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  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...

  The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian: The Return To Narnia C.S. Lewis   Released: October 15th, 1951 My 49th book for 2026 was C.S. Lewis’ Prince Caspian.   It was a pain in the neck to figure out the proper title for this book.  I know Prince Caspian is the universal name.  "The Return To Narnia" addition being the older title.  Then putting Chronicles of Narnia as an overall "umbrella" title adds to the mix. This was an interesting book.  It did not hold my attention the way the first one did which was disappointing.  I found myself lost in this one. The Narnia children return to Narnia a year later, only to find that 1,300 years have passed.  After saving a dwarf named Trumpkin, he fills them in on the missing history of Narnia.  Telmarines conquered Narnia and now rule under King Miraz and his wife Queen Prunaprismia (say that 3 times fast).  They accomplished this by killing his brother King Caspian IX.  Prince C...