To any random passers-by, this blog is about as straight-forward as the sub-title indicates: we are three old college roommates who have, against all odds, kept in touch over the years, despite being scattered across the country. We were all English majors (two of us went to Law School, while another entered a PhD program) and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy was one of our formative influences growing up; so we thought another fun way to stay connected would be to re-read said trilogy, see how they hold up, reminisce, and have some fun. Since we're all busy with careers and families and grad school and etc, we are pacing ourselves at one chapter a week, updated roughly every Saturday. I presume we'll be commenting on each others posts, as well.
I myself am way excited for this project, since I personally haven't read Lord of the Rings since High School, when I devoured them in prep for the Peter Jackson movies then in production (just to date myself a bit). In many ways it feels like my entire life has happened since then, so I'm especially interested to see to see how I experience these books now (not to mention to find out if I can even picture Frodo as someone other than Elijah Woods anymore).
Posts can be found in the blog archives, searchable by date. They will also be separately posted in pages, which can be accessed via the "Navigate Chapters" sidebar to the right. Finally, let's give a big hand to Ben Gillis for the snazzy site design!
Originally posted by Jacob Bender on Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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