Ten Years

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Ten years ago, it was a Wednesday. And my life changed forever.

I have SO MANY THOUGHTS, you guys. SO MANY. I may be back to say something profound later.




(In an amusing coincidence, Mark Reads starts Fellowship today. The list of "things he knows" is somewhat funnier than usual.)

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Mmm, LoTR ... my most vivid memory of it, actually, is from when I was about four, because my sister and I became acquainted with the books at a very early age - in the '70s, my mom read them to us as bedtime stories. And I still remember VERY vividly lying snuggled in bed with her and having her very earnestly explain that book 2 ends on a cliffhanger, but when she got there, she wasn't going to read any more tonight, because it was late and we had to sleep. And then she got there. And I'm all "....?!" and then "NEXT BOOK NOW PLZ! HOW CAN YOU LEAVE THEM THERE!" But no, she stuck to her guns and we had to go to bed, and I didn't get to find out how Frodo & Sam got out of Shelob's lair 'til the next night. *g* I am not sure why I remember that so well, when there must have been a whole lot of cliffhangers due to having the whole story serialized a couple of chapters at a time, but I really remember that one.

It was one of the first books I read when I learned how to read a year or two later, because I already knew the story.

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Dad read us the Hobbit when we were 4 and 6, and then I tackle LotR with I was 8. GOOD TIMES, and yes about the end of The Two Towers! I remember being QUITE SURPRISED.