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Welcome to our Lord of The Rings read along! This discussion follows the first 8 chapters of The Fellowship the Ring. Post your answers in the comments below and/or leave a link to your blog.
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It’s not too late to join in! leave a comment or tweet me or Geeky Daddy.
This is my first time reading Lord of the Rings, my only experience being the films, and being married to a LOTR super-fan. So I’ve gotten little bits and pieces here and there about what to expect, but I’m new to everything else. I’d been warned that the first portions of The Fellowship of the Ring are on the slow side. Sure, it felt a little episodic, but not slow by any means. So far I’m really enjoying the book!
Other blog discussions:
Geeky Daddy
Stainless Steel Droppings
All Booked Up
The Written World
Blue Fairy’s Bookshelf
Mithril Wisdom
Newly added discussions
A Lonely Quiet Concert
and on to the discussion starters. . .
1. Hobbits seem to have songs for everything! I didn’t realize this was a musical. . . . how are you liking all the songs?
2. I love that we learn about Gollum and his past so early on. It gives a dark and foreboding (dare I say, perilous?) feeling to the whole thing. Were you surprised that the story took a dive towards the dark and scary so quickly?
3. Tom Bombadil! what and who is he??? If you met him in a forest, would you trust him?
4. What did you think when Pippin, Merry and Sam told Frodo about their “conspiracy”, and that they pretty much knew what he was planning from the beginning?
5. What’s your favorite part of the book so far?
my answers, after the jump!
because you’re not busy enough with the R.I.P. challenge, come join Geeky Daddy and me on our read-along of JRR Tolkien’s famous Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Because everyone has different versions, we’ll be referring to the chapter names in each book. Think 7-9 chapters per week, 3-4 weeks per book, with discussion questions going out on Thursdays and fun discussions back and forth every Saturday.
Here’s the breakdown for The Fellowship of The Ring:
1st week A long Expected Party thru Fog on the Barrows down (8 chapters), discussion starts on SEPT 10.
2nd week At the sign of the prancing Pony thru The Ring Goes South (7 chapters), Discussion starts on SEPT 17
3rd week A Journey in the Dark thru The Breaking of the Fellowship (7 chapters), discussion starts on SEPT 24
Stay tuned for reading schedules for the The Two Towers and The Return of the King and later The Children of Hurin.
We hope you’ll join us whether this is your first read of the trilogy or your 10th. If you’ve already signed up no need to sign up again, although you’re still welcome to post in the comments! (you’re already signed up if you kept getting annoying e-mails from me last month during our The Hobbit read-along)
Haven’t signed up yet and want to? it’s easy! post a reply in the comments in this thread or on Geeky Daddy’s blog, or tweet either one of us and we’ll add you to the mailing list. It’s going to be a blast, we hope you’ll join us!
hmmm… as a LOTR virgin, I think I’m gonna go read this Wikipedia article on Middle Earth.
forget Mordor, I’m scared shitless of Shelob.
Welcome to our The Hobbit read-along, part one! These questions are for chapters 1-7. Post your answers here, or on your own site. If you do a post, leave your link in the comments, and Geeky Daddy and myself will edit our co-hosting pages to include a direct link to your post.
Interested in joining us in our epic journey through JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ? It’s easy! Check out the reading schedule here, sign up here, or here, or leave a link in the comments to your blog discussions post, and we’ll add you to the mailing list.
This week’s questions were provided by Geeky Daddy:
1. What were your expectations starting The Hobbit ?(If you never read it before)
(For those who have read the Hobbit) Did you learn something during reading that you missed from the last time you read it?
2. What would have been your thoughts if 13 strangers came in your house and wanted to fed and housed in a moments notice?
3. What has been your favorite part of Bilbo’s journey so far?
4. Where do you think the group would be without Gandalf?
Visit these other blogs for their discussions:
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My answers, after the jump!
my preciousssss. . . .
ready for some really epic, high fantasy? I know I am! good thing too, as our The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings read along starts today! co-hosting by yours truly and GeekyDaddy, sign up here, or here. No Pressure if you’re already involved in other things, we’ll be taking two to three weeks to read each book, starting a new one on the first of each upcoming month, with discussions/questions/etc on the weekends.
Never read The Hobbit or LOTR? now’s your chance! Read it before and loved it? here’s your chance to spread the love! read it before and weren’t so sure? Give it another try, this time w/friends. 🙂
Just so you know, I’m a total LOTR virgin. Saw the movies, but really, all I was watching was Viggo.
Iz gonna be awesome.
and for once, I’m happy I’m not a cat.
Lord of the Rings read along!
Posted on: August 1, 2011
- In: fantasy | JRR Tolkein | Lord of the Rings | read along
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Our Dune read along was such a success (thanks to YOU of course!) that I’ve decided to jump right in and do it again. I was so very impressed by the response and how many people were interested in diving into a classic SF book that maybe wasn’t their cup of tea, that I felt it’s only fair for me to do the same for a classic Fantasy series.
Yes, yours truly, who just over a year ago swore she would never read fantasy because she hated it (and then I read The Name of the Wind, and wow did that change everything!) will not only be reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings this summer and fall, but co-hosting a read along with Geeky Daddy.
I hope you’ll join us on our trip to Middle Earth, whether you’ve read LOTR a million times, once, or like me, have only seen the movies. personally, I couldn’t be more excited about the whole thing!
We’ll be taking three to four weeks to read and discuss each book, with discussions starting on Saturdays. Here’s the tentative schedule for starting each book:
The Hobbit-August 8
Fellowship of the Ring-September 1
The Two Towers-October 1
Return of the King-November 1
Children of Hurin- December 1
Geeky Daddy and I will be taking turns hosting guided discussions. We hope you’ll join us. To receive the guided discussion questions, just leave a reply here or on Geeky Daddy’s website. Even if you don’t the mailing list, you are welcome to read along and post your thoughts.
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