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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

Trying to read…but someone keeps putting her back foot on my head 😂
#catsoflitsy

From chapter 15 “The Gathering of the Clouds”
I enjoy the songs & poetry in Tolkien‘s stories so much more now than I did on on my first few reads. As Bilbo says, it‘s a very warlike song, but it‘s also beautiful. I especially like the second stanza.

“The sword is sharp, the spear is long,
The arrow swift, the Gate is strong;
The heart is bold that looks on gold;
The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong.”

#FellowshipOfTolkien #LotRChapterADay

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

Always a pleasure to read this chapter 😁
Bilbo is becoming a true hero, and the Dwarves acknowledge it.
But he is a hero of tolkinian size. He returns the key to the captain to spare him some trouble, he stick to his friends and wecks his head to save them, he messes up the plan and almost stays behind and on top of all this, he catches a cold 😂

I love this!

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

Already catching up, since yesterday l only managed to read the Introduction (which is not included in the schedule).

My beloved copy that l bought in Oxford is getting battered. I need to use a different one for this readalong. It pains me, because l love this one, but that's way l don't want to ruin it 🥺

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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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.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #audiobook #quote #reread

#FelloshipOfTolkien

I love the chapter of the barrels!
Bilbo becoming the clever hero who comes up with a plan to save everybody - but himself! 😂

I also love the Elves here. They are both the lofty Elves of the Silmarillion (Tolkien debated whether making the Elven-king Thingol reincarnated) and the sillier Elves of the Hobbit. I Always enjoy the butler's adventure 😂