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Pretty sure my 3 star review was for the Stephen Fry audio book because my family and I just don't care for him as a narrator - for us he's like nails on a chalkboard. But this is now linked to the new, full cast version, and so far so good.
November 13, 2025

Pusillanimity must be her favorite word. Listening to the audio, I was getting tired of hearing it over and over and almost wished for a Kindle copy to make counting just how many times she used it easy.
Pusillanimity: lack of courage or determination; timidity. "the pusillanimity of his answer surprised me"
Synonyms -
fearfulness, cowardice, cowardliness, gutlessness, spinelessness, cravenness, timidity, weaknes

Very good, but it's my bedtime read, and sadly, I'm no longer a night owl, and I am so tired by then that I usually fall asleep after just a few pages. ☹️🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ I should probably make it my lunchtime read.

Not impressed so far. Glad I borrowed it from the library.

Disappointing so far - and I really expected it to be one of my favorites for the year. 😳🥺

I've read quite a few of these essays already in the original books they first appeared in, but needed a book of essays (or poems, short stories, etc) for this year's Back to Hogwarts challenge and thought it would be fun to reread some of CS Lewis's.

Actually, I've listened to all of it once, and am now listening a 2nd time while reading and marking/ tabbing the print copy. So far, I'm agreeing with most of it, but I think that as far as her section on literature and Harry Potter go, I align more with The Literary Life's position. And there are mistakes in the audio book of the wrong name being read (it's correct in the print copy) and sentences being repeated.

💖 Re-reading for Jane Austen July 2025, read-along. Combination of audio, Kindle, and print.

♦️ Rereading February 2023, but forgot to update when finished, maybe in March? 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Same rating as last time.
♦️Keeping the rating at 4.5 - 5 stars • re-read 7/14/20

Not currently reading, I downloaded several Flannery O'Connor books because the LitLife podcast is doing a series on her, but I really only needed to reread A Good Man is Hard to Find for the podcast.

Not currently reading, I downloaded several Flannery O'Connor books because the LitLife podcast is doing a series on her, but I really only needed to reread A Good Man is Hard to Find for the podcast.

Not currently reading, I downloaded several Flannery O'Connor books because the LitLife podcast is doing a series on her, but I really only needed to reread A Good Man is Hard to Find for the podcast.

Considering that we started this book last January, this is turning out to be a VERY LONG/SLOW (re)read for our church book talk and today the pastor went over chapter 9: Knowledge of God. Obviously we haven't managed to meet every month. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂