The Fellowship of the Ring

I am going to begin by saying after attempting to physically read the book multiple times and stopping because it was just so much to read, I got the audio book and started listening to it. I would listen to it as I drove, plugging it into the radio, to make the thirty minute drive into town more enjoyable. And if I was cleaning the house I'd put my headphones on and listen to it with my ipod. Next I am going to get The Two Towers so I can start listening to that :)

I also need to say that I am biased. I love the Lord of the Rings movies. I never did read the books before seeing the movie (probably because I was a little girl when the movies came out). But I always intended to. I read the Hobbit twice before the movie came out (and not because I jumped on the bandwagon. A few years before for fun and the year before for school). I actually found the Hobbit a much easier read than the Fellowship of the Ring.

Back on topic, though. I'm biased mostly in how I picture the characters (Viggo Mortensen is the PERFECT Aragorn. Really, all the actors have become the characters to me I cannot imagine them a different way.) But I think the one thing that really struck me as different from the book and the movies is Legolas.

I disliked Legolas in the book! I was not expecting that. They way they portray Legolas in the movies is so different from the book, at least to me. In the movie Legolas is amazing. In the book, he is just 'eh'.

I loved how much more Legolas and Gimli's friendship is developed in the book though. The movie failed in that regard, and I always loved Legolas and Gimli's friendship in the movie. The book was great in that respect :)

And Boromir. Woooooow. You really really get his character more in the book than the movie.

I definitely found the book an enjoyable read and hope to read it again in the future. People seem to say you either love or hate the book, and although I won't go around saying I loved the book, I did really like it.




 One of the goals for this blog is to provide information for parents and readers alike to find 'clean' reads suitable for their children or themselves. In all my reviews I will mention general themes from the book, language, sexual/romantic interaction, and violence.

     Themes:
  fantasy, adventure, magic

        Language:
   None.

        Sexual/Romantic Interaction
 None

        Violence
 Nothing real objectionable. It is fantasy, so there are some darker themes throughout, but nothing I believe a teenager would have trouble dealing with. 

       I would give The Fellowship of the Ring a rating of mild PG

      On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = horrible, 2 = OK, 3 = I liked it, 4 = I really liked it, 5 = I loved it), I would give The Fellowship of the Ring a 4

Blogtober #11 - The Little Prince

     Remember #9 from Blogtober? I mentioned the deluxe package of The Little Prince, but how I passed on purchasing it. Well, today I bought it :) I had a five dollar coupon, and saved two dollars with my Books-A-Million members card, so what was originally twenty-five dollars, I got for nineteen! (A dollar and eight cents tax? Why are books so expensive ): ) That and I had my paycheck and I budgeted buying the deluxe package with it :D

     I am so happy I got it! Having Viggo Mortensen read to me is so amazing. I read the book last year and loved it, and have been wanting to purchase it ever since (but for some reason BAM only had this freak-ish graphic novel adaptation...). But when I saw this, I knew I had to get it as soon as possible. When I read it I only had tears when I finished the book. But driving home and listening to it, I had tears. It's such a beautiful, depressing but magical story, and if you haven't read it, you really really really really really really need to.

     And with my excitement comes photo taking! Without further ado, here is my deluxe edition of The Little Prince!

 

 

     Not only do I have a beautiful hard bound copy of The Little Prince,  I also have an audio tape of the story read my Viggo Mortensen, and both will be treasured for a very long time <3

 

 

 

 

 

     This is why I purchase books, because they will be treasured by me for my entire life, and hopefully will be treasured by my children and their children. Books are a legacy, and I wish more young people would realize that. Books are an investment, not a hobby.