Recent content by Chez

I'm the same. Hey, good to know I'm not the only one. :D I still have my Kirsten doll.

This book was a guilty pleasure; often very crass, but just as often pretty darn funny. Haven't read the sequel yet though.

These were great! I've read "Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" (Oregon Trail); "The Winter of Red Snow" (American Revolution); "Journey to a New World" (Pilgrims); and one set on board the Titanic. "Red Snow" is probably my favorite. Pity you can't get them out here except through the Internet.

... am I the only one who loved these? I remember the days when it was just Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha and Molly, and Addy was the "newest" one - now I have no idea how many there are. Any takers?

Screwtape Letters is one of my favorite books ever; I've read it... who knows how many times. And John Cleese reading it is perfect casting.

How do you mean? :confused: I hadn't noticed anything that political in it?

I love, love, love Jane Austen - she's got the most fantastic ironic eye and wit in every sentence and has I think created some of the most unique characters (Lizzie Bennet, Mr Collins, Mr & Mrs Palmer, Emma Woodhouse, Miss Bates, Catherine Morland, Mr & Mrs Bennet, Lucy Steele, Lady Catherine...

Yeah, the original book of 'Peter Pan' is a good deal darker than the movie - but then, isn't that always the case with Disney? It's essentially supposed to be a children's novel, but works on an adult level as well and definitely has a cynical edge that may need to be softened for younger...

This book was one that I didn't really "enjoy" reading, but is great to study. Everything is so full of meaning and metaphor, and is surprisingly deep and emotional. The whole thing, even though pretty horrifying, is believable in context, which makes for sobering reading. This one stayed with...

This book has a really interesting premise that will get you in, if you don't get impatient with all the digressions and somewhat irrelevent (for lack of a better word) asides peppering the main plot. It's a pretty quick read and I enjoyed it, but it's been sort of wrecked for me on account of...

I read this book last year, and it prompted me to seek out more work by Tracy Chevalier ["The Lady and the Unicorn", and I'm currently on "The Virgin Blue"]. "Pearl Earring" has a pretty quiet, bleak tone, somewhat depressing, but nevertheless I found it compelling. The "He was going to paint...

CS Lewis will always be one of my absolute favorite authors. He has this ability to make religion invigorating and challenging, using analogies to help express concepts that can be hard to understand but never seeking to come across as "holier than thou". I'm a Christian myself, so I loved...