The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis - I suppose the best question to ask about Lewis is: What is there not to love? I read this book, over the course of several weeks, for my Wednesday morning study. Set as an allegory depicting the difference between Heaven and Hell; this story takes the narrator, and reader, through Hell and then on to Heaven.
“But Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly. For all that can be shaken will be shaken and only the unshakeable remains.” p. 70-71.
“But you and I must be clear. There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” p.106
Oh, that I could live an unshakeable life.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson – Hmmmm. This was a page turner and I found myself staying up late just to find out what was going to happen. There are only a few books that can keep a pregnant momma up into the late of the night. It is a Swedish best seller and Larsson has crafted a complex tale which interweaves three story lines into one master plot. I was intrigued, and I love books which bring seemingly separate stories into one complex story line. The mystery surrounding Harriot’s disappearance was well written, and I did not solve it on my own. All of that being said, I have trouble giving this book a full-fledged “read right away” without a caution. Interwoven into solving Harriot’s disappearance is another story line which has a couple parts that are quite dark and upsetting. If someone had told me what the underlying plot was I am not sure I would have read the story, however, by the time I discovered it on my own; I was hooked and had to know what happened.
What are you guys reading?
My other reading list is here.
{This post is linked up with other reading recommendations at Life as Mom.}
Visiting from Life as MOM. “The Great Divorce” was one of my Booking It reads earlier this year and I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for the heads-up on the second book – I don’t enjoy dark underlying plots (I’m in the middle of a book like that right now – I don’t want to stop because I’m sucked in, but I probably wouldn’t recommend it).
Exams and assignments have led to my reading flow being interrupted. I started ‘Mr Darcy takes a wife’ by Linda Berdoll, but didnt like it. Now I’m reading ‘House of Spirits & Whispers’ by Annie Wilder – a nice quick read to get me back into my routine, after which I’ll probably read ‘Darcy & Anne’ by Judith Brocklehurst.
I have heard wonderful things about ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ by Stieg Larrson, although I’ve not yet read it myself. It is on my wish-list though.
~S. xo
Great of you to share. I become comletely obsessed when I start reading a book (I literally don’t do anything else). For this reason I don’t read that often anymore. I save it for the really good ones! Love to read Lewis’ book. The quotes you gave are intrigueing. C x
See, that’s why I couldn’t give Dragon Tattoo a 100% beach reading recommendation! Glad to hear it was entertaining though. Definitely steer clear of the second and third books, I would say; they continue to be on the dark side.
B. – You know me so well! I read the amazon reviews of the second book and I was worried about the underlying plot of the second book. I will take your advice even though they are SO WELL WRITTEN!