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OftenBen · 2425 days ago · link · · parent · post: Did someone say 'bookthread?' I think someone said 'bookthread.' So what have you all been reading lately?
I'm about halfway through the Lord of the Rings 50th anniversary edition. Not much to say other than re-reading Tolkein is good for the spirit. His writing grips me in a way that makes me feel as excited as a kid opening up the latest Harry Potter right after getting away from the release night party. I've read LOTR before as a much younger person and while I knew it was good fantasy, I didn't get the emotional depth and maturity Tolkein uses as his basic character to character interactions. The word 'respectful' goes over and over in my head when I think about the Council of Elrond, and how disagreement don't have to end in bitterness and malcontentment and division.