Twilight

[glanalaw]

...so I just discovered Twilight... I think I may be just a wee bit obsessed :P It's not that the book is so very fabulously written, although it is good; it's not even that the main character, Bella, reminds me so very strongly of one of my best friends. I've never been one for vampire stories. It's not even that Edward Cullen is pretty much

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[ibmiller]

No, no, no. Starting with Magician's Nephew!

And also: Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card, Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle, the complete Sherlock Holmes collection, The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King, Hamlet, A Man For All Seasons, Peter Pan (the play and the novel).

[glanalaw]

but it wasn't written first! If Lewis had meant it to come first, why did he write and publish LWW first? I've never understood why people insist on calling Magician's Nephew the first book. It doesn't make nearly as much sense or feel so satisfying if you read it out of context of the rest of the books.

I LOVE Till We Have Faces! Can't remember if I've read A Wind in the Door or not... Hamlet I know well. A Man For All Seasons I read years ago... never read the play Peter Pan but know the novel well! Thanks for the suggestions :) Your books are much more literary than most of the ones I suggested...

[ibmiller]

1 - I think Narnia should be reread at least twice, so order doesn't really matter as much as the debate sometimes seems.

2 - Lewis did not write in publication order, so I see no reason that it is sacred.

3 - Lewis made at least two statements in favor of chronological order.

4 - Though many argue that it's richer if you read them nonchronologically, I like the way the world builds better.

5 - But, as I said, since they should be reread anyway, the richness will be there.

And I'm halfway through Willis' Passage - like it quite well.

[glanalaw]

Well, I completely agree that Narnia should be reread. I just think LWW is a better way to get hooked on them. I actually didn't like Magician's Nephew the first time I read it; if I'd started with it I would probably not love Narnia as I do (or it would have taken me much longer.)

But, I guess it doesn't matter too much! I'm glad you're enjoying Passage. I haven't gotten to the library yet so I'm making do with books my mother has out - I'm reading The Mysterious Benedict Society right now and finding it quite amusing.