May Book Haul #3

 Hello there! I am back with my May Book Haul. I hope you don't mind me talking about a series for children :)
As I grew up I didn't have access to any C. S. Lewis book. The Chronicles of Narnia was released in my country after/ during the debut of the first movie: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, back in 2005. I did read the first book then, but thought that it was too expensive to buy all 7 books, especially because they were for children and couldn't afford them back then. A week before Easter I saw the box set in a local book store, next to my Uni, and I just knew I had to have them if I ever want to read them.

You will notice that I didn't read the books in chronological order and that is because I opted to read them in order in which they were first published. I will make a post about ways you can read the books. So, I should probably start to actually describe/ review this beautiful Chronicles!

The first book that I've re-read was The Lion, Te Witch and The Wardrobe, on which the first movie is based. I wouldn't have wanted to start with a different book. This is probably the most Narnian like book of the Chronicles, it sets the scene for all the others. It is a lot more softer than the movie. The only downside for me was that I couldn't really get to know the characters more in depth. The symbols, the descriptive passages are marvelous and breathtaking. It is a must-read! Plus the friendship between Lucy and Mr. Tumnus is adorable.

After I've started reading Prince Caspian. You can tell that the book gets slightly, just slightly more mature. Lucy, Susan, Peter and Edmund return in the magical land of Narnia, right next to the ruins of Cair Paravel. They find out that it has been hundreds of years since they ruled over this magical land. They meet prince Caspian, the future king, and help him make justice and get revenge for his fathers death.

The 3rd book that I've read was The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I must startt by stating that the book felt very different from the movie. This time only Lucy and Edmund return to Narnia, together with their cousin, Eustace Scrubb (perfect name for our dear boy at the beginning of the adventure). They are reunited with Caspian, captain of the Dawn Treader. They travel the seas, discovering new lands, some pond that turns everything into gold, meet a fallen star, see mermaids and find Aslans home. If you have seen the movie, you must read the book, you will see how very different they are!

The next volume that I've peeked up was The Silver Chair. Eustace returns, together with a class-mate, her name is Jill. They learn how to trust each other, on their mission to find Prince Caspians sun, who was put under a spell by a very dangerous snake, that took shape of a very enchanting Princess. On their way they meet Puddleglum - a marsh - wiggle, a few giants - who want to have a feast of human flesh and a lot of earthmen.

Next up, I've read The Horse and his Boy. This was probably my favorite so far. We meet 2 new characters, Shasta - a slave boy who will have a drastic change of destiny and Aravis - a girl trying to escape from marrying a very old man. We will see Lucy, Susan and Edmund - as grown royalties, Peter is only mentioned - he was away on royal business. I am not going to give any more information away, because I really enjoyed this one and hope you will decide to pick this one up and give it a chance!

So this are the books I've read last month:

Sadly I didn't have much time to read books for pleasure, as finals, evaluations, research papers and thesis rule my life until august. So, if you ever feel like there is too much work to do and you can't find time and energy to read, as a trick, you can read something easy and fun.

Keep reading!

xoxo