Unfinished Tales Illustrated Edition | 
pickI really enjoyed this collection of tales. The tales themselves are unfinished, as they are drawn from Tolkien's notes and unpublished manuscripts. In some ways, they illustrate how unfinished The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings are. This book is full of supplemental stories to add more details and background to those stories. The Tale of the Children of Húrin is one of my favorite Tolkien stories. The illustrations are great.
I am terrible at digital art and too lazy to draw something, so I decided to pull Magic cards that related to each #hobbitweek prompt. Unfortunately I don‘t have much for Adûnaic, so let‘s call it Second Age adjacent.
pickThis may not be the Tolkien book for everyone. I struggled to get through a few chapters, but some of the less detailed stories in “The Silmarillion” get their time to shine. Plus there is more information on Galadriel and Gandalf if that is of interest to you. It also gives some behind the scenes pieces to “The Hobbit” that I really enjoyed. #bookjournal #tolkien
pickI love anything Tolkien. No problem admitting my nerdom here. If you‘re a full Tolkien fan, then you need to read this. If not, you may not find it too interesting. 😉
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This was one of the first History of Middle Earth books that I read way back in the day, after finishing The Lord of the Rings for the first time. To this day it still remains one of my favorites! 💕
I can't believe it! I ordered it months ago, and finally it has arrived! 😍
I'm loving everything about this book, particularly the chapter I've just finished, The Drúedain, which adds a little to the sparse store of information given about the Woses, or Púkel-men, who called themselves Drûg. There's a nice little folktale included, The Faithful Stone, which wouldn't be amiss in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
How is it that despite the reams he wrote, there is so much more about his world that I wish Tolkien had written?
"I do but follow my trade, which is Orc-slaying."
Túrin is so bad-ass, but such a flawed and tragic figure. I think he and his story is one of Tolkien's greatest creations. I might re-read the Children of Húrin after this.
Ok, feels like I need backup to read Unfinished Tales 📚
Frankie thought I meant him, hence the intruding paw! 🐱
Next order of business... 🧝🏻♂️🧝🏻♀️🧙🏼♂️
I guess I should have read this a long time ago, but #TMBTLT . At least I'm reading it now.
Also, MAPS 😀🌐
I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 27.
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I have left behind SO MANY unfinished books in my wake this year, in addition to the ones that I carried over from last year, that I could spend the rest of the year just reading those and still just make a dent. But am I going to do that? Probably not!
Nonetheless, I plan to read 14 books by the end of the year to meet my revised Goodreads goal. That will cover all “assigned” books for challenges, etc., IF I read them all. 😎
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I can't decide which to take on holiday so I'm taking all 3 😊
Hey #FellowshipofTolkien friends, check out what all is on sale today!!! I picked up the tagged book since I have all the others. 🤗
I just heard the news (of Christopher Tolkien) and feel a little bit confused. His and his father's works are extraordinary and I am that I still have unfinished stories.
Rest in peace Christopher Tolkien
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/jrr-tolkiens-son-christopher-dies-...
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He did a wonderful job carrying on his father's legacy.
pickThis was supposed to be my easter reading for the weekend. Whoops
Mr Tolkien doesn't disappointed!
It's smaller than it actually is because of all the notes etc.
Enjoyable stories from the Middle-Earth and beyond
(started Tuesday, finished Thursday)
I really need to up my Tolkien game... But realistically I‘m probably not going to happen this month 😅.
What world do you want to immerse yourself into? 🐉📖
#bookandblanket #readingresolutions @Jess7 This book didn‘t hold my attention as well as others but I did finish it at least. 😬😬 #tolkientribe #tolkien #flowers
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Almost all of Tolkien's #Tale
- Tales from the Perilous Realm
- Unfinished Tales
- Book of Lost Tales
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pickAnd so we come to the end of yet another Tolkien book!
I really love seeing the amount of detailed put into these back stories and it's been pretty great to see some connections I didn't originally make while reading LoTR. Christopher has really done an amazing job archiving and publishing his father's work. I am in a constant state of amazement when it comes to the dedication of both men to these stories.
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pickI have so enjoyed finishing these Unfinished Tales with my #LOTRChapterADay (extended edition) group. Tolkien was a great, and immensely nuanced storyteller, his son Christopher a devoted son and detailed story archiver, whose life work allowed us to see the depth of creativity and true craft his father put into all his tales. I‘ve truly enjoyed the surface tale, and the deeper tale behind its creation and evolution.
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Another great insight into the world of Middle Earth, this time into the mysterious palantiri, some of the most magical objects in Tolkien's stories.
I really really enjoyed reading this book. I hesitate di for a long time, uncertain what to expect. But it's really a pleasant immersion in the world of LOTR, though always not enough. It is so obvious fron these notes that Tolkien still had so many more stories in him.
pickI always enjoy Tolkien‘s stories, but this was definitely better during this reread directly following several of his other books and with the discussion of other readers. It's sometimes a bit confusing with different drafts of the same stories, a little frustrating in that it just whets your appetite to know even more, but overall fascinating in the background and depth it provides for a better understanding of Middle-Earth.
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pickI just finished this reread of Unfinished Tales. I love how this book covers all the ages of Middle Earth and you get the back story. #lotrachapteraday
#buddyread 💚
Also Aragorn, especially with Viggo Mortenson's performance #charm 💚
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These last sections are fascinating, but they also just keep making me wish there was even more information available. It would be amazing to know even more about Radagast and especially the blue wizards.
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So the reason I originally purchased Unfinished Tales was for this chapter. I had no idea if I'd ever get around to reading the book but I love the Istari, and the sheer mystery surrounding them. I do with we had more solid info to go on especially in regards to the two Blues who seemingly just vanished.
Only one more day and we are finished!
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The history of the lstari is so fascinating. So little seems to be known about them and still they were so important in the war against Sauron.
Really loved that, in spite of their power as spirits, taking up a human body subjected them to humanity, in good and bad.
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Really, really enjoyed this chapter about the Druedain. The meeting between the Rohirrim and Ghan-buri Ghan is one of my favourite in The Return of the King. I love the sheer natural force of this character and l love the way the Rohirrim respect him in spite of his 'strangeness'.
I love the diversity of Middle Earth.
These last few chapters are so interesting, I find myself wishing Tolkien had written even more about the history of the wild men and the “wizards”.
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Evening plans include hot from the oven chili cheese dip and reading material with the Super Bowl on in the background. I just got caught up on all of the last few days‘ chapters and really appreciated the more in depth descriptions of the things that went on behind the scenes of Lord of the Rings. So much detail! On to “The Druedain,” and then I have to read and make lesson plans for my 6th graders‘ history class.
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This is actually not my only #CurrentRead but since all the rest are ARCs on files, l'll go with just this.
Besides, l'm loving learning so many episodes behind the known events in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
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More stories of the Rohirrim 😍
I love that in these stories such fellings as loyalty, courage, honesty, brotherhood have shch great importance.
Doing my planner set up for next week while I listen to UT.
I'm playing catch up again. I really liked the Erebor chapter and the added behind the scenes details of The Hobbit.
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I'm completely fascinated with all these details about fact that we know in the Lord of the Rings and still we don't really know in details.
I'm not surprise at all that Tolkien wrote all this material. He of course needed it in order to make the action od the novel coherent. But l'm grateful to have the possibility to read it, both as reader and as writer.
Again Christopher Tolkien amazes with his attention to detail, and I can‘t help thinking how much we may have lost, in the understanding of the art of writing and storytelling, now that things are edited in a computer and multiple past manuscripts aren‘t left around afterwards to be archived, examined, etc🧐
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Really really enjoyed this behind the scene of The Hobbit. I particularly like the change of perspective. Gandalf sees things so differently from Bilbo (of course) and he sees a lot more connections.
Loved it 😁
“A chance-meeting, as we say in Middle-Earth” and one that changed the entire outcome of future events.
Gandalf and his plans, and long viewed looks, always make me smile. 😉
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And seriously, brilliant storytelling again, especially from someone who wasn‘t planning the LOTR when he wrote the Hobbit, etc.
