Redwall Abbey

I've started re-reading the first book Redwall today.
This will be the 2nd time I've read it. Only the 2nd because Redwall is actually one of my least favorites.
I've read MTW five times. ( as if that's not obvious )  ::)
In about a week or two I'm gonna make it six!

I haven't read Mossflower in a while. I've read every book in the series at least once. Legend of Luke 2 or 3 times and The Long Patrol I think 3 times. Now I'm reading Eragon. It's a good book I recommend it

I started rereading Lord Brocktree last night. I'm going to go through the entire series and see how long it takes (probably at least 6 months :P).

I've read everything twice, with the exception of Doomwyte and The Sable Quean, as those are newer additions to my collection. And I've read The Legend of Luke three times.
And the Rogue Crew, never.

Actually, I've read Mossflower three times. I read it in late February this year again

Believe it or not, I'm reading Redwall for the first time at the moment.

I'm re-reading MTW and I have finished Lord Brocktree just last week. I have read all the books (including Rogue Crew) only once.

I re-read almost every book that I read, so as I love Redwall I re-read a lot. The one book that I haven't read a lot is "The Outcast of Redwall". I hate sad endings even though this is a great book. Please forgive me, fans of this honorable book.

I'm rereading the Legend of Luke after... years. I do believe I've read all of the books too many times to count. ;D

Quote from: Osu on July 14, 2011, 06:23:28 PM
I do believe I've read all of the books too many times to count. ;D

Ditto. Is that something we should be proud of, or a sign that we need to get a life? :D

I vote we claim it as a sign of superior literacy skills. ;D

Sounds good. I toast our accomplishment with a mug of October Ale. Cheers.

And I with a large glass of strawberry fizz. Cheers, sir! ;D

And I with a glass of milk!..........what??!

I have read most of the books at least two times but i have ready Mariel for redwall and triss like three times each, i have read outcast of redwall only once as i don't really like that book as much as the rest. i am almost done with the sable Queen right now this is the first time i have read it (thank you library for having it ) and i haven't read the rogue crew yet.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 14, 2011, 07:00:36 PM
And I with a glass of milk!..........what??!

I'm using chocolate milk! Cheers and all that, eh wot!

Aye. Cheers!

I own the entire series almost and have been reading for....10 years? yeah i've been a fan since MTW and recent got Sable Quean which i read and liked.
i've re-read almost all of them at least once though....Mossflower is one of my faves so i've read that over 5 times haha

I've read MTW 3 times. I've read quite a few Redwall books twice and once I finish the Rogue Crew, which shouldn't be too long, I'll read the rest twice, starting with Rakkety Tam.

I'm like Matthias and Osu, I've read them too many times to count. I used to let myself read every book once every six months. I've only read the later ones once or twice, though. I decided to re-read the whole series before I get to The Rogue Crew, and I'm up to Legend of Luke.

I've read them all at least once. Mossflower and several others I've read twice. Eulilia and Matimeo are sitting on my bed to read as soon as I finish this Dee Henderson book.

Quote from: Matthias720 on July 14, 2011, 05:43:18 PM
I started rereading Lord Brocktree last night. I'm going to go through the entire series and see how long it takes (probably at least 6 months :P).

Maybe...... it takes about a week to read a book... yep it's up around the 6 month mark.  :o

I have re-read almost all the books I own!  I actually just finished reading The Long Patrol for the third time.

Quote from: Lily on July 15, 2011, 05:51:50 AM
I'm like Matthias and Osu, I've read them too many times to count. I used to let myself read every book once every six months. I've only read the later ones once or twice, though. I decided to re-read the whole series before I get to The Rogue Crew, and I'm up to Legend of Luke.

Are you going by publication order, chronological order or no order at all? I read the series in no particular order, still made sense, exept I accidentally read the Bellmaker before Mariel of Redwall... Bad mistake.

I going to reread the series. But I'm also going to read other books, so it'll take me a lot longer to do it.

Quote from: DanielofRedwall on July 15, 2011, 03:53:56 PM

Quote from: Lily on July 15, 2011, 05:51:50 AM
I'm like Matthias and Osu, I've read them too many times to count. I used to let myself read every book once every six months. I've only read the later ones once or twice, though. I decided to re-read the whole series before I get to The Rogue Crew, and I'm up to Legend of Luke.

Are you going by publication order, chronological order or no order at all? I read the series in no particular order, still made sense, exept I accidentally read the Bellmaker before Mariel of Redwall... Bad mistake.

I'm reading in chronological order, sorry, I should have pointed that out! I've read the series so many times that it probably doesn't matter what order I read them in, but I've always done my re-reads in chronological order.

I own Marlfox, Eulalia, Mossflower, Pearls of Lutra, and Taggerung.

I have, or have had at some point:

Redwall, cassette
Mossflower, paperback
Mariel of Redwall, paperback
Outcast of Redwall, paperback
Pearls of Lutra, paperback
The Long Patrol, hardback
Marlfox, paperback
Lord Brocktree, cassette
Taggerung, paperback
Rakkety Tam, hardback

I believe that's it -- if there's anything I'm missing, I might have had a Redwall paperback at some time, but I can't remember whether I really did or if I just borrowed it from the library.

If I was going to go to special effort to reread some, it'd be the first three, Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo -- the first two just because they're fun and some of my favorites, Mattimeo because I haven't read it in years.

Quote from: Lily on July 17, 2011, 05:57:57 AM

Quote from: DanielofRedwall on July 15, 2011, 03:53:56 PM

Quote from: Lily on July 15, 2011, 05:51:50 AM
I'm like Matthias and Osu, I've read them too many times to count. I used to let myself read every book once every six months. I've only read the later ones once or twice, though. I decided to re-read the whole series before I get to The Rogue Crew, and I'm up to Legend of Luke.

Are you going by publication order, chronological order or no order at all? I read the series in no particular order, still made sense, exept I accidentally read the Bellmaker before Mariel of Redwall... Bad mistake.

I'm reading in chronological order, sorry, I should have pointed that out! I've read the series so many times that it probably doesn't matter what order I read them in, but I've always done my re-reads in chronological order.

Ditto. Chronological is probably the best way to do a reread of the series. Puts everything in perspective, ya'know?

The first time I read through the books I read them in chronological order. Now I'm just picking out the books I liked most to re-read, but I will probably eventually go through them all in order again.

for me.
1. Redwall-read 4 or 5 times, listened to 3 times.
2. Mossflower- 3 times (i got the special leather bound hardcover with  those amazing full page pictures)
3. Triss and the long patrol- once only although i really loved these two books especially triss, i will buy them one day.
4. the rogue crew- never procrastinating i guess
5. every thing else i have read at least twice mostly because i own them.

BTW- this is just what i have read from start to finish, often i will read an epic battle here and there to get a quick fix. I remember how each book goes anyway.

I've read Redwall maybe four or five times, Mattimeo and Mossflower about three times each, and all the rest about twice.

After I'm done with a book, I can never decide which book I'm going to read next.  :P

Quote from: martins#1fan on July 18, 2011, 09:41:31 PM
After I'm done with a book, I can never decide which book I'm going to read next.  :P

That's why I always re-read them in order. Otherwise I'd probably end up reading five of them at once!

I'll re-read Rakkety Tam soon and then read them in chronological order.

That's a good idea! ;D I might read them, one day or another, in order!  :P

I have read every single Redwall book in the series at LEAST 50 times! I'm totally obsessed with Brian Jacques' work! Yayalahooooooo!

Yay, a poll! ;D I've actually got my nose in Legend of Luke right now. I realized I couldn't recall anything from it other than general plot ideas. Terrible, just terrible, yanno? So I'm re-reading it. ;D

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 14, 2011, 07:00:36 PM
And I with a glass of milk!..........what??!

LOL  ;D

That's a good idea to reread them in chronologic order, but I'm rereading Mariel of Redwall right now, so I'd have to reread that one again in a short time

I actually read The Bellmaker before Mariel of Redwall. Twas like reading The Bellmaker and then reading a prequel to it.

Quote from: Osu on July 19, 2011, 08:03:56 PM
Yay, a poll! ;D I've actually got my nose in Legend of Luke right now. I realized I couldn't recall anything from it other than general plot ideas. Terrible, just terrible, yanno? So I'm re-reading it. ;D

Me too! On all of the above points. I actually can't recall much about any of the books that came out while I was in my last years of high school or university. I guess I was preoccupied with studying at the time. Never mind, that means that re-reading them is like reading them for the first time!

I have to say, I'm enjoying Luke much more the second time around.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 19, 2011, 10:54:39 PM
I actually read The Bellmaker before Mariel of Redwall. Twas like reading The Bellmaker and then reading a prequel to it.

I accidentally did this as well, not smart...

I've actually

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NEVER READ MARIEL OF REDWALL  :'( :'(

I've re-read most of the stories at least once....more often for the ones I've really enjoyed like Martin the Warrior for example.  I have so many new books to read, re-reading old favorites isn't in the current plans.

So much to read, not enough time.  :-\

Quote from: Lady Amber on July 19, 2011, 04:20:01 PM
I have read every single Redwall book in the series at LEAST 50 times! I'm totally obsessed with Brian Jacques' work! Yayalahooooooo!

Come on, 50 times? Yeah right.  ::)

Picked up Mattimeo, Legend of Luke, and Triss today; figured I would go through and reread them (though I can't remember hardly anything about Triss, so I'm not sure whether I really read it to begin with).

I've read all of them in order after skipping around for a while, so I haven't read the first books in forever!!!!! I was going to reread Mossflower when I get home

I re-read Mossflower in about two hours.  Basically did it to freshen up to better respond to some topics on the board revolving around Mossflower.

I think some people would say that reading too much is a sign you need to get a life.
But I probably never had what they call a life from the start.  :P

Quote from: Tiria Wildlough on July 25, 2011, 04:23:43 AM
I think some people would say that reading too much is a sign you need to get a life.
But I probably never had what they call a life from the start.  :P

Who wants one o' those? Those with a "life" rarely get tae shout Weasels!
whenever they wan' tae. Where's the fun in tha', eh? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

In other news, I recently ordered Rakkety Tam online and it just arrived! Weasels!!!! ;D

I'm Done Re-reading Redwall Now I'll work on Martin the Warrior.

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 25, 2011, 11:58:53 AM

Quote from: Tiria Wildlough on July 25, 2011, 04:23:43 AM
I think some people would say that reading too much is a sign you need to get a life.
But I probably never had what they call a life from the start.  :P

Who wants one o' those? Those with a "life" rarely get tae shout Weasels!
whenever they wan' tae. Where's the fun in tha', eh? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

In other news, I recently ordered Rakkety Tam online and it just arrived! Weasels!!!! ;D

Dude, you're totally obsessed with weasels.

An' that's a problem...why?

Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 26, 2011, 04:11:07 PM
An' that's a problem...why?

No problems here. ;)

It's just that weasels are evil.

I've reread Mossflower the most out of all the books

Quote from: martins#1fan on July 26, 2011, 04:48:04 PM
It's just that weasels are evil.

In the bookz. But then, ye widae tae give a definition fer evil an' good, an' then ye widae tae give definitionz of the wordz ye used tae define it, an' then ye widae tae give a definition fer definition. Tiz quite confuzing an' better left alone where it cannae give anyone a headache.

Yeah, they are still evil.

I've just re-read Triss. I think I've only read it once or twice before, so I couldn't really remember what happened (although for some reason I did remember that Shogg was going to die). I've read the earlier books far too many times to count, especially Martin the Warrior, Mossflower, The Pearls of Lutra, Marlfox and The Long Patrol. I've read Mossflower so many times that the cover has fallen off  :-\. The newer books I haven't read as much, because I don't think they're as good.

My re-read of the series is taking ages, I'm still only up to Outcast. I'm spending too much time on the forum, I guess!

...

Oh, and working. I do that to.

Quote from: HashRouge on July 27, 2011, 04:16:44 PM
I've read Mossflower so many times that the cover has fallen off  :-\.

Haha, me too. My first copy is in two pieces, so I bought a new one. Well, a new second-hand one.

Do you think it is better to reread the books in chronologic order or in publication order?

Well, if I hadn't read the books before, I would read them in publication order.

The earlier books, in order of publication, I think are the best in tone and really have a magical feel about them, whereas books that were written later, real-time, like Lord Brocktree, seem to me to be missing a lot of that.

In particular, I think Salamandastron becomes too "common" a place after Mossflower, so I would recommend that Mossflower be the first book involving Salamandastron that is read -- and if you're going to do that, you might as well read the others in publication order too.

When it comes to rereading them, though, that's where it varies. If you're reading them for enjoyment, I think I'd still read them in publication order, but if you want to read them to gain more knowledge about the Redwall lore, chronological becomes a plausible option.

In my case, I think I'd read publication order no matter what, but that's probably because I'm not that fond of Lord Brocktree. If I liked it better I would probably view chronological order more favorably.

I read them in chronological order and probably will continue to re-read them that way. I don't really even know what order they were published in. (besides that Redwall comes first) I could look it up, but I like reading them in chronological order. (And I like Lord Brocktree.  :P)

Just finished Lord Brocktree. I got really busy, so I couldn't finish it as fast as I wanted to. Now onto Martin the Warrior.

I just finished Outcast and am reading an Ian Mcewan book before I start on Mariel. I've been looking forward to my Mariel re-read. I liked it so much when I first read it I spent recess memorising Saxtus' poem.

I'm re-reading my entire Redwall library! ;D I'm doing Pearls of Lutra right now though.

I read the whole of Mariel of Redwall at a family Christmas party. Mariel's one of my favorite books.

Me two favouritez at the moment (Ah'm currently rereadin' The Legend Of Luke)are the Flitchaye (They're Weasels, of course ah'd like them) an' Folgrim.

Yeah, Folgrim is intimidating

Aye, givez ye zome ideaz fur gettin' rid o' yer neighborz, dinnae et?

Yeah. You can always use more of those, can't you? ;D

Darn. Old topic. :(

It is weird rereading Martin the Warrior after watching the cartoon.

 :D
Cause you het a different outlook?