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The Two Towers
The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien
The second volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduinalone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century. The book presents us with the richest profusion of new lands and creatures, from the beauty of Lothlrien to the horror of Mordor. Sunday Telegraph
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I actually finished it a few days ago, but l didn't find time to post (l also have to catch up with all of your posts!).

Loved it, like always... Despite the questionable translation 🙄

It's such an incredible book. I lived the Siege of Helm's Deep, because l life the Rohirrim 😁 but Frodo and Sam's journey has grown on me ever the reads. This time, l enjoyed Faramir more than ever.

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

It gets me, every, single, time!
Sam's turmoil, his doubts, his growing awareness, his acceptance of the task because no one else can do it. And yet his love and loyalty for Frodo. Abd the final decision that that's the most important thing. He must fulfil his loyalty to Frodo before accepting whatever comes.

It breaks my hear every single time.

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I mean. What can l say? This chapter is phenomenal. There's atmosphere, and feelings, and expectation. I live how Sam and Frodo work together, building Sam's feelings in the next chapter.
And even symbolically, going through the darkness of Shelob's lair. Both Sam and Frodo come out if it greatly changed.

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TheSpineView Well done! 1mo
JazzFeathers Jeez, l need to get these! 3w
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I don't know whether it's because l read these three final chapters in one sit, but l adored them!
This chapters that introduces the Black Land has that particular horror vibe that Tolkien sometimes uses, and yet is also very personal. We experience Frodo's fear, and his determination. His doubts and his hesitation.
And again, l love how Tolkien's characters are perceptive of the world around them.

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JazzFeathers
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This is one of those chapters where not much seems to happen and yet so much is happening
I love the interaction among the characters. I love how. How love how the feeling transitions from the light of Ithilien to the darkness of Mordor and how at that Crossroad, the chapters ends on a hopeful note as the Hobbits enter the Land of Shadow.

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

Isn't this chapter just amazing?
All the tension in the episode with Gollum. Then that awesome dialogue between Faramir and Sam. And how Sam let slip the info about the Ring: I find it endearing every time. And Faramir reaction about the Ring. I don't remember ever noticing how his words echo Galadriel's about renouncing to claim the One Ring.

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

Things l love about Faramir:
1. He's an honourable man. He is a man of valour. Because he's a man of valour, he recognises the valour in others.
2. He's exceptionally clear-minded. And he has this clarity of mind because his heart is true.
3. There's something magical about him. He foresees things and he understands untold things about strangers. Not even Aragorn is like this.

What do you like about Faramir?

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

What can l say. The episode of Fatamir is phenomenal in its entirety and l love it more every time l read it 😍

In a letter to Christopher, Tolkien said that Faramir appeared from nowhere, and you can almost see it, as he materialises in the book, almost silently. Then slowly but surely solidifies into an awesom character.

BethM I want more Faramir! I can‘t remember if we get anymore though. 1mo
JazzFeathers Yes, we get more quality time with Faramir, later on 😜 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Faramir is the best! 🥰 1mo
JazzFeathers @Clare-Dragonfly As much love as he gets, l always have the feeling there's more in him than what we see. 1mo
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I am so behind! 😭
With reading, with posting and with catching up with you.
But I'm trying to finish The Two Towers today (l'm climbing Cirith Ungol, at the moment), and catching up with everything else.
Let's see.

JazzFeathers @CatLass007 Sorry. I've just added you to the list 😁 1mo
BookwormAHN I just finished, so I've been rather behind as well 😺 1mo
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BethM You got this! 1mo
JazzFeathers @BookwormAHN @BethM Finished yesterday and lived it as usual. The last chapter always wets my eye 🥲 1mo
BookwormAHN The last chapter is always painful 💔 1mo
CatLass007 Is it weird that I always want to call this The Twin Towers? 1mo
JazzFeathers @BookwormAHN And yet it's beautiful. I would almost want to say it's the heart of the entire story. 1mo
JazzFeathers @CatLass007 Freudian things are going on there, l would say 😂 1mo
CatLass007 I imagine you‘re right. 1mo
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I‘m flipping around the tv this weekend & passed a show on cryptids… creatures that may be myth or real. I stopped immediately as they were showing Shelob on the screen at the time, then Aragog and discussing giant spiders and the stories passed down about this monster myth in stories by the locals for ages. Who knew Shelob descendants infested both Mirkwood & the Congo 🤷‍♀️😂 There are even grainy videos like with Sasquatch & Nessie. J‘ba Fofi😱

BookwormAHN Personally I'd rather run into Bigfoot than Shelob next time I'm in the Congo 😸 1mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BookwormAHN Right! 😂 I‘d never heard of it before, but I‘d never want to meet that one. But I had to share, LOTR, Monster stories for Halloween 👻 1mo
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Oh, wow! Isn't it fascinating how some stories are common or similar in very different places of the world? There must be something there 🤔 @BookwormAHN 3w
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers The human mind is really fascinating….. and scary 😂 3w
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

Here's the schedule for the last leg of our journey.
I left out the Appendixes because last time, many people didn't care for them, so I thought we could do what we did then: create a schedule for the appendixes only for the readers who do want to read them.
I'll get that schedule ready soon 😁

CatLass007 Would you please add me to your tag list? I‘ve been listening to audiobooks for The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and I started The Return of the King but seem to have gotten bogged down. I think it would be fun and give me some added inspiration, if I could listen to the final book of the series with my fellow Littens. 1mo
curiouserandcurioser @JazzFeathers So excited for this part of our journey!! 1mo
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Daisey So looking forward to continuing our readalong! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Perfect! I‘m all caught up and ready to go 1mo
BethM Yay I‘m so excited! 1mo
JazzFeathers @CatLass007 So happy to have you with us. And sorry for the late reply. I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment 😂😬 1mo
CatLass007 Thank you for adding me. I understand overwhelmed, so I appreciate that you‘ve gotten back to me at all. I hope the overwhelmed feeling gets better. Maybe you can work your way to feeling whelmed. 1mo
JazzFeathers @CatLass007 😂 Didn't quite worked. But l have finished The Two Towers, which is good 😊 1mo
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This scene at the crossroads always reminds me of this Shelley poem.

They are literally and figuratively at the crossroads, and the “easy way back” wouldn‘t be as easy as they think since the legions of Mordor march towards Gondor and war…and are between them and their friends. And would lead to the doom of all.

And right here Tolkien places this scene, a scene that alludes to this poem in my mind, ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ the greatness of the past, the greatness of men broken in the past, gone forever from Middle Earth. But, he adds this little touch, a crown of flowers recrowning the king, changing the image from one of lost ruined greatness, to a hint of a new greatness growing and flowering right before our eyes. (edited) 1mo
JazzFeathers Beautifully said, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think this is the first time that l really feel that moment of passage, that watershed. The hopeful image of the crown of flowers shining in the sun really touched me, this time. 4w
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I‘ve seen the word landlubber fairly frequently when reading about ships and sailing, but I‘m not sure I‘ve seen just lubber much before. It seems an appropriate word for orcs to use with each other.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

Texreader Love this post!! Thanks for sharing! 1mo
CBee Kind of reminds me of “ya big lug” 😂 (edited) 1mo
Daisey @CBee True! 1mo
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What a cliffhanger before we start The Return of the King! Tolkien does such an amazing job of making me feel these emotions right alongside Sam. I‘m kind of glad I got so behind so that now I don‘t have to wait long to continue.

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TheAromaofBooks I had forgotten how this ending leaves you hanging!!! I am SO excited about reading the conclusion!! 1mo
BethM I had also forgotten there was a cliffhanger! 1mo
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curiouserandcurioser @Daisey when do we start Return of theKing, please? 1mo
BarbaraJean Yes, when is the start date for ROTK? I was thinking it was this week (10/16), but maybe this is the catch-up week? I‘ve lost track because I keep falling behind! 1mo
Daisey @curiouserandcurioser @BarbaraJean I kind of lost track as well when I got behind. The most recent schedule says catch up through October 20, and @jazzfeathers is working to post a new schedule very soon. 1mo
BarbaraJean @Daisey Thank you! It‘s nice to know I‘m not behind after all! 1mo
curiouserandcurioser @Daisey Thank you:) im so excited for Return of the King!! 1mo
JazzFeathers You know? I once read the article of someone saying that Tolkien's structure for LotR is a failure, because of the long lapses between books and the shifting of focus. I actually think this is a strength because we go from one good story to another. 4w
Daisey @JazzFeathers I really think it kind of depends on the person and how they get caught up on the story. There are definitely books with shifting perspective like this where I‘ve just jumped ahead to read a specific storyline and there have been times I‘ve been tempted with this one, but usually I can be patient with Tolkien‘s plan. So, I see the point, although I think his writing is strong enough to make it work. 4w
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Really enjoyed this chapter. I loved the interaction between the characters, the way their different personalities emerged, and the building dynamics.
I also loved Frodo inner discourse, half expressed, half hinted at.
Frodo has already started to fade from the narration, as only bits and pieces of his story are told, now.
One of Tolkien's wizardries.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m not far ahead of you now. I am just crossing the Crossroads. 1mo
curiouserandcurioser @JazzFeathers what day are we beginning Return of the King? 1mo
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Clare-Dragonfly That‘s a great point about Frodo disappearing from the narrative. I hadn‘t seen it that way. 1mo
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Then you are ahead of me now. 1mo
JazzFeathers @curiouserandcurioser We're starting on Monday. I'm working at the schedule 😁 1mo
JazzFeathers @Clare-Dragonfly You know? I've only just realised that with this reread. 1mo
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

So. This is one of my favourite chapters in the book. Yet, l didn't enjoy it as usual this time, and l think it's because of the translation.

At a certain point, l realised that the prose was giving me disgust instead of uncertainty and anxiety as Tolkien's prose does.
The translator's choices have been too often questionable, in .y opinion, and here l felt how much this translator lack knowledge of Tolkien.

BarbaraJean So frustrating about this translation! Are you planning to continue with this translation into Return of the King? 1mo
JazzFeathers @BarbaraJean l do, because l want to read the entire translation. It might be the only time l'll ever red it. 1mo
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BethM This is the one they modernized with the non Tolkien fan right? 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Wow, that is unfortunate. 🙁 1mo
Daisey Im sorry to hear you continue to be disappointed, but I also appreciate that you‘re reading the entire translation through. 1mo
JazzFeathers @BethM @Daisey @Clare-Dragonfly Precisely the same. And now I've finished the second book, that's even more obvious. Some choices of words really pulled me out of the narration. I can't get over the fact that they did this to Tolkien 😭 1mo
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I haven't had much time to get on Litsy between work and family shenanigans (why is all my out-of-town family visiting during my busiest time of year?! Get it together, people! 😂) BUT I have still been reading quite a bit, which is great because I really felt like my mojo was lacking for a couple months. This week was a mix of #LMPBC, #LOTRChapteraDay, #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead, and some random books for #Scarathlon. All were enjoyable but ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) besides The Two Towers, none of them were exceptional. However, I've participated in loads of challenges and readathons, so I'll be getting into an excessive amount of hashtags below! Thank you to all the lovely hosts of these fun challenges. I'm really enjoying them, even if I don't always post about them!! 1mo
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Lauredhel Goodness me and I thought I was overdoing the challenges! Lol 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @Lauredhel - Any excuse for another spreadsheet 😂 Most of these are just for Scarathlon. My year-long challenge list is significantly more reasonable!! 1mo
TheSpineView Great job! That is a lot of stuff to keep up with! 1mo
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks so you just pretend your hobby is reading; it‘s actually Excel 🤣 (edited) 1mo
PuddleJumper 😲 1mo
AnnR Well, kudos to you for participating in so many challenges. 🍂📚🎃🍁 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 1mo
Read4life Thanks for participating in #Falling4Books 🍁👻🎃 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @Lauredhel - You have no idea how on-target that assessment is! 😂 😂 😂 1mo
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 1mo
JazzFeathers Why is family always in the way of our reading? 😂 4w
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I‘ve been struggling to find actual reading time lately, although it should be a bit better now that I‘ve finished Clarissa. I read a couple chapters last night and this morning, and I just have the final chapter of The Two Towers left. I always love this discussion between Frodo & Sam about the people in stories that really happened. Nobody goes out planning to be the hero of a story, but the ones that don‘t give up do become those heroes!

wisherwishinguponastar This is one of my absolute favorite parts!!!!! 1mo
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Daisey @wisherwishinguponastar It is such an amazing discussion in the midst of everything, and again delivers such a real message for any reader. 1mo
BethM I loved these parts too! So introspective. Also I alternated between audio, ebook, and physical- it was the only way I kept up. 1mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Always loved this section. 1mo
JazzFeathers @wisherwishinguponastar @Daisey @BethM @Riveted_Reader_Melissa This is truly an awesome passage. A piece of metastory that gives us insight into the mind of the author and at the same time speaks directly to as as readers. Also, l think it shows what a modern writer Tolkien actually is in spite of his subject matter! 4w
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BethM
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Forgot to post that o finished this on time! Loved it! This book becomes two separate novels but they twine together effortlessly.

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JazzFeathers
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I'm not done, but I'm not as far behind as l may look. I'm with Faramirvst the moment 😜

The change from the Battle of Helm's Deep to the more intimate battle of Frodo, Sam and Smeagol is very stark, but also very significant.
Tkien definitely has a mind for epic storytelling, and yet he is also a narrator of the soul. The Lord of the Rings, with its two main movements, certainly shows this.

I love it 🤩

Riveted_Reader_Melissa The Two Towers is definitely a book with a divide between 2 stories and adventures….each unique and yet so important. (edited) 1mo
Susanita The structure of the different sections really emphasizes that the Fellowship has been scattered. 1mo
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BethM I agree - the two parts are separate but come together flawlessly 1mo
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It's one of the things that make this story so unique. Yes, it is epic. Yes, it has all the characteristics of an heroic story. And yet there is also a lot of humanity and vulnerability. It's beautiful. 1mo
JazzFeathers @Susanita Do you think so? It's the contrary for me: the way the characters act emphasises how they are connected even if they are far from each other. I'm curious, what gives you that sensation? Let's talk about it 😁 1mo
JazzFeathers @BethM the way Tolkien infuses vulnerability in an epic fantasy is truly unique, in my opinion. 1mo
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Almost done! I saw this one on fb and immediately thought of #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday

julesG See there's the rub: no duct tape in Middle Earth. 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
BethM @julesG eleven rope- even better! 2mo
JazzFeathers Sure. And why didn't they y by eagle? 😂 2mo
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4✨ I was able to catch up to current. Since the fellowship is split up at the moment I like that it focuses on one group in the first half, and the other group in the second half. There is lots of danger and breaks in between. I really like the friendships that are forming between some unlikely pairs, and the humorous conversations they have when they are resting. Like the previous book it leaves off on a cliffhanger. #FellowshipofTolkien

JazzFeathers Oh my goodness. Do you own these cutiies? 🤩 1mo
Roary47 @JazzFeathers Yes! They are Build a Bears. I‘m missing the Legolas outfit to complete the collection they have. 1mo
Roary47 Word Search #Scarathlon 266 words 10+1= 2,671 1mo
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I came across this on FB and found it fascinating… and then hilarious! And definitely fitting for our current #LOTRchapteraday read! #FellowshipofTolkien

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
Hooked_on_books That‘s hilarious! 2mo
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BethM
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My view tonight :) after today‘s chapter I quite like Faramir. #lotrchapteraday #fellowshipoftolkien

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BethM
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My view tonight :) after today‘s chapter I quite like Faramir. #lotrchapteraday #fellowshipoftolkien

JazzFeathers He is awesome! 2mo
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Roary47
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I lost my book 😭 so I audio read to catch up. Frodo and Sam partner with Gollum to get them closer to where they need to be. They lose each other and the hobbits meet Boromir‘s brother. He seems trustworthy. They catch back up with Gollum and are going to continue their journey. #LotRChapteraDay #FellowshipofTolkien @JazzFeathers @Daisey

Daisey I‘m hoping to do some catch up today! 2mo
JazzFeathers You know? I'm still not there. Hope for some catch up this weekend. 2mo
Roary47 @JazzFeathers I hope you find your catch up time. I still haven‘t found my copy. 😭 2mo
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BethM
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Only half way through todays chapter but she‘s a bit wordy again. #lotrchapteraday #fellowshipoftolkien

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

With no small delay, l come to the end of book 3. And l have to asset my reading schedule. I've always read at night, but this busy year is making me too tired and often l'm fighting sleep as l read. Not the way l want to read Tolkien!
So I'm trying a different thing. Let's read on the train to and from work. Let's see how it goes 😁

slategreyskies I like the idea of reading on the train. Hope it works for you! 📚💕 2mo
JazzFeathers @slategreyskies Moderately working at the moment. But anyway, better than falling asleep at night 😂 2mo
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We might have thought that the peril was the Enemy's might, which would become greater if he gets the One Ring. But actually, in these last few chapters, we learn that Evil is more subtle and diverse. Saruman was once a wiseman. Theoden was and is a no le man. And even Pippin, who could think a pure if heart, is not immune to the power of Evil.
Tolkien's discourse becomes ever more complex.

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I always think that here we can really see Tolkien's ability with words.
Sure, Saryman uses magic in his voice, but he also uses sweetness and psychology in the way he chooses words.
To me, this is one of those instances where we see how Middle-earth is a fantasy world, but it could easily be our world too.

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In part, the same is happening here. Aot of space is given to the friends' reunion, and yet, their personal life and feelings are merged with the backstory of what happend at Isengard while we were following events in Helm's Deep.
This helps bringing the epic into the personal, if in a different way than in the battle of Helm's Deep.

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Finally finished the Palantir chapter, and I love this little light hearted banter between Gandalf & Pippin.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #LotRChapterADay #quote

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Di n't you find that Tolkien is giving more space to the characters' perdinality in this chapter?
I particularly enjoyed Legolas and Gimli's interaction here. They friendship is becoming more important.

BethM I love their friendship! 2mo
Susanita I can‘t remember if it‘s in this chapter or the next, but I love the description of Treebeard absentmindedly tearing down a piece of the wall. Also the picture of Grima arriving and a hand yanking him inside the door. 2mo
JazzFeathers @BethM 💚😁 2mo
JazzFeathers @Susanita l like the scene of the hand too. Tolkien has a very peculiar abity to suggest through imagery and atmosphere, so that what you read is always only a part of the meaning. 2mo
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17 Aug-30 Sep 23 (audiobook)
Probably the weakest of the three books of the trilogy, although I do love the ents. It is just that I find Sam and Frodo‘s story drags once they leave the fellowship.
Looking forward to completing Return of the King and sharing all of the films with Trix.

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BethM
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This passage in Taming of Sméagol is more clear- small p himself, large P the ring. #fellowshipoftolkien#lotrchapteraday

Roary47 Ooooo that makes more sense! 2mo
BethM @Roary47 I wish I would‘ve figured that out last book lol! Unless maybe it wasn‘t an editing choice until this book. 2mo
JazzFeathers Oh, l hadn't consciously noticed that! 2mo
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Oops… I read a little ahead with Chapter 1 and 2 in book 4. #FellowshipofTolkien #LotRChapteraDay I thought I was behind and realized I read ahead instead. ? I‘m glad I did though. I really like the chapters with Sméagol helping Frodo and Sam on their journey. Sam is rightfully not very trusting at first, but they do start to really care for each other a bit. @Daisey @JazzFeathers

JazzFeathers I enjoyed these chapter too. I love seeing the hobbit interacting, even Smeagol fints in the picture. 2mo
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“Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?” asked Merry after a while. “I don‘t know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind you; but the rag-tag is tired and will be glad to stop dangling and lie down.”

Gosh, I love the hobbits. Clever, self-deprecating, light humor while plaintively asking, in essence, “Are we there yet?” 😂

#LOTRchapteraday #FellowshipofTolkien

Daisey Exactly! I read this same scene last night and very much enjoyed the bit of light humor. 2mo
JazzFeathers It's so true! But that's why weobe them, right? 😁 2mo
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What always impresses me about Tolkien's battle scenes is that he clearly knows what he's talking about. He knows how people and armies move on the grounds, he knows the tactics. Yet he always manages to bring the battle down on a human level. We know what the characters do, think and feel, their fears and their hopes.
And this is what makes Tolkien's battles so invelving.

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This chapter is very special to me.
The first time l read LotR l enjoyed it. I enjoyed it as l had enjoyed many other fantasy stories. In the 1990s there were plenty with Elves and Dwarves and Dark Lords and quests.
But when l came to this chapter!
Theoden's awakening truly spoke to me and in that moment, as Theoden and Gandalf spoke under a stormy sky stubbed by sunshine, l fell in love with this book.

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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I had hopped to finish Book 3, but it didn't happen.
Problem is that lately l feel too tired to read at night which is my usual time to read. I need to find a different schedule.
But in the meanwhile, let's see what I'm going to get tonight.

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Sunday morning book and breakfast

I‘ve barely ready any of The Two Towers this week and I don‘t have much time this morning. Hoping I can squeeze in a few chapters through the day today.

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien #BreakfastWithTolkien #BookAndBreakfast

LiteraryinLawrence Such a pretty reading spot! 2mo
Daisey @LiteraryinLawrence It is! I love reading in my backyard. 2mo
JazzFeathers It's been a tough week for mee too 🙁 How did yours go, in the end? I'm with Faramirvst the moment 😁 2mo
Daisey @JazzFeathers I‘ve been all kinds of busy and stressed, so I haven‘t finished. I‘ve still got 3 chapters. 2mo
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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

This chapter is one of my favourite in The Two Towers. And l wondered about it in the past, because it is basically all exposition. There is no action in it. Yet, come to thinpoint, as a reader, l want to know all this things, so l read eagerly, trying to fix this info in my mind.
This is the mark of a great storyteller.

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#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

Treebeard is such a peculiar character. Actually, Ents are such peculiar characters. I'll admit l had a hard time with this chapter in the past. But this time around, l really enjoyed it. I like the calm.way in which it unfolded. And l appreciated Treebeard personality and philosophy. In a way, it complements the Hobbits's attitude.

BookwormAHN I had forgotten how this chapter unfolded since it's so different from the movie 😺 2mo
Daisey Your comments are interesting to me because I think these chapters with the ents are some of my favorites. 2mo
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Vansa The Ents are by far my favourite parts of Lord Of the rings, and among my favourite fictional characters ever. Weaving in Tolkien's own interests in conservation and the themes of the book- that you might stay away from evil, but it will ultimately affect you, and how deeply moving it is that the Ents, who know they're dying out, still choose to go to war because of the greater good.all the more tragic that the sycamore in Hadrians Gap is no more 2mo
Vansa An air of tragedy but grim fortitude hangs all over the chapter-I can never read it without tearing up!
I have to say,though,among the many reasons why I despise the Peter Jackson movies,one of the biggest is that he reduces the Ents to talking trees.Theyre not described that way at all!
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JazzFeathers @BookwormAHN True, eh? A lot more space for the Ent and their individuality, here 😁 2mo
JazzFeathers @Daisey let's happening the same that has happened with Tom Bombadil, for me. I had a hard time at the beginning, but they slowly grew on me. And l wondered: these are among Tolkien's most original and uncopied characters. May the difficulty lay here? 🤔 2mo
JazzFeathers @Vansa l agree. The Ents are amongo those elements that make Tolkien's epic fantasy so unique, even being the archetype of epic fantasy. He had a very unique vision and more than once, while reading, l thought his message might be hard to read for us today just because it's far from so many of the things this world tell us are important: succeeds, individuality, balance between femininity and masculinity, and out relatin with nature and change. 2mo
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I also made some progress on #LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien though l am indeed bahind. Trying to catch up this weekend, so to start on time on Monday 🤞

I'm always impressed with the Hobbits' ability to remain optimistic in even the most terrible circumstances.
This is what Tolkien called 'hobbitry' and l think we would all use a bit of it.

BethM I agree! This was also one of my least favorite chapters though. I don‘t love the feel of it because of the orcs 2mo
Roary47 Agreed! 2mo
JazzFeathers @BethM @Roary47 Really? Instead l find it interesting. Tolkien don't leave much space for the Enemy in this story. We mostly gets what the other side think and feels about them. So l enjoy these cracks opened on that other world. 2mo
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Poor Gandalf 😢 He keeps trying to lick his stitches so has to wear the cone of shame. 🥺 He stayed on the top of my chair as I read #LotRChapteraDay #FellowshipofTolkien Pippin almost got himself in a lot of trouble touching the magical stone. Luckily, Gandalf was there and kept a better eye on him. Pippin didn‘t like how fast Gandalfs horse flew. @Daisey @JazzFeathers

dabbe Oh, sweet Gandalf! Hang in there! 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
JazzFeathers My Gino had to wear it too, a couple of years ago. He acted like he had nothing on him 😂 2mo
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I know it‘s short for “vanguard,” but it makes me laugh every single time. I made this during the first #LOTRchapteraday buddy read and just had to go find it when I came across this sentence tonight! #FellowshipofTolkien

Susanita It‘s always a VW bus ☮️🌺🌞 2mo
Daisey So glad you shared this again because I thought of it as well when I read it! 2mo
BarbaraJean @Susanita Of all the available vans, it seemed like the choice Eomer would make. ☮️🏇💜 @Daisey I discovered I also have another one with a slightly different combination of characters, so stay tuned for the next appearance of the term. 😂 2mo
JazzFeathers Oh my goodness! I remember this one! 😂 2mo
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For all of us falling a bit behind on our LotR reading, we‘re just reading like ents and taking our time. Sometimes it‘s great to slow down and savor a story rather than rushing through.

“Don‘t be hasty.”
- Treebeard

I made it through “Flotsam & Jetsam” today. Love seeing some characters relaxing and catching up. If, instead, you‘re all caught up or ahead, congratulations!

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

BarbaraJean Love this! 2mo
Roary47 I need to take that advice. I feel like I‘m speeding through and missing a lot. 😅 2mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thank you! I‘m way behind, but still enjoying it. 2mo
Daisey @BarbaraJean @Roary47 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It seemed very appropriate as well as reassuring to me. 2mo
JazzFeathers Far behind, but planning to catch up this weekend. It's been a very busy week... 2mo
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