An Adventure in Tolkien: The Hobbit

January 15, 2020.Reading time 59 minutes.

Previously on An Adventure in Tolkien: I don’t even want to talk about the fact that the Tolkien fandom made me ship NAZGÛL. IT’S TIME, Y’ALL! I’m so excited to finally be returning to the main material, and I can’t wait to see how my experience will be changing with all the new information The […]

TTT: LOTR Moments

January 14, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

Things are about to get emotional, and I can’t wait. If you missed last week’s themed Top 10 of favorite characters, check it out here. This week, we’re going to break down my favorite Middle Earth moments. We’ll be focusing on just The Lord of the Rings (movie) because I’ve got a whole other post […]

Discussion: That's a Lot of Elves

January 13, 2020.Reading time 34 minutes.

Look, I get it. The Silmarillion is a huuuuge undertaking. Next week, we’re going to chat about why it’s worth it, but before we get there, we need to talk about Tolkien’s overwhelming amount of elves. I’m going to break it down as best as I can, give you some highlights so that you have […]

Lord of the Rings Tag!

January 8, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

I found this floating over on Tumblr @ faroverthemistymountains, and honestly, these never actually pan out on Tumblr, the ask tags, and though I thought about just screaming all my answers in the tags, I would have eventually run out of room, so here we are! The rest of this celebratory month’s Wednesday posts will […]

TTT: Most Anticipated Book Releases for the First Half of 2020

January 7, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Oh boy, this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is another one that’s got me hyped. I’ve had some of these books preordered since the middle of 2019, and I absolutely cannot wait. These are listed in order of publication. I loved The Disasters so much that I’m still not sure what Spellhacker by […]

TTT: Tolkien Characters

January 7, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

Welcome to the first of this month’s themed Top 10s! For the next four weeks, we’re going to be chatting about all things Tolkien, and I, for one, am very excited about today’s topic. I don’t usually do Top 10s in a specific order, but these are 100% in order of my favorite because if […]

Discussion: Is Samwise Gamgee Really the Best?

January 6, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Well, we can just cut straight to the chase here–the answer is an emphatic YES, and since Stephen Colbert agrees with me, I’m right. Seriously, we could just end it here because that is why Sam’s the best, but I’m going to try to break it down into something more coherent than just my usual […]