.678-05:00I like The Horse and his Boy (although not as much...I like The Horse and his Boy (although not as much as the others) but I always slog through The Silver Chair. Have you ever read Planet Narnia? It theorizes that Lewis's theme behind Narnia was the ancient idea of the solar system, and each book represents one of the old planets (including the sun & moon). In this guy's interpretation, The Silver Chair is the moon--and its theme is confusion/slogging through darkness. So it might be intentional. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690192530565022851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-2746800515984787932015-03-04T15:46:39.371-05:002015-03-04T15:46:39.371-05:00For whatever reason, I've had more luck with m...For whatever reason, I've had more luck with my boys listening to the Narnia audiobooks rather than me reading them aloud. I ended up buying them since we were checking them out of the library so often. Maybe an English accent is essential for full full Narnian enjoyment?Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242595555985631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-70429716087815984642015-03-04T15:18:44.031-05:002015-03-04T15:18:44.031-05:00The Silver Chair & The Horse and His Boy aren&...The Silver Chair & The Horse and His Boy aren't my favorites, either - I think I just love Dawn Treader so much that everything else was kind of a let down after that, until The Magician's Nephew. I'm just really glad you're reading them in the correct order - I get irrationally angry when people read The Magician's Nephew first ;)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377582441405318696.post-17012851605053140272015-03-04T15:18:37.010-05:002015-03-04T15:18:37.010-05:00The Silver Chair & The Horse and His Boy aren&...The Silver Chair & The Horse and His Boy aren't my favorites, either - I think I just love Dawn Treader so much that everything else was kind of a let down after that, until The Magician's Nephew. I'm just really glad you're reading them in the correct order - I get irrationally angry when people read The Magician's Nephew first ;)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.com