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I really enjoyed revisiting this fun short story, and love how it subverts the usual "slaying the dragon" tale. Our hero is not a knight, but a farmer, and the dragon isn't slain, but does return (some of) his treasure. The illustrations in my old late '60s edition were a huge part of the charm; I hope more modern reprints haven't lost them! #FellowshipOfTolkien

#FellowshipOfTolkien #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 I‘ve enjoyed these shorter works of Tolkien. I‘m still listening to them in audio format but I hope to get a print copy of The Perilous Realms at some point in the near future.

Farmer Giles does his best impersonation of a knight as he attempts to thwart the dragon, one Chrysophylax Dives. I think at this point we can all agree on three things: one, that Chrysophylax, Greek for "gold guard", is the best-named dragon out there; two, that Pauline Baynes killed it with these illustrations; and three, that Garm is the real hero of this story. "What about dogs?' he asks the dragon. "You've left dogs out again." #Justice4Garm

Kicked off the tale of Farmer Giles today. I'm glad to have the chance to go back and re-read the two stories in this collection, as I've only ever read them once. Today I got as far as the business with the giant, and a cliffhanger - there be dragons?! We'll see what the next few days bring! #FellowshipOfTolkien

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Short and fun to read!

Does a bookban count when on vacation?😂 apparently not. The Tolkien is for my dad and I might give one of the legend books (jewish legends and legends from prague) to my Mom 😊

Reading the extras in my ltalian edition and loving the illustrations

#YearOfTolkien
#LotRChapterADay

Such a fun, quick read!

Challenge | Day 23

I'm not sure I can say there's some lesser known Tolkien book, but I hardly see any comments on this one here.
And it's incredible! And there're dragons in it!

(I couldn't help it and I put my RPG Smaug here again)

#lesserknown on #awesomeautumnbooks by @Jess7

Challenge | Day 06

I'm afraid of dogs (but I'm trying not to 'cause I adopted a puppy yesterday!). And, maybe because of that, I haven't many books with dogs or books about dogs. To accomplish this challenge, can I put a three-headed dog? Or wolves? Or maybe a dragon? If I can't, I'll take the fluffy llama on the side (I love llamas!).

#bookswithdogs of #booksacrossoceans by @pri_bibliophile and @mellisarock

My house offer was accepted! Listening to Derek Jacobi narrate this one while I get started sorting and packing. It will probably take me the whole month to do it all.

Farmer Giles is just like me when woken. Grumpy and prone to making death threats.

#HereBeDragons ! I enjoyed this book a lot, but have to mention that I read it in German and loved especially the language, so I can't speak for the original version in that sense. The illustrations are adorable and really added to the enchantment ✨🐉 #photoadaynov16 Have a lovely weekend everyone!