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Tolkien's World
Tolkien's World: A Guide to the Places and People of Middle-Earth | Gareth Hanrahan
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"Tolkien's World" takes readers on an incredible journey through the realms of Middle-earth and back to a time when elves, dwarves, wizards, and a small, courageous people known as hobbits battled the forces of evil. This lavishly illustrated guide brings you the people and places from "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings." Explore Middle-Earth, from the rolling hills of the Shire to the desolate ash plains of Mordor. Discover the secrets of a world where the elves roamed through enchanted forests and dragons slept in dark caverns under the mountains. With stunning artwork that re-imagines the places and people of Middle-Earth, "Tolkien's World" is ideal for hobbit fans, big and small. Open the pages of "Tolkien's World" and meet Bilbo Baggins, the hero of "The Hobbit." Then find out about Gandalf the wizard and his incredible magic powers, uncover the story of the unfortunate Gollum or learn about magical weapons, such as Gandalf's sword Glamdring. This meticulously researched guide lets you discover the amazing peoples and creatures that inhabit Middle-earth, from friendly elves and stout-hearted dwarves to the deadly dragon Smaug and the evil Sauron. Packed with adventure and lore, "Tolkien's World" is a must for all Hobbit
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien

Happy Tolkien Reading Day!
I celebrated reading the last chapters of The Hobbit (will post tomorrow about them).
It's a first step toward my goal to reading more Tolkien this year after reading almost nothing last year.
It was nice to be back 😁

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sprainedbrain
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Daisey, thank you so much for all of this awesomeness! I ran out of time this morning and had to wait to open until after work, but I‘m very excited! Love the mug so much... all of these books and your notes about them are great. And the tote! I am overjoyed. Thank you so much! ❤️

#TolkieniteSwap

Daisey So glad to hear you like it all! 6y
sprainedbrain @Daisey I actually got a few of the M&Ms before my kids divided them up. 😂 6y
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BookwormAHN
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@Rudis It's here, yea. I can't waite to open it 🐉
#tolkieniteswap @Sorceryandswords

Rudis It‘s arriveddd! I‘m glad, and I can‘t wait for your reaction in a few weeks! 😁 6y
Sophoclessweetheart Exciting! 6y
Sophoclessweetheart ✅ Box Recieved (just checking everyone‘s got theirs!) 6y
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Daisey
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A busy day means I‘ve hardly been on Litsy and I didn‘t get to post quotes for #ThereAndBackAgain, maybe tomorrow. However, I want to say that this year of reading Tolkien has been fantastic in rediscovering his world for myself as well as the wonderful insights and conversations. In that year I‘ve read all the books listed in the image, as well as The Story of Kullervo & listened to Tolkien and the Great War. I‘m looking forward to continuing!

JazzFeathers Totally agreed. It was a year of rediscovery as well as discovery for me too. Reading Tolkien together with other fans has been one of the best reading experiences l've ever had. 6y
Daisey @JazzFeathers So true! I loved reading the stories as much as I ever have but also got so much more out of the experience this time. 6y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Reposting this one from @JazzFeathers , it‘s been quite a year!

#LOTRChapterADay
#YearOfTolkien

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Daisey
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Several of us started reading Tolkien‘s books almost a year ago with #LotRChapteraDay and a few of us are still reading them, currently book 4 of the History of Middle-Earth. We‘re celebrating reading almost daily for a year with a photo challenge in July. See the post by @JazzFeathers for all the details! We‘d love to have anyone join the #ThereAndBackAgain photo challenge and/or the #YearofTolkien readalong.

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Already figuring out ideas for this photo challenge!! I'm so excited that I joined in on the #YearofTolkien fun; reading the history of Middle Earth has been a blast & will just get better as the year goes on 😊 We would love for more #tolkienite Littens to join us! Thanks @JazzFeathers for hosting!!
#thereandbackagain #MiddleEarth #fantasy #Tolkien #photochallenge

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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JazzFeathers
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It's almost a year ago when @freyaheart launched the #readalong of Tolkien's main work. There were tens of us that 18th July when we started off with The Hobbit. It was a fantastic journey, but as we read on more of Tolkien's 'lesser' work, reader dwindled.
In the end, only a handful of us remained @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas and myself.
#ThereAndBackAgain
#fantasy #Tolkien #LotR #MiddleEarth #photochallenge
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JazzFeathers As we approach the end of Book 4 of the History of Middle-Earth, we want to celebrate a year of reading Tolkien (almost) everyday with a #photochallenge Come join us! And maybe some of you will fancying join us as we approach the part of the History of Middle-Earth concerning The Lord of the Ring as @wordslinger42 did recently 😊 6y
eanderson I love this idea!!! 6y
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Daisey Love your image and explanation! I‘ll share again later today. Looking forward to this! 6y
Moray_Reads Fun! I'm planning my answers already... 6y
tpixie @JazzFeathers @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas @Riveted_Reader_Melissa you all should be so proud of yourselves for this great accomplishment!! You have experienced and learned so much!! Congrats!! 🎉🎈 📚🎈🎉 (edited) 6y
mhillis What a good memory and a great idea too!! And kudos for sticking with it all this time! 6y
Alicia Wow! So amazing! Wish I could have stuck with it longer but that is a pretty amazing accomplishment! 6y
wordslinger42 @JazzFeathers Yes, so glad I joined in the fun!! 😄 It's so much fun to share my love of Tolkien with you guys! 6y
JazzFeathers @eanderson Can't wait to see your Tolkien pics 😀 6y
JazzFeathers @Daisey Let's rock it!!! 💪😆 6y
JazzFeathers @Moray_Reads 🙌🙌 l want to see all the pics 😁 6y
JazzFeathers @tpixie lt's been such a great experience, and to be honest, l'm quite ready for a secon year 😆 6y
JazzFeathers Can't wait to see your pics @mhillis and of course you're velcome to join the ?Muddle Earth journey 😉 6y
JazzFeathers Join the journey through the History of Middle Earth, then! Come on @Alicia ! I never imagine it was going to be this good. 6y
JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 And l'm so happy to have you with us 🙌🙌🙌 6y
JazzFeathers @TK421 may you be interested? And maybe @Sorceryandswords and the folk from the #TolkieniteSwap? 6y
gossamerchild Great idea! I'm still trying to finish some of the readings from the initial readalong 😏. But I'd love to join in on this! 6y
Rudis Thank you for tagging me!! I‘m excited to participate!😊 6y
Daisey @tpixie Thanks for the support! It really has been amazing and I‘m ready to keep on reading the History of Middle-Earth. 6y
tpixie @JazzFeathers I think that is fantastic!!! 6y
tpixie @Daisey that is awesome!! 6y
BarbaraJean Love this idea!! I‘m sad I wasn‘t able to continue on past Hurin, but I‘ve loved seeing posts from the handful of you that have carried on! I will have to jump in for the photo challenge. 😊 6y
hgrimes Awesome!!! 6y
Sophoclessweetheart Is this a photo challenge babe or a readalong? I‘m down either way! Also, I‘ve now picked all your gifts for the swap and am just waiting for them to arrive! 6y
JazzFeathers Ooops! @gossamerchild then you should post on the #YearOfTolkien hashtag when you make any progress! 😀 And l can't wait to see your entries for the photo challenge! 6y
JazzFeathers @Rudis Me too! Can't wait to see all the Tolkien pics 😆 6y
JazzFeathers @Daisey Me too. It's been such a great journey. I was a bit hesitant on starting the History of Middle Earth and l don't think l would have ever attempt it if not for you fellow readers. But l'm so happy l am doing it. I'm enjoying it so much more than l ever expected it 😘 6y
JazzFeathers @BarbaraJean Come on! Come on!!!! 🙌🙌🙌 6y
JazzFeathers @hgrimes I'm so exited about this. Can't wait to see everybody's picture 😄 6y
JazzFeathers @Sorceryandswords #ThereAndBackAgain is a photo challenge to celebrate a year of reading Tolkien (almost) everyday day. #YearOfTolkien is a readalong. We are now reading the History of Middle-Earth, will start book 5 The Lost Road once the photo challenge is over. Fancy to join? 😄 l've picked half of you gifts and already know what more l want to get. I'm getting there 💪😀 6y
Sophoclessweetheart How exciting! Yes! I‘m up for a photo challenge. I can‘t join the readalong though because I only have the lost tales one and two so far 😅 6y
TK421 I still need to pick up a few more Tolkien books. I love all of the history of Middle Earth. The photo challenge sounds like a great idea! I'll participate when I can. Thanks!☺ 6y
hgrimes @JazzFeathers Me too! I‘m in! 6y
monkeygirlsmama I never meant to bail on the LOTR read-along challenge. Life just happened. 😢 I probably won‘t participate in this pic journey, but I‘ll be cheering you all on and watching from the sidelines. 6y
HCBB I had to bail on the read along because of Hurricane Maria hitting my country. With everything going on I had barely time to read 😢 6y
JazzFeathers @TK421 Can't wait to see your pics 😊 6y
JazzFeathers @monkeygirlsmama l know. Life often disregards our desires. But l'm happy you'll be part of thus celebration, even as a cheerleader 😉 6y
JazzFeathers @HCBB l'm so sorry to hear that. But you'll be welcome to join again any time you feel like it 6y
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JazzFeathers
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Here it is, gals! What do you think? Let me know if you think anything should be tweak.
What do you think of the image? Should l use something more fantasy? 🤔

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I like it just the way it is! 6y
wordslinger42 I love it also!!! 6y
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Daisey I love the layout and prompts! The English teacher in me has one comment on wording. I think on the Hobbit one I would say “I ever read” instead of “I‘ve ever.” 6y
JazzFeathers Thanks @Daisey l'll change that and repost so we can start spreading the word 😉 6y
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So, gals, here's my idea for our celebration. We could organise a photo challenge inspired by the book originally included in the challenge. They were 5, plus the 18th, so it would be almost a week.

CHALLENGE

The Hobbit - l'm going on an adventure: The first book by Tolkien l ever read

The Fellowship of the Ring - The Black Riders: a book by Tolkien that was darker than l imagined

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JazzFeathers The Two Towers - The Struggle: a book by Tolkien l thought l'd never read, but that l loved The Return of the King - The Book that dove me back to Tolkien The Silmarillion - The Innumerable Characters: my favourite characters from Middle Earth On the 18th: crazy quotation day. What do you think? @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas 6y
JazzFeathers For the hashtag, l was thinking #ThereAndBackAgain 😊 or maybe something more sedate like #TolkienOneYear or #TolkienYearOne ? 🤔 6y
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Daisey Great ideas and I really like the #ThereAndBackAgain! The only suggestion might be to open up the Fellowship and Two Towers a bit for more variety to just be a dark scene/book and a struggle of any kind to do with the books. Hope that makes sense. 6y
JazzFeathers Yes @Daisey it makes perfect sense and it's a good idea. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @InLibrisVeritas Any other suggestions, gals? I want to have a picture ready in the next few days, so we can start posting it. I was thinking l could tag a few of the most active readers of the readalong, l still have their names noted down. Maybe someone will join the #YearOfTolkien readaling 😊 6y
JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 Don't know whether you're aware of it, but we are planning to celebrate one year of reading Tolkien dangerously 😆😉 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers That sounds perfect! I‘m so glad you‘ve taken this great idea and ran with it! You‘ve done a fabulous job. 6y
InLibrisVeritas I think it sounds great! And the themes sound pretty fun as well 😊 6y
wordslinger42 @JazzFeathers Sounds like great fun! So, just to make sure I understand, if I were posting for day five, I would be sharing my favorite characters from any of the books. It doesn't have to just be characters from the Silmarillion, right? 6y
JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 Exactly right 😊 6y
JazzFeathers Thanks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Besides, l think there's a little bit of Hobbit in all of us and it'd be a shame to miss an opportunity to celebrate an achievement 😆 6y
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Reposting from the fabulous @JazzFeathers who posts the most beautiful Tolkien pages from her journal.

#LOTRChapterADay
#YearOfTolkien

JazzFeathers Ah, thanks!! (I'm all blushing now) 6y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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It‘s been almost a year since this adventure started...

Here the original post @JazzFeathers ... it looks like we started July 18, 2017...so we have about a month to plan the 1 year anniversary. I hope that helps you.

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#YearOfTolkien

@Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas

Hey gals, have you realised? We are nearly there. Soon, we'll have read Tolkien (almost) everyday for a year. Don't you think we should celebrate?
How about that photo challenge we talked about? 😇

@freyaheart

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds like a great way to celebrate to me. 6y
Daisey I like the idea, but not sure I have time during the summer to help much with planning or such. I would happily try to participate. I didn‘t remember we started that early in July! 6y
JazzFeathers @Daisey l actually thought we started earlier still. O don't know she, l thought we started on the 18 June. Hey! Wait a minute! I checked out my dates for the Lord of the Rings, but we started with the Hobbit! 😨 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @InLibrisVeritas 6y
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JazzFeathers Goodness! I was right! 18 June! It's next weeeeeeek! 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨 Ok, we can still do it! I was thinking of a photo challenge just the day, with five prompts, one for each the works that were originally included: The Hobbit, the three LotR volumes, The Silmarillion. Sounds too complicated? 🤔 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas 6y
Daisey @JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @InLibrisVeritas Wow, I really did not remember that! I think that sounds great and simple. Or maybe if five, one each day through next week. 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Close, but we started on July 18th, I posted my copy of the original post and tagged you. So you have a whole month to plan! 😉👍 (edited) 6y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Are you sure? 🤔 l remember l was still working when we started and l started my holidays on 23 June. Let md see whether l can find @freyaheart post 😀 6y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas Gals, you were right, it was the 18th July. Pfiuh! We still have time to plan it 😀 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I posted it on my wall and tagged you 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers I love the ideas so far though! 6y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Oops, sorry, l didn't see your tag. I'm happy the idea may work. Since there's some time to organise, maybe we could do 5 days, with a prompt for every book? @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers I think that sounds like a great idea. 6y
InLibrisVeritas This seems like a fun idea! 6y
freyaheart Again??? 6y
freyaheart I think it's to end on the 6th... 6y
JazzFeathers @freyaheart Actually, the gals made me notice we started on 18th July 😊 Did you know that a small group of us kept reading? We never stopped since last year. We are currently reading The History of Middle Earth under the hashtag #YearOfTolkien So we are preparing to celebrating a year of Tolkien reading. 6y
freyaheart @JazzFeathers my life went a little nuts. I'm still dealing with marriage issues. 6y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @InLibrisVeritas @wordslinger42 So gals, let me think about it and l'll come up with a couple idea for the photo challenge, just to start our creative juices flowing. Talk soon! 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @freyaheart I‘m so sorry to hear that. I hope things get better for you soon! 6y
wordslinger42 @JazzFeathers Photo challenge sounds fun! Also, a question: I know you guys read LOTR & books 1-4 of the History of Middle Earth this year; are you planning on continuing this next year and reading books 5-12 of the History? Just curious! If so, I'm totally in! 6y
JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 That's the plan 😊 6y
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Another swap that I can't resist! Hosted by @Sorceryandswords

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Repost for @Sorceryandswords :
Bugger it! Let‘s do this! #tolkieniteswap is now in session! 👏🖤 dates are listed above. If you‘re a proud Tolkienite, Tolkien admirer or someone entirely new & interested then this swap is for you, sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/vOEJMGe4BWwfCpHE2

Please repost the image or tag a friend and spread the word.🍻
I‘m so excited about this. Where are my fellow tolkienites? #jrrtolkien #tolkienite #fantasy #thehobbit

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JazzFeathers
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Sophoclessweetheart Thank you for sharing dear 🖤🖤 6y
Rudis 😍😍😍 I have to sign up! 6y
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JazzFeathers
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Just finished assembling my new bookcase. Let the Tolkienisation begin 😈

I did say l was going to get a new Tolkien shelf, didn't l?

#YearOfTolkien

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Foragingfantasy
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About Elves. ❤️

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I had forgotten about having this one! My husband got it for me a couple years ago and it's unofficial, but it's pretty cool! I'll post some pics from it during the read along. #jrrtolkien #middleearth #lotrchapteraday

Ashley_Nicoletto This is wonderful! 7y
Marmie7 My daughter has this book! She's obsessed with Tolkien. Her litsy name is @Nazgul93 🤣 7y
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