what an interesting thread this could be.......pretty sure harry potter will
be mentioned soon!!!
i'm currently reading Lord of the Rings (still). after making some comment
on teh list months ago about Joni liking it i was totally convinced by Mark
(in Seattle) and Chris (in Cambridge, England) and others to run out and
buy the Hobbit, which i loved. it was so much fun, not exactly what i
usually read, but still a wonderful adventure story.
i bought a single edition of LOTR hardbakc with the intention of bringing to
the states with me....but it was a little too heavy, so i started when i
came home. it is thoroughly engrossing, is it not?
tolkiens writing thrills me partially due to his insatiable attention to
detail and back story, and partly because he has a charming sort of humour
to him. i think that one can read into his writing whatever one wishes. he
is not a didactic writer, he leads you but lets you interpret it your way,
he doesnt assume that his audience is stupid and must be spoon fed. you
must make connections with things that happened four hundred pages ago and
may have seemed insignificant.
i have also loved everything of Toni Morrisons that i've ever read, and i
could write about her for hours on end....if anyones interested. any other
Toni fans on the list??????
GARRET
