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Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR

I am a SLOW reader, i dont even want to share my times with u, im gonna try timing my self to see how fast i can get throught them <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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Re: What is the fastest you've ever read LOTR?

I usually don't read that fast, unless I feel like it. I usually get through The Hobbit-LotR-The Silmarillion in about a month and a half. But I can read The Hobbit in a day if I want. <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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Interesting Question

It's been years since I've read the whole trilogy+ straight through. Every once in a while I'll browse through a chapter or two, especially recently with the movie coming out soon.

The Hobbit was the third real book that I ever read (after Tom Sawyer and White Fang) when I was about ten. It took me a whole summer in my off hours at camp to get through it - incidentally the same summer I learned how to play D&D. The two played off of each other quite well.

I tried reading the Lord of the Rings shortly thereafter, but I must admit it was hard going. I basically gave up around Helm's Deep six months later.

I took another shot at it when I was in High School and I absolutely loved it. Don't remember how long it took. I've probably read the whole series completely about half a dozen times.

The best was when I was in the Peace Corps. I was posted in a large town and had access to a large library of English print books. There was a month long period in which I was "between" jobs (I was a teacher and the teachers were on strike). I spent nearly the entire month hanging out in a hunting lodge on the edge of town that was popular with French tourists. It was like something out of a Bogart film. I easily read fifty books that month. One day when no one else was around I started reading at about 9 AM and blasted my way through the Hobbit, LOTR and about half of the Sil for good measure. The best part was that it was hippo migration season, so I enjoyed the periodic spectacle of herds of hippos floating down the Charay River. Not a bad way to pass a day.

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Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR

the first time i read it i grew addicted to it and i couldn't put it down i read it in 2 days but i didnt understand everything either i hade to re read it after

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01-16-2002, 12:14 PM

well...i read
fast...that doesn't mean that im a lousy reader..cuz some people think so..i havwe read hard books since i was small and i love reading..i read everyword with csre..i have read the 1half book the first other half book and the 2 half book ...for everybook it took me 1 days...or mostly few hours/like 5~6~7 hours.

zifnab · 01-16-2002, 01:40 PM

I really don't read fast, and it doesn't bother me one bit. I like the fact that it takes a few weeks(2-3) for me to read LOTR. I least I knew that the first time that I read it, when I went to bed with all those thoughts running through my brain, that in the morning the book would still be there with the answers that I seeked. If I read it in a day or two, I wouldnt have much to look forward too, without picking up a new book and starting fresh.

Reading "The Hobbit" seems alot easier to read then other Tolkien books, so I can usually spend a few days on it. Like I said above it usually takes a few weeks for the LOTR. And I just finished reading the Siml, and it has taken me about a month. I find the book, absolutely fascinating. I usually re-read chapters, everytime a question "popped" into my head about a fellows name or history.

I guess if I could devote days and days of reading, it wouldnt take that long. But with family and work and all the good things in life, sometimes reading gets pushed aside. But I think I will always take my time when it comes to reading, savoring all the sweet things. I am looking forward to reading much more of Tolkiens works, and it seems it will take quite some time(maybe even a few years), but thats quite all right with me!

But one thing now that I have to look forward to after finishing or even in the middle of a Tolkien book, is this wonderful forum, which brings many new/old answers and questions to my mind!

Elvenglass · 01-16-2002, 04:39 PM

The fastest i've read LOTR is I think 5 days...But that was my third time and I'm starting on my fourth! I wish I had read it more times , but oh well.

Samwise · 01-16-2002, 04:45 PM

Sigh...I'm afraid it was too long ago to remember, though I do plan on correcting that...
Welcome, Evenglass!

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"If I hear not allowed much oftener I'm going to get angry."
Sam Gamgee

Samwise · 01-16-2002, 04:48 PM

Whoop....Elvenglass...sorry about that. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

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"Oh, please, Mister Gandalf! Don't turn me into anything unnatural!"
Sam Gamgee

Elvenglass · 01-16-2002, 04:48 PM

Thanks for the welcome! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Samwise · 01-16-2002, 04:53 PM

Wow...welcome all of the other newcomers, too! I just got through reading down a lot of the other "Newly Deceaseds" I'm seeing. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

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"Eavesdropping Sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact."
Sam Gamgee

Samwise · 01-16-2002, 04:56 PM

You're very...well, you know. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
BTW, I like your s/n. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

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I made a promise, Mister Frodo! 'Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee', Gandalf said! 'Don't you leave him!
Sam Gamgee

Dûrkriswen · 01-16-2002, 05:04 PM

I started The Fellowship on December 1 and finished it a few days before the 19th I just finished The Return of the King about a week ago. I would have finished a lot sooner, but the only time I have to read is during study hall, before shool, and the 2 or 3 minutes before each class starts.

zifnab · 01-16-2002, 05:37 PM

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I would have finished a lot sooner, but the only time I have to read is during study hall, before shool, and the 2 or 3 minutes before each class starts.

Well done, Dûrkriswen, thats what I call "Time well spent"!

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Elvenglass · 01-16-2002, 05:40 PM

Definately time well spent! I wish I had enough time to read LOTR over and over..but I don't.. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Eowyn of Ithilien · 01-17-2002, 06:06 AM

well...I got in the habit of reading books when I was very little so I'm a fast reader. It's the school holidays and, in between everything else, I've read LOTR in three days...the Sil is a lot harder going!
With anything pertaining to Middle Earth I like to read slowly and make sure I'm not missing anything [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It also has the virtue of simply prolonging the experience...in LOTR my favourite passages are probably those that are descriptive of character, Ithilien and the dialogue between Eowyn and Faramir [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Samwise · 01-17-2002, 02:46 PM

I enjoyed reading a lot when I was younger. I'm starting to get back into it, as he's been loaning me different books to read....hey, maybe I can persuade him to lend me his LOTR's..... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

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I made a promise, Mister Frodo! 'Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee', Gandalf said! 'Don't you leave him!
Sam Gamgee

Alkanoonion · 01-17-2002, 08:58 PM

I can read 1 Book each day from front to back. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Rose Cotton · 01-20-2002, 09:43 AM

Here's a way to read faster.(it works for me) Have a kind of compitition with a friend. Try and always be ahead of them in the book. It's really fun! Corse it's always good to go at your own pace.

01-20-2002, 11:19 AM

Ok...so I've only read LOTR once...and it was after I had seen the movie 4 times...but it took me just under a week. And that was with me working 30 hours a week and still having a fairly active social life (and trust me...being a Rennie...that takes up a lot of time...even in the off season). I'm gonna start reading The Silmarillion soon so we'll see how long that takes. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

01-24-2002, 03:23 PM

Hi all, I shall make my first post about my introduction to the books. Time 1967, long weekend before finals at small lib-arts school mid Pen. Recieve in mail from estranged aunt all 4 books previous weekend. Read the Hobbit leasurely through the week. Then on friday began LOTR. Didn't stop. Crashed in the morning but continued few hours latter. Finished the books Monday morning and was 15 - 20 miniuts late to first exame The Only Time I ever did that. I am a relitively slow reader and I tend to subvocalize and concetrate so hard that I am "there". Absolutely no skipping or skimming for me. As a rule I do very little rereading so the movie was wanderful because the details had faded enough to be no distraction. Looking forward to sharing ideas. Aelith (whos elvis translation terns out to be Dinoreiel)

Samwise · 01-24-2002, 06:12 PM

Malinear, welcome! Good to know I'm not the only one here who's only read LOTR once...
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"Well, I'm back."
Sam Gamgee

Samwise · 01-24-2002, 06:16 PM

Per Dinoreiel :

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the movie was wanderful because the details had faded enough to be no distraction.

This is the same way it was/is for me. Welcome, Dinoreiel, glad there's yet someone else who hasn't read LOTR in an age.
(about 20 years for me).

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LOTR Moment (IV) (Moria)
Orcs are everywhere
Sam whacks one with a pot
gets..."the hang of this!" [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Copyright 2002 S. Uffelman

01-24-2002, 06:35 PM

Greetings Samwise,

BTW the way every time I see a list "who is your favorite character" I always site Samwise. Your little quotes warm my heart.

Dinoreiel (hum, if I'm going to use that name I'll have to create a visual. Aelith is midieval with wimple and barbet.)

Have a good evening.

Joy · 02-04-2002, 01:57 PM

Hi, I am new to this board and to LOTR. I am 23, an yes, this is the first time that I have read the books. I started LOTR on Sat Jan 27 and I finished Monday Feb 4.

All I can say is that I wish I had read them sooner. I normaly devour books, I can read a 350 page book in about 6 hrs. But the depth of these books are amazing. I started reading early middle ages stuff in college in British Lit class. I fell in love with Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and King Arthur's Court.

Samwise · 02-04-2002, 09:22 PM

Well, welcome to the 'Downs, Joy! Post lots!

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Gandalf: "Sam, do you know what Kingsfoil is?"
Sam: [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] "That's a weed! "
(Yeah, I know, that particular instance didn't happen that way in the book. Nevertheless, I thought it was kinda cute/funny that Gandalf asked Sam of all people, and of course, Sam's response....) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

02-05-2002, 03:11 PM

I usually read fast. But when i was younger, my dad gave me the Hobbit for one christmas, and i tried to get into the book 3 different times, and i couldnt finish it. After seeing the movie, i decided to try it and my coworker who was nutso over the LOTR lent me the hobbit and i finally finished it but it took me few weeks for me to finish it tho. Then i went to get 3 in one volume book(I m cheap :P~) and i m now in the 6th chapter i think, it s really fast read for me! I work nowadays, so i dont read as much i used to. but it does make me want to read in one sitting [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] i think to finish the whole 3 books, it ll take me a month at most.

Mayla Took · 02-05-2002, 03:45 PM

The first time that I read LOTR I just couldn't put it down! I read it in about two weeks! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

02-11-2002, 01:01 PM

I read all three books(FOTR, TTT, ROTK) in two days..I just couldn't put it down..
It took bit longer to read Silmarillon..maybe something like 5 days? I think Silmarillon is bit..harder to understand..

Daegwenn · 02-11-2002, 02:36 PM

The first book took me around three days, the second took me four and I had to stop half way in the third because of Exams. But it took me a day to read through half of 'The return of the King'

Samwise · 02-13-2002, 04:29 PM

Daegwenn,Lauralataiel and Calledriel,
welcome to the 'downs! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

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LOTR Moment (IV) (Moria)
Orcs are everywhere
Samwise whacks one with a pot
gets..."the hang of this!" [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Copyright 2002 S. Uffelman

Birdland · 02-14-2002, 12:32 AM

I can still remember getting the beautiful white and green Ballantine edition in 1973 for Christmas. (I had checked the first volume out of the school library.) I read the next two volumes in two days, dragging it with me to all the relatives' houses, reading far into the night with a flashlight. I'm sure my parents regretted ever getting me the thing.

Couldn't do that now. For one thing, I never bury my nose in a book now when company is around.

Airetauriel · 02-19-2002, 11:47 AM

I have a slight problem in that when I start reading a book I can't stop until I run out of words. To that end, I read the Hobbit, and the trilogy in about 36 hours. I followed with the Silmarillion, but that really needs concentration so that took me another day. I was in bed with flu at this time though!

Airetauriel

Glenethor · 02-19-2002, 12:55 PM

I remember reading 'The Hobbit' when I was around 17. I remember it being in my older brother's bookcase (an actual 60's hippie) but I didn't read it until I was around 17 and had been indulging in 'Old Toby' for a year or two. I remember telling my brother I had read The Hobbit, and he said 'ah, now you have to read LoTR!' I had no idea what he was talking about, but I started reading FoTR a few days later. I know I finished the three books in less than a week.

I read them now, on avg, once a year, usually in the fall. That is when I first read it, and I seem to go into a LoTR spell around the date of Bilbo and Frodo's birthdate (Sept 22). This last time I read them, I just read bits and pieces over 4 months leading up to the movie. I mean, rather than sitting down and devouring 100+ pages, I'd just read 20 or 30. I just finished RoTK a few weeks ago, and am now reading 'Unfinished Tales.'

LúthienTinúviel · 02-20-2002, 11:57 PM

Hmmm...I'm a pretty fast reader and also very obsessed...I think my best (I've read LOTR 5 times...) was one day. It was during the summer...I'd already read it twice...it was pretty easy going for me. When I say a day..I mean like 20 hours...in a row...I even read on my way to the kitchen and bathroom. No kidding! I think the Hobbit, nowadays, takes me about half a day of obsessibe compulsive reading, like two if I'm being normal and don't have school or work. I'm reading the Silmarillion now, but I'm in the middle of a grueling semester. Yuck. So it's taking me a long time. *sigh* But I really love it. My goal is to have read everything by Tolkien and on Tolkien by next December. Wish me luck! There's a lot!

Namárië,
Lúthien

PS Is there an RPG on this board...? I know it's kind of geeky, but if anyone is interested..I'd like to start one. Let me know! I'm too shy to do it spontaneously by myself. Also..I wouldn't know what category to put it under.

Samwise · 02-21-2002, 08:14 PM

Well, I read the books too many years ago to remember how fast it was, and I'm savouring the books now so I'm not planning on setting any speed records. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I wouldn't mind joining an RPG, though I can't say I'm too good at it. Welcome to the 'downs, LúthienTinúviel .

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"You'd better be hidden, Mr. Frodo." said Sam. "We'll send this rider to the rightabouts! "

Sirithheruwen · 07-19-2003, 08:20 PM

All three books in 5 days, and proud of it!!!

Samwise · 07-19-2003, 09:26 PM

LOL...there ought to be a "What's the slowest time you've ever read LOTR?" thread.
I started (only for the 2nd time) back in February of last year, and I'm barely done with TTT. Of course, I'll admit, part of the reason is because...well, I've been dreading rereading a "certain" part.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Meela · 07-20-2003, 08:23 AM

I read the Hobbit in about a day.

I have not read any other books. If I ever do, I'll post the time.
When I did attempt to read Lotr, I read the first 7 chapters in about half an hour.

Eressië Ailin · 07-21-2003, 12:22 PM

The Hobbit usually takes a few hours... and I can read LoTR in a couple days...

Samwise~ And which part would that be?

07-07-2001, 06:23 AM	#41
Nuinsoronwen1 Guest Posts: n/a	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 9</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR I am a SLOW reader, i dont even want to share my times with u, im gonna try timing my self to see how fast i can get throught them <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> </p>

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Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 281</TD><TD><img src=http://members.attcanada.ca/~kind1/beregond.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: What is the fastest you've ever read LOTR? I usually don't read that fast, unless I feel like it. I usually get through The Hobbit-LotR-The Silmarillion in about a month and a half. But I can read The Hobbit in a day if I want. <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> </p> __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-16-2002, 01:40 PM	#46
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	I really don't read fast, and it doesn't bother me one bit. I like the fact that it takes a few weeks(2-3) for me to read LOTR. I least I knew that the first time that I read it, when I went to bed with all those thoughts running through my brain, that in the morning the book would still be there with the answers that I seeked. If I read it in a day or two, I wouldnt have much to look forward too, without picking up a new book and starting fresh. Reading "The Hobbit" seems alot easier to read then other Tolkien books, so I can usually spend a few days on it. Like I said above it usually takes a few weeks for the LOTR. And I just finished reading the Siml, and it has taken me about a month. I find the book, absolutely fascinating. I usually re-read chapters, everytime a question "popped" into my head about a fellows name or history. I guess if I could devote days and days of reading, it wouldnt take that long. But with family and work and all the good things in life, sometimes reading gets pushed aside. But I think I will always take my time when it comes to reading, savoring all the sweet things. I am looking forward to reading much more of Tolkiens works, and it seems it will take quite some time(maybe even a few years), but thats quite all right with me! But one thing now that I have to look forward to after finishing or even in the middle of a Tolkien book, is this wonderful forum, which brings many new/old answers and questions to my mind! __________________ Facebook.

01-16-2002, 04:39 PM	#47
Elvenglass Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 55	The fastest i've read LOTR is I think 5 days...But that was my third time and I'm starting on my fourth! I wish I had read it more times , but oh well. __________________ Cormamin lindua ele lle Elen sila lumenn omentielvo

01-16-2002, 04:48 PM	#50
Elvenglass Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 55	Thanks for the welcome! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Cormamin lindua ele lle Elen sila lumenn omentielvo

07-09-2001, 11:58 AM	#43
Maglor68 Wight Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 112	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 108</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Interesting Question It's been years since I've read the whole trilogy+ straight through. Every once in a while I'll browse through a chapter or two, especially recently with the movie coming out soon. The Hobbit was the third real book that I ever read (after Tom Sawyer and White Fang) when I was about ten. It took me a whole summer in my off hours at camp to get through it - incidentally the same summer I learned how to play D&D. The two played off of each other quite well. I tried reading the Lord of the Rings shortly thereafter, but I must admit it was hard going. I basically gave up around Helm's Deep six months later. I took another shot at it when I was in High School and I absolutely loved it. Don't remember how long it took. I've probably read the whole series completely about half a dozen times. The best was when I was in the Peace Corps. I was posted in a large town and had access to a large library of English print books. There was a month long period in which I was "between" jobs (I was a teacher and the teachers were on strike). I spent nearly the entire month hanging out in a hunting lodge on the edge of town that was popular with French tourists. It was like something out of a Bogart film. I easily read fifty books that month. One day when no one else was around I started reading at about 9 AM and blasted my way through the Hobbit, LOTR and about half of the Sil for good measure. The best part was that it was hippo migration season, so I enjoyed the periodic spectacle of herds of hippos floating down the Charay River. Not a bad way to pass a day. - Maglor </p>

07-10-2001, 08:12 PM	#44
moonsaulter Guest Posts: n/a	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 5</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR the first time i read it i grew addicted to it and i couldn't put it down i read it in 2 days but i didnt understand everything either i hade to re read it after </p>

01-16-2002, 12:14 PM	#45
Ainayuviel Guest Posts: n/a	well...i read fast...that doesn't mean that im a lousy reader..cuz some people think so..i havwe read hard books since i was small and i love reading..i read everyword with csre..i have read the 1half book the first other half book and the 2 half book ...for everybook it took me 1 days...or mostly few hours/like 5~6~7 hours.

01-16-2002, 05:04 PM	#53
Dûrkriswen Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 12	I started The Fellowship on December 1 and finished it a few days before the 19th I just finished The Return of the King about a week ago. I would have finished a lot sooner, but the only time I have to read is during study hall, before shool, and the 2 or 3 minutes before each class starts. __________________ http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/...2320898899.jpg

01-16-2002, 05:40 PM	#55
Elvenglass Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 55	Definately time well spent! I wish I had enough time to read LOTR over and over..but I don't.. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ Cormamin lindua ele lle Elen sila lumenn omentielvo

01-17-2002, 06:06 AM	#56
Eowyn of Ithilien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 277	well...I got in the habit of reading books when I was very little so I'm a fast reader. It's the school holidays and, in between everything else, I've read LOTR in three days...the Sil is a lot harder going! With anything pertaining to Middle Earth I like to read slowly and make sure I'm not missing anything [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It also has the virtue of simply prolonging the experience...in LOTR my favourite passages are probably those that are descriptive of character, Ithilien and the dialogue between Eowyn and Faramir [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.

01-17-2002, 08:58 PM	#58
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	I can read 1 Book each day from front to back. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

01-20-2002, 09:43 AM	#59
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	Here's a way to read faster.(it works for me) Have a kind of compitition with a friend. Try and always be ahead of them in the book. It's really fun! Corse it's always good to go at your own pace. __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)

01-20-2002, 11:19 AM	#60
Malinear Guest Posts: n/a	Ok...so I've only read LOTR once...and it was after I had seen the movie 4 times...but it took me just under a week. And that was with me working 30 hours a week and still having a fairly active social life (and trust me...being a Rennie...that takes up a lot of time...even in the off season). I'm gonna start reading The Silmarillion soon so we'll see how long that takes. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

01-24-2002, 03:23 PM	#61
aelith Guest Posts: n/a	Hi all, I shall make my first post about my introduction to the books. Time 1967, long weekend before finals at small lib-arts school mid Pen. Recieve in mail from estranged aunt all 4 books previous weekend. Read the Hobbit leasurely through the week. Then on friday began LOTR. Didn't stop. Crashed in the morning but continued few hours latter. Finished the books Monday morning and was 15 - 20 miniuts late to first exame The Only Time I ever did that. I am a relitively slow reader and I tend to subvocalize and concetrate so hard that I am "there". Absolutely no skipping or skimming for me. As a rule I do very little rereading so the movie was wanderful because the details had faded enough to be no distraction. Looking forward to sharing ideas. Aelith (whos elvis translation terns out to be Dinoreiel)

01-24-2002, 06:35 PM	#64
aelith Guest Posts: n/a	Greetings Samwise, BTW the way every time I see a list "who is your favorite character" I always site Samwise. Your little quotes warm my heart. Dinoreiel (hum, if I'm going to use that name I'll have to create a visual. Aelith is midieval with wimple and barbet.) Have a good evening.

02-04-2002, 01:57 PM	#65
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Hi, I am new to this board and to LOTR. I am 23, an yes, this is the first time that I have read the books. I started LOTR on Sat Jan 27 and I finished Monday Feb 4. All I can say is that I wish I had read them sooner. I normaly devour books, I can read a 350 page book in about 6 hrs. But the depth of these books are amazing. I started reading early middle ages stuff in college in British Lit class. I fell in love with Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and King Arthur's Court. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

02-05-2002, 03:11 PM	#67
Callaedriel Guest Posts: n/a	I usually read fast. But when i was younger, my dad gave me the Hobbit for one christmas, and i tried to get into the book 3 different times, and i couldnt finish it. After seeing the movie, i decided to try it and my coworker who was nutso over the LOTR lent me the hobbit and i finally finished it but it took me few weeks for me to finish it tho. Then i went to get 3 in one volume book(I m cheap :P~) and i m now in the 6th chapter i think, it s really fast read for me! I work nowadays, so i dont read as much i used to. but it does make me want to read in one sitting [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] i think to finish the whole 3 books, it ll take me a month at most.

02-05-2002, 03:45 PM	#68
Mayla Took Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 152	The first time that I read LOTR I just couldn't put it down! I read it in about two weeks! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Good Things Come in Small Packages. (And don't you forget it!) Pippin:"What is that?!?" Merry:"This, my friend, is a pint!" Pippin:"It comes in PINTS?!?....I'm getting one!" "Don't let your heads get too big for your hats! But if you don't finish growing up soon, you are going to find hats and clothes expensive." Bilbo to Merry and Pippin "Fool of a Took! This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance. Now be quiet!" Gandalf to Pippin in Moria E-mail me at mailto:ThirdAgeHobbit@hotmail.comThirdAgeHobbit@hotmail.com</A> Oh, and please rate me. THANKS!

02-11-2002, 01:01 PM	#69
Lauralataiel Guest Posts: n/a	I read all three books(FOTR, TTT, ROTK) in two days..I just couldn't put it down.. It took bit longer to read Silmarillon..maybe something like 5 days? I think Silmarillon is bit..harder to understand..

02-11-2002, 02:36 PM	#70
Daegwenn Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 82	The first book took me around three days, the second took me four and I had to stop half way in the third because of Exams. But it took me a day to read through half of 'The return of the King' __________________ "And still of a winter’s night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, A highwayman comes riding— Riding—Riding— A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door. Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard. And he taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred. He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the landlord’s daughter, Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair" Highwayman Alfred Noyes

02-14-2002, 12:32 AM	#72
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	I can still remember getting the beautiful white and green Ballantine edition in 1973 for Christmas. (I had checked the first volume out of the school library.) I read the next two volumes in two days, dragging it with me to all the relatives' houses, reading far into the night with a flashlight. I'm sure my parents regretted ever getting me the thing. Couldn't do that now. For one thing, I never bury my nose in a book now when company is around.

02-19-2002, 11:47 AM	#73
Airetauriel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 47	I have a slight problem in that when I start reading a book I can't stop until I run out of words. To that end, I read the Hobbit, and the trilogy in about 36 hours. I followed with the Silmarillion, but that really needs concentration so that took me another day. I was in bed with flu at this time though! Airetauriel

02-19-2002, 12:55 PM	#74
Glenethor Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Posts: 176	I remember reading 'The Hobbit' when I was around 17. I remember it being in my older brother's bookcase (an actual 60's hippie) but I didn't read it until I was around 17 and had been indulging in 'Old Toby' for a year or two. I remember telling my brother I had read The Hobbit, and he said 'ah, now you have to read LoTR!' I had no idea what he was talking about, but I started reading FoTR a few days later. I know I finished the three books in less than a week. I read them now, on avg, once a year, usually in the fall. That is when I first read it, and I seem to go into a LoTR spell around the date of Bilbo and Frodo's birthdate (Sept 22). This last time I read them, I just read bits and pieces over 4 months leading up to the movie. I mean, rather than sitting down and devouring 100+ pages, I'd just read 20 or 30. I just finished RoTK a few weeks ago, and am now reading 'Unfinished Tales.' __________________ "Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people, living life in peace..." Dr. Winston O'Boogie

02-20-2002, 11:57 PM	#75
LúthienTinúviel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 76	Hmmm...I'm a pretty fast reader and also very obsessed...I think my best (I've read LOTR 5 times...) was one day. It was during the summer...I'd already read it twice...it was pretty easy going for me. When I say a day..I mean like 20 hours...in a row...I even read on my way to the kitchen and bathroom. No kidding! I think the Hobbit, nowadays, takes me about half a day of obsessibe compulsive reading, like two if I'm being normal and don't have school or work. I'm reading the Silmarillion now, but I'm in the middle of a grueling semester. Yuck. So it's taking me a long time. sigh But I really love it. My goal is to have read everything by Tolkien and on Tolkien by next December. Wish me luck! There's a lot! Namárië, Lúthien PS Is there an RPG on this board...? I know it's kind of geeky, but if anyone is interested..I'd like to start one. Let me know! I'm too shy to do it spontaneously by myself. Also..I wouldn't know what category to put it under. __________________ Such lissom limbs no more shall run on the green earth beneath the sun; so fair a maid no more shall be from dawn to dusk, from sun to sea. http://www.thereandbackagain.net

07-19-2003, 08:20 PM	#77
Sirithheruwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wind's Road Posts: 467	All three books in 5 days, and proud of it!!! __________________ "My name is Mallard, but you can call me Duck." ~Random Saying, compliments of Sirith and her best friend, concerning a book.

07-19-2003, 09:26 PM	#78
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	LOL...there ought to be a "What's the slowest time you've ever read LOTR?" thread. I started (only for the 2nd time) back in February of last year, and I'm barely done with TTT. Of course, I'll admit, part of the reason is because...well, I've been dreading rereading a "certain" part.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

07-20-2003, 08:23 AM	#79
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	I read the Hobbit in about a day. I have not read any other books. If I ever do, I'll post the time. When I did attempt to read Lotr, I read the first 7 chapters in about half an hour. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

07-21-2003, 12:22 PM	#80
Eressië Ailin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past the Point of No Return... Posts: 502	The Hobbit usually takes a few hours... and I can read LoTR in a couple days... Samwise~ And which part would that be? __________________ Holy angel, in Heaven blessed... My spirit longs with thee to rest! ~Faust Never judge a book by its movie. ~J. W. Eagan By the big slippers of big slipperdom! ~M. Gillenormand, Les Misérables My blog!