Ashamed and A Live

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Ahem! Too much chat in recent posts - back to the topic, please.

[Encaitare]

TP said that us "guys" are crazy, and I pointed out that we were (and presumably still are) girls.

One could assume so.

Some parts I completely ate up, others went a little more slowly. Am I right in assuming that a lot of people read the Silmarillion like the Bible as opposed to a regular novel? By which I mean that they would read sections or chapters not nessesarily in order.

The first bit I definitely agree with, that some parts went quickly for me and others went slowly. Yet when I do read it, I usually go in order, maybe skipping a drier chapter here or there.

[Lhunardawen]

I found it a bit more difficult to read the Sil, especially since I just finished reading LotR once months prior to that. But I was so enthusiastic upon getting the book that I practically gobbled up the words. But when I was beginning to read BoLT 1, I lacked the enthusiasm, more so when I was reading the first part (I even forgot its title!) since I could hardly connect it to my previous readings. So up until now, I haven't read it yet. *dodges flying books towards my direction*

What's my point? Love what you read...or what you are about to read. It takes passion!

[Encaitare]

But when I was beginning to read BoLT 1, I lacked the enthusiasm, more so when I was reading the first part (I even forgot its title!) since I could hardly connect it to my previous readings.

Yes, it definitely depends on how you can relate it to what you already know. I'm maybe a third through BoLT 2, and it's good but difficult to get through -- this on-and-off progress has taken me several months. Yet yesterday I was going on a long bus ride and decided to take the Return of the Shadow with me to read, and I got about a quarter of the way through it in one sitting. It was so much easier to follow because I'm that much more familiar with the story of LotR than that which BoLT encompasses.