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5 new books from Book Outlet

Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara trilogy, 25th anniversary edition .

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine.

JRR Tolkien, Beowulf.

Rage & Relentless from Jonathan Maberry.

I love new books!

Quips like this keep me reading (and prove that I am a huge English nerd)

People who dug into graves and carried off the treasures dedicated to the dead were still in those days called thieves and not archaeologists.

Reading the commentary regarding the missing? obscured? name of a woman, and the trouble that followed from her marriage.

The first part of this book is Tolkien's prose translation of the epic poem. This would be for the casual reader that enjoys the epic. I enjoyed this, but not as much as I thought I would. I felt Heaney's translation was much more readable. The next two parts, the Notes and the Commentary would be perfect for students of the poem. These did shed more historical light on the epic. My favorite parts were Sellic Spell and The Lay of Beowulf.

"Lo! the glory of the kings of the people of the Spear-Danes in days of old we have heard tell, how those princes did deeds of valor"

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Both Beowulf and The Saga of Hrolf Kraki were based on a variant of the ancient ‘Bears Son‘ folktale. Tolkien is one of the few scholars who can do this epic heroic poem justice, conveying its full power, meaning, and history.

17 years ago today I was teaching Beowulf when someone came into my class to announce that the building was being evacuated. I‘ve posted a meditation of sorts about Beowulf and 9/11 on my blog page Trapped in the Scriptorium. https://trappedinthescriptorium.com/2018/09/11/strange-eulogies/

@iread2much Thank you so much!!! This stuff is awesome! The card is so cute! The tea is delicious and the bookmark/pen is cool! And I can't wait to read the book so excited! And the socks are freaking awesome! I can't believe you found some! And the wrapping was pretty! #tolkieniteswap And thank you @Sorceryandswords for hosting the swap!

💟 #tolkien 💟 #fantasy 💟 #tolkienaddicted 💟

Challenge | Day 28

I believe I can say that I'm jealous of anyone who has been able to read this book here until the end. Tolkien is wonderful, you know, but there's no way to say it's an easy book.

#greenwithenvy on #awesomeautumnbooks by @Jess7

Same book different translations. Unfortunately my oldest copy from school is missing the cover so you get the title page🤓 #aprilbookshowers #samebookdifferentcover

My @outofprint Beowulf tshirt came!

Tolkien's translation of Beowulf is so neat! You can definitely see how it drastically influenced his writing. This book included a lot of notes on Tolkien's translation and if you ever get the chance to read this version, please do! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Mini book haul! I finally purchased Beowulf for #letterB and I'm so ready 🐉 I also bought this beautiful notebook!

Beer Wolf Books- pub/bookshop in Falmouth, Beer AND books?? Um yes please, why do more of these not exist??? Also- great name 😂😂😂