Much of my December was spent indoors sheltered from the awful weather. I finished 5 books in the entire month. That's pretty good considering I have little to no time for reading, what with school, friends, and- well let's be honest- video games.
At the beginning of December, after watching a hilarious episode of Flight Of The Conchords I was inspired to read The Fellowship of the Ring for the second time. It was 5x more amazing the second time around. This time I actually understood what was going on. Although some parts were as boring as before, (*cough*the council of elrond*cough*) I no longer thought of them as unnecessary. It was way cool, for all the same reasons everyone else likes it.
After completing that, I decided to complete the series this time, because I would feel like a total LOTR failure if I didn't. Besides, I was anxious to watch the movies again and actually understand them. So I embarked on the epic journeys that are The Two Towers and The Return Of The King. Long long long. Though they kept me very entertained, I still have to say the Hobbit is the best. :-)
I then spent 2 days watching the extended versions of the movies and keeping it real. I was kind of disappointed that Tom Bombadil and Goldberry were left out, but I can understand why. Also I thought Treebeard was SO not as cool as in the books. And why that is, is a mystery to me.
Middle Earth was nothing compared to the dangers I would soon encounter in Alagaesia though...
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