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Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Collected by Tolkien's son, these tales further explore the legendary Middle-earth, including its languages, legends, politics, and kings, and ranging temporally from the Elder Days of The Silmarillion through the War of the Rings. Simultaneous.
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Bigcountry15
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I really enjoyed this collection of tales. The tales themselves are unfinished, as they are drawn from Tolkien's notes and unpublished manuscripts. In some ways, they illustrate how unfinished The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings are. This book is full of supplemental stories to add more details and background to those stories. The Tale of the Children of Húrin is one of my favorite Tolkien stories. The illustrations are great.

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Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I am terrible at digital art and too lazy to draw something, so I decided to pull Magic cards that related to each #hobbitweek prompt. Unfortunately I don‘t have much for Adûnaic, so let‘s call it Second Age adjacent.

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wisherwishinguponastar
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This may not be the Tolkien book for everyone. I struggled to get through a few chapters, but some of the less detailed stories in “The Silmarillion” get their time to shine. Plus there is more information on Galadriel and Gandalf if that is of interest to you. It also gives some behind the scenes pieces to “The Hobbit” that I really enjoyed. #bookjournal #tolkien

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Bethanyroe
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I love anything Tolkien. No problem admitting my nerdom here. If you‘re a full Tolkien fan, then you need to read this. If not, you may not find it too interesting. 😉

JazzFeathers We're restarting the #LortChapterADay. Will you join? 😜 1y
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Texreader
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Audible on sale today

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Branwen
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#AlphabetGame #LetterU
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This was one of the first History of Middle Earth books that I read way back in the day, after finishing The Lord of the Rings for the first time. To this day it still remains one of my favorites! 💕

New Kid on the Book Lovely cover! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome cover!! 2y
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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
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I can't believe it! I ordered it months ago, and finally it has arrived! 😍

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Bookwomble
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I'm loving everything about this book, particularly the chapter I've just finished, The Drúedain, which adds a little to the sparse store of information given about the Woses, or Púkel-men, who called themselves Drûg. There's a nice little folktale included, The Faithful Stone, which wouldn't be amiss in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
How is it that despite the reams he wrote, there is so much more about his world that I wish Tolkien had written?

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Bookwomble
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"I do but follow my trade, which is Orc-slaying."

Túrin is so bad-ass, but such a flawed and tragic figure. I think he and his story is one of Tolkien's greatest creations. I might re-read the Children of Húrin after this.

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Bookwomble
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Ok, feels like I need backup to read Unfinished Tales 📚
Frankie thought I meant him, hence the intruding paw! 🐱

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Bookwomble
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Next order of business... 🧝🏻‍♂️🧝🏻‍♀️🧙🏼‍♂️

I guess I should have read this a long time ago, but #TMBTLT . At least I'm reading it now.

Also, MAPS 😀🌐

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SilverShanica
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 27.
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

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Susanita
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I have left behind SO MANY unfinished books in my wake this year, in addition to the ones that I carried over from last year, that I could spend the rest of the year just reading those and still just make a dent. But am I going to do that? Probably not!

Nonetheless, I plan to read 14 books by the end of the year to meet my revised Goodreads goal. That will cover all “assigned” books for challenges, etc., IF I read them all. 😎

#crushtherush

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Great goals! You got this! 4y
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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Seriusly, l need this 😆

#FellowshipOfTolkien

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Emmalibby
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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3.5/5
Read this over my holiday and it was great being able to delve further into Tolkien's world.
As the title suggests, they are unfinished, would have probably rated it higher if not.
#fiction #fantasy

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Emmalibby
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I can't decide which to take on holiday so I'm taking all 3 😊

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Better safe than sorry. 😊 4y
Ruthiella You need backup! Three is a minimum! 😅 4y
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Demeter2112
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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eanderson
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Hey #FellowshipofTolkien friends, check out what all is on sale today!!! I picked up the tagged book since I have all the others. 🤗

JazzFeathers Already have all of them as real books 😌 5y
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Trollkonstnaren
Unfinished Tales | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

I just heard the news (of Christopher Tolkien) and feel a little bit confused. His and his father's works are extraordinary and I am that I still have unfinished stories.
Rest in peace Christopher Tolkien
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#tolkien #christophertolkien

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Patchshank
Unfinished Tales | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/jrr-tolkiens-son-christopher-dies-...
😭😭😭😭
He did a wonderful job carrying on his father's legacy.

Buechersuechtling We‘re really living in fleeting times when someone‘s death is announced on Twitter. 🙄 5y
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BookishRedhead
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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This was supposed to be my easter reading for the weekend. Whoops

Mr Tolkien doesn't disappointed!
It's smaller than it actually is because of all the notes etc.
Enjoyable stories from the Middle-Earth and beyond
(started Tuesday, finished Thursday)

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TiffanyMichele
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I really need to up my Tolkien game... But realistically I‘m probably not going to happen this month 😅.
What world do you want to immerse yourself into? 🐉📖

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Jennymay
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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A must read for all Silmarillion lovers!

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Ke633
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#bookandblanket #readingresolutions @Jess7 This book didn‘t hold my attention as well as others but I did finish it at least. 😬😬 #tolkientribe #tolkien #flowers

JazzFeathers Really? I read it at the beginning of the year and loved it 😄 6y
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Purrsistently
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#riotgrams June 5th, a rainbow stack

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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#CoolBooks

Almost all of Tolkien's #Tale
- Tales from the Perilous Realm
- Unfinished Tales
- Book of Lost Tales

#YearOfTolkien

Linsy Great group! 💖 (edited) 6y
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Raminga
Racconti incompiuti | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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💟 #tolkien 💟 #fantasy 💟 #tolkienaddicted 💟

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InLibrisVeritas
Unfinished Tales of Nmenor and Middle-earth | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
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And so we come to the end of yet another Tolkien book!

I really love seeing the amount of detailed put into these back stories and it's been pretty great to see some connections I didn't originally make while reading LoTR. Christopher has really done an amazing job archiving and publishing his father's work. I am in a constant state of amazement when it comes to the dedication of both men to these stories.

#LotRChapterADay

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m beginning to feel like once we finish I should re-read LOTR‘s. 7y
Daisey Agreed! Reading them all together has added a lot of depth to my understanding and appreciation. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa LOL! I hadn‘t gotten to that thought yet, but I was beginning to wonder if I could keep up this almost daily reading of Tolkien for a full year. 7y
InLibrisVeritas @Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Same here! I feel like it's definitely a story you don't fully "get" until you have multiple read throughs. And I'm surprised at how long we've been doing this daily reading, and how much more there still is. 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey There seems to be enough published to do that. I‘ve added a few non-Tolkien books about Tolkien to my list too. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey & @InLibrisVeritas I think it really started occurring to me the most in this one, as I read different notes that referred back to where people/elves mentioned this or that back in LOTR Ch X. I thought, after I‘ve read all the other background stories would those passages be different to me, mean more, now that I know the stories they are referring to from the past. (edited) 7y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey @lnlibrisveritas l am going to reread LOTR. A friend of mine will gift me the English edition (at last!) next September. Will you gals wait for me? In the meantime, l too was thinking that l'd love to cime at least to June and close one year of reading Tolkien every day. So, count me in whatever you'll be reading. 7y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa l bought that book at a presentation and l mean to read it too. Let me know when you're going to 😊 7y
Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers I listened to the book Melissa mentioned last fall shortly after we started and I‘ve also listened to one about Lewis and Tolkien. I would recommend both. 7y
BookwormM I am so behind and my edition is over 600 pages 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BookwormM You‘ll get there, and a bunch of us are looping back to The Perilous Realm before we continue, so you have time. Take your time, and I promise when you get closer to the LOTR sections or goes faster. 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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I have so enjoyed finishing these Unfinished Tales with my #LOTRChapterADay (extended edition) group. Tolkien was a great, and immensely nuanced storyteller, his son Christopher a devoted son and detailed story archiver, whose life work allowed us to see the depth of creativity and true craft his father put into all his tales. I‘ve truly enjoyed the surface tale, and the deeper tale behind its creation and evolution.

JazzFeathers Nicely said and totally agreed 😊 7y
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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#LotRChapterADay

Another great insight into the world of Middle Earth, this time into the mysterious palantiri, some of the most magical objects in Tolkien's stories.

I really really enjoyed reading this book. I hesitate di for a long time, uncertain what to expect. But it's really a pleasant immersion in the world of LOTR, though always not enough. It is so obvious fron these notes that Tolkien still had so many more stories in him.

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Daisey
Unfinished Tales of Nmenor and Middle-earth | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
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I always enjoy Tolkien‘s stories, but this was definitely better during this reread directly following several of his other books and with the discussion of other readers. It's sometimes a bit confusing with different drafts of the same stories, a little frustrating in that it just whets your appetite to know even more, but overall fascinating in the background and depth it provides for a better understanding of Middle-Earth.

#LotRChapteraDay

Taulara I love that bookmark!! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I agree, this read along with the group has been wonderful. 7y
JazzFeathers @Riveted_Reader_Melissa l've enjoyed this read with the group immensely. So, will this be the end? 😢 7y
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Daisey @JazzFeathers What are you thinking? It wouldn't take much convincing to get me to continue with something like the Lost Tales or some of his other translations, but I'm not sure how others feel. I also think @Riveted_Reader_Melissa has already finished it, but I still need to make time to read the rest of 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey I could be talked into it too, although I would probably need a brief break before we start to track down whatever book we decide to go with....although that might work and would give you a chance to finish The Perilous Realm first. I can‘t wait to hear what you think of Leaf after reading some of these stories. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa You could just make finishing The Perilous Realm the next read, and then I‘d join back in after that. 7y
JazzFeathers @Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa l still have to finish The Perilous Realms too. And l've already bought Lost Tales. I'll say no more 😇 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers @Daisey Well I finished the Tales back when we read our section, but I‘m up to discuss them. So why don‘t you start with a plan for the rest of those for everyone who hasn‘t. And in the meantime I‘ll start tracking down The Lost Tales vol 1 & 2? 7y
InLibrisVeritas I was actually planning to finish up Perilous Realm myself, even pulled the book back out! I'd love to continue onward with everyone who wants to. I have the first part of Lost Tales as well, I'd have to track down the other. 7y
Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers @InLibrisVeritas This makes me so happy! 😁 I‘ll pull out my copy of Perilous Realm and start looking for Lost Tales. I know they‘re on Hoopla, but I probably want to add print to my library too. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey I was thinking the same, maybe I‘ll order them for myself too. 👍 7y
Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I found a used boxed set of the first 5 of the History of Middle-Earth in the same version as my Unfinished Tales book and used a Christmas HPB gift card to order them since my last comment! 😂 Sometimes online book buying access can be too much of a temptation. 📚 I also picked up 1 of my Reading 1001 randomized list books that the library did not have and only had to add a few dollars for shipping. 7y
JazzFeathers @Daisey 😱😱😱😱 l've been looking for a good deal on the History of Middle Earth for aged 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey haha! I looked at those and my randomized reading WL book today too! I looked at thriftbooks, but didn‘t find what I was looking for so I‘ll keep looking. Good for you though. 7y
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BookwormAHN
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I just finished this reread of Unfinished Tales. I love how this book covers all the ages of Middle Earth and you get the back story. #lotrachapteraday
#buddyread 💚
Also Aragorn, especially with Viggo Mortenson's performance #charm 💚
#heartsandhardcovers @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TricksyTails 😍 And that bookmark! ♥️ 🧝🏻‍♂️ 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Tolkien! 😍 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ☺️☺️☺️ 7y
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Daisey
Unfinished Tales of Nmenor and Middle-earth | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
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These last sections are fascinating, but they also just keep making me wish there was even more information available. It would be amazing to know even more about Radagast and especially the blue wizards.

#LotRChapteraDay

readordierachel Lovely bookmark! 7y
InLibrisVeritas Absolutely! And I love that bookmark! 7y
ElaineKaye Beautiful bookmark! 7y
Daisey @ReadOrDieRachel @InLibrisVeritas @ElaineKaye Thank you! The bookmark was included in my #bookmarkswap from @Chasing-Pages. 7y
JazzFeathers Tolkien still had so much stories inside himself. It was already apparent from the Silmarillion 7y
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So the reason I originally purchased Unfinished Tales was for this chapter. I had no idea if I'd ever get around to reading the book but I love the Istari, and the sheer mystery surrounding them. I do with we had more solid info to go on especially in regards to the two Blues who seemingly just vanished.

Only one more day and we are finished!

#lotrchapteraday

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Alatar and Pallando! While I don‘t like the idea of anyone messing with Tolkien‘s creations, I have often thought about how cool it would be for some modern fantasy master to tell the Blue wizards‘ story. 7y
InLibrisVeritas @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I had the same thought. I desperately want more but it won't be true canon without Tolkien. Part of me is sad Christopher mentions some of his writing being illegible or unclear. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @InLibrisVeritas Right! In my mind they drifted down into the worlds of men and being long lived outlasted the departure of the elves, and became what we know as ‘wizards‘ in later stories. So Merlin😂🤷‍♀️ 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @InLibrisVeritas Seriously though, I agree, the more I read the more I wish was fleshed out into completed spin-off stories. 7y
GlassAsDiamonds Oh yeah, The Blues (and, off topic but the Entwives!). Enquiring minds want to KNOW!!! 7y
InLibrisVeritas @GlassAsDiamonds Yes!! I need to know if they ever found each other, and what they were up in the years they were gone! 7y
JazzFeathers Sad as it might be, we have to accept that many stories have been lost through the millennia from the First Age to us 😜 l hope nobody will ever try to finish these stories. Not only Tolkien was his own writer (as any writers are) but he also had a specific education (on which Middle Earth is based) that will be hardly matched by any other author 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GlassAsDiamonds Yes! You would think those Entwives would have emerged again somewhere in legend at least! 7y
GlassAsDiamonds @Riveted_Reader_Melissa you would, wouldn‘t you? Kinda hard to miss a massive tree in the middle of a field, surely??? @InLibrisVeritas I know! All these elves (Okay, I am an elf fan) but Ents!! Surely you can‘t just loose half a population & never think of them again? Surely....? 7y
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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#LotRChapterADay

The history of the lstari is so fascinating. So little seems to be known about them and still they were so important in the war against Sauron.
Really loved that, in spite of their power as spirits, taking up a human body subjected them to humanity, in good and bad.

InLibrisVeritas Yes! It definitely puts their roles and relationships into perspective. I absolutely love that Gandalf was such an approachable character in The Hobbit and Fellowship, despite his power 7y
JazzFeathers @InLibrisVeritas Gandalf is an absolutely fantastuc character. Even we fantasy readers often don't see this, misled by the trope he gave birth to and which became so cimmon in 1970s and 1980s fantasy 7y
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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#LotRChapterADay

Really, really enjoyed this chapter about the Druedain. The meeting between the Rohirrim and Ghan-buri Ghan is one of my favourite in The Return of the King. I love the sheer natural force of this character and l love the way the Rohirrim respect him in spite of his 'strangeness'.
I love the diversity of Middle Earth.

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These last few chapters are so interesting, I find myself wishing Tolkien had written even more about the history of the wild men and the “wizards”.

#LOTRChapterADay

JazzFeathers Totally agree 😁 7y
Daisey Yes! I enjoyed what there is, but it also just makes me wish there was more! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey I just typed almost that same sentiment on @InLibrisVeritas post. 7y
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Daisey
Unfinished Tales of Nmenor and Middle-earth | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
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Evening plans include hot from the oven chili cheese dip and reading material with the Super Bowl on in the background. I just got caught up on all of the last few days‘ chapters and really appreciated the more in depth descriptions of the things that went on behind the scenes of Lord of the Rings. So much detail! On to “The Druedain,” and then I have to read and make lesson plans for my 6th graders‘ history class.

#LotRChapteraDay

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JazzFeathers
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#Riotgrams

This is actually not my only #CurrentRead but since all the rest are ARCs on files, l'll go with just this.
Besides, l'm loving learning so many episodes behind the known events in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

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JazzFeathers
Unfinished Tales | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#LotRChapterADay

More stories of the Rohirrim 😍
I love that in these stories such fellings as loyalty, courage, honesty, brotherhood have shch great importance.

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InLibrisVeritas
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Doing my planner set up for next week while I listen to UT.
I'm playing catch up again. I really liked the Erebor chapter and the added behind the scenes details of The Hobbit.

#lotrchapteraday

JazzFeathers One of the best. Though l'm very partial to the Rohirrim chapters too 😆 7y
InLibrisVeritas @JazzFeathers I love anything to do with hobbits and Gandalf (the Istari really). 7y
JazzFeathers @InLibrisVeritas l can't wsit for the chapter about thr lstari 🤗🙌 7y
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay

I'm completely fascinated with all these details about fact that we know in the Lord of the Rings and still we don't really know in details.
I'm not surprise at all that Tolkien wrote all this material. He of course needed it in order to make the action od the novel coherent. But l'm grateful to have the possibility to read it, both as reader and as writer.

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Again Christopher Tolkien amazes with his attention to detail, and I can‘t help thinking how much we may have lost, in the understanding of the art of writing and storytelling, now that things are edited in a computer and multiple past manuscripts aren‘t left around afterwards to be archived, examined, etc🧐

#LOTRChapterADay

JazzFeathers True, eh? I once heard a computer expert say that if we wont to keep our photos, we'd better print them out because nobody know whether programs in the future will still be able to sed them. I'vd never thought it will be the same fir stories 😨 7y
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JazzFeathers
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#LotRChapterADay

Really really enjoyed this behind the scene of The Hobbit. I particularly like the change of perspective. Gandalf sees things so differently from Bilbo (of course) and he sees a lot more connections.
Loved it 😁

Bookish.Heart I loved these movies 7y
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Gezemice That‘s a good one! So true. 7y
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“A chance-meeting, as we say in Middle-Earth” and one that changed the entire outcome of future events.

Gandalf and his plans, and long viewed looks, always make me smile. 😉

#LOTRChapterADay

And seriously, brilliant storytelling again, especially from someone who wasn‘t planning the LOTR when he wrote the Hobbit, etc.

JazzFeathers I really really enjoyed this behind the scene chapter! 7y
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