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Why oh why couldn't The Amber Spyglass be as long as these last two BoD books?!

I'm definitely not going to finish this in time for the next book, alas!!

Volume 2 down, one more to go.

Saruman is so messy, I love him!

It is so insane to me that this 800-page book only has 7 chapters that range from 15 pages to 200 pages in length.

Mrs. Danvers gives me nightmares, lmao.

Finished Volume 1 (of 3 total) and will be taking a break. My plan is to read the next two volumes before the end of the year. It's quite good so far!

Such an incredible introduction. I'm so hyped (even though I'll be reading this absolute TOME of a work very slowly over the course of the year).

Guys, this book is pretty long.

One volume down, three more to go (along with a two-part epilogue, lmao).

*gulp*

Anna did nothing wrong!!!!

I think every classical epic has a lengthy section devoted solely to funeral games, lol.

Justice for Dido!!

Tolkien is so sassy, lmaoooo.

Yas, a whole article dedicated entirely to the "Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth." We love to see it!!

Ajax is so melodramatic.

Peak literature, I fear.

I asked Vinyë Lambengolmor (a group of people really into Tolkien's Elvish languages) to translate Turgon's "great is the fall of Gondolin" line into both Quenya and Sindarin, and this is what they gave me:

Quenya: "Melehta ná atalantë Ondolindëo!"
Sindarin: "Beleg i-dhant Gondolin!"

Great is the fall of Gondolin!

Morwen is such an underrated character, and I love her dearly.