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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo | J. R. R. Tolkien

I finished rereading Sir Orfeo this morning with breakfast. I enjoyed this poem and as before I noted some similarities to the story of Aragorn as a king returning to his land as a man out of the wild and unrecognized.

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JazzFeathers That's true! I hadn't thought of it. What l noticed was Tolkien obvious interest in the arc of temptation and fall. 1mo

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Daisey @JazzFeathers Also an interesting observation. I find it so fascinating to read the things that influenced authors I love. It really adds a whole new layer to appreciating their work. 1mo

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Daisey Also, to our fellow readers, we‘re planning to read Tolkien and the Great War next, if you want to start finding your book. 1mo

CatLass007 I have it! 1mo

wordslinger42 Do you have any thoughts on when we‘ll be starting Tolkien and the Great War? 1mo

Daisey @wordslinger42 Hopefully early in October since we‘re already past when we planned to have this one done. Sarah and I are both busy so keeping up and coming up with a new schedule has been a bit of a challenge. 1mo

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo | J. R. R. Tolkien

Good morning! Today we start our next Tolkien readalong. I‘m so looking forward to discussing these poetic translations with other readers. Additionally, I‘ve missed my Sunday morning breakfast with Tolkien time. I‘m reading this print copy and also downloaded an audio to listen as well.

Schedule:
https://litsy.com/p/cWViODg5VkRv

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo | J. R. R. Tolkien

Good morning! Today we start our next Tolkien readalong. I‘m so looking forward to discussing these poetic translations with other readers. Additionally, I‘ve missed my Sunday morning breakfast with Tolkien time. I‘m reading this print copy and also downloaded an audio to listen as well.

Schedule:
https://litsy.com/p/cWViODg5VkRv

#FellowshipOfTolkien #MedievalTolkien #Readalong #JRRTolkien #Poetry #BookAndBreakfast #BreakfastWithTolkien

Daisey I‘m using my new shorter tag list of those that expressed interest in this book specifically. If you would like to be added or deleted from this list or my master #FellowshipOfTolkien list, please let me know. 2mo

Daisey @JazzFeathers @wordslinger42 @BookwormAHN @BethM @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @TheAromaOfBooks @Roary47 @Desha @curiouserandcurioser @AllDeBooks @CatLass007 @BarbaraJean @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! My library had a copy. I'm very interested to read Tolkien's translation!! 2mo

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CatLass007 I‘ve got my audiobook but it‘s not broken down in a similar way to the schedule so I‘m winging it. I‘ll do my best to stay with the group. 2mo

AllDebooks I have this audiobook, too. 2mo

BethM I just finished todays- sometimes I‘m astounded by how much smarter people are than I am 😂 2mo

JazzFeathers I've been silent, but l have started! 😜 2mo

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Daisey

The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien

I haven‘t had much actual reading time lately, so I caught up yesterday on audio while I took my beagle Luthien for a long rambling walk. “Of the Flight of the Noldor” is heartbreaking to me every time, but it‘s also an amazing story.

This morning I read “Of the Sindar” with breakfast. Here we learn more about Thingol & Melian and meet their daughter Luthien.

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JazzFeathers You are so far ahead of me. But these are short chapters. I still hope to catch up 😜 8mo

JazzFeathers Also, the Flight of the Noldor must be one of the best stories ever written! 8mo

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Daisey

The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien

Happy Sunday Littens! I‘m so looking forward to rereading this again with a group of readers here. It‘s sometimes a tough read, but I get more out of every reread.

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Daisey As always, we welcome more readers to join us! Let me know if you want to be added or removed from the tag list. 9mo

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Andrea313 Please remove me this time around; I hope to tag in on the next one. Enjoy! 9mo

mabell I won‘t be reading along with this one, if you would like to remove me 😊 9mo

Daisey @Andrea313 @mabell ✅ 9mo

mabell PS - Yummy looking breakfast! 9mo

CatLass007 I‘m listening to the audiobook narrated by Derek Jacobi. It doesn‘t have the forward and preface. Should I be concerned about missing something? 9mo

CatLass007 Actually, it‘s not Derek Jacobi. 9mo

Daisey @CatLass007 The main part of the preface is excerpts from a letter that Tolkien wrote to Milton Waldman. You can read about the letter here: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/Letter131 9mo

CatLass007 Thank you. 9mo

JazzFeathers I'm so excited too. It's been some time since last we read it 🤩 8mo

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Tales from the Perilous Realm | J.R.R. Tolkien

Saturday morning #BreakfastWithTolkien!
I caught up on a few days of poetry reading this morning. It‘s hard to choose which pages to share because these illustrations by Alan Lee are all so amazing! I‘m always amused reading the fun poems supposedly written by hobbits.

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AllDebooks I'm starting today 10mo

BarbaraJean 😍Thank you for sharing some of the illustrations when you post! I‘m sad I‘m not reading it in print this time around—alas for the need of a digital version while traveling! 10mo

JazzFeathers There are so many great illustration, but this one in the picture, for some reason, is one of my favourite. 10mo

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Letters From Father Christmas | J.R.R. Tolkien

Sunday morning breakfast and reading this weekend‘s letters from Father Christmas. We‘re getting more into the longer story letters, and I love it. These letters introduce the trouble making goblins for the first time, and there are all kinds of illustrations.

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AnnR I love how the stories become more sophisticated with the polar bear and the troublesome goblins. It makes for better illustrations too. 11mo

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AllDebooks This might be my new favourite Christmas book 😍 11mo

Cortg Just got caught up! I love the hieroglyphics. This must have been such a magical letter for these kids 🎅🏼 11mo

BethM The pictures are gorgeous! 11mo

JazzFeathers The middle of the book is simply fantastic. That was the same time Tolkien was telling Bilbo's stories to his children and he was clearly on a roll 😜 10mo

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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien

Sunday morning book and breakfast with Tolkien!

I read Book 6 Chapter 7 “Homeward Bound” with breakfast this morning. After several reads, this chapter actually makes me a bit anxious as I just want them to keep moving and get to the Shire. At the same time, I love their visit to Bree and Butterbur‘s reaction to Strider as king.

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BarbaraJean I felt similarly anxious reading “Many Partings” last night, especially when they encounter Saruman on the road. It‘s foreshadowing, guys! Get a move on! 12mo

Daisey @BarbaraJean Exactly! Saruman talking about the Shire is not a good sign. 12mo

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The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien

Sunday morning book and breakfast

I‘ve barely ready any of The Two Towers this week and I don‘t have much time this morning. Hoping I can squeeze in a few chapters through the day today.

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LiteraryinPA Such a pretty reading spot! 13mo

Daisey @LiteraryinLawrence It is! I love reading in my backyard. 13mo

JazzFeathers It's been a tough week for mee too 🙁 How did yours go, in the end? I'm with Faramirvst the moment 😁 13mo

Daisey @JazzFeathers I‘ve been all kinds of busy and stressed, so I haven‘t finished. I‘ve still got 3 chapters. 13mo

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The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien

I had lots going on this past week, so I got a bit behind. By the time I finished breakfast this morning, I‘d reached the point where Strider and the hobbits left Bree for Weathertop. I hope to finish Book 1 later today and flip through the notes in my Reader‘s Companion. One interesting note from my previous reading of HoME, the character that became Strider originally appeared as a hobbit named Trotter.

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BarbaraJean 😂 A hobbit named Trotter would certainly have lent a very different feel to the narrative! 1y

Vansa I wonder why he changed the character to Aragorn? I guess to include a man among the Middle Earth races! 1y

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dabbe I'm glad Tolkien turned him into Aragorn; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to drool over Viggo Mortensen in the movies! 🤩🤩🤩 1y

JazzFeathers @dabbe 😂😂😂 @Vansa @BarbaraJean But Trotter was a lovely character. I became very attached to him. In fact, up to Rivendell, all the characters were hobbits in the first drafts. In Bree, only.hobbitscas well. 1y

Daisey @BarbaraJean @Vansa @dabbe @JazzFeathers It was one of the most interesting things to me in reading about the early drafts of the early part of the story. He just appeared and worked himself into the story. I tend to think it started all hobbits as Tolkien was attempting a sequel, and then the characters grew and changed as it became more and more a story of this world he had already written about. 1y

BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers @Daisey It is so fascinating to think about this whole section being just hobbits. That goes right along with the idea that there‘s far more to hobbits than meets the eye, to have them make their own way to Rivendell without assistance from Aragorn. But I don‘t know if I could get past the name “Trotter”! 1y

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