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  The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew C.S. Lewis   Released: May 2nd, 1955 My 53rd book for 2026 was C.S. Lewis’ The Magician's Nephew.   This one was a bit easier to follow.  I read the summary prior to reading it and the story flowed rather smoothly.  While still not the biggest attention grabber for me, I was still able to follow Digory and Polly's adventure. Digory and Polly are playing one day, and they end up in Digory's Uncle Andrew's study.  He tricks Polly into touching a ring which pulls her out of this world.  He has Digory set out to go find her.  They arrive in the "Wood between Worlds" which contains several pools, all leading to different worlds.  They decide to explore the ancient world of Charn before returning to London.  Once their, they see a bell.  Digory chooses to ring it, which unleashes an evil Queen Witch Jadis who has been frozen for some time.  As the children attempt to flee, the Wi...

  The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Horse And His Boy C.S. Lewis   Released: September 6th, 1954 My 52nd book for 2026 was C.S. Lewis’ The Horse and His Boy.   I hate saying this, but I think unless a major thing happens between now and the next two books, I'm ready to read something else.  It bothers me that I don't enjoy these books.  They are classics and legendary works.  It just doesn't hit me the same way. Shasta is a boy in southern Calormen who runs away from home when a man tries to buy him in the slave trade.  As he and his horses travel back to their homeland, misadventures occur derailing them.  Shasta also learns of a plan by the Calormen to push Queen Susan into a forced marriage with the leader of the Calormen.  Shasta tips off the Narnians who arrive in time to stop the Calormen from capturing a tower. It was a good book, but I have nothing.  I'm just not getting these books.  I hope others read them, but for me it'...

  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair C.S. Lewis   Released: September 7th, 1953 My 51st book for 2026 was C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair.   Here's what I gather. Eustace encounters a friend name Jill who is bullied at the school they both attend.  He tells her about his adventures in Narnia, and they call out to Aslan to save them.  Both are transported to Narnia.  Eustace falls off a cliff, but was saved when Aslan blew him through a jet stream to Narnia.  Aslan tasks Jill with helping Eustace find King Caspian X's son Prince Rilian of Narnia.  He went missing a decade before.  Jill is given four signs to guide them before being blow to Narnia and a waiting Eustace.  They find out 70 years have passed since the previous adventure in Narnia, and King Caspian X is now a frail old man.  We find out that Prince Rilian went missing 10 years earlier while looking for a large green serpent that killed his mother.  The jour...

  The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader C.S. Lewis   Released: September 15th, 1952 My 50th book for 2026 was C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.   Another book in the series where I felt at times like The Rock going "What in the blue hell is this?" This one held my attention a bit more than Prince Caspian did, but still not a great deal.  I literally got lost at points as they pinball from one island to another in search of his father's missing friends. The two youngest Pevensie children, Edmund and Lucy, return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace.  They arrive on board the Dawn Treader which belongs to King Caspian X This time, 3 years have passed, and King Caspian is working to fulfill a promise to avenge his father's death by seeking out the whereabouts of his father's missing friends.  Trumpkin the dwarf has been left in charge of Narnia.  The group hops around from island to island, healing various groups of people...