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Going to see Narnia tonight at 22.00. I reserve judgement until then, but I'm pretty damned excited about it.

Holy crap, I cannot believe this woman is 45 years old.



I bought Tirian a copy of The Chronicles of Narnia in French today. I had a quick read, and the translation seems just and actually quite good. We will start reading Le Lion, La Sorciere Blanche et l'Armoire Magique tonight.

I am very much looking forward to the film. Every time I have watched the trailers I have cried. Narnia is very close to my heart (hell, I named both my cat and my son after characters from the books) and has been ever since I first picked up the books when I was 8 years old. Many an hour have I spent daydreaming about Narnia, and imagining myself in that magic land. I have joined Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, Digory, Polly, Eustace and Jill on many adventures and have even dreamt up some of my own.

When I was young, I wanted to marry Shasta and become Queen of Archenland.

I couldn't give a hoot about the allegorical undertones of the books - when you're a kid, you just don't notice it. At the roots, the books are fun, exciting, dangerous, moving and amazingly well-written. What more could children want?

Oh, and I do have a thing for large wardrobes. When I get one of my own, I shall fill it with fur coats. Just in case.