I am not actively participating in the "Putting the Blog in Balrog" Tolkien event. I am reading the posts they put up and reading the books on my own. But I am not commenting or posting like some of the other readers are. Mostly because I don't have reliable internet, but also because I am not one to write for lots of people to read and I write more just for myself. I have been that way for years and I have a box of journals to testify for me in that and a stack of college papers that people have asked to read but if they aren't one of my professors they don't get to see what I've written. But anyway. That's beside the point.
I have been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien since the day I went to the theater to see the first Lord of the Rings movie with my dad at the age of 11 (maybe 12) as a reward for helping out with childcare at his weekly Bible study. After seeing the first movie and then waiting a year anxiously for the second, I took a chance and tackled the 3 books one right after the other. Somehow I did it. And have done it 4 or 5 times since then. I have read The Hobbit numerous times as well. When I read about the "Putting the Blog in Balrog" reading event I thought it was the perfect excuse I needed to start reading them again. I didn't re-read The Hobbit which was read to kick off the event because I just read it last December while traveling home from Peru (yes, I read it in less than 36 hours... let me just said I had more than 15 hours sitting in airports). So, I just jumped in with reading The Fellowship of the Ring (the first book of the trilogy). And I read it in a short 4 days... being sick, not working and sitting at the DMV for three hours is definitely what helped me read it that fast.
I finished it and loved it as always. It's always been my favorite book while The Return of the King has always been my favorite movie. Weird, I know. But that's just me. I think my favorite thing about The Fellowship is the fact that the friendships are formed and tested right off the bat and yet they last. I love that. I try to be a loyal person once I get to know and love people. I may be shy and it may take a lot of work and fear and whatnot on my part to get to know and trust people. But once I do, I strive to be as loyal as possible. Sometimes I do well and sometimes I don't. But I work at it nonetheless. And the 9 in the Fellowship are the same way in my mind. My dad and I have always loved the character of Sam Gamgee because of the loyalty, love and friendship he showed Frodo from the very beginning.
I love the books and don't mind being seen as a weirdo or a geek when I carry my big 3 in 1 volume around. I have always loved the books and am sure I will for the rest of my life. I am taking a break from them though before tackling The Two Towers. I learned a few years ago that if I read them back to back to back I lose interest and then don't enjoy them as much. Plus, I've had this overwhelming longing to read some of the writings of one of my favorite missionaries. I have found myself missing my life in Peru and so am taking a break in order to feed and settle that longing. So, yeah. By the end of the summer I will finish the trilogy. No worries. I promise. :)
I have been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien since the day I went to the theater to see the first Lord of the Rings movie with my dad at the age of 11 (maybe 12) as a reward for helping out with childcare at his weekly Bible study. After seeing the first movie and then waiting a year anxiously for the second, I took a chance and tackled the 3 books one right after the other. Somehow I did it. And have done it 4 or 5 times since then. I have read The Hobbit numerous times as well. When I read about the "Putting the Blog in Balrog" reading event I thought it was the perfect excuse I needed to start reading them again. I didn't re-read The Hobbit which was read to kick off the event because I just read it last December while traveling home from Peru (yes, I read it in less than 36 hours... let me just said I had more than 15 hours sitting in airports). So, I just jumped in with reading The Fellowship of the Ring (the first book of the trilogy). And I read it in a short 4 days... being sick, not working and sitting at the DMV for three hours is definitely what helped me read it that fast.
I finished it and loved it as always. It's always been my favorite book while The Return of the King has always been my favorite movie. Weird, I know. But that's just me. I think my favorite thing about The Fellowship is the fact that the friendships are formed and tested right off the bat and yet they last. I love that. I try to be a loyal person once I get to know and love people. I may be shy and it may take a lot of work and fear and whatnot on my part to get to know and trust people. But once I do, I strive to be as loyal as possible. Sometimes I do well and sometimes I don't. But I work at it nonetheless. And the 9 in the Fellowship are the same way in my mind. My dad and I have always loved the character of Sam Gamgee because of the loyalty, love and friendship he showed Frodo from the very beginning.
I love the books and don't mind being seen as a weirdo or a geek when I carry my big 3 in 1 volume around. I have always loved the books and am sure I will for the rest of my life. I am taking a break from them though before tackling The Two Towers. I learned a few years ago that if I read them back to back to back I lose interest and then don't enjoy them as much. Plus, I've had this overwhelming longing to read some of the writings of one of my favorite missionaries. I have found myself missing my life in Peru and so am taking a break in order to feed and settle that longing. So, yeah. By the end of the summer I will finish the trilogy. No worries. I promise. :)
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