Wednesday 28 April 2010

Lord of the Rings #3

Getting there! I finished book 5 of 6 last night - one more to go, and I have set myself the goal of finishing it before going on holiday so I can read something other than Tolkien with a clear conscience - it's not sunbed reading!

I still don't have any desire to watch the films. But I do feel that I'm reading something which is a significant contribution to English language(ish!) literature, and it is worth the hype. It is the first book/set of books that I've read since starting to work through this list that I have felt really justified its position on the "top 100" on any grounds other than being pretty pretentious!

Will post one final time when I finish it!

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