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Tolkien

Live Tweeting The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

By Sunday evening I was onto the final film, unextended... The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug There isn't an #ExtendedEdition of #DesolationOfSmaug [...]

Live Tweeting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Then I moved onto the prequel movies... The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Like #StarWars, the proper way to watch #TolkienFilms is to start with the [...]

Live Tweeting The Return of the King

By the third movie I was hitting my stride as a live-tweeter... The Return of the King  #Smeagol has the mind of a dictator - you have a [...]

Live Tweeting The Two Towers

I was just having a bit of fun during Fellowship (and I'll admit I took a bit of a nap through the middle part), but then I really got going... The Two [...]

Live Tweeting The Fellowship of the Ring

This weekend I was home sick. Probably just from being a bit overworked and stressed I had a fever and I was feeling pretty lethargic (which is pretty rare [...]

An Epic Tribute to The Lord of the Rings Part I

I. In mortal records small hobbits areneither remembered much nor mentioned. But long ago they led all men, And saved Middle Earth from being [...]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

"Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of [...]

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Dear Lord of the Rings,  Our time together is coming to an end. It's been another wonderful visit, and I'll miss you, but right now I just have to move [...]

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

And people will say: “Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring!” And they’ll say: “Yes, that’s one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, [...]