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Today is my grand niece's 11th birthday. I bought her the boxed set. I am really hoping she enjoys the stories at least half as much as I did when I was her age.

Last year, I picked these all up again for the first time in many years. I was nervous that they might not be as good as I had remembered, but I had such fond memories that I thought reading them again was worth the risk.

They're so good.

Leaving the story and world aside (because both are great), the prose is, for my money, very strong for a children's book series. The dialogue is a little clunky at times, but not egregiously so, and is mostly good. And the sense of place and time is just fantastic. Trewissick, London, Welsh farm country—they all feel unique, special, and so vivid.

As I think the subscriber count here indicates, this is not the most popular series ever. I personally have never met anyone else who read these. And I think it's such a shame. They're precious books to me. I certainly intend to share with my daughters.

Nothing else of substance to say. Just wanted to share my appreciation with some folks who will get it.

I don't see the purpose of them.

I enjoyed this last book of the series the least, as it felt all over the places. The flashbacks, the test on each child (for what?), then there's those weird and savage animals. Are they there just for the atmosphere?

Or just I'm too old to simply appreciate a story?

(I do love the language in which the books were written though. Beautiful!)

Just that. In Greenwich.

I got a vibe that every one of these "helpful ladies" has to be careful about since Mrs Palk. It proves true in Silver on The Tree.

Is it just that?

I'm going through a break up and decided to buy myself a little gift. I haven't read the books yet but I bought the entire series and I want to get a basket of little themed items that would go with the books. Kinda like that whole Boo Basket trend going around.

Without any spoilers, did anyone have any ideas? Anything mentioned in the books that would make a good addition?

Well, it's Midwinter's Eve, and I'm getting ready to embark on a "real time" Dark Is Rising reread. My wife, who's never read the series, wants to join me, which I'm very excited about! My recollection is that Dark Is Rising and Over Sea Under Stone can really be read in either order -- and, if anything, might benefit from being read in reverse timeline order. But it's been a while.

So, folks who remember the series better than I do: am I setting my wife up to miss out on anything, by reading "book 2" before "book 1"?

Happy to have found this subreddit. TDIR is one of my most favorite series of all time. So, just curious if anyone has some head cannon about the source of the Iron Sign. I see a potential Rogue One story featuring Dawson.