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One of my current hyper fixations is J.R.R.Tolkien. I stumbled across this and knew I needed it. It has a bit of info about his life and his writing. However, it is mostly photos of his artwork. I only learned recently how much of an artist he was. This is a quick read, and I'm glad I found it.

I had just purchased this tagged book for my brother when I read this in A Letter for Mary.As a very young precocious reader,my brother was wild for Tolkien & owned many first editions.He lost everything in a fire when wild fires in CA burned down his house,garage, brewery.His family got out;he suffered burns on his arms. Fortunately I had borrowed his letters from Father Christmas, so he has this original book.We sibs celebrate #Jólabókaflóðið

Anyone else partaking in the #TolkienBirthdayToast? At 9 pm, I'll have the tagged book in one hand and a whisky in the other! #TheProfessor #BooksAndBooze

Both #TomKitten and #ColeCat are doing their best to thwart my year-end reading. Really trying to knock out a few more titles over here, but cats are gonna be cats, eh? #CatsOfLitsy #BlackCats

This is a perfect #Jolabokaflod gift! I‘ve had this book of essays about women in the works of Tolkien on my wish list for quite a while and am looking forward to at least choosing one of them to read later this evening while also enjoying some delicious Dove truffles. Thank you to @Light_of_Aether for a great gift and to @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this wonderfully festive swap!

#JolabokaflodSwap

This was a mood read choice on Libby, and also chosen to fill my bookclub‘s December topic: Feels Like Home. My dad is a middle earth fan, so I was brought up on the books and the animated movies.

This is kind of a combination self help and reflection on the books. Mostly the author talks about a characteristic of the hobbits or the shire, then talks about how our lives would profit from trying to promote that in our lives and world. I liked it!

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#Halloweenpoetrymatters #Goblin #skeletoncrew

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@TheSpineView @Emilymdxn

In this letter from November of 1944 while working on the final chapters of The Two Towers, Tolkien writes to his son Christopher.

“I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty.”

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

Any other Android users having issues with the Litsy app?? It's been acting odd for the past couple of weeks. When I try to find it on the Google Play store, it doesn't come up, so I can try to update the app. The add text function is working but not like it normally does.

#help