Thread:Alockwood1/@comment-4392864-20140330225733

When I first picked up a copy of the book Redwall, back in 1999 or so, in the third or fourth grade, I was just looking for something to read. Well, I read that book so much, it fell apart. To be honest, I never replaced it. There was something about it, that just spoke to me. I don't know what, but the fact that the main hero was just a mouse kind of helped- I mean, they're small creatures, you just don't see them coming out on top.

A couple of years later, Taggerung showed up as something to buy in a pamphlet that the school gave out to encourage students to get their parents to buy books. As you can guess, I got it. I later got a three book pack, containing Redwall, Mattimao, and Marlfox- meaning that I could toss out my duct-taped version of the first book. After that, a cousin's cousin gave me the books from Mossflower to Lord Brocktree, with the exceptions of Marlfox (duh), The Bellmaker, Pearls of Lutra, and The Legend of Luke. Actually, I think I might have also gotten Triss at that time, but I've drunk too much October Ale to remember clearly (lol). As for the rest, it took a bit of time to get the rest, until about this time last year, if not a couple of months earlier. 13 years of searching was at an end. Of course, there are the other books out there, the Companion Books, not to mention the Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen series- I'll have to check those out.

Over all, while the series might take up an entire shelf of their own, they are a fun series- Young ones trying to save family and friends, Villains try to take over, Climatic battles, not to mention all that Delicious Food. Few authors can match Brian Jacques at was he did- take a simple idea, and go with it. In many ways, I hope to emulate the man, where my writings are concerned. 