Alright y’all, let me get one thing out there because it makes me stupidly happy: I share my birthday with the Professor. That’s right: I was born on what would have been J.R.R. Tolkien’s 100th birthday. So, for my 27th… Read More ›
Tolkien
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I originally picked up this book because it was part of the Penguin Classics miniseries called Legends from the Ancient North, curated because each of the five volumes contributed to J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation of Middle Earth. You may or may… Read More ›
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, J.R.R. Tolkien
Happy Middle earth March 2018, everyone!! Was there ever a character so beloved, yet mysterious, as the effervescently-odd Tom Bombadil? Admittedly, I didn’t have a damn clue what people were talking about years ago, when the die-hard literary Tolkien fans… Read More ›
The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
My lovely readers, I’ve a confession to make: I caved. I caved like a dwarf in a mithril mine. I did not finish the four other books I was in the middle of before starting The Fellowship of the Ring… Read More ›
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
My dear readers, this is a book that has been a long time coming. A spectacularly long time. I am twenty five, and I feel like I have read this book fifteen years late. But now that I have, I… Read More ›
Printed Pages and Coffee 