Jackie from Death by Tsundoku and I had both read The Eye of the World, the first book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, but it had been many years since either of us had cracked it open. It was interesting to reread it now that we're older and see just how much our … Continue reading The Eye of the World, A Conversation Pt. 2: Reminiscing About Past and Present Reading Experiences
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LotR Reread: Frodo Gets the Heck out of Hobbiton, in a Leisurely Fashion
Chapter III: Three is Company In Peter Jackson’s 2001 film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Ian McKellan’s Gandalf returns to the Shire a few weeks or months after Bilbo leaves and sends Frodo (played by a seventeen-year-old Elijah Wood) on his journey that same night. This works for a movie but not for … Continue reading LotR Reread: Frodo Gets the Heck out of Hobbiton, in a Leisurely Fashion
LotR Reread: Concerning Hobbits
I think everyone has at least a basic understanding of Hobbits. Gone are the days when the opening line of Tolkien's first classic, "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit" caused endless confusion. "What is a hobbit? Is it some kind of rabbit?" someone might have asked in 1937 when Hobbits … Continue reading LotR Reread: Concerning Hobbits
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