Ringing July 27, 2006
- Have you read Lord of the Rings? Sure have.
- If so, how many times have you read it? Just once? Or so many you can’t count? Neither. I’ve read it twice. I found the book, The Hobbit, when
I was in junior high. Loved it. The Lord of the Rings must have been lent to someone else—I’m sure they had it—as I didn’t see it in the library. My high school sophomore English teacher gave us three weeks to read The Fellowship of the Ring, and write a book report on it. Some of my classmates struggled through that first book, and barely finished in time. I finished it before the first week was out, and went looking for the next two books. My teacher noticed I was on the second book already, talked to me about it a bit, and greatly surprised me by loaning me her personal hard cover copy of books two and three. Wow! I took such good care of those books for her. And it was such a joy reading the rest of the story out of nicely published books instead of the cheap paperback copies I had.The next time I read The Lord of the Rings was when I heard that the new movies
were being worked on, and that this time they were supposed to be well produced and acted, unlike previous versions. This time I got to read the stories (I started with The Hobbit again) in beautiful leather-bound books. It made the whole thing that much better. - And, while we’re on the subject, did you see the Oscar-winning movie(s)? What did you think? I most certainly did. I love the new movies.
Nicki July 27
Well, I’ve been meaning to get back to answering Booking through Thursday and this looks like a great place to start….