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A review by elevetha
The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings by C.S. Lewis
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Finished a day early because who knows if I'll get around to reading tomorrow's entry.
I think Lewis is brilliant. I think this collection is less so. Each day we get a small sampling of Lewis' writings from various works; his Letters, Narnia, Problem of Pain, Mere Christianity, and so on. They take from a good variety of his writings, which was nice, but the problem was that we would get, say, 7 snippets in a row from Miracles on one thing, 2 snippets from The Great Divorce on something else entirely, and then back to a small bit from Miracles. Beyond that, it was either entirely random, like they were picking each daily passage by throwing darts at a spinning wheel, or the tiny passages given each day really didn't give you anything to "chew" on, unless you read the whole week in one go. I appreciate the daily reading aspect of this collection, but I think I'd much rather read the best of the individual books in the future.
I think Lewis is brilliant. I think this collection is less so. Each day we get a small sampling of Lewis' writings from various works; his Letters, Narnia, Problem of Pain, Mere Christianity, and so on. They take from a good variety of his writings, which was nice, but the problem was that we would get, say, 7 snippets in a row from Miracles on one thing, 2 snippets from The Great Divorce on something else entirely, and then back to a small bit from Miracles. Beyond that, it was either entirely random, like they were picking each daily passage by throwing darts at a spinning wheel, or the tiny passages given each day really didn't give you anything to "chew" on, unless you read the whole week in one go. I appreciate the daily reading aspect of this collection, but I think I'd much rather read the best of the individual books in the future.