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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
Me, too. I bogged down in the Fellowship and had to restart twice over a decade before finally finishing the trilogy. The thing I most remember about my first attempt was turning the page and there would be yet another elvish ditty. I thought it curiuos that these were all omitted from the movies.
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What astonished me about the movies was how much they managed to leave
in.
When I first read LoTR, many years ago, I had to push myself to get past the first 100 pages. Once I did, I devoured the rest of the books quite quickly.
One thing I've noted in rereading over the years is which parts I savor. For instance, I used to fast forward through the scenes in the Dead Marshes. More recently, I've been appreciating them.
And the Elvish ditties didn't bother me a bit. There was a time I could do fairly good Quenya calligraphy...
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Dennis