The Fellowship Of The Ring

[Caro]

i used to hate anything to do with the LOTR now i watched all the movies just like a week ago i LOVE anything to do with it-i deserve a prize only jokin- but yeah last night i decided to start the fellowship of the ring anf to tell the truth its really hard to get into for me anyone got any advice on how to get me too keep reading!?

Don't force yourself. Read it when you feel like reading it. That's what I'm doing. I'm having a hard time reading LOTR because of the long descriptions so I'm taking my time... I started to read Lord of The Rings at the beginning of January. I'm at the beginning of The Two Towers now. LOL! I definatly want to read it all though.   I might read LOTR again when I will be done with it. I want to see if my opinion will have changed. I WANT to like it because I loved the movies.  

[Chokolate Thunda]

the movies are good, the books just give a little more background and descriptions....i laugh at my sister cuz she takes FOREVER reading them, but it takes me awhile too....

[Beleriel]

thanks lucy i skipped most of the stuff and now i cant put it down  

and nice ava  

Thank you Becca, and I am glad I could help.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  

[elbereth]

and as a matter of fact I am getting ready to read it again....

[Lessa]

Me too I usually read it in the summer.

Lessa

[elbereth]

I read it about two to three times a year...depending on how much free time have...

[Dillson]

I started to read it again too.  I'm up to A Long-Expected Party.  

Perhaps we could do a 'read-a-long' Project, where members all start reading at once, and then we can talk about whatever part we have just read, and compare our thoughts etc.

I've seen it on other forums.  I think it would work well here.

[elbereth]

oh...yeah...lets do it....

[Beleriel]

ooh I like that idea.  I shall dig out my book immediately.  

[True_Ent]

ME too!

[Dillson]

Having just started to read The Fellowship of The Ring, I'm up to the party itself, or more specifically, Bilbo's speech.  From the opening passages of the book, you can already tell what sort of legacy Bilbo has created after his disappearance and then sudden return.  We learn about the attitude of certain hobbits such as Old Noakes and Daddy Twofoot towards Bilbo and Frodo (partially because of Frodo's connections with the 'queer folk' from Buckland).  Some 'respectable' hobbits such as the Gaffer would rather stick with gardening than dangerous adventures (these hobbits being from Hobbiton and Bywater, so having a less adventurous side to them).  The chapter as a whole sets up what sort of excitement of created from the announcement of the party and the arrival of Gandalf.  I think this is shown more in the book than the film (we can see what preperations have gone into the party from the description in the book, rather than watching a few hobbits hammer pegs into the ground in the film).

[Lady Arwen]

And the movie is useful too,because it completes the picture with the visual imagery that some people need in order to enjoy the story even more.I'm especially referring to the incident with the fireworks!

[Bezerker]

the feelowship is wkd it makes u realise how much you miss it wen at da end of rotk it says the fellowship has ended!!sob,sob

[Åš†å®æ£ Škÿw@£kér]

I like them all!!!! Mainly the 3rd one, but the 1st 1 is my 2nd favie!!

[Palawen]

Just in case anyone is interested...some wacky Christians in Minnesota, USA who like to make movies and had too much time on their hands made their own fotr movie.  AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE WACKOS!!!! 

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