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Laughterhp
The Fellowship of the Ring | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I still find LOTR so boring but Andy Serkis makes it more interesting. We are prepping for a trip to New Zealand, so I‘m reading the books. This is my 2nd time listening to this one. I‘ve never read the others.

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Glad Andy redeems them somewhat for you 😬 Have you watched the movies? Which part of NZ are you visiting? If you are going to Auckland - the Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata is pretty glorious. I went in 2013 - and had a great time walking through it, and we had a meal at the Green Dragon at the end. 6d
Laughterhp @thegirlwiththelibrarybag The plan is to visit all of NZ, both islands. The movie set is on the list! 5d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Laughterhp, amazing! I‘ve only been to the North island - mostly Auckland but did the Hobbiton day trip (through a smaller company which was great because it a smaller group - and they picked us up from the hotel, we just had to be on time to be collected) and Rotorua - my friend was very keen for some fancy spa treatments and I really wanted to try zorbing… it‘s a beautiful country! Have you tried any NZ authors or movies? (edited) 5d
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ReadingWithAnOtaku
The Two Towers | J. R. R. Tolkien

Made it through step two of my LOTR journey. Really diving into the books really does make me have a even bigger love for the franchise that the movies introduced me to

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Susanita
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The Golden Hall of Meduseld in Rohan.

IRL it‘s probably Edinburgh Castle.

#sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern The Golden Hall is such a great pick! Thanks for posting! 5mo
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Thatbooknerd
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It‘s been a long time since I read the books but this one made me want to dive back into them. There were things I didn‘t know about them or Tolkien until reading this book. It takes you into the mythology and history that inspired these stories, and gives some information about Tolkien himself. Loved it.

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Susanita
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Today‘s #threelistthursday / #TLT assignment is three movie soundtracks you love. I don‘t have patience to fiddle with Pic Collage today, so here‘s a gratuitous picture of Eomer. 😍

My choices
1. The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
2. Gettysburg (Randy Edelman)
3. The Boys Are Back (Sigur Ros)

Honorable mention because it‘s not technically a soundtrack: Songs from District 12 (various) (Hunger Games)

dabbe F😍B choices! And thanks for the gratuitous Eomer pic! 🔥 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🖤🎶🖤 6mo
JenlovesJT47 😍 6mo
Reggie I am such an an ungrateful son but back in 2005-6 all I asked for Xmas was the soundtrack to The Two Towers and even specified make sure it‘s from the 2nd one. I got the Fellowship of the Ring and was pissed. I still smiled and said thank you. lol 6mo
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Meshell1313
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Wow! I loved reading this ending- or beginning because there are still pages for Sam to write. 😭This was my favorite by far and I‘m so glad I finally got around to reading this trilogy. Gave me all the feels. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

dabbe IKR? 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
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Meshell1313
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Oooh this second book was great! You can tell we are building up to something epic. I loved the Frodo, Sam and Gollum chapters the best. Even though I know how it ends, it still feels new. Although of course I am still picturing Elijah and Viggo! 😉 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Leniverse Viggo looks the part, but I am still mad about the changes the movies made to his character. And this is a hill I will die on 😂 7mo
Meshell1313 @Leniverse yes- I noticed they really changed a lot of Aragon! I‘m curious to see the ending! 7mo
Martyn_J_Pass @Leniverse Amen!!! I hated the changes Jackson made to the essence of the characters themselves. Aragorn as the doubting heir to the throne ruined the story for me. Even the subtle changes from Gandalf wishing to go into Moria and advising Theoden to seek safety in helms deep irked me. But I am a Tolkien nerd lol. 6mo
Leniverse @Martyn_J_Pass I came close to walking out of the movie theatre on several occasions, but at least I wasn't as bad as a friend's uncle who stood up and yelled "There were no elves at the battle of Helm's Deep!" ? 6mo
Martyn_J_Pass @Leniverse I can respect that man ha ha ha 6mo
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