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I‘ve started a ritual of reading something relaxing before bed with a cup of chamomile and honey to help with my insomnia. This is my third time trying to enjoy the Hobbit, although I love the movies. I started this attempt with a mindset that I was reading something very cozy and ended up loving it. I even cried at the ending. I‘ve purchased lotr, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The Children of Húrin to read next ☺️ It is my Feb pick ?

I didn‘t do so well! Some I read to the kiddos, some I read recently, and the rest I had to rely on a faulty memory!!

Faves: A Wrinkle in Time, The Graveyard Book, and The Hobbit (& Lion Witch and the Wardrobe, The Lord of the Rings, & The Gruffalo)

I‘d add: The Borrowers, The Guardians of Ga‘Hoole, The Unwanteds

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

#TLT @dabbe

This was fun!! The bottom three are villains that frightened the life out of me as a child!! I‘m sure they meant the singular man in Bambi, I‘m using it to mean mankind. Also, if you‘re playing a fascist/Nazi automatic villain!! Missing from the list are my two favorite villains, Moriarty from Sherlock and Loki. (if you get redemption arc, are you still a villain?)

Care to play?

#SummerSouls Day 2: #mountains reminded me of a Poetry Friday feature Iphigene once shared on GatheringBooks with the ballad Far Over the Misty Mountain here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8PY

As promised, the other side of my Lego set, the Unexpected Party. I enjoyed this reread, though I was not very good at posting, apologies for that. One thing that made this one extra fun for me is my son, who is 20 & has a reading disability so doesn‘t usually read novels. We are currently training to walk a 1/2 marathon so go on training walks several nights a week. Each evening I tell him what has happened in the book since last time & we ⬇️

Quote from chapter 12 “Inside Information”
One of the many things I love about Tolkien‘s writing is his emphasis on the strength and determination of simple characters that aren‘t seen as heroic by the wider world, or at least not until after their adventures. Bilbo demonstrates so much courage when going to find Smaug all alone, and it‘s acknowledged clearly in the story.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #LotRChapterADay #KindleQuotes

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.

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I never get tired of Beorn's chapter. I love the humour at the beginning. Beorn always makes me chuckle. "This is the first time l hear that 10 people are a dozen". "When l need your service, l'll ask for it." ???

But l also love that Northern vibe around him. That brooding and the sense of danger.

This is, in my opinion, one of the best chapters in the book.

Those of you who know me know that The Hobbit is one of my all-time favorite books. I've joined the #FellowshipOfTolkien this year and am starting my re-read a couple of months earlier than I usually do. I'm also reading an edition I've not read before. Let the adventure begin! 😁

15 books? And the world is ending? You might as well just tell me that some much-needed reading glasses are broken 😜 @RaeLovesToRead (actual pic of me avoiding this dire thought) #ihavequestions #belovedbooks

Here‘s my list (with commentary!):
1. The Hobbit (⬆️THIS copy and yes I‘ll be mad if it gets scuffed or dinged)
2. The Complete Ivory - Egan (hey, series is contained into one book!)
3. Magic Strikes (the BEST Kate Daniels. Fight me.)
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