The C.S. Lewis Book Club

Boromir is Slain! The orcs capture Merry and Pippin and march in haste to Isengard. Aragorn, Logolas and Gimli attempt a hopeless pursuit on foot, only to find the remains of the orc host slaughtered by the Riders of Rohan, but clues of the hobbits’ escape lead the trio into Fangorn Forest where they reunite with Gandalf, resurrected after his fall in Moria. The four companions go to Edoras where...

*SPOILER ALERT!* If you haven’t seen the movie The Fellowship of the Ring, or read the first chapter of The Two Towers, there is a spoiler in this episode of something in the movie that in the books happens later. Not likely any of you are as fresh to this story as Dan, but still, fyi… Book 2 Summary: Frodo awakes in Rivendell. A council led by the Elf Lord Elrond decides that the One Ring must be...

Dan and Alex begin a new adventure in The Lord of the Rings! Summary of Book 1: Gandalf the Wizard has discovered that the magic ring the hobbit Frodo Baggins has inherited from his older cousin Bilbo is no ordinary trinket; it's The One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron. Frodo accepts the task of delivering the ring to Rivendell where wiser and more powerful allies might work out its destruction b...

Dan and Alex have been on a walking tour through Middle-earth. They followed The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, from the doorstep of his hobbit hole, over hill and under tree, to the dungeons of The Lonely Mountain and back again, but a new adventure is calling–and their road continues ever on and on… into The Lord of the Rings! Our next episode will cover The Lord of the Rings, Book 1, the Fellowship of...

Dan and Alex continue their Walking Tour through Middle-earth as they talk about their experience in the second half of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Send questions, comments, criticisms, and corrections, by written email or Voice Memo to bookclub@mtnair.media Episode Sponsor: Consequences Video at: https://youtu.be/u6Y_pV-AsCQ

We begin our walking tour through Middle-earth on the trail to the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. In this episode, we discuss our experiences in the first 9 chapters, from Bag End to Mirkwood. Episode Sponsor: Doing Something New https://open.spotify.com/show/3eT6KpkOcJOO3Ss4Zz1lHe?si=e94a0ffcc5be4e8b

Like Elwin Ransom, we're going on a walking tour, or like Bilbo Baggins, we're going on an adventure! Maybe not literally, but imaginatively as we briefly leave the works of C.S. Lewis and wander into Middle-earth. Our first stop will be The Hobbit. Read ahead if you don't want spoilers. Next Episode: The Hobbit, chapters 1-9

Dan and Alex review and wrap-up season 3.

Dan and Alex meet up with book club members Tyler and Angie Panian to wrap up their coverage of Till We Have Faces.

Dan and Alex discuss book 2 of Till We Have Faces. Next week we wrap up our coverage and talk to some of our book club members.

Dan and Alex discuss chapters 11-21 of book 1 in Till We Have Faces. Next week we will cover book 2. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex begin their coverage of Till We Have Faces, starting with chapters 1-10 Next week we will cover chapters 11-21. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex meet up with book club members Mandi and Nick to wrap up and review their coverage of The Great Divorce.

Dan and Alex finish their coverage of The Great Divorce, discussing chapters 11-14

Dan and Alex continue their coverage of The Great Divorce discussing chapters 6-10. Next week we will be covering chapters 11-14 Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex begin their coverage of The Great Divorce discussing chapters 1-5. Next week we will be covering chapters 6-10 Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex wrap up their coverage of The Pilgrim's Regress and hear from book club members about their experience and insights into the book. Cited resources: http://crystalhurd.com/lewis-and-women-portrayals-in-the-pilgrims-regress/ https://a.co/d/7XheNaM https://www.narniaweb.com/resources-links/are-the-chronicles-of-narnia-sexist-and-racist/ Other cited media: https://a.co/d/1biaBgh https://w...

Dan and Alex continue their conversations about The Pilgrim's Regress starting with books 8-10. Next week we will wrap up this series and look ahead to our next book-club endeavor, The Great Divorce. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex continue their conversations about The Pilgrim's Regress starting with books 4-7. Next week we will cover books 8-10. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

On the inaugural C.S. Lewis Reading Day, Dan and Alex chat about how reading C.S. Lewis's books is what their book club is all about, along with voice memos from book club members.

Dan and Alex begin their conversations about The Pilgrim's Regress starting with books 1-3. Next week we will cover books 4-6 Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex wrap up their coverage of The Screwtape Letters and hear from book club members about their questions and insights. The next book in our series will be The Pilgrim's Regress, and next week's episodes will cover books 1-3.

Dan and Alex wrap up their coverage of The Screwtape Letters covering chapters 21-31. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex continue their coverage of The Screwtape Letters discussing chapters 11-20. Next week's episode will discuss chapters 21-30. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media

Dan and Alex begin their coverage of The Screwtape Letters discussing chapters 1-10. Next week's episode will discuss chapters 11-20. Send us a voice memo! Follow us on Instagram @c.s.lewisbookclub Email us: bookclub@mtnair.media