Welcome to Litsy!

So, l finally agree with my boss a different arrangement of my shifts. From today, l should have more time to dedicate to my passions.
I expect this will positively impact my activity on Litsy too 😁

I went ahead and finished the book before it went back to the Libby ether. Setting aside the various essays about the nature of fairy stories, this was a treat. Roverandom was my favorite. #fellowshipofTolkien

I‘m still plowing through Emma and Sea Wife for #joyousjanuary as well as one of the books from my #readordonate stash.

I finished Roverandom this evening. I‘ve read this one before, but I didn‘t remember the details, just the adventure to the moon. It was a fun little story of a dog, magic, and some adventures.

#FellowshipOfTolkien

Time to read a chapter of Roverandom! This little dog is about to go on quite an adventure.

#FellowshipOfTolkien

I almost forgot to share a word today, but then as I was reading the last few poems in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, I came across this one. I‘ve heard brock as a name, and apparently that usage comes from its meaning as another name for a badger. Also, if you start looking, there are several fictional badgers with brock as part of their name.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #FellowshipOfTolkien

When will I learn to skip book introductions?!? Pages and pages about Tolkien and #fairies (or faeries) when all I want to do is read about Tom Bombadil! #newyearnewbooks

#FellowhipofTolkein

@Daisey I know I'm going to love this book. If this opening extract from Tolkein's lecture, On Fairy-Stories, is anything to go by 😊

Saturday morning #BreakfastWithTolkien!
I caught up on a few days of poetry reading this morning. It‘s hard to choose which pages to share because these illustrations by Alan Lee are all so amazing! I‘m always amused reading the fun poems supposedly written by hobbits.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #BookAndBreakfast

#FellowshipOfTolkien

Here we go 😁

@Daisey l told you l got this because of you 😂

I missed the designated hour for the Tolkien Birthday Toast, but I‘m offering a toast anyway, raising a mug of my Yuletide Toddy tea, as I begin The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

The Professor!

#FellowshipofTolkien

It‘s time for the Toast to the Professor and to start our next Tolkien readalong! These poems are an interesting collection, and I‘m looking forward to reading them again.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #reread

repost for @Daisey:

In looking through these short works to develop a schedule, a daily one was going to be difficult with the variety in length and format. So, I put together more of a weekly schedule, while still completing all of them in January. Looking forward to starting these on January 3!

I‘ll tag everyone on my current list; please let me know if you want to be added or removed.

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In looking through these short works to develop a schedule, I decided a daily one was going to be difficult with the variety in length and format. So, I put together more of a weekly schedule, while still completing all of them in January. Looking forward to starting these on January 3!

I‘ll tag everyone on my current list; please let me know if you want to be added or removed.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #Readalong #BuddyRead #ReadingSchedule

repost for @Daisey:

#FellowshipOfTolkien readers,
I promise we haven‘t forgotten about continuing to read Tolkien‘s work, but we have forgotten to share specific plans. We're going to read some of Tolkien‘s shorter works starting January 3 (his birthday). We‘ll start with The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and then plan to read Farmer Giles of Ham, Roverandom, and Smith of Wooton Major. All are included in the collections pictured.

#FellowshipOfTolkien readers,
I promise we haven‘t forgotten about continuing to read Tolkien‘s work, but we have forgotten to share any specific plans. We are going to read some of Tolkien‘s shorter works starting January 3 (his birthday). We‘ll start with The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and then plan to read Farmer Giles of Ham, Roverandom, and Smith of Wooton Major. All are included in the collections pictured as well as other editions.

This is a charming collection of short stories and poems by Tolkien. I really enjoy imagining young hobbits listening to “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.” Sam‘s poem about a Troll arguing over a pile of bones makes me smile (it is the same thing he recites to Frodo, Merry, and Pippin under Bilbo‘s trolls in Fellowship). “On Fairy-Stories” was a more complex read and reminded me of the parts of Tolkien with which I disagree. #tolkien

I have a complex relationship with Tom Bombadil. My brother and I have very differing opinions on his absence from the LotR movies. BUT if I am going to listen to this at least my environment should be picturesque. #tolkien #fellowshipoftolkien

This is a nice collection of Tolkien's lesser-known works, and his essay, "On Fairy-Stories."

Finished this a few years ago but it's such a pretty edition still ❤️

Look at my #bookmail 😍

I read this with the #Felloship of Tolkien a few years ago. I think @Daisey had this beautiful illustrated edition and l envied her ever after.
Now l have my own 😈😜

I started my day with a bit of extra Tolkien reading time, but then I got wrapped up in my work for the day and forgot to post. I enjoyed rereading this story after so much other reading. It‘s an interesting perspective on some of Tolkien‘s possible thinking about the creative process.

#FellowshipofTolkien #TolkienReadingDay

No way I‘m keeping up daily with a challenge this month, but here‘s another combination catch up post.

Day 5: The forest prompt also reminded me of “Leaf by Niggle” and the symbolism of an artist creating an entire world through a painting of a tree in a forest. 🍃

Day 6: Along with The Fellowship of the Ring, there are a few poems that mention Tom Bombadil.

#MiddleEarthMarch #YearofTolkien

Tolkien's publisher here in ltaly has just been acquired by a new company. This new publisher is doing a great job in relaunching the professor's work. New translation are being made. And isn't the new look beautiful?

#YearOfTolkien #Tolkien

#MarchInBooks #shelfie

I definitely need a new Tolkien shelf...

#YearOfTolkien

So technically Tales from the Perilous Realm is over, but l'll use the extra days to read the extras on my editions 😄

#YearOfTolkien
#LotRChapterADay

Another batch of Tolkien stories (and an essay) complete! To think over a year ago I was vaguely sure I'd get around to finishing Return of the King eventually, and now I've spent every day for the last 7 months blazing through his catalog. I regret nothing.

I'm super excited to move on to the Histories now and get back into Middle Earth.

#lotrchapteraday #yearoftolkien

I finished the rest of the essay “On Fairy-stories” this morning. I enjoyed and appreciated the variety in this collection, including short stories, poems, and an essay. “Farmer Giles of Ham” and a few of the poems were probably my favorites. The illustrations by Alan Lee in this edition are also amazing.

#LotRChapterADay #YearofTolkien

"Fantasy (in this sense) is, I think, not a lower but a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent."

This was quite an interesting look on what Tolkien considers to be fantasy.

#lotrchapteraday

“If fairy-story as a kind is worth reading at all it is worthy to be written for and read by adults.”

I really enjoyed this section of “On Fairy Stories” and appreciated a lot of what Tolkien had to say about fairy stories being for readers of all ages.

#YearofTolkien #LotRChapterADay

I caught up on my #lotrchapteraday reading today! From Farmer Giles to today's chapter. My brain is mush, lol.

I really enjoyed all of it though, but I think my favorite is Smith of Wooden Major. I love stories that center around the mysterious will of the Fae.

#yearoftolkien

Well, l know that most people in the #YearOfTolkien readalong of Tales from the Perilous Realm are just reading one book. But why reading one, when l can read five? 😆
#LotRChapterADay

Ok... I‘ve noticed a few people saying they are falling behind. So here‘s my suggestion, this book is technically done on Friday, let‘s wait a week or two before going on (so March 2 or 9th) to give people time to catch-up @InLibrisVeritas OR read the stories in this one that they haven‘t before @BookwormM (since Bombadil was already read). How does that sound? @Daisey @JazzFeathers

#LOTRChapterADay #YearOfTolkien

Reading today's chapter of On Fairy Stories on my way to work because l want to try and catch up with the #EarthseaChapterADay tonight.

Not the first time l read On Fairy Stories. In fact, it us my bible for writing fantasy. It's spot on on what the relationship between reality and fantasy should be. Every fantasy writer should read it. IMO 😊

#YearOfTolkien #LotRChapterADay

The perfect way to end the day 😊🧝🏻‍♀️🐉

I'm a week behind on #lotrchapteraday 😣I normally buy the ebook and use text to speech while at work, but the ebook for this kind of pricey and I keep forgetting to make time to read it.

I'm working through Farmer Giles now. Hopefully I can get caught up in the next few days

“Leaf by Niggle” is different from the other stories by Tolkien that I‘ve read, but I really enjoyed the autobiographical comparison to his own writing style in the methods of Niggle‘s painting. I‘m incredibly glad I waited to read this until after rereading so many of his other stories and about how they developed over time. That understanding gave me a much better appreciation for this story.

#YearofTolkien #LotRChapterADay

I finished “Farmer Giles of Ham” this evening with tea and Girl Scout cookies, and I loved it! This was a great story of the common man becoming the hero, and it also had plenty of humor.

#YearofTolkien

Oh my goodness, l love this story! It made me lough! It's so witty and still not only it uses all the classic tropes of the stories of dragons and knight, it also foreshadow Tolkien's Middle Earth. I could not help but thinking to the Shire.
#LotRChaperADay #YearOfTolkien

I really enjoyed the story of the dog Roverandom and the style in which it was written. The illustrations by Alan Lee in this edition were also fantastic as always.

#YearofTolkien #LotRChapterADay

I went to a fish fry earlier this evening, but I saved this piece of mocha chocolate cake to have tonight with a chapter of Tolkien. I enjoyed the beginning of "Roverandom" and am curious to see where the story goes. It was also great to be back in an illustrated edition.

#LotRChapteraDay #YearofTolkien

I‘ve really been looking forward to reading the rest of this collection by Tolkien. I‘m especially interested in “Leaf by Niggle” after comments from @Riveted_Reader_Melissa and these comments in the introduction.

#LotRChapteraDay #YearofTolkien

Circling back to Tales of the Perilous Realm to finish out the stories in this book.

I guess we‘ve left #LOTRChapterADay and are now closer to a #YearOfTolkien 😉

Look good? @InLibrisVeritas @Daisey @JazzFeathers ?

This story was too adorable 😊

I‘m still on chapter 4 of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil😳 but I have gingerbread latte ❤️💚#litsyconfessions #lotrchapteraday #booksandcoffee

Due to not reading for a month/finishing this entire book instead of just Bombadil, I‘m woefully behind on #LOTRchapteraday 😂.... but I can‘t complain. I began reading LOTR due to Litsy and I‘ve found a new favorite in Tolkien. 🧙🏼‍♂️

This collection is excellent. Along with creative and thoughtful tales and poems, Perilous Realm pulls back the curtain on some of LOTR‘s secrets. I‘m a sucker for completion and this series just keeps giving!

but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet,
he does not forget.

🐱

“Indeed it was not often that anyone went there; for though the sand was clean and yellow, and the shingle white, and the sea blue with silver foam in a little cove under the grey cliffs, there was a queer feeling there, except just at early morning when the sun was new.”

Such a treat to read Tolkien‘s beautiful writing style, outside of the #LOTR universe. 9% done with this treasure and enjoying it immensely.

From “The Mewlips”

“The cellars where the Mewlips sit
Are deep and dank and cold
With single sickly candle lit;
And there they count their gold.”

#QuotsyNov17 #underground #poetry

I checked this book out of the library originally for The Adventures of Tom Bombadil as part of the #LOTRChapterADay reading group, but I have to say I really enjoyed all the stories it contained, even those distantly or completely unattached to Middle Earth.

#LOTRchapteraday Poem 15: The Sea Bell & 16: The Last Ship🤔My sunny morning turned into a rainy afternoon so Max & I finished the last 2 poems & are ready to start The Silmarillion tomorrow. I expected more jolly Tom Bombadil poems but it wasn't a bad read. 🐱Max says the Cat poem was his favorite & he liked (Sam's) Oliphaunt & the Perry-the-Winkle poems too but really he likes snacks & a ribbon bookmark better than any poems. 😹#catsoflitsy😽❤️