The Wheel of Time | jenjsilver

I have quite a few children’s books on my shelves that can also be enjoyed by adults and recently reread the Bartimaeus sequence by Jonathan Stroud (initially a trilogy but then he added a fourth book which was set in a time several thousand years before the first three books). There are many historical references in the books that would require a good grounding in the classics, biblical studies and mythologies of many countries. Absolutely fascinating on many levels and great stories as well. Bartimaeus is a djinni – a powerful spirit (or so he says) summoned from the Other Place by a young magician.

Other children’s books that I enjoy rereading: The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis, Swallows and Amazons books by Arthur Ransome. The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien which was written as a children’s story. The subsequent trilogy took the hobbits into much darker territory. An all-time favourite is The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff. It was certainly the spark for igniting my interest in British Roman history. Which led me many, many years later to excavating at Vindolanda.

Back to more adult fare, I also reread all the Micky Knight books in preparation for the release of book 12 by J M Redmann…The Smallest Day. Then it was a return to fantasy with another run at Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series. I’m only on book three at the moment, so it may take me the rest of the summer to reach the final reckoning in book 14.

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