Books and Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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 shinewithalltheuntold:

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I was tagged by @shinewithalltheuntold. I know I’ve done this one before, but I pretty much never mind talking about books!

Rules: List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard - they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag 10 friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them!

1. Deep Wizardry, by @dduane

2. A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

3. Dealing with dragons, by Patricia C Wrede

4. The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell

5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis

6. Kushiel’s Dart, by Jacqueline Carey

7. Alanna: The First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce

8. The Giver, by Lois Lowry

9. Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E Butler

10. Wise Child, by Monica Furlong

Tagging: Oh, bother. Can you just tag yourselves if you want to do this one?

Also, I’m happy to explain any of these if you’re curious why it’s on the list. :-)

I am curious about #5. What is it about that book that puts it above the rest of the books in the Narnia series?

There’s something about the way there are distinct stories and the way they slide into each other that appeals to me. It’s like a mini-epic tale, and each character gets his or her own chapter. Plus, a lot of the imagery has stuck with me–like the picture of the ship swallowing them up or the pool of water that turns whatever touches it to gold, or the hillside that Eustace slides down toward the dragon’s cave. And there’s something about the dual stories of Reepicheep and Caspian, both desiring to go beyond the end of the world but only one being called to go on while the other goes back, that stuck with me. I don’t know that I’d say I’d put it “above” the rest of the series–each of the books has hit me at some point or another–but it was a favorite for quite a while.