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Hi everyone, my lovely sweet grandfather passed away in Egypt this week and I’m not doing too well. A tireless activist who spent years in exile from Sudan and returned only to be displaced by the war, he was a professor before he retired and loved to read. He’s the reason why I love books and we’d talk for hours about literature. I’m resolving to never not be reading this year to honour him💗

I’m so hooked

Good lord

That was a lot😭 review coming whenever I manage to sift through my thoughts about it and arrange them into something vaguely coherent

Oh this is wild

Hiiii I’m back after not using goodreads for about a year! I hope everyone’s doing good🥰🌸🫧 Uni and life in general has been very hectic and I’m so excited to get back to reading more frequently ^^💖

I love Faramir <3 Peter Jackson did him so dirty in the films😭

The Merry and Pippin side-quest making me weirdly emotional bc I know the descriptions of having joyful little moments of laughter and friendship among battle cries and swords clanging is based on Tolkiens actual experience in WW1

this is so lovely <3

God this is really bad

deeply enjoying this despite the fact that’s there’s just as much walking as I expected (a lot of it).

I’m so Pippin-adjacent in that I love to take naps and gab over lunch when I have incredibly daunting tasks ahead of me

“Me go and see Elves and all! Hooray!’ he shouted, and then burst into tears.”

I love Sam so dearly

The shifts in perspective in this book are so so well done. From Bibiana’s perspective to Belonísia’s then finally an encantada that gives you this Birds Eye view omniscient perspective it’s such a great way to frame the story

This is amazing