A few questions about a new reader - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Orual · 12-22-2002, 10:43 PM

Mae govannen, Cibbwin! Welcome to the Downs, and may your rest be long and peaceful.

Like everybody has said, don't rush yourself. Reading isn't a race, and the beginning of Fellowship is rather tough the first time around. (Second time around it flits past like a memory of happiness...le sigh.) Just pace yourself, and if need be, put it down! Leave it be for a while. If you rush, you won't enjoy it, and that would be a shame. It's a wonderful book, and once you get past the Council of Elrond it really breezes by. But take heart: you're not the only one whose feet dragged in Book I! It took me what felt like ages.

As for the Sil., lol, the only reason I can think of to read it as a respite after LotR is to make you think "wow, Fellowship wasn't has hard as I thought it was!" I'm a fairly fast reader, but it took me two months. Ai, Elbereth.

Namarie!

~*~Orual~*~

12-22-2002, 10:43 PM	#11
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Mae govannen, Cibbwin! Welcome to the Downs, and may your rest be long and peaceful. Like everybody has said, don't rush yourself. Reading isn't a race, and the beginning of Fellowship is rather tough the first time around. (Second time around it flits past like a memory of happiness...le sigh.) Just pace yourself, and if need be, put it down! Leave it be for a while. If you rush, you won't enjoy it, and that would be a shame. It's a wonderful book, and once you get past the Council of Elrond it really breezes by. But take heart: you're not the only one whose feet dragged in Book I! It took me what felt like ages. As for the Sil., lol, the only reason I can think of to read it as a respite after LotR is to make you think "wow, Fellowship wasn't has hard as I thought it was!" I'm a fairly fast reader, but it took me two months. Ai, Elbereth. Namarie! ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"