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Old 12-30-2012, 07:50 PM   #1
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The chief exception is the poetry, which I'll sometimes read in isolation - particularly a few favourites like Aragorn's song of Beren and Luthien or 'Earendil was a Mariner'.
Indeed! I also tend to single out my favourite poems and songs.
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Old 01-01-2013, 08:11 AM   #2
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My stand-alones:
  • "Riddles in the Dark"
  • "Ainulindalé"
  • "On Faerie Stories"
  • The gift-giving at Lorien, particularly the exchange between Gimli and Galadriel
  • Sam with the Ring
  • The Scouring of the Shire
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Old 01-03-2013, 01:10 PM   #3
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My favorite re-reads are the dramatic and dangerous parts:
1. Eowyn defying the Nazgul
2. Galadriel and her Mirror
3. Frodo confronting Saruman at Bag End
4. The hobbits passing through Shelob's Lair
5. The whole Moria journey
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Old 01-03-2013, 01:30 PM   #4
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Sting

1---Unfinished Tales, esp. The Battle of the Fords of Isen
and The Disaster of the Gladden Fields. and The Quest of
Erebor. (It's a pity PJ and
Friends apparently didn't read it or they might have not made
some of their sillier "improvements in their 3 LoTR movies).

2---The Ride of the Rohirrim. That chapter is really meant to be
read aloud. Again, PJ botched it in RotK. Not only Eowyn but the
whole charge. Theoden should have (in the dark with figures in
shadow) have blown Guthlaf's horn and then charged with a
bright light breaking through first on the flag (white horse upon a
field of green) and then gradually bringing light to the field as
the Rohirrim charged (not saying ""Death!"- that comes later) but
breaking into singing.
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Old 01-03-2013, 02:12 PM   #5
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Sorry, I overlooked the Silmarillion, but I have the same taste there:
6. Fingolfin fighting Morgoth
7. Beren and Luthien in Morgoth's throne room
8. The killing of the Two Trees, and the creation of the Sun and Moon
9. Nirnaeth Arnoediad: even though it's a disaster, there's a lot of heroism I like
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