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littlemanpoet · 07-15-2005, 10:06 AM

This time around, I decided to skip over the last half of The Two Towers and go straight to the beginning of the Return of the King. I found myself quite interested in all the goings on outside the journey of the Ring itself. and also because I just wasn't ready for the darkness of the journey from the Emyn Muil to Ithilien.

Have you found something like this happen for you before? Have you read LotR out of order on readings after the first time? Or do you stick to beginning-to-end reading? Or is LotR more of an encyclopedic novel for you, that you page through to pick out certain bits of info? And whichever way you go with, please talk about the why's.

07-15-2005, 10:06 AM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	How have you read it? This time around, I decided to skip over the last half of The Two Towers and go straight to the beginning of the Return of the King. I found myself quite interested in all the goings on outside the journey of the Ring itself. and also because I just wasn't ready for the darkness of the journey from the Emyn Muil to Ithilien. Have you found something like this happen for you before? Have you read LotR out of order on readings after the first time? Or do you stick to beginning-to-end reading? Or is LotR more of an encyclopedic novel for you, that you page through to pick out certain bits of info? And whichever way you go with, please talk about the why's. Last edited by littlemanpoet; 07-15-2005 at 08:51 PM.