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Daisey
Lays of Beleriand | J R R Tolkien
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lissom: thin, supple, and graceful (adjective)

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #FellowshipOfTolkien

CBee Lovely! 1w
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Daisey
Lays of Beleriand | J R R Tolkien
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Happy Tolkien Reading Day! After recently reading Tolkien‘s work on The Fall of Arthur I decided to revisit a bit more of his poetry today in the tagged book with supper tonight. I love the story of Beren and Luthien, and the parts that were written as poetry are especially wonderful.

Anyone else reading a little extra Tolkien today?

#TolkienReadingDay #JRRTolkien #FellowshipOfTolkien #ReadAndEat

BarbaraJean I had forgotten Tolkien Reading Day—thanks for the reminder! I have a tiny gift edition of Tolkien‘s poetry, and I‘ll have to read through it this evening! 1w
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BooksandCoffee4Me Missed this because I had a total knee replacement surgery but thanks for the tag! 💛 I‘m in and have two new books (new to me) to read - Tolkien‘s Beowulf and his short tales! 1w
Daisey @BooksandCoffee4Me The Beowulf is one I want to read soon! 1w
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have been watching Tolkien. I finished all 3 extended versions of the Hobbit Trilogy and am almost halfway through the LOTR extended versions. 4d
Daisey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa That sounds great! I should make some time to watch them all again. 3d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Daisey honestly…the real world is a mess, but Tolkien (whether he meant it to or not) drew from his own life experience living in “interesting times” as they say & funneled into his work so much of the times then & now. Of different groups that hate each other because of history reasons, that need to pull it together to fight something bigger. Also how easily corruptible promises of power are & the reminder they never really share power. Plus⤵️ 2d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ of course…. Gold corrupts even the most noble. And coveting wealth over Song & food (and family & friends & people & health & first responders & vets & special education & research & air traffic control, & etc to infinity it seems) never ends well. The gold survived to corrupt again, but lots of pointless dead in the field after the fight 2d
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Texreader
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Daisey Thanks for the tag! I hope to fit in some Tolkien later today! 1w
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JazzFeathers
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So, before we start our new reads with the #FellowshipOfTolkien l want to try and finish at least the Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. With both books, I'm not so far from the end, so...

And soon, the #DraculaDaily will pick up again where l left off last year, and I'd like to finish that too.

It's disgracefully hot here in Italy. Let's see what l manage.

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LitsyEvents
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JazzFeathers
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Here we are!!! 😁

@Daisey and l have been thinking what to read next with the #FellowshipOfTolkien.

There are a few option we'd like to explore.
Here is what we have come up with for a Fall reading.
1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2. The Fall of Numenor
3. Tolkien and the Great War

These are really three different path we might thread.
1. Tolkien's medieval work (so much to read!)
2. New publications
3. Books about Tolkien

What you fancy?😁

Daisey @Larkken @curiouserandcurioser @tdrosebud @Liatrek @Desha @slategreyskies @AmyK1 @wisherwishinguponastar @gossamerchild @CatLass007 @AllDebooks @Bigcountry15

*Tagging everyone on my previous list! Please let me know if you want to stay or be removed as we start something new.

@LitsyEvents Please share!
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AllDebooks Count me in for the buddyreads. As for the type of reads, I'm happy with any or all of the 3 you've chosen. 8mo
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CatLass007 Please continue to tag me with these buddy reads. I don‘t have any opinion on what to read next. 8mo
wordslinger42 I‘m not interested in The Fall of Numenor, but will happily join in for the others whenever you read them! 8mo
BethM I‘m in. I def want to read sir gwain but that‘s specific to the story lol 8mo
BookwormAHN I'm good with any of them 😺 8mo
Daisey I am happy to read any of these, but my first pick would be reread Sir Gawain, which is usually published with translations of The Pearl & Sir Orfeo, with the group followed by some other translations that have been out a while that I‘ve yet to read. 8mo
Desha I‘m interested in Tolkien and the Great War…I‘ve been wanting to read it for a long while! Thank you for organizing this read along!! 💗 8mo
Roary47 I‘m game for whatever. The first selection looks the most interesting. 8mo
BarbaraJean I‘d be interested in any of these! I‘m less interested in Sir Gawain, since I finally got around to reading it (along with The Pearl and Sir Orfeo) not that long ago, but it would also be hard to resist reading it with the group 😁 8mo
TheAromaofBooks This fall is looking crazy busy for me, but let me know what the group decides and I will see if I can work it in!! 8mo
JazzFeathers @Daisey It looks like Sir Gawain is taking the table 😂 8mo
Daisey @JazzFeathers @TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean @Roary47 @Desha @BookwormAHN @BethM @wordslinger42 @CatLass007 @AllDebooks I‘m working on a schedule for Sir Gawain, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo with the plan to start September 1. 8mo
wordslinger42 @Daisey That sounds great to me! I‘m looking forward to reading with all of you! 😊 8mo
BethM Awesome I‘ll make sure to pack it on vacay! 8mo
CatLass007 Excellent! 8mo
BookwormAHN Sounds great 😺 8mo
AllDebooks @Daisey great, I'll get my copies sorted 😊 8mo
TheAromaofBooks @Daisey - Thank you for the update!! I'll see where I can jump in!! 8mo
BarbaraJean @Daisey Sounds good! I may not re-read but I‘d really like to discuss! I may just skim/review to refresh my memory as we go 😊 8mo
curiouserandcurioser @Daisey will you please tag me for this-im interested!:) 8mo
Daisey @curiouserandcurioser Yes! I‘ll add you to the list! 8mo
curiouserandcurioser @Daisey thank you!:) 8mo
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Panpan

Disappointed in this one. It‘s bound so beautifully and smells great, but for something that‘s labeled as an atlas and says it celebrates great artwork inspired by Tolkien without too much explanation in the preface, there‘s not a lot of artwork and a lot of words. Also a lot of dense family tree type charts and timelines. Would much rather recommend reading illustrated editions of the Silmarillion, Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings.

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Daisey
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Post 1/2: When I read ”Of the Flight of the Noldor” now after reading the History of Middle-Earth (HoME), I always miss the actual inclusion of the oath of Fëanor and his sons. Reading the words feels so much more dramatic than only a narrative description. So, I‘m sharing two versions. This is the version from the tagged book.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #Silmarillion

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Daisey
Lays of Beleriand | J R R Tolkien
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Post 2/2: When I read ”Of the Flight of the Noldor” now after reading the History of Middle-Earth (HoME), I always miss the actual inclusion of the oath of Fëanor and his sons. Reading the words feels so much more dramatic than only a narrative description. So, I‘m sharing two versions. This is the earlier version in poem form from the tagged book, and my favorite.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #Silmarillion

JazzFeathers I agree. The Oath of Feanor is powerful. Also, l don't remember it nnwhich version it is, but l really miss the actual debate before the Oath is taken. I remember thinking, everybody is right, and everybody is wrong, and this is diabolic!!!!! 😱😂 13mo
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien

I did write a short blog to celebrate Tolkien's birthday. I'm late as usual, but here it is 😁

https://theoldshelter.com/conquering-sauron-with-the-ring-jrr-tolkiens-birthday-...

BethM His quote is Greta 1y
JazzFeathers @BethM It is. The entire passage is so good actually. There are lines that echo what Tolkien write in the dialogue between Sam and Frodo in their pause from the climbing of Cirith Ungol and I fancy Tolkien was writing that part when also writing to Christopher away at war, his art and his life intertwining. 1y
dabbe 🖤💜🖤 1y
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