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BookwormAHN
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView
1- Apples 🍎
2- The Hobbit
I tag @MaleficentBookDragon @Captivatedbybooks @KT1432
#Two4Tuesday

KT1432 Oooh thanks for the tag this looks fun!! 11mo
TheSpineView Thanks for playing!❤️🍎 11mo
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Cuilin
Villains: Novellas | Rhiannon Paille
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#TLT @dabbe

This was fun!! The bottom three are villains that frightened the life out of me as a child!! I‘m sure they meant the singular man in Bambi, I‘m using it to mean mankind. Also, if you‘re playing a fascist/Nazi automatic villain!! Missing from the list are my two favorite villains, Moriarty from Sherlock and Loki. (if you get redemption arc, are you still a villain?)

Care to play?

lil1inblue Loki! 😍 😍 😍 13mo
dabbe I bet if AFI updated the list, it would include SHERLOCK's Moriarty. “Miss me?“ 😱 And excellent question. I'd have to say yes because Darth Vader got redemption, right? Though most of these on the list were evil all the way to the end. Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶🧡🩶 13mo
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GatheringBooks
Poems from The Hobbit | J R R Tolkien
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#SummerSouls Day 2: #mountains reminded me of a Poetry Friday feature Iphigene once shared on GatheringBooks with the ballad Far Over the Misty Mountain here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8PY

Eggs So dreamy 🩵🏔️🩵 1y
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JazzFeathers
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I'm always in awe of Tolkien's ability to describe battles without losing the sense of what they mean for the individual.

I also love Thorin's descent into battle.
Just epic!

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Fortifiedbybooks
The Annotated Hobbit | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson
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I'm so behind in the #FellowshipOfTolkien reading of The Hobbit, as well as the other books I've been reading that I'm joining #20in4 with a goal of reading for 20 hours this weekend. I don't have to work tomorrow, so I should be able to pull it off.

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 2y
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mabell
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Beorn‘s Honey Cakes that my brother made a couple of years ago - very yummy!

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipofTolkien

Daisey That sounds delicious! I am going to have to go through my Tolkien cookbook again soon and come up with some things to make as we read! 2y
Chrys Looks amazing, I may have to try making some honey cakes this weekend 2y
mabell @Daisey That would be fun! Looking forward to seeing what you make! I don‘t know which Tolkien cookbooks my brother has, but I did give him this one for Christmas 😊 2y
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mabell @Chrys A perfect weekend project! I might have to too! 2y
JazzFeathers @Chrys @Daisey l bakes some Beorn's cake sometimes back. Found the recipes online and it was delicious. Now you ladies are making me want to bake them again 😂 2y
mabell @JazzFeathers What recipe did you use? They would be fun to try! 2y
mabell @JazzFeathers Oh cool! Thanks! 2y
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Chrys
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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I haven‘t had time to post much, but I have been enjoying this reread of The Hobbit. I was in the first read along years ago, but life got hectic and I wandered off the trail. This time I intend to see it through at least the Father Christmas letters. In this chapter I always feel bad that Bilbo was going to go back for the dwarves, but they wanted to leave him. Thank goodness for Gandalf staying true to his friends. #LOTRchapteraday

wordslinger42 I always feel bad for Bilbo there, too! Also, that is the coolest Lego!! 2y
dabbe And they eat him out of house and home in Ch. 1, and he runs around like their slave. ARGH! Did Tolkien ever draw a society-chain of who's on top and who looks down on whom? And if he didn't, what order would you put everybody? I can't even get past Wizard-->Man or Man--> Wizard. 🤔 2y
dabbe @wordslinger42 Ditto! 🖤💙🩵 2y
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Blueberry LEGOS 🩵 2y
Daisey @dabbe I tend to think a lot of Tolkien‘s message is that some groups think they are higher or more important but that really there is no hierarchy. For me, the theme of The Hobbit is the ability of the “smallest” act or person to change the world. 2y
Daisey @Chrys Agreed and ❤️ the Legos! 2y
JazzFeathers @dabbe l agree with @Daisey And also, don't forget that the Dwarves did send Bilbo to the trolls, but then they went after him because they didn't see him back or heard him hoot. They carried him on their shoulders as they fled from the goblins, and actually, they almost come to think of him as their leader, later on. I'd argue that Tolkien advocates respect through knowledge and the smashing of hierarchies through respect 😁 @wordslinger42 2y
JazzFeathers @Blueberry Totally agree. I want that Lego too!!!! 2y
dabbe @JazzFeathers Totally agree with you and Daisey, especially when looking at the book as a whole. At the beginning, though, these groups do not all get along and some think they are better. Only through the quest will most of them change for the better. 2y
Chrys @dabbe @Daisey @JazzFeathers I agree with all above. I think in his works most races seem to consider the others lesser until they actually interact with and get to know them, then personal experience overcomes prejudice and they learn respect everyone‘s abilities. 2y
Chrys @wordslinger42 @Daisey @Blueberry @dabbe The Legos were a pandemic project to help me relax after work, next time I will try and post the other side, I love the indoor details :) 2y
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BethM
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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To all my fellow #FellowshipofTolkien members this made me laugh. Just saw it on fb.

CBee Omg 😂😂😂😂😂 2y
BarbaraJean 😂 😂 2y
Leftcoastzen 👍👏😁 2y
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Larkken
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15 books? And the world is ending? You might as well just tell me that some much-needed reading glasses are broken 😜 @RaeLovesToRead (actual pic of me avoiding this dire thought) #ihavequestions #belovedbooks

Here‘s my list (with commentary!):
1. The Hobbit (⬆️THIS copy and yes I‘ll be mad if it gets scuffed or dinged)
2. The Complete Ivory - Egan (hey, series is contained into one book!)
3. Magic Strikes (the BEST Kate Daniels. Fight me.)
⬇️

Larkken 4. Starless Sea (good thing for the apocalypse that my MIL just gave me this)
5. Beauty - Robin McKinley (though maybe Blue Sword instead for the sheer nostalgia? gah)
6. The Wood Wife - Windling
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. Stardust - Gaiman
9. The Princess Bride - Goldman
10. Kushiel‘s Dart. No, wait, Avatar. Gah!
11. Complete Borges short stories (so I can dream of infinite libraries or something 👀)
12. Good Omens
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Larkken 13. Family‘s illustrated Alice and Wonderland
14. Finishing School trilogy by Carriger on audio (when breaking the rules, go big)
15. Moon Called - Briggs (I don‘t have a fav from this series, so this might end up being Whatever One I Grab from series)
Holy nuts I‘d give both my ovaries to have a compilation of the initial Murderbot stories to put on here. Sorry, Pride and Prejudice. Or maybe Good Omens?

I am still working on the #booklet list…
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RaeLovesToRead Love it! Starless sea has come up a few times... I shall purchase it next time I'm in Waterstones! 😁 (Although I still need to read The Night Circus!) I found the booket list easier because there are several books that I ABSOLUTELY NEED TO READ and they just pushed their way to the top.. 😊 2y
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Larkken @RaeLovesToRead This was curtailed severely by needing to be physical books present on my shelves! That made it easier lol 2y
IndoorDame Ooh, yes! I should definitely take Alice 2y
5feet.of.fury So far for best Kate Daniels (I‘m on book 7) I‘m going with 2y
5feet.of.fury Also Kate Daniels series has made me want to read the Princess Bride, but I have not yet. Love your Gaiman choices! Great list! 2y
Larkken @5feet.of.fury oooh is this the one where they FINALLY got together? Agreed, that IS nice 2y
Larkken @IndoorDame looking at my shelves made me realize I‘d have to bring at least a/some books based on nostalgia and unwillingness to lose a family copy ❤️! …and not just on what I‘d want to reread…and reread…lol (edited) 2y
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Daisey
The Annotated Hobbit | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson
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Happy Tolkien Reading Day!
I finished listening to The Hobbit last night, and spent some time this morning with the notes and illustrations in my annotated edition. I love this illustration of Smaug, and the lines from Bilbo‘s poem seem a perfect ending to another reread.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #audiobook #quote #reread