A couple of weeks ago, while shopping at Sam's club, I noticed they had the C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia series. As those were some of the hundreds of books I had to get rid of when we moved to New Hampshire, I bought the series on the spot (knowing of course, that it will take months before I get to it - but at least I have it).
This is how not-with-it I am, I had no idea why the Chronicles were out again. Even with it printed on the cover - I was only interested in the fact that it was actually the complete works of the Narnia Chronicles and not a cut-up version - so I didn't even notice it. It being, the a Disney Movie being released next month based on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
The series I got at Sam's was presented in one huge volume and I noticed something that I hadn't remembered; that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was the second item in the index, meaning it was the second book in the series.
Granted, I read that series som 30+ years ago, but I could have sworn that the first book I read in the series was The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, not The Magician's Nephew (which is presented as the first book). I thought I was just losing my mind as I was getting older.
Deb came to the rescue though and explained that LWW is the first book and pointed to a link explaining the reason that so many of us remember it differently.
When I do get around to re-reading the series, I will be doing so in the order that I remember it, not the new order.
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