I'll be honest, this item was added as I got stuck before I reached 101, and I thought it would be easy to do. I didnt have much rationale behind it, except that I remember reading them as a kid and despite weekly Sunday School attendance I didn't pick up on the Christian allegory.
Reading them through, I can hardly remember most of the books. I think I remember The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe better from the original film. And I don't think I'd read all the books as a kid as I think I found some of them boring. However it could be my memory deceiving me, as I had a cuddly toy mouse called Reepicheep aged 8 yet none of The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader was familiar to me!
I did enjoy the books, they were easy to read, fast paced and did hold my interest. I still hardly noticed the Christian story as there are also a lot of magical happenings.
I'm pleased to have read them again, but probably won't be in a hurry to re-read them. So the box set will probably be passed to someones children at some point as its taking up precious room on my full book shelves!
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