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What always impresses me about Tolkien's battle scenes is that he clearly knows what he's talking about. He knows how people and armies move on the grounds, he knows the tactics. Yet he always manages to bring the battle down on a human level. We know what the characters do, think and feel, their fears and their hopes.
And this is what makes Tolkien's battles so invelving.

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I will magine Theoden's awakening as something like this.

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This chapter is very special to me.
The first time l read LotR l enjoyed it. I enjoyed it as l had enjoyed many other fantasy stories. In the 1990s there were plenty with Elves and Dwarves and Dark Lords and quests.
But when l came to this chapter!
Theoden's awakening truly spoke to me and in that moment, as Theoden and Gandalf spoke under a stormy sky stubbed by sunshine, l fell in love with this book.

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I had hopped to finish Book 3, but it didn't happen.
Problem is that lately l feel too tired to read at night which is my usual time to read. I need to find a different schedule.
But in the meanwhile, let's see what I'm going to get tonight.

Sunday morning book and breakfast

I‘ve barely ready any of The Two Towers this week and I don‘t have much time this morning. Hoping I can squeeze in a few chapters through the day today.

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This chapter is one of my favourite in The Two Towers. And l wondered about it in the past, because it is basically all exposition. There is no action in it. Yet, come to thinpoint, as a reader, l want to know all this things, so l read eagerly, trying to fix this info in my mind.
This is the mark of a great storyteller.

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Treebeard is such a peculiar character. Actually, Ents are such peculiar characters. I'll admit l had a hard time with this chapter in the past. But this time around, l really enjoyed it. I like the calm.way in which it unfolded. And l appreciated Treebeard personality and philosophy. In a way, it complements the Hobbits's attitude.

I also made some progress on #LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien though l am indeed bahind. Trying to catch up this weekend, so to start on time on Monday 🤞

I'm always impressed with the Hobbits' ability to remain optimistic in even the most terrible circumstances.
This is what Tolkien called 'hobbitry' and l think we would all use a bit of it.

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Thanks to the host with the most, @Andrew65, who is hosting numerous readathons this upcoming month, all of us can earn some serious #Scarathlon points. And his is the first readathon before #Scarathlon officially starts. Thanks, @Andrew65!

My goal is 20 chapters to catch up with #LotRChapterADay group and to plug along with WAR AND PEACE for @Amiable's #Chunkster read.