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Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (a Graphic Novel) | John Hendrix

Sunday morning #BookAndBreakfast

This is a fascinating look at the relationship between Tolkien and Lewis with pages of text and illustration interspersed with full graphic novel panels featuring a lion and wizard. There‘s a lot about their beliefs and writing styles more than events of their lives.

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Daisey #FellowshipOfTolkien readers, if you haven‘t seen this one, it might be worth checking out. 7h

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CatLass007 A good graphic novel is always difficult to resist. I‘ve added this to my wish list. 6h

dabbe On the TBR; thanks! 🧡🍁♥️ 3h

AllDebooks That sounds great 2h

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Daisey

Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (a Graphic Novel) | John Hendrix

Today I learned that J.R.R. Tolkien & Edith (his future wife) spent time in tea shops as teens throwing sugar cubes into the hats of unsuspecting ladies.

This is a graphic novel biography of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and so far I‘m intrigued by how it‘s put together. It‘s also nice to read something a bit lighter about them.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien

I thought the #FellowshipOfTolkien would enjoy this video

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https://youtu.be/9oKxmaO-CIs?si=tL-A1T_I5EVN973q

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Not sure I agree with all of them, and he miss-stated one thing, but very interesting still. 4mo

Daisey Interesting! I‘ll have to take some time to watch this. 4mo

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Daisey

Lays of Beleriand | J R R Tolkien

lissom: thin, supple, and graceful (adjective)

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CBee Lovely! 7mo

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Daisey

Lays of Beleriand | J R R Tolkien

Happy Tolkien Reading Day! After recently reading Tolkien‘s work on The Fall of Arthur I decided to revisit a bit more of his poetry today in the tagged book with supper tonight. I love the story of Beren and Luthien, and the parts that were written as poetry are especially wonderful.

Anyone else reading a little extra Tolkien today?

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BarbaraJean I had forgotten Tolkien Reading Day—thanks for the reminder! I have a tiny gift edition of Tolkien‘s poetry, and I‘ll have to read through it this evening! 8mo

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BooksandCoffee4Me Missed this because I had a total knee replacement surgery but thanks for the tag! 💛 I‘m in and have two new books (new to me) to read - Tolkien‘s Beowulf and his short tales! 7mo

Daisey @BooksandCoffee4Me The Beowulf is one I want to read soon! 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have been watching Tolkien. I finished all 3 extended versions of the Hobbit Trilogy and am almost halfway through the LOTR extended versions. 7mo

Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa That sounds great! I should make some time to watch them all again. 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey honestly…the real world is a mess, but Tolkien (whether he meant it to or not) drew from his own life experience living in “interesting times” as they say & funneled into his work so much of the times then & now. Of different groups that hate each other because of history reasons, that need to pull it together to fight something bigger. Also how easily corruptible promises of power are & the reminder they never really share power. Plus⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ of course…. Gold corrupts even the most noble. And coveting wealth over Song & food (and family & friends & people & health & first responders & vets & special education & research & air traffic control, & etc to infinity it seems) never ends well. The gold survived to corrupt again, but lots of pointless dead in the field after the fight 7mo

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Hobbit | Tolkien J R R

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Happy #HobbitDay 😁

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The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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I loved it! I loved the story and it was so frustrating to leave it as it was just beginning. All the characters were so intriguing.

I loved Christopher's commentary, though it was in places a bit too granular for my understanding.

I lived the chapters about the Silmarillion. It wasn't what l was expecting, because l noticed other, different relationships with Tolkien's work. I wanted more! ⬇️

JazzFeathers But maybe what l loved the most were Tolkien's own words about the alliterative text and the storie expressed in that metric. We know and love Tolkien for his imaginative stories, and we often forget he was a very passionate scholar too. I'm always impressed by the depth, and the passion of his scholarly work, few as we have the chance to read. I wish l had the education to understand more of his scholarly work. 8mo

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Daisey I very much agree with your review as well. I‘ve come to appreciate this style of poetry so much through reading his work and find that description incredibly interesting. 8mo

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BarbaraJean

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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I enjoyed this unfinished piece of Arthurian poetry by Tolkien, along with the accompanying essays by Christopher Tolkien (that make up most of the book). Overall, though, it was a bit unsatisfying—I wanted a little bit more from all of it (but that‘s my own issue, not an actual problem with the book). “The Poem in Arthurian Tradition” made me want to study the poem in the context of an Arthurian Literature course, to go deeper into the sources ⤵️

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …Tolkien drew from. With “The Unwritten Poem & its Relation to The Silmarillion,” I wanted more analysis of the connections & parallels (and character comparisons) not only with the Silmarillion, but also the rest of Tolkien‘s work. (I realize literary interpretation/analysis wasn‘t Christopher Tolkien‘s purpose, and I understand why, but that‘s what I wanted!) My favorite part of the book, though, was the appendix on Old English Verse.⤵️ (edited) 8mo

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) I loved reading more about the alliterative form—it enriched my reading of the poem to go back and examine the form Tolkien was using, and it made me wish even more for a completed version of the poem. I‘m glad I read this #MedievalTolkien pick with the #FellowshipofTolkien! 8mo

kspenmoll Wonderful review! 8mo

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Daisey Great review and I completely agree! I also really enjoyed the section on the verse form. 8mo

JazzFeathers What a great review, Barbara 🤩 l found it more difficult than others we read, but l still enjoyed it a lot. Especially the chapter about the Silmarillion, though l, too, would have liked a lot more from it. 'Cause I'm sure there's more, there. 8mo

BarbaraJean @kspenmoll @Daisey Thank you! @JazzFeathers I agree, I found the essays in this one more difficult than some of our other reading—especially when Christopher Tolkien got so detailed about the various drafts of the poem. I wanted less of that and more analysis—I understand why CT‘s focus is where it is, but I guess my preference/interest is sometimes different than his goals! 8mo

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Daisey

Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien | Janet Brennan Croft

Chiasmus: a figure of speech in which the grammar of two parallel phrases is inverted

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