
Stew, bread, cheese, and Tolkien! The yummiest of pairings! 😋🧀🥖🍲
Stew, bread, cheese, and Tolkien! The yummiest of pairings! 😋🧀🥖🍲
These two gifts are so special they deserved their own post! 😍 I am so lucky to have gotten both of these yesterday! They're both illustrated, and are absolutely gorgeous! The Silmarillion has the most gorgeous painted edges that I've ever seen! 💕📚💕 #bookhaul #christmasbookhaul
For a "standard" edition, HarperCollins have done a great job. I love the design of the title page, the colouring of the map of Númenor, the blue titles and chapter headings, together with Lee's pencil illustrations, and a splash of red for the Ring verse ? It also has a ribbon bookmark, and Lee's colour paintings, which I've deliberately not posted as finding them as you read is a particular pleasure for me, and perhaps for you, too.
It's here at last! Still in its cellophane, though not for long! 😁
House of Dragons & Rings of Power premiered around the same time. Since they started I have been watching 1 episode of both back to back each weekend. Which makes me think of a mashup. Second breakfast at King's Landing? Grimdark harfoots? 🤔
I just watched the series premiere of The Rings of Power & I am thoroughly impressed!! To all of the people who are review bombing it bc of the inclusion of more roles for women & POC, without actually paying attention to the actual show itself...🖕🖕🖕
Fortunately, the publication date of 10th November 2022 is after the projected end of my two-month book-buying ban!
This is previously published Tolkien material, with new commentary by the editor, Brian Sibley, and new artwork by Alan Lee.
I'll be reading this rather than getting an A****n Prime subscription 🧐
Tolkien Society announcement:
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2022/06/new-tolkien-book-the-fall-of-numenor-to-b...
“... and a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and the places of the dwelling of Ilúvatar were filled to overflowing, and the music and the echo of the music went out into the Void, and it was not void.”
#CurrentlyReading #JRRTolkien #TheSilmarillion #LotR #MiddleEarth
"Tolkien read the whole of "The Lord of the Rings" to the Inklings in chapters as it was written but Lewis recalled, "We listened to his work, but could affect it only by encouragement. He has only two reactions to criticism: either he begins the whole work over again from the beginning or else takes no notice at all.""
A rare breakfast in bed! Veggie bacon and cheese sandwich, strong tea, Tolkien and Chet Baker on the stereo ☺