I was surprised by how this was at once mystical and then very earthy at the same time (especially the latter given it’s MacDonald). Extremely unusual writing and thought patterns. Enthralling in lots of ways. It’s a walk in a deeply rooted forest, the kind where thick and gnarly roots thrust themse

January 2020 review:

What can I write about a book like Phantastes? It’s a novel that seems like it wasn’t crafted so much as found, its vignettes—alternately dreamy or nightmarish, adventurous or languid—not invented but simply reported and transmitted through the pages, verbatim visions of the fair

I know that I read this once before, many moons ago. But my only recollection of it consisted in the fact that I had read it. I recently decided to read it again because of the impact it had on Lewis. Having done so, I can only conclude that Lewis saw a great deal more in it than I was able to, alth

Absolutely the most incredible book I've ever read. I'm pretty sure it will stay my favorite forever. You know those things in life (books/paintings/scenery/etc) that are just so beautiful that you know you couldn't accurately describe them? That is what this book was, to me. I know that you're not

The first time I read this I was a newly married 18 yo. My husband was taking a class at college titled Oxford Christians and I may as well have taken the class myself because I read every single life-changing book Dr. Kay Ludwigson assigned. And of all the books by all those wonderful Inklings and

It’s like a dream: You just
find yourself somewhere
and you wander on.
Not like a quest,
with a destination
and obstacles along the way.
No. You just find yourself walking
without a destination
and when you get somewhere
someone was expecting you,
someone who had sent you somewhere,
although you don’t k