Still later, after seeing them referenced in an online discussion, I read through Till We Have Faces (highly recommended if you like fantasy) and The Great Divorce (more fantastic than fantasy). I picked up The Screwtape Letters a bit later, and similarly enjoyed it. I picked up Mere Christianity at McKay’s a few years back and really liked it. Lewis books over the past… oh, probably year or two. *Īnyway, I should probably explain how I got around to reading this book. So I’m very picky, and tend to read books by authors I already know I like. And I know the chances of me actually sticking with a book (or game, or series, or whatever) long enough to complete it are slim to none. I’m sort of a perfectionist about book choice, so I don’t read anything that I don’t think I’m going to complete. Actually, I suppose that’s sort of a mischaracterization of my reading habits: I read, but very rarely, and only books I really want to read. People who know me will be shocked that I actually read, because it’s pretty well-known that I don’t. (Mostly because it will end up written off as a “Dylan anime” or “Dylan book” or “Dylan movie” anyway, so why bother?) I have the “I should blog about this!” moment every time I finish a book or movie or anime, and then I never do. I will admit that reading Nathan’s review got me motivated to actually write something.

I don’t call this a review because, honestly, it’s something of a classic and I can’t quite justify the implications of the word “review.” More like “here’s a book you’ve probably never heard of and I recommend.” I actually finished this book today and was thinking about writing a… well, synopsis.

First, no, I did not rip off Nathan’s book review post idea.

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