I just finished reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. It is not my favorite Lewis book. That would be Till We Have Faces, which I first read in college and then within the last year, loving it both times for its mythological and allegorical themes. As for this book, I found myself reading rather absently. Perhaps that is the ploy of demons, which is the theme of the book. They never really want you to know what they are up to, and distraction is one of their greatest means of keeping humans off their scent. However, they did not succeed entirely. Certain passages caught my attention. Most likely because they were immediately applicable. Sounded too familiar. Sounded all too true. Yet Lewis warns, "Readers be advised to remember that the devil is a liar. Not everything that Screwtape says should be assumed to be true even from his own angle." (Lewis 1976, Preface) In other words, don't believe everything you read. But, do read it!