January pleasure reading, part 2

A few days ago I finished reading the fourth book in the Narnia series, Prince Caspian. This was like all the other books in the series have been -- entertaining but not really mind-blowing or anything. It was a nice story, and I guess these books are geared more towards younger readers, but it seems like C.S. Lewis could have elaborated more in his books, like J.K. Rowling. All of these books are pretty short so it feels like the entire book is a buildup to something that lasts 3 lines. What a let-down... It's also a little boring because everything is wrapped up in neat little boxes. I guess you can't kill off main characters in books designed for readers that are only like 10 years old, but it seems like nothing really happens to move the story forward. Anyway, I'm planning to read the last 3 books in the series and I'm mostly happy about that, but I also just want to read the whole series for completion's sake. :-)