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Gandalf

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Joined 3 weeks, 2 days ago

These days I mostly listen to audiobooks, and I'm trying to keep in the habit of reading. (Did you know 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year?!)

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Mossflower (1988, Hutchinson) 4 stars

Mossflower is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1988. It is the second …

Better than the first

4 stars

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Redwall (Paperback, 2007, Philomel Books) 3 stars

When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the …

Revisiting a childhood favorite

3 stars

It has been many years since I read Redwall. I'm not sure how many books of the series I read back in my youth, but it was quite a few. I wanted to see how it stood up, as an "adult". I listened to the audiobook version, which is nice because it is a full cast reading, but not good because the voices can be pretty annoying and the audio recording, mixing, and levels are quite bad. Overall I enjoyed it, and I can see how it set me off on a lifetime of fantasy novel reading, but it doesn't have much meat on its bones.