Making time for reading

Lately I've been reading through the Chronicles of Narnia, admittedly for the first time.  Right now I'm on The Silver Chair, leaving me only The Last Battle before the series is complete.  (Yes, I read it in chronological order, not the order of publication.)  I have been enjoying these latter books more than the first few, but on the whole I can't say that I'm a huge fan of the series.  That's not to say that I don't like it, it just isn't Lord of the Rings.

Hopefully once I'm done, I'll be able to post a bit more about what I've thought of the series.  I'm interested to see where he's taking things, both from a literary and religious stand point.  I will add here that I enjoyed reading the His Dark Materials series much more (think The Golden Compass), as I think that Pullman is much better able to weave an interesting story and create remarkable worlds.

Now I know that what I've just written seems a bit like heresy, but just because I enjoyed those books more doesn't mean that I'm somehow going to become an atheist.  I just thought I should give those books a chance before passing judgment as so many email forwards and facebook groups would suggest I do.

So maybe once I'm done with Narnia, I'll reread Pullman's books do a comparison.  (That is, if my long-suffering friends can stand me borrowing them a bit longer.)  That could be pretty interesting.