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by Devin Brown

Blah, Blah, Blah, Book Blog rated it

9 years ago

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ok, spoiler alert, on the title. When this book was offered on NetGalley, I requested it, because I live in a house of Tolkien lovers. On the scale of fans in my house, I am probably the least enthusiastic, having read only The Hobbit, and some of The Lord of the Rings. (Shhh, don’t tell them. In ...

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The Curious Curator's Book Blog rated it

10 years ago

text Tolkien by Devin Brown

I was 13 when I first read The Lord of the Rings. Over the years I would re-read the entire series, as well as all other books on Middle-Earth that I could find. When I saw that they were making a movie based on The Fellowship of the Ring, I was ecstatic. I re-watched the entire trilogy many, many t...

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

10 years ago

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Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. It’s hardly surprising that the success of the Lord of Rings movie trilogy and the first two Hobbit films (though why you need more than one boggles my mind) has lead to an increase in the amount of work about the great J.R. R. Tolkien. ...

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