To be fair, this has been an off and on read of mine for about a month (and I'm still not done--I keep going back to it and reading another book from the story). My Nook died in the middle (the MIDDLE!) of Martin's A Dance with Dragons and I needed a chunker to get me through. I found this in my husband's section of our library--yes, that's right, I'd never read it:
Genre: Fantasy--in all its original epic-ness.
By: JRR Tolkien.
What's it about? When accessories go bad.
Why did I pick it? Aside from just needing something to read, I felt my geekiness was not complete unless I read these books. I love the movies, and no nerd should see the movie and not read the book, right?
Who will like it? If you like immersive, loooong books, give this one a try--lazy summer afternoons and long winter evenings would be a good backdrop. There's also something nearly anthropological about Tolkien's exploration of the cultures and places the characters visit, so it…
Genre: Fantasy--in all its original epic-ness.
By: JRR Tolkien.
What's it about? When accessories go bad.
Why did I pick it? Aside from just needing something to read, I felt my geekiness was not complete unless I read these books. I love the movies, and no nerd should see the movie and not read the book, right?
Who will like it? If you like immersive, loooong books, give this one a try--lazy summer afternoons and long winter evenings would be a good backdrop. There's also something nearly anthropological about Tolkien's exploration of the cultures and places the characters visit, so it…