Yet, it felt like not much was happening. In the Shire: At first, I was impatient, waiting to get from plot-point to plot-point, as I remembered them from the movie. While many things do happen, they unfold slowly, and the action builds as the book progresses. However, The Fellowship of the Ring is just not that kind of book. I generally read books that have lots of fast paced dialogue or action. Typically, I’m a fast reader, and usually have a couple of books going at any given time. However, as I pushed on, something gradually changed. I found that my mind would wander while I was reading, and I’d have to keep bringing my attention back to the page. It was frustratingly easy to get distracted by tv, my kid, the fact I had a cold, or conversations going on around me. It took me well over a week to settle in to the book. However, I was reassured that I didn’t need to memorize everything, and that the Prologue’s style was more to give a sense of entering a complete world. I also worried the entire book was going to be like this. The history and backstory set out in it was complex, and the number of names, events, and dates felt really overwhelming. The Prologue: When I first started the book, I was really stressed out by the Prologue. Most people are familiar with the story of The Fellowship of the Ring, either the book or film, so (for the most part) I’m focusing this review on my experience reading the book, rather than reiterating the plot points. Since I consider myself a self-respecting book-geek, I rose to the challenge, and took on The Fellowship of the Ring. I love these movies to death.) In fact, I often think I’d be interested in a high fantasy book, buy it, and then reality sets in and it just sits on my shelf, unread. (Movies, especially The Lord of the Rings trilogy, are another matter, for some reason. I think of knights and wizards and trolls, and my eyes glaze over. However, high fantasy has never been a genre that I have been interested in reading. Typically, my reading tastes are varied, mostly enjoying romance of all flavors, YA, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, and other kinds of spec fiction. When I told my husband about Ana’s suggestions, he said I was going to have to give back both my lit major card (we were both lit majors in college and met in a literature class) and my geek card if I didn’t remedy the fact that I hadn’t read this classic. Also, I tried reading The Hobbit a couple of times in my teens, and couldn’t get through it. The Fellowship of the Ring was mentioned by Ana, but I blew off the suggestion, being far too intimidated by taking on such an icon of fantasy lit. Frodo must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.įrom the outset, high fantasy was one of the genres I suggested to Ana and Thea when we first discussed this guest dare. Young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task when Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. ![]() Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power except one - the One Ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Why did we recommend this book: It is an Epic Fantasy classic and one our Favorite books of all time. ![]() Stand alone or series: The Lord of the Rings, Part One – The Fellowship of the Rings Publisher: Ballantine (This is the edition I read, but there are many publishers.) Ladies and gents, please give it up for Renee! Her first choice was The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, but after much nagging from her significant other, she caved and decided to read The Lord of the Rings. ![]() We immediately created a list which included not only Tolkien but Rothfuss, Sanderson and others. ![]() When we contacted her for a guest dare, she came back to say she hasn’t read many Epic Fantasy – not even, gasp, Lord of the Rings. This month’s victim is Renee – prolific blogger of Renee’s Book Addiction and reader of all things Romance, Romance, YA, M/M, Mystery, etc. You can read all previous Dare posts HERE. Welcome to the first Guest Dare of 2010! For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort zone.
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