Okay, back to the point. The theme for this month's book reading: Fantasy/Romance
Know that most of my friends read Romance books and witchcraft books like Harry Potter... I'm so against such witchcraft!!!
Anyway, the books I read(because I cannot seem to read only 1 book a month)(most for that month):
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA!!!
Consists mainly of 7 books:
*The Magician's Nephew
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
*The Horse and His Boy
*Prince Caspian
*Voyage of the Dawn Treader
*Silver Chair
*The Last Battle
Reviewing on all 7 books will be too long. I'll just concentrate on my favourite one...
The Horse and His Boy!
Brief Summary: Story of a 'fisherman's son', who realised happily that he was not the fisherman's son after all when a nobility happened to stay for a night. The boy, Shasta, talked to the noble's war horse, and was surprised when the horse, Bree, answered back. Together they ran away to the North, towards Narnia, where the talking horse was first taken away, and Shasta suspected of his birth there.
They ran (more like Bree galloped and Shasta tried to keep his balance), had a lion encounter at one night, and met Aravis, another lord's daughter, and her talking horse, Hwin. Aravis only found out that Hwin was a talking horse when she wanted to commit suicide because her father was marrying her off. Anyway, the story goes on with the 4 run-aways traveling together towards Narnia. Had to go through a popular town and disguised as slaves.
Shasta got 'kidnapped' by some overseas royalties who mistook him as their prince, and later, Aravis grabbed hold of one of her royalty friend passing on the street, and together with the 2 horses seeked lounging.
Aravis overheard a plot against Archenland, friend country of Narnia, and when the 4 of them finally found each other and got out of the town, they sped to warn Archenland. They had another lion encounter just as they are reaching the gateway of Archenland, with the attacking soldiers not far behind. The lion attack gave them the extra speed to reach the gate in time. The 2 horses and the injured Aravis rested with the hermit at the gate, while Shasta ran to find and inform the king of Archenland.
Shasta managed to warn the king in time, after the king mistook him for his son, and the next day happened to cross the border between Archenland and Narnia. Met the royalties, kings and queens of Narnia, who mistook him back in the town (and they still did not realised they got the wrong guy), and his 'twin'. Informed them of the attack and they rushed to war.
Won the war, and Shasta realised that the 'twin' was actually his real twin, and he was the long lost prince. Aravis went to stay with him in the palace, while the 2 horses returned to Narnia to live amongst the talking beasts.
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I really like this book. It is so captivating, so interesting, so imaginative, that you cannot put the book down. Fantasy stories allow you to fantasize (of course, why else do you think it is called fantasy??) ... It allows your imagination to run, capturing the various scenes in your mind as you read through those lines and pages.
You may wonder why of all fantasy books, I chose Chronicles of Narnia, and the book 'The Horse and His Boy'. Well,
1. I do not really have much Romance books, and am not so into those romance books you can find our there in various bookshops.
2.I am very against witchcraft books, such as Harry Potter. Some may say I should be open-minded, but I am going to stick to my principles, and not even the principal can change my mindset. I am not going to let anyone change my beliefs system.
3. I Love Chronicles of Narnia, out of all the various Fantasy books, and though I have read it a couple of time, I still enjoy reading the book.
4. I do not really have a lot of Fantasy books.
5. There are so many lessons that you can pick up and relate to in these stories.
The Horse and His Boy mentions themes like: inter-relationship (I depend on you, you depend on me); prudence(if they had been rashed, they might have not taken the path Shasta pointed out); Do unto others what you would have them to do you(Aravis scratched to account for servant'sbeating); trust; unity; compassion (for Archenland, even though they do not belong to Archenland,they were willing to put theirs lives for them) ...
It actually talks and explains a little about spiritual life too. I find that I can relate quite well with the various characters found in the story, and I have learnt/refreshed some notes to be attentive to also. I will not mind reading this book again, and again and again and again!
This book is very nice! Catch and keep up with the whole series of 7 books. =P
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