I'm so behind in the #FellowshipOfTolkien reading of The Hobbit, as well as the other books I've been reading that I'm joining #20in4 with a goal of reading for 20 hours this weekend. I don't have to work tomorrow, so I should be able to pull it off.
Happy Tolkien Reading Day!
I finished listening to The Hobbit last night, and spent some time this morning with the notes and illustrations in my annotated edition. I love this illustration of Smaug, and the lines from Bilbo‘s poem seem a perfect ending to another reread.
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I‘ve stayed caught up listening to chapters of The Hobbit, and tonight I spent a little time perusing the illustrations and notes in my print edition with supper. I always enjoy the “Barrels out of Bond” chapter as Bilbo continues to figure out how he can truly be independent, innovative, and helpful to the dwarves.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #ReadAndEat
I‘ll probably listen to the audio for the most part during this readalong, but I also love the annotated edition of The Hobbit. In chapter 1, “An Unexpected Party,” there are several different illustrations featuring Bilbo & Gandalf. These 2 are from the 1975 Romanian edition & the 1962 Portuguese edition.
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Day 1 We're off on an adventure 💚
#wyrdandwonder #wyrdandwonderchallenge
@imyril @deargeekplace @joriestory
I GOT IN!!! This fall, I'll be attending Signum University and studying for a Master's in Language & Lit, with a focus in Tolkien Studies! Grad school, here I come! 🎓
Yes, still working on these two. Concentration is hard in a pandemic ok?! 😫
Right now is a most excellent time to reread The Hobbit. #TolkienReadingDay #Coronastack #StayHomeStaySafe #WeirdTimes
This was an impressive reading month! I read several great #middlegrade books in the last few months, but I think The Length of a String is my favorite.
I won‘t be finishing any more books tonight, but I‘m probably going to start a new book and wait to post year end stats tomorrow. Happy Reading! 📚
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pickI finished the last chapter of The Hobbit today, and again I loved this story. It‘s interesting to consider it with more depth after reading The History of the Hobbit and so much of Tolkien‘s writing the last few years. I appreciated the footnotes, but since much of that information was familiar from other reading, my favorite aspect of this edition is the variety of illustrations.
#ThereAndBackAgain #FellowshipofTolkien #YearsofTolkien #reread
Monday morning breakfast and a book! The more of Tolkien‘s work I‘ve read, the more I am fascinated by the dwarves. I think that Tolkien changed his own perception of the dwarves of Middle-Earth as he worked on The Hobbit. In previous reads, I was mostly frustrated with Thorin at this point in the story, but in rereading, I better appreciate the history and depth of his character.
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From “Inside Information,” a long quote but a good one! I always love the word play.
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It‘s been tough fitting in all the reading time I might want the last few days, so I‘m compromising a bit. Some days I read our Hobbit chapter, and some days I listen on the way to or from school. Then I read the annotations and enjoy the related artwork when I get home. The audio version is well done, but this is absolutely a book I enjoy more in print.
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I didn‘t get much reading done last night after working on Christmas decorations, so I‘m catching up on “Riddles in the Dark” with coffee this morning.
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In Chapter 4, I find the giants up on the mountains intriguing and wish there was a bit more about them. Instead we get plenty of goblins. This chapter in the annotated edition includes many different illustrations of goblins, and I think this is my favorite.
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I used money from an early Christmas gift this year to purchase The Annotated Hobbit to go along with our current readalong. It arrived today so I‘m playing a bit of catch up on chapters 2 & 3. I‘m excited to see illustrations from other editions (above center is from the 1973 Slovak edition) and to read the annotations, although I doubt I‘ll get to all of them with this reading.
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This month there are 2 readalongs for The Hobbit: One is on Instagram #HobbitBirthdayMania and the other is #LOTRBuddyRead hosted by @TheReadingMermaid I couldn't resist doing both 💚
Nerdsheen is showing off my upcoming vacation plans: Reading the annotated Hobbit and watching the extended trilogy I just ordered 🤓😃
The very first book I read by Tolkien. Not this edition, but this book. I have yet to find an epic fantasy that enraptures me like this one 😍😍. @JazzFeathers
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pickRead & assigned to my Fantasy Literature class. Great mix of annotations about source inspiration, biographical links, and manuscript revisions. Best part is the plethora of illustrations, many by Tolkien himself!
1. No.
2. The chapter with Beorn.
3. Nothing. No women, though.
4. Ditto @moranadatter
5. I liked his escape from the spiders.
6. I enjoyed the movies when I considered them something separate from the book. I can't compare them, because the movies were... Something else. Still enjoyed them.
#TheHobbitDiscussion @MinDea @freyaheart
pickLast day with #thehobbit ! This edition has "The quest of Erebor" in the appendix, which explains Gandalf's side of Bilbo's adventures. I'm not sure why I hadn't read that before, but it's fascinating.
Onward to #fellowshipofthering tomorrow!
#lotrchapteraday
Gotta love snarky footnotes 😍🤣🤣. #lotrchapteraday #thehobbit Day 17
The wily, suave, powerful, eminently dangerous creature Smaug represents is a return to ancient and medieval mythic tradition.
"Like the Elves, whom he rescued from being treated as daunting flower fairies, Tolkien also redeemed the dragon and re-established it after the greatest of all fantasy monsters" The History of the Hobbit by John D. Rateliff, p. 527 #lotrchapteraday (I'm not sure all of these illustrators really capture it!)
Two of my favorite illustrations so far in my edition. #lotrchapteraday Day 12
Possible inspiration for Lake Town "built not on the shore, tough there were a few huts and buildings there, but on the surface of the lake." These are both theoretical reconstructions of prehistoric lake settlements (pfahlbauten) based on archaeological evidence in Britain and Europe #lotrchapteraday
When your parallel reading of the History of the Hobbit is almost double the number of pages you've read in the actual book (annotated edition). Really enjoying the insights provided by both authors/annotators #lotrchapteraday
Chapter 8: In which we meet the Elves of Mirkwood but do Tolkien's elves have pointed ears? It's one of those long-running, unresolvable arguments but if the evidence is going to be anywhere outside the main texts it's probably going to be in the languages so this is an interesting point. These nitty-gritty arguments amuse me no end! #lotrchapteraday
Forgot I had this very appropriate, wood bookmark 😁😁 Day 7 of #lotrchapteraday and getting closer to my favorite part. I ❤️ Beorn! Next I need to catch up on the hashtag, but that might take a while.
When one #lotrchapteraday isn't enough but you're trying not to read ahead. Thank goodness for libraries with plenty of Tolkienalia!
Stealing a page from @moranadatter 's book (ha! Sorry) and trying my hand at #bulletjournaling. Basically any excuse to use fun pens and yet another journal 😊🙄. #lotrchapteraday
This is pretty sweet swag for my very first #owlcrate. Also, amazing timing 😊. I had to work today, and then went to Opera in the Park, so my #lotrchapteraday is a little late.
Chapter 4! I always feel much worse for the ponies in this chapter 😣🐎🐴. Thought the rain filter was appropriate for this chapter 😉. #lotrchapteraday Day 4.
This paragraph very much makes me think of Terry Pratchett, and now I want to laugh and cry 😂. #lotrchapteraday. #stillonchapterone
I was SO EXCITED to get started on the #lotrchapteraday that I was trying to savor the chapter. I savored it so much I didn't even finish the first chapter last night 😁🙄😂. Oh well, more to enjoy today, with my other helper #nomsthecat 😸
I agree let's not fix anybody's breakfast. But I do think Bilbo might be going on that adventure after all. I almost forgot about starting this today! #lotrchapteraday
It's funny that today's #jubilantjuly prompt is #journey, because I (and #huxleythecat) am ready to get this show on the road! I'm so pumped for the #lotrchapteraday readalong!!
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I knew I had an annotated copy somewhere! I only had to move 100 books to find it but I'm all ready for #lotrchapteraday
Nothing says #compasspoints quite like The Hobbit, and I pulled out my fancy annotated edition for the #lotrchapteraday readalong 😁😁
#jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading
Guys, I have an annotated edition and gave my plain, paperback edition to my brother. Any suggestions for which Hobbit edition I should get because I want a non-annotated, illustrated edition.
#eatme #drinkme #novemberland @TizJ3ss The clean up from a feast, though...
Attercop! Attercop! Down you drop! #creepycrawlies #octphotochallenge #day30 @LibrarianRyan (Klaus Ensikat for the 1971 German edition)
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