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GandaIf The White · 05-23-2001, 06:42 PM

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Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR

It has been about 3 years since I first started at The Hobbit and LOTR. I had always wondered what the books were about because they had been sitting on my dads bookcase for a LONG time. I have the old versions where the books are black, green, and red: Made by Ballantine Books (With some amazing Cover Art). When I first started The Hobbit, I read so slowly that I got the picture of every sentence in my head, and I am very glad I did. I can read the book fast, but I find that when I read slow, by myself, in dead quiet, my imagination works much better and I really see things as Tolkien describes them. It took me about 3 days of 6 hours reads to almost finish The Hobbit.

Now, you must understand why this was so fascinating to me. I was 12, and I had never read 1 book on my own in my life. I thought they were the most boring things ever. But when I read The Hobbit, I began to like reading. My parents were pretty amazed to say the least. But one day, when I was still reading The Hobbit, my mom stopped me from reading to go do some chore. It really ****ed me off that for the first time I had ever read a book, my parents would stop me for that. So, I made a big mistake, and stopped reading. Soon enough my anger at my mom would have been gone, but then I started playing the computer, and was hooked. I got so into playing games like Diablo 2, that I set aside reading altogether for more than 6 months. Im sure if my mom had known that would happen she wouldnt have stopped me, but she payed for it by me being so obsessed with playing Computer games that I barely left my room.

But eventually I came back to The Hobbit and read it just as slowly as I had before. And that is why I love The Hobbit so much.. Even when I read it fast now, I can see everything in my mind. But, I have to say, that when I read it fast, I sometimes will read a paragraph and then the next minute will have forgotten what I had read.. and that is really bad. So now I read really slowly, and by myself when I can. I would suggest you do the same.

And as for reading LOTR.. It usually takes me about a month and a half to read it through. And I have read it and The Hobbit 3 times through now. Just starting the Sillmarillion. After that, I dont know what book would be best for me to read, The History of The Middle Earhth or Unfinished Tales.

P.S.: Sorry I wrote so much, but Im a fast typer and sometimes I can get caught up and not realize how much Im writing <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000064>GandaIf The White</A> at: 5/23/01 8:45:16 pm

05-23-2001, 06:42 PM	#39
GandaIf The White Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 267	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton Posts: 40</TD><TD><img src=http://209.240.152.182/mckellen/images/9024.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: what's the fastest time you've ever read LOTR It has been about 3 years since I first started at The Hobbit and LOTR. I had always wondered what the books were about because they had been sitting on my dads bookcase for a LONG time. I have the old versions where the books are black, green, and red: Made by Ballantine Books (With some amazing Cover Art). When I first started The Hobbit, I read so slowly that I got the picture of every sentence in my head, and I am very glad I did. I can read the book fast, but I find that when I read slow, by myself, in dead quiet, my imagination works much better and I really see things as Tolkien describes them. It took me about 3 days of 6 hours reads to almost finish The Hobbit. Now, you must understand why this was so fascinating to me. I was 12, and I had never read 1 book on my own in my life. I thought they were the most boring things ever. But when I read The Hobbit, I began to like reading. My parents were pretty amazed to say the least. But one day, when I was still reading The Hobbit, my mom stopped me from reading to go do some chore. It really ***ed me off that for the first time I had ever read a book, my parents would stop me for that. So, I made a big mistake, and stopped reading. Soon enough my anger at my mom would have been gone, but then I started playing the computer, and was hooked. I got so into playing games like Diablo 2, that I set aside reading altogether for more than 6 months. Im sure if my mom had known that would happen she wouldnt have stopped me, but she payed for it by me being so obsessed with playing Computer games that I barely left my room. But eventually I came back to The Hobbit and read it just as slowly as I had before. And that is why I love The Hobbit so much.. Even when I read it fast now, I can see everything in my mind. But, I have to say, that when I read it fast, I sometimes will read a paragraph and then the next minute will have forgotten what I had read.. and that is really bad. So now I read really slowly, and by myself when I can. I would suggest you do the same. And as for reading LOTR.. It usually takes me about a month and a half to read it through. And I have read it and The Hobbit 3 times through now. Just starting the Sillmarillion. After that, I dont know what book would be best for me to read, The History of The Middle Earhth or Unfinished Tales. P.S.: Sorry I wrote so much, but Im a fast typer and sometimes I can get caught up and not realize how much Im writing <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> All my time being a computer-geek has made me a nice typer. </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000064>GandaIf The White</A> at: 5/23/01 8:45:16 pm*