How has your reading changed? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-29-2005, 12:53 AM

This is a good thread topic! As it's more about personal experience than actual book discussion, I'm moving it to the Novices and Newcomers forum. Please continue reading and posting there - thanks!

Bêthberry · 09-29-2005, 04:30 AM

I am an inveterate underliner of paperbacks--not of hardcovers but of paperbacks. What I find intriguing is coming upon an underlined or starred passage, for which I have made no other comment, and not being able to see what prompted me to mark the passage in the first place. Or, seeing how it relates to things which my subsequent reading doesn't really place a premium on.

Eorl of Rohan · 10-01-2005, 06:25 PM

Hm. When I first started reading it, it was -I shall admit it- after the movie came out. Except for the fact that I didn't know that the movie was out. My mother found this book sold on the market, marveled at LOTR's size and bulkiness, bought it, brought it home, forced me to read it despite my resistance, I read it at 15, decided I didn't understand a word (Hey, I couldn't speak English then!), studied some more English, read it again at 16 because my mother hauled away my whole selection of books because I wouldn't study for the midterm exam, fell in love with it, read it and read it and loved it and memorized it, the love went on for two years, and then I went to high school, I forgot about LOTR, and a week ago I found the book beneath my bed while I was cleaning, read it, fell in love with it, came here.

0_0 If this isn't the superfluous diary of a madman, what is?

Eonwe · 10-01-2005, 08:37 PM

the best thing about lotr rings is no matter how many times you read it, you always find something new. or work out some puzzle.

i always love working out the kingship of aragorn. it is so confuseing to me (i don't know why). every six months or so i forget exactly what happened and "have to" go look it up again. and i love reading through the book while refering to the timelines and stuff. it makes for a much more holistic view of teh offten confuluted plot.

another thing is that after you have read it a number of times through, you (or at least i do) start picking it up and reading parts you especailly love. so you get stuck in a rut. sometimes i pick it up and read a part i loved and had forgotten about. i love it when that happens!

so i guess my reading changes cause i find new things all the time.

Lathriel · 10-07-2005, 10:54 PM

When I first read LOTR I also just read it for the plot. Since then I have actually become more interested in characters than what happens in the book. Right now I am in a phase where I don't always care for the plot as long as the characters are well thought-out and interesting.
So now when I re-read LOTR I don't really rush through it because I feel that if I do I will miss a whole bunch of things; besides I am not in a hurry since I know the story. I prefer to read slowly thus finding a new detail every time I read it.
Also as I matured to my current age (since I still have some more growing up to do, 18 doesn't mean you are a complete adult) different details seemed to pop out at me or different aspects of the story.
I know some people who can't stand re-reading a book but then they probably haven't used the right books to try it with. However, I am convinced that most people who liked this book, even of they aren't big fans (like us) will re-read it again one day.

Gandalf_the _white · 10-16-2005, 03:40 AM

I've read the trilogy a few times now and see Gandalf as a father figure!

(OMG i've learnt so much from him {looks dreamy amd murmurs " a wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisally when he means to!" lol)

Laitoste · 10-20-2005, 04:36 PM

My reading has actually changed quite a bit since reading The Lord of the Rings. I used to just look at the plot and the characters (a little). Now, however, I look more for description and scenery. This may also have to do with the fact that I write descriptive essays best (very unfortunate if you aren't taking an English class--description doesn't always work best for history courses!). I just realized this fact this year, due to the large amount of reading I have to do--and none of it particularly enjoyable...

Now, when I read The Lord of the Rings, I look for bits that actually put me in Middle-Earth. These selections kill me.

yavanna II · 03-02-2006, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Eonwe

the best thing about lotr rings is no matter how many times you read it, you always find something new. or work out some puzzle.

another thing is that after you have read it a number of times through, you (or at least i do) start picking it up and reading parts you especailly love. so you get stuck in a rut. sometimes i pick it up and read a part i loved and had forgotten about. i love it when that happens!

so i guess my reading changes cause i find new things all the time.

I do that too! And I think I changed in a sense that I really try to comprehend and analyse what I read... especially that part about Beren & Luthien, and the Dernhelm-Eowyn thing with Merry.

oH... wah... i read LOTR when I was 12, but understood it fully when I was 14; and now that i'm 16, I still enjoy rereading everything

09-29-2005, 12:53 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	This is a good thread topic! As it's more about personal experience than actual book discussion, I'm moving it to the Novices and Newcomers forum. Please continue reading and posting there - thanks! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-29-2005, 04:30 AM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I am an inveterate underliner of paperbacks--not of hardcovers but of paperbacks. What I find intriguing is coming upon an underlined or starred passage, for which I have made no other comment, and not being able to see what prompted me to mark the passage in the first place. Or, seeing how it relates to things which my subsequent reading doesn't really place a premium on. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

10-01-2005, 08:37 PM	#4
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 678	the best thing about lotr rings is no matter how many times you read it, you always find something new. or work out some puzzle. i always love working out the kingship of aragorn. it is so confuseing to me (i don't know why). every six months or so i forget exactly what happened and "have to" go look it up again. and i love reading through the book while refering to the timelines and stuff. it makes for a much more holistic view of teh offten confuluted plot. another thing is that after you have read it a number of times through, you (or at least i do) start picking it up and reading parts you especailly love. so you get stuck in a rut. sometimes i pick it up and read a part i loved and had forgotten about. i love it when that happens! so i guess my reading changes cause i find new things all the time. __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

10-07-2005, 10:54 PM	#5
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	When I first read LOTR I also just read it for the plot. Since then I have actually become more interested in characters than what happens in the book. Right now I am in a phase where I don't always care for the plot as long as the characters are well thought-out and interesting. So now when I re-read LOTR I don't really rush through it because I feel that if I do I will miss a whole bunch of things; besides I am not in a hurry since I know the story. I prefer to read slowly thus finding a new detail every time I read it. Also as I matured to my current age (since I still have some more growing up to do, 18 doesn't mean you are a complete adult) different details seemed to pop out at me or different aspects of the story. I know some people who can't stand re-reading a book but then they probably haven't used the right books to try it with. However, I am convinced that most people who liked this book, even of they aren't big fans (like us) will re-read it again one day. __________________ Back again

10-20-2005, 04:36 PM	#7
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	My reading has actually changed quite a bit since reading The Lord of the Rings. I used to just look at the plot and the characters (a little). Now, however, I look more for description and scenery. This may also have to do with the fact that I write descriptive essays best (very unfortunate if you aren't taking an English class--description doesn't always work best for history courses!). I just realized this fact this year, due to the large amount of reading I have to do--and none of it particularly enjoyable... Now, when I read The Lord of the Rings, I look for bits that actually put me in Middle-Earth. These selections kill me. __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park

10-01-2005, 06:25 PM	#3
Eorl of Rohan Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 602	Hm. When I first started reading it, it was -I shall admit it- after the movie came out. Except for the fact that I didn't know that the movie was out. My mother found this book sold on the market, marveled at LOTR's size and bulkiness, bought it, brought it home, forced me to read it despite my resistance, I read it at 15, decided I didn't understand a word (Hey, I couldn't speak English then!), studied some more English, read it again at 16 because my mother hauled away my whole selection of books because I wouldn't study for the midterm exam, fell in love with it, read it and read it and loved it and memorized it, the love went on for two years, and then I went to high school, I forgot about LOTR, and a week ago I found the book beneath my bed while I was cleaning, read it, fell in love with it, came here. 0_0 If this isn't the superfluous diary of a madman, what is?

10-16-2005, 03:40 AM	#6
Gandalf_the _white Wight Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In crazy captions waving an angry fist at the outside world Posts: 155	I've read the trilogy a few times now and see Gandalf as a father figure! (OMG i've learnt so much from him {looks dreamy amd murmurs " a wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisally when he means to!" lol)

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