SydLexia.com - The Forums :: View topic - I'm gonna keep a copy of Lord of the Rings by my can.

Posted: Feb 01 2007 10:48 pm

And see how long it takes me to read it.

I'm guessin' year and a half.

Posted: Feb 01 2007 10:49 pm

So you're only going to read it whilst you're... uh... utilizing your home facilities?

Posted: Feb 01 2007 11:01 pm

Only gonna read it when I have to drop some logs off at the mill.

Posted: Feb 02 2007 12:12 am

As I have to read LOTR for a course this semester I have:
2 weeks to read Fellowship.
3 weeks to read Two Towers.
2 weeks to read Return of the King.
and for added fun
3 weeks to read Silmarillion.

Too fun Cool

Posted: Feb 02 2007 09:28 am

I read the entire trilogy and the Hobbit in 2 months.

Posted: Feb 02 2007 03:55 pm

You deserve a pat on the back for just reading the Hobbit - it was too dry for me to get past the around page 50... Confused

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My first exposure to Tolkien was the cartoon movie of The Hobbit. The ugly cartooning made Bilbo look horrifying, leading to my great dislike of the movie. I steered clear of anything Tolkien until a year after the LotR movie came out because of that.

Posted: Feb 02 2007 09:39 pm

I read the Hobbit for 8th grade, at the urging of my father, who's a big fan of Tolkien (we had to pick a book to read and then do a write-up on it), and I enjoyed it immensely.

I never got around to reading LOTR though.

Posted: Mar 20 2007 05:51 pm

I'm still in Two Towers. Crazy narrative. Not unlike what Lost has become; I detect an influence the show might have used. I can't wait to read Tolkien's notes about writing this book. What was going on in this man's brain?

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Tebor wrote:

What was going on in this man's brain?

PCP and boobies.

Oh wait, Tolkein. I was thinking Tyson. My bad.

Posted: Apr 18 2007 09:14 pm

Buck. Futter.

Posted: Apr 18 2007 09:49 pm

my dad read me the hobbit in second grade. it was cool then, but i agree with tish. pretty boring. which is kinda strange since you catntear me away from a brian jacques book.

Posted: Apr 18 2007 10:19 pm

Chrisby wrote:

I read the Hobbit for 8th grade, at the urging of my father, who's a big fan of Tolkien (we had to pick a book to read and then do a write-up on it), and I enjoyed it immensely.

I never got around to reading LOTR though.

I did one of those in 7th grade, however I just took the back of the book and wrote what was on the back and read the end of it to get the ending. Most sasisfying A+ of my life.

Posted: Apr 19 2007 02:25 am

I finished ROTK last week and currently reading the Silmarillion. I also have "Children of Hurin" on order.

Joined: Jun 19 2007 Posts: 64

I can never stay on the shitter long enough to read more than a page.

Posted: Jun 21 2007 12:46 am

How's this going Sock?

Posted: Jun 21 2007 12:55 am

Only on page 112. I don't spend any extra time reading, as soon as it's time for phase two of the dookie, the book goes back on top of the can.

Posted: Jun 21 2007 01:03 am

I am doing the same thing with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six novel. I only read it while on the "thinking throne" or soaking in the tub. The book is freaking huge, so it will probably be a month or two before I get through it.