I just wanted to take a minute and dedicate this post to the memory of a man who was a big influence on my childhood reading. Brian Jacques passed away on February 5th at the age of 71. I knew very little about him as I didn't bother to read much about authors as a kid and only recently thought to look him up and see what he'd been doing. While I haven't read one of his books in a while, I read Redwall at a fairly young age and it has stuck with me through the years. I eventually caught up in the series and while I was waiting for a new one to come out, I suppose I moved on to other things and forgot about it for a while.
I was at a used book store near me not too long ago and found a good bit of the entire series and bought what I could find. I'm missing a few, but I'll fill in the blanks soon and one day I'll start reading them all again from the beginning to the end. I'm sad that this is really it, THE END for the series, though. There is one final book coming out this year, I believe.
For more information on him and his books (he wrote more than just the Redwall series), you can check out his website here.
