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No one read to me as I preferred reading on my own.
Maybe before I was 4 someone may have read to me; but I have no memory of that happening, one way or the other.
By the time I was 5 I was reading all the Dr Seuss books on my own.
LOTR Marathon via audiobook today. I have a 14ish hour drive to get through. I'm in the Council of Elrond right now. It never ceases to amuse me how Gandalf won't read the ring's inscription aloud in Bag End, and then goes right ahead and chants the whole poem in Black Speach in Elrond's house, just for the shock value 🤣
Well, c'mon now 🙄... the Council at Rivendell is a lot more solemn than the kitchen at Bag End.
And the company present has a lot of stature (Bilbo included), more than Frodo (at this time).
I think he was very prudent in not reading it at Bag End to Frodo. (Just my 2 cents)
Dune Messiah, Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Sunrise on the Reaping, Pilgrim's Regress, The Abolition of Man and Ranger's Guide to Glipwood Forest.
In case anybody is wondering, I'm on vacation at my Grandma's with no summer classes, limited screen time, and a public library five minutes away
Actually, I don't even need my library card anymore... I've memorized the number on the barcode... I'm sure that's a totally normal and not at all weird thing to do...
Can confirm normal. Have had my mom's 14-digit library card number memorized since elementary school years. Thought it might be a homeschooling thing. I still use hers because it's what I know. 😂
Actually, I don't even need my library card anymore... I've memorized the number on the barcode... I'm sure that's a totally normal and not at all weird thing to do...
I also have mine memorized. I've found it easier than carrying around a card. Also, it's fun to imagine myself as some sort of secret agent when I type it into the keypad.
I enjoyed it at the time. It's quite grim and bloodthirsty, hence my comparison to Sil. Anderson considered it something of a "juvenile" effort, apparently one reason for a partial revision. I wouldn't mind reading the original.
For a more light-toned fantasy by him, I'd recommend Three Hearts and Three Lions.
Currently re-reading Morgoth's ring. Will follow a re-read of the war of the jewels and the peoples of Middle Earth in preparation to read my recently purchased Kindle edition of the Nature of Middle Earth.
I’ve been in a monster horror mood lately, so I decided to start a reread of Dracula by Bram Stoker, part of a lovely hardcover book compiling all of his stories together which @Maedhros_Nelyafinwë had gotten for me. I also read the short story Dracula’s Guest first, which is in this book as well. It seems to be a sort of pre-scene connecting to the opening main character of Dracula, and it does not disappoint to set the tone!
I'm rereading Frank Herbert's Dune after many years having been prompted by the latest film versions - though I still prefer the David Lynch film despite the critics of the time. It's a great story - possibly the best SF of its type though I'm sure there are other challengers for that title. I treated myself to a standard Folio Society copy this time with a nice grainy metallic buckram cover and picture of a blue eyed boy on the front. It also has illustrations like the one below.
Now I do have one issue with this story compared to The Lord of the Rings. Rereading Dune, I do have a sense of regret that I know the story and I know what's coming whereas with my recent rereading of TLOTR, I didn't feel that because ... well because there is so much more than just the plot with Tolkien. Now that doesn't mean Herbert isn't a great writer and a great world builder but I do think Tolkien gives you so much more than just the plot and setting.
Re-reading The Martian Chronicles** by Ray Bradbury.
I guess I've read it a few dozen times.
Funny, tho' how each time I read it something new strikes me, some tiny revelation.
**I don't know if this is still the case, but it was originally published in the UK as The Silver Locusts.
So some of you may recognize it by that title.
Now that doesn't mean Herbert isn't a great writer and a great world builder but I do think Tolkien gives you so much more than just the plot and setting.
The issue with the vast bulk of other writers, compared to Tolkien.
In many ways, L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz has more underneath it than the pure story line of many of the others.