The chronicles of Narnia, to be read in whatever order you feel is correct (but there is really only One True Order), are now for a short time available for $1.99 each in Kindle form. This probably only applies to US buyers, but I don’t know that for a fact.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia Book 2 BUT REALLY BOOK 1)
The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia Book 1 BUT REALLY BOOK 2)
The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia Book 3)
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia Book 4)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia Book 5)
The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia Book 6)
In addition to this, a very special and engaging biography of LBJ: Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
And this, which I’ve not read, but thought you might like to know is cheap:
Have you read the breakthrough novel of the year? When you are done with that, try:
or Paperback
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I just checked Amazon.ca and saw that volume for $0.99 CAD so about $0.75 USD
As a little boy, by pure chance I read “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” first – and it’s chronologically first in the story. Reading it second doesn’t make sense, since events in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” are referenced in all the other books.
I know they wrote an opera about Nixon, but I have always felt that no other president in my lifetime even comes close to being the tragic (and complex) figure that was LBJ.
Thanks for pointing out this book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I can’t imagine finding the time to read this or any other book of its size … but it’s definitely on my wish list.
Your literature alerts are a therapeutic break from too much coronavirus-on-the-brain.
Maybe it’s hard for me to read entire books now … but that won’t prevent me from falling asleep while re-listening to the audiobook version of “War of the Worlds” … which somehow seems very appropriate, these days …