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I'm quite exhausted this week. But this baby is expiring in three days and l need to know how it ends!
I'm quite exhausted this week. But this baby is expiring in three days and l need to know how it ends!
Bit late for #Two4Tusday bit here l am.
@TheSpineView
1. I do listen to audiobook, but never when l walk. Too dangerous in the city.
2. I know Little Free Libraries exist here in Italy too (though are not very common), but l've never seen one.
Only six day to finish this, then the #NetGalley files will expire. But shouldn't be too difficult. I'm loving it.
Don't they look like two brothers? 😆
Bought Dracula for the #DraculaBuddyRead but as of today l haven't read a word.
October is always busy at work, but this year is particularly crazy. It has sucked up all my time. I'm so behind with everything l'm reading.
Don't think l'll managed to read it 😑
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
I can't believe l'm still behind with this. But today l'll try to catch up. Work is seriously killing me.
Loved to read this. The Passing of the Grey Company is one of the most chilling chapters in the book. Tolkien could write some serious horror, if he wanted!
I'm so fascinated with the idea that Aragorn could be a new 'Lord of the Ring'.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
I liked this chapter because l think it showed, even more than the final book does, how central the theme of healing is for Tolkien. It almost seem that to him, a hero who can only kill and is unable to heal is not really a hero.
I am so behind with this. Crazy rhythms at work, then a horrible cold, and l fell so much behind.
But l'll catch up! 😁💪
To my #FellowshipOfTolkien companions and all #Tolkien fans!
Fellow Tolkien enthusiast Ads has launched his very own podcast devoted to The History of the Lord of the Rings.
Ads started reading The Return of the Shadow more or less at the same time we did. I invited him to come along, but in the end he fell so behind he decided against it.
But now he's doing this!
Come along. It'll be a grand adventure!
https://t.co/5No2dhoBn6?amp=1
You know, l didn't really need to buy a new Frankenstein. But when l had this beautiful Penguin edition in my hands, l thought that after all l did 😆
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
Denethor's character's arc is one of the most intense in the book, IMO.
Denethor is one of those awesome, but very difficult characters that Tolkien was brave enough to write, but that readers often seem to dismiss as just assholes.
Maybe l have a problem, but l really like these characters, like Turin, Morwen, Thorin, and of course my boy Feanor 😉
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
Really loved reading the evolution of Eowyn's story over the last few chapters.
I've always felt that the Rohirrim kind of have their story inside the story, and seeing how Tolkien wrote LotR in big chunks at a time, l can even see how this might actually be the case.
First glimpes at Arwen's appearance. Can't wait to see her coming into the story.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
Really enjoyed this chapter, with that alternate story. Denethor meets Aragorn and Aragorn saved Faramir from his wounds. And Eowyn dies on the battlefield.
I do prefer the story how it ended up being, but this alternative was interesting too.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
So granted, l have an extremely soft spot for the Rohirrim, and the episode of the Druadain Forest perfectly shows why.
I find it incredible how Tolkien can pull off a completely new idea in the middle of the story and that idea doesn't feel at all as if it came out of the blue, but it feels as if it has always been there, waiting for the opportune moment to come to the surface.
Storyteller's power!
#7days7covers Day 3
Not sure this is available in English. Damasio is a French author. This book was recommended to me by a friend who's told me it's one of the strangest stories she has ever read.
I haven't read it yet.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
Wow! In spite of the essencial structure of the chapter of tge Siege of Gondor was written down, there are so many interesting detail that differ from what we know.
At first, Denethor and Faramir's relationship isn't harsh. Surprised as l was, l wasn't as shock as when Gandalf said the Witch King of Angmar is a banned member of his order, back in Numenor. An idea is present that he won't be killed by a hero.
#WeekendsReads @rachelsbrittain
1. I'm trying to catch up on the #FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory buddy read. I've fallen so behind. And l've just started reading A House of Ghosts
2. I'm sorry, but when l read Tolkien, nothing compared. My favourite book in September was The Hobbit 😆
3. A House of Ghosts is actually a book l've highly anticipated. Together with another #NetGalley ARC l'm going to read, The Poppy Field
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Trying to catch up. I'm so behind!
This is the second half of the Muster of Rohan as first incarnated.
I'm so interested in the evolution of Eowyn's story. From the synopses so far it looked like she was going to ride with the riders openly, like Merry, but here it seems the story is changing. I'm so very curious.
bailedI'm sorry, but this story didn't do anything for me. The pace was stattering and l couldn't connect with any of the characters.
Pity, because l've never read any story set in the Ziegfeld Follies environment. I really wanted to like it.
(Image from the author's website)
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It's nice to be back to this book after so many days.
The chapter is mostly nitpicking, but l liked watching Minas Tirith taking up her personality.
@TheReadingMermaid #DraculaBuddyRead
I've been meaning to read Dracula forever. This might just be the time.
And not the first time Litsy would make me read a classic 'l've been meaning to read forever' 😆
#FellowshipOfTolkien #LOTRHistory
Now that most of the crazy month of September is over, it's time for some catching up.
And l have a lot to do. I'm only half way through this book 😭
panIt took decades to start. I skipped a lot and even think to DNF. Then in the middle, things became so interesting. The murder woman being a suffragist, the book delved into that world and it was so interesting. The MC's personal situation complemented that. I was totally engrossed.
The ending was a total mess. Not only the conclusion of the mystery was illogic and unsatisfying, but the MC's trend sustained priviledge in a way l couldn't share.
Last summer, a storm spit in half one of the trees on the road to the train station in my town.
The tree was cut down because it was too dangerous. Now, mushrooms keep spruting up near the stump.
I don't know why, l love these little guys.
The place is on my way to work and often in the morning l see new fellows peeling up.
I had hope to finish this over the weekend. Nope. Commitments everywhere.
But l'm close enough.
#Bookmarkswap
@LibrarianRyan @Chrissyreadit
Sorry it took me this long to post, it was a messy weekend.
Chrissy, what can l say? This is fantastic! I love that all the bookmarks are from where you live and all are about history.
You are right on point!
Thanks so much for this. It was so worth waiting for it.
pickMy first Bess Crowford mystery and l totally fell in live.
Bess is such a great lead. Clever, compassionate, brave, intuitive, assertive. And the rest of the cast is good company.
The mystery is absorbing. The main suspect, Peregrin, is so relatable.
And the setting! This is one of the best WWI setting l've ever read.
Full review here https://theoldshelter.com/thursday-quotable-a-duty-to-the-dead/
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The second part if the chapter is all about synopses and, as usual, l loved having a pick in Tolkien's creating process.
So many things that might have been, but never were. Like many parallel stories.
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Took me two weeks to read this chapter, and certainly it wasn't its fault. Crazy times at work.
There's a lot of work to pin down Dunharrow, one of the awesomest places in Lord of the Rings, in my opinion.
It was so different in the beginning, more like a keep.
I love the history surrounding Dunharrow. Is it my impression, or Tolkien had more trouble definire the Rohirrim than anyone else?
#Bookmarkswap
@LibrarianRyan @Chrissyreadit
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! 😲😲😲😭😭😭😭
I can't believe it! It arrived!!! 😍
I'm on the train to work now. Will post tonight 😊
I'm starting to really appreciate this one.
The beginning was hard on me because the pace was so slow. But now the mystery is becoming very interesting. The author shows to be very prepared on the era and l like how historical information is used in the narration.
The characters are interesting and nice to read.
Let's read on!
#WeekendsReads @rachelsbrittain
1. The War of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
2. I like both but prefer mappe
3. "They had left and gone far away"
I'm so happy this week's over. It was crazy and tiring at work. I was so spent every night l didn't manage to read anything so now l'm behind with both the #FellowshipOfTolkien and the #LOTRBuddyRead readalong.
Hope to catch up in the weekend.
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I read this chapter nearly one week ago, but the work got crazy and completely waylaid my life.
I totally loved this. Sam's chapter is one of my favourite in the entire trilogy. It's heatfelt, and so involving. I always feel as if l'm there with Sam, uncertain what to do.
I knew there must have been a lot of work behind such chapter, it's fantastic to have the possibility to see how it was built.
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I don't know how this is. I've always had a kind of phobia for spiders and still l'm fascinated with both Ungoliant and Shelob.
I loved reading Shelob's genesis. Imagine reading LotR without Shelob. Well, that's what we did in this chapter. Still, the episode with the many spiders barely resistete. She is the true main character of this chapter. Such a powerful presence.
pickReally, really enjoyed this book that is part romance, part fantasy and part historical fiction. And l say this from my position of non-romance reader.
Yes, there are all the exageration l dislivello in romances, but honestly the characters are so awesome and so real that l just wanted to know what happened to them.
Magic relic, Manhattan in 1925, WWI, secret organizations. I mean...
https://theoldshelter.com/thursday-quotables-spellbound/
#SummersEndReadathon
Well, it could have been better. I was hoping is something better, considering that l read almost 10 hours in the first half of the challenge. But l was supposed to be on holiday this week... instead l wasn't, so...
This is l'm so impressed with @Clwojick achievement. She was also working, but managed an outstanding result.
I love readathons. I'm just not very good at them.
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Fascinating!
The writing was so fast and sure up to this point, and now it all became difficult for Tolkien. But it is undertandable. This is a very emotional part of the book.
I was fascinated to see the evolution of the episode of the spiders. Exactly! It seems impossible to.think at this episode without Shelob, and still Tolkien worked long at it without her.
On my way to work. Let's see whether l can log in a little time for the #SummersEndReadathon
I won't be doing this because l already have my hands full with the #FellowshipOfTolkien readalong, but l thought l'd post it in case someone wants to join 😁
I will of course follow the discussion 😉
#LOTRBuddyRead @TheReadingMermaid
#SummersEndReadathon
I've been called back to work from my holidays and this has been a disaster for my reading schedule.
I didn't read one page yesterday, but today l did some progress on both these books.
The Sleepwalkers is becoming so interesting now that l'm starting to disentangle the complex relationships between the different nations.
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