Redwall Reading Schedule

Here we go with Redwall. As I said, it's an easy enough read, and the book itself is divided into three sections, so we can just do one section at a time. To give everyone a chance to get the book and get the first section read, I'm going to suggest that we discuss the first section next Friday, July 1st, the second section on the 8th, and the third on the 15th, if that works for everyone. Not that there's a huge amount to discuss, but pay attention to the detail of the descriptions. Jacques wrote the first book to read to children at a school for the blind he worked at as a janitor, so he tried to paint as vivid a picture of the world as he could for them. Also might be fun to talk about the Redwall occupants as a religious(?) order and how they serve the community of Mossflower Woods. The songs and poetry are always enjoyable, as is the story of Martin the Warrior. Also, if anyone is interested, there's a beautiful unabridged recording of Redwall and many others of Jacques's books available on iTunes, read by him and featuring a full cast including music. Wonderful way to read the book, if it grabs you.