It’s Monday. What are you reading?

It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading, and the books to be finish this week.

I didn’t read a whole lot this week, a lot more dad stuff going on so by the time I was free I didn’t feel like reading but instead just watching TV or something. Either way, I finished the Chronicles of Narnia challenge which I wasn’t sure if I could. Looking over the lists of books I have to read and their deadlines, I am getting anxious that I am running out of time.

Read Last Week:

1. One Word Answer by Charlaine Harris (short story)
2. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
3. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Reading This Week:

• A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
• Marley and Me by John Grogan
• Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Chronicles of Narnia Challenge – COMPLETE

I finished Reading to Know’s challenge just a week before the deadline and for awhile there I wasn’t sure if I would make it.

I had a fun time finishing off the last five books of the series and return the complete collection to my friend. Plus I was carrying around the 800 page book for weeks and it was starting to get heavy. I’m curious to see if they will make any of the other books into movies as well. Time will tell.

My List:

1. The Horse and His Boy – finished June 30
2. Prince Caspian – finished July 2
3. The Voyage of Dawn Treader – finished July 5
4. The Silver Chair – finished July 9
5. The Last Battle – finished July 10

The Last Battle

Title: The Last Battle
Author: C.S. Lewis
Finished: July 10, 2009
Pages: 224
Published: 1956

The final chapter in the Chronicles of Narnia. I had no idea what to expect in this adventure but the title alone was enough to prove that this adventure would be nothing like the rest.

This specific book tells about the end of old Narnia while summing up the entire series in a tight little package, with something to please every reader, even myself who at one time or another was skeptical. There are many conflicts even from the start when an ape persuades the people of Narnia that Aslan is now an uncontrollable and wild animal, causing everyone to fear him, instead of love him.

Throughout it all, C.S. Lewis brought together all the favorites, past and present, to bring the story to an amazing conclusion that I wasn’t even excepting, even after finishing all the books. In the end, I loved how the story progressed and the ending itself.

*Challenges – 100+ Challenge, 999×2 Challenge, Create a Colorful Summer, Christmas in July, Chronicles of Narnia Challenge

The Silver Chair

Title: The Silver Chair
Author: C.S. Lewis
Finished: July 9, 2009
Pages: 256
Published: 1953

The next to last chapter in the Chronicles of Narnia. This round Lewis brings Eustace back for his own adventure where he brings his school friend Jill along for a Narnian adventure. Eustace and Jill must rescue a prince who has been under an evil spell by a witch.

This was a fun little adventure, thinking that Eustace may or may not be able to handle his own adventure, especially after his skepticisim during the previous story, but his character development has improved over the course of the couple of stories.

This is all leading up to the final chapter, see how all the characters come together for the ending.

*Challenges – 100+ Challenge, 999×2 Challenge, Create a Colorful Summer, Christmas in July, Chronicles of Narnia Challenge