The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

One of the reasons that I enjoyed this book is likely its ease of being read. Written in a storyteller style, and obviously aimed at a younger audience, in combination with its length made it easy for me to finish up with it fairly quickly. While I know it to have some religious undertones, it was still a kind of interesting little story.

And little story it was. I know it is part of a series, but there really wasn't a whole lot of substance to it. This DID make it easy to read, but also felt like a bit rushed to get through the storyline with as little detail and development as possible. Overall, it provided a reasonably enjoyable few days of reading, but I look forward to delving into something with a little more substance.

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I Hope They Server Beer in Hell by Tucker Max

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

If you are the kind of person who tends to like jokes that a lot of people think are just wrong, you'll probably love this book. There are definitely some hilarious (though vulgar) moments, but Tucker Max is definitely a total ass with little regard for other people. I had first discovered his stories from his website, and unfortunately, this book adds very little content. I haven't checked the site in a while, but you can just as easily read a great majority of the stories there. Still, definitely some entertaining and totally mindless reading. It was a great followup to Great Expectations for sure, haha.

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I finally finished it! I started this about 16 months ago (apparently things were so easy with our 3 month old that I decided to get back into casual reading), and I finally finished it!

In general, I think I would have given it 2.5 or 3 stars, but the Goodreads definition of 3 stars is "I liked it," and I wasn't prepared to go that far. There were periods that I found pretty interesting, and there were sections that I was lucky to get through 2 pages before I was falling asleep. Overall, it wasn't a bad read for a classic, but felt a bit long-winded at times. It also had a lot of text where people were speaking and had weird accents that made it extremely difficult for me to read.

So glad to have finally conquered another "classic" and ready to read something a bit more enjoyable!

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