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"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."
​~C.S. Lewis

Reading Update - Week One

1/7/2017

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How's it going, my fellow readers? I think the hardest part this week was deciding what to read. I originally started on Knowing God, by J.I. Packer, but soon found that I won't be able to read in a week. I still plan to read it this year, but will probably have to spread it out. Anyway, I ended up reading The Princess Adelina and The Great Divorce.

The Princess Adelina - by Julie Sutter 

A friend of mine had given me this book, and I was eager to start it. The cover makes you think it's going to be a princess fairy tale... until you read the first couple chapters. No princess story gives so much context right at first. After that, it kind of settled into the rhythm of a story, and I found myself enjoying it.

The story is set in what is now Germany. The main character is a beautiful Christian girl named Adelina. The king falls in love with her, and promises to allow the Christians to worship freely, if she will marry him. She accepts, but has to battle fierce opposition from her mother-in-law, who is a pagan. 

I'm sure the original story was different, but there was quite a bit of interesting information about the missionaries living in Germany at the time. I enjoyed it. I think this book will fall under  "A Book of Your Choice".  Overall, this gets 3 stars out of 5.

The Great Divorce - by C.S. Lewis

The Great Divorce is a fictional book about a man who takes a bus ride from heaven to hell. As C.S. Lewis says in the beginning, it is not meant to be a description of heaven or hell. I found it very insightful, once I started looking at it as a series of character sketches of different types of people, and particularly the parts of their personalities that cannot enter heaven. For example, a man is shocked to find he must leave his tragic manipulating ways behind, because in heaven no one can steal another's joy. There are at least half a dozen or so sketches like this. I found it thought provoking to look at traits in myself that I often overlook and do not see the sin or futility in. 

​I would definitely recommend this, and I will probably read it again sometime. This will be put under the category of either "A book you own but have never read," or "A book written by an author with initials in their name." The Great Divorce earns 4 stars. 
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Ashton
1/7/2017 05:49:29 pm

I felt the same way about The Princess Adelina, it was not what I expected! The books that stood out to be this week were "The Scars that have Shaped Me," which was really, really good, and "The Last Buffalo Hunt and Other Stories," which I won't be keeping. ;)

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Katie
1/15/2017 07:04:29 pm

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was surprised by The Princess Adelina! =D

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Lily link
1/7/2017 08:13:20 pm

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a classic children's book series. :) It's really good.

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Katie
1/15/2017 07:06:42 pm

Cool! I'll see if our library has them.

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Ellen link
1/8/2017 10:43:26 am

Wow, Katie!! Great job!!!
I haven't heard of that book by C.S. Lewis-my sister has read Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, and another one by him and she really likes them.

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Katie
1/15/2017 07:08:40 pm

Thanks, Ellen! C.S. Lewis is one of the best authors ever, in my opinion. =D

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Hanna R. link
1/8/2017 05:48:48 pm

Sound like interesting books!
I'm realizing C.S. Lewis wrote a lot more novels than I thought he had, which I'm thinking I need to get my hands on!

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Katie
1/15/2017 07:11:57 pm

They were very interesting!

Are you talking about the Space Trilogy? I have them. I'm almost through the second book. They're good, but not as good as The Chronicles of Narnia.

Thanks for commenting!

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Jaidyn Elise
1/12/2017 12:03:02 pm

Good job, Katie! Keep reading, and you'll meet your goal!!!!!!!
Jaidyn Elise =D

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Katie
1/15/2017 07:13:03 pm

Thanks for the encouragement, Jaidyn! Happy New Year!

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