Tag Archives: The Fellowship of the Ring

LotR Reread, Chapter 3: Three Is Company (part two)

Posted on March 28, 2019 by stewartry

Look, I’m back! *pause for amazement* So when last I left the lads, they were sleeping under a tree being marveled at by a fox. They were still in the Shire, so they didn’t feel any need to keep watch … Continue reading →

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LotR Re-read: supplemental

Posted on March 27, 2019 by stewartry

(I’ve been listening to too much of the Mission Log Star Trek podcast, I think – but this is a supplemental post.) (Spoilers if you’re not familiar with the rest of the book.) ‘You ought to go quietly, and you ought … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread, Chapter 3: Three Is Company (part one)

Posted on March 26, 2019 by stewartry

So far, so good. CHAPTER 3 – Three Is Company One of my very favorite lines: “Frodo did not offer her any tea.” Wow – I had this mostly written, sitting out there on my computer. Why on earth didn’t … Continue reading →

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LotR Re-read – Stop laughing!

Posted on March 26, 2019 by stewartry

OK. Seriously. It’s been that long? *sigh* Well, anyone-who’s-still-out-there (hi, and thank you!), yesterday was Tolkien Reading Day. And I had just finished what I had been reading. And despite this being what I’ve often seen called “the bad timeline” … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread: A Long-Expected Party

Posted on June 27, 2018 by stewartry

See? I said my LotR reread is still ongoing. Bitter despair will not stand in my way! I’ve talked about Chapter One before, but … So what? I really intended not to spend any time on “A Long-Expected Party” here … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread – no, seriously

Posted on June 11, 2018 by stewartry

There are lots of other things I should be writing right now. I never posted anything about my Jeopardy audition (it went well, I think; I might hear back between now and November 2019, or never). I have approximately eleventy-one … Continue reading →

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On love and death and fiction

Posted on March 17, 2016 by stewartry

So, I started writing this the night there was a (possible) (unconfirmed) (oh please no) major character death on The Walking Dead. (And then I forgot all about this, perhaps distracted by the long wait for confirmation.) I sat watching … Continue reading →

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LotR Re-read – third time’s etc.

Posted on March 3, 2016 by stewartry

If dropping the ball were a way to score points, I’d be way ahead in whatever game this is right now. But now I’ve joined a buddy read for Fellowship in the Dragons and Jetpacks group (isn’t that a great … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread – Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

Posted on February 24, 2013 by stewartry

This is going slowly mainly because it’s taking forever to shape my notes into anything remotely resembling coherence, and I don’t want to get too far ahead in listening to the book. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. … Continue reading →

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LotR Reread – A Long-Expected Party

Posted on February 4, 2013 by stewartry

Book I: Chap. 1 – A Long Expected Party I’ve always bridled about LotR being considered a children’s book (even The Hobbit was not written specifically for children, iirc) (* See Here*)– but there is a light tone to this … Continue reading →

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