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Oh, and PS… are we still thinking of tackling Kullervo later this month?

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Loved this beginning of incomplete story.
I would have lived to see a story from the perspective of the Wild People of Middle-earth. After The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien seems to be fascinated with different perspective.
Pity he never completed this story.

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It's a very strange beginning. I have conflicting tellings about it.
On the one end, l'm intrigued by the dark atmosphere, with the possible involvement of secret societies and cults. On the other, l see why Tolkien ended up abandoning it: there would be no magic left in this world and for him this meant there would be very little hope.

I was intrigued, but not as much as with other uncompleted stories by Tolkien.

I‘m not going to lie, I struggled with the beginning of this one, the language and family tree developments have never been my favorites, or the calendars and dating discrepancies, BUT by the second half of Part I, when more stories started mingling in with that info then it really picked up for me. So if you are also lagging way behind, it does pick up! #FellowshipOfTolkien

I can usually count on Dickens gift for unusual names, but after Bingo & company I knew Tolkien had a gift too, but today I found out Celeborn‘s real name is Teleporno

Oh Tolkien! ? Yes Teleporno is his true Quenya name!

Funnier yet, I had to google this on the Tolkien gateway site. It means: “The name is composed of telepi and orno (Primitive Elvish ornâ "uprising, tall").” So silver tall or silver uprising...

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I've always been fascinated with the story of the Edain and l greatly enjoyed reading about them once more.
I liked the way Tolkien tried to bound all humans together, the same way Elves are.
As always, Tolkien underlines how choices creates destiny, and l think that in this retelling of the coming of Ment into the West, he made choices even more important.

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I'm really enjoying this section dedicated to the Dwarves and the Men.
I remember reading in previous books that the Dwarves were the very first to meet the Men in Middle-earth, but l don't remember reading before that the original language of Men probably derived from that of the Dwarves.

I'm quite intrigued by this relation.

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I always enjoy Tolkien's writing about the Dwarves.
Here, there's some more little info about their culture and family relationship.

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I enjoyed reading this first version of the story of Aragorn and Arwen. There are little tid-bit of information that didn't make it to the final version.

Time to pick it back up 😃

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I rearranged my Tolkien shelves again as I finished this final book in the History of Middle-Earth. I would only recommend these books to a serious Tolkien fan, but if that‘s the case, they are worth the effort. This one focuses on the Appendices of LotR and some later writings. The final stories were really just beginnings, but again with a hint of such potential for more stories in this well-developed world.

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Happy Tolkien Reading Day! I‘ve had a busy school day and I still need to finish my sub plans for tomorrow, but I‘m going to make at least a little time to read more of this tonight. I‘m ready to start Part Three and am still hoping I can finish the book by the end of the month.

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I fit in a few more pages tonight. I found the additional discussion of Glorfindel and Cirdan in this section fascinating. It makes me wish we had seen more of a Cirdan in the Lord of the Rings. He is another character that exists through so many layers of the history and we only get to see tiny pieces.

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Finally finished to take down notes for the upcoming AtoZ blogging challenge, so now l can go back to my Tolkien reads 😊

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This is pretty much my favorite way to start a Saturday and it‘s been a while. I‘m not sure I‘ll make a lot of progress on this book this weekend, but I‘m looking forward to what I do get to read. I‘m already a few pages into this section and there‘s so much detail about names.

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Today feels like springtime, so I‘m enjoying some sunshine and hammock reading. I‘ve hardly had any reading time in the past week, but I hope to catch up on a few more pages of this book today.

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This last book on the History of Middle Earth. The two best parts for me were the unfinished stories of The New Shadow and the tale of Tal-elmar. The whole book as usual was really well done and I can't imagine how difficult putting all this together was.
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"The historian of Gondor reasserted himself, and he told the story as he wished to tell it."

Although he was constantly conscious of the limitations of publication, I'm so grateful to get to read some of these additional details he couldn't resist writing for himself.

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I've always been fascinated by Tolkien background stories for The Lord of the Ring. They make a lot of sense.
And l don't know why, l've always had a soft spot for the Northern line of the Heirs of Elendil and for Arvedui in particular.
But the story of the Sourhern line Is seriously awesome. All those character and all those events.
I love It!

This is one of those sections where the continuous lists of names (and notes on reordering) can start to make your eyes glaze over. However, as with so much of Tolkien‘s writing, I feel like I understand it and catch a little more with every reading. I‘ve read the lines of the kings and stewards before, but I felt I noticed more of the interesting details of the history this time.

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I so wish Tolkien ha written more about Numenor. It Is such a fascinating parte of his legendarium.

A snow day today means the chance for a quiet mid-week morning so I read a bit more of this with breakfast. The most interesting part of the Akallabeth chapter was the possibility of changes in the story of Zimrahil and her marriage to Pharazon.

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l never tire to read about Numenor. l'm fascinated with the evolution of the story, which, from The Lost Road to the Notion Club Paper, it's very very peculiar.

In this examination, l was particularly interested in reading about Queen Ar Zimphrael. In the Silmarillion, we may sense she had a special place in the story, and still she remains in the shadow. I wish Tolkien had manager to write more about her.

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I'm so super ready to read some more about Numenor 😍

It‘s time for some spiked hot cocoa and catching up on readalongs this evening.

I‘ve just finished chapter 6 of Mansfield Park. #PemberLittens #ChapterADay

I‘m currently in the middle of the Calendars chapter in Peoples of Middle-Earth. #FellowshipOfTolkien

Not only did Tolkien invent multiple languages, but he wrote out an explanation of the reasoning behind the fictional translation of stories written by hobbits into English. This includes a few pages of explanations of the “original” and “translated” hobbit names. While reading this I couldn‘t help but think of the early versions about Bingo who later became Frodo, as both are mentioned in this explanation.

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I love it when Tolkien treats his invented books as if the were real. It's like all his passions (linguistics, ancient languages and storytelling) came together.

I had never realised that LotR was conceived as a translation of the book Bilbo and Frodo wrote. I mean, l should have guessed, but l didn't. So l found all the considerations about translation particularly fascinating.

I‘m not reading anything relevant to Brazil tonight, but I‘m having leftover chicken and fresh baked pão de queijo. Thanks to a friend sharing tapioca flour, this was a simple recipe to try. #FoodAndLit #ReadAndEat

I‘m reading my way through “The Appendix on Languages.” Sometimes I get completely lost in Tolkien‘s discussions of languages, but currently I‘m enjoying refreshing my memory on this perspective of the history. #FellowshipOfTolkien

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Loved reading about the changed to the Prologue.
I know that many first-time readers complain about it, but Tolkien was answering questions his readers had and since social media didn't exist, l suppose that was the next best thing he could do 😆

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Starting to work on catching up 😊

I‘m so ready to dive into this book! I just read the Foreword and The Prologue. It‘s kind of amazing to me that we‘re starting the 12th and final book of the History of Middle-Earth. I completely agree with this quote that compares the HoME to a form of biography of Tolkien.

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And this is the second parte.

I'm a bit sad that this is the lady last volume in The History of Middle-earth. It's bene such a great adventure.
But l hope we'll continue to read Tolkien together eben afterward 😊

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Took me a while, but bere It Is. This Is the first parte of the schedule for People of Middle-earth - that apoarently Is such an obscure book that you have to tell Litsy ti go look It up 😆

The dates start from lady Monday, but l organizer the schedule with Grest ease, trying to kepp small chunks of no more than 10 pages. I think it'll be easier for everyone.

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Gals, l just want to apologize for being so late with the schedule. I changed my phone and had to go hunting for the Litsy password. Then was kidnapped by a Tolkien project l need to finish today.
But l'll do my best to post It before tonight. Promised!

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It's here!! Looking through the contents, this one looks like it's going to be really interesting!

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@JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @BookwormAHN Just let me know when everyone has their copy and is ready to start the last chapter of our adventure 💙