false <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672232m/15331.jpg 34 164 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them<BR><BR>In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.<BR><BR>In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. 3204327 book 1951 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) total:144058|5:72465|4:40996|3:20461|2:6244|1:3892| 144058 604072 166051 2729 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 1 11 false Thu May 03 13:33:22 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 14:00:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 3 13 false Sun Apr 29 17:41:58 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 17:48:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 2 9 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1972 Sat Oct 27 22:37:05 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 22:37:05 -0700 2007
The year: 1972. It was a time of ridiculously insane fashion: hot pants, maxi-coats (and pads) and rough-woven cotton shirts, so scratchy they felt like the sartorial equivalent of surgical gauze wi...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 8 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Fri Oct 12 08:12:45 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 08:24:39 -0700 2007 the Lord of the Rings trilogy the best fantasy, and perhaps the best fiction, ever written. Middle Earth is a beautiful, rich, complete land to which Narnia pales by comparison (don't get me wrong, I very much like Narnia, too).

The beginning of the quest, which starts innocen...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 4 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu Dec 20 20:29:22 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 21:18:43 -0800 2007 The Lord of the Rings? I could go on and on forever. It is my #1 favorite book of fiction of all that I've ever read in my entire life. I am going to review each book separately, but much of what I have to say here applies to all 3 of the books. LOTR is so incredibly EPIC! The s...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 4 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Thu Jun 26 16:51:52 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 06:00:12 -0700 2008
Something happened when I turned 20. For no particular reason, the books showed up in my possession and I read them -- the whole trilo...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 5 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1966 Fri Jun 20 15:41:51 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 05:19:16 -0700 2008 5
Great story and great storytelling.

The gold standard for fantasy.

Elsewhere goodreads invites us to identify movies which fel...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 3 false Tue Apr 08 19:00:52 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 19:11:11 -0700 2008 However, I don't think it does any harm to tell a little story showing yet another way of how Tolkien can enter peoples' hear...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 3 2 false Sun Mar 16 14:42:14 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 17:37:21 -0700 2008 The Lord Of The Rings belongs into that category. I know that the Tolkien-purists might crucify me for saying this, but I'm saying it nonetheless. For ...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 3 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Jul 15 07:21:21 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 07:25:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 3 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 10 21:03:09 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 13:18:04 -0700 2008 I am currently telling everyone I have read them 11 times, but I am quite certain it is more, I just don't know how many more. Whenever I just feel really wo...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 4 1 false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:27:18 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 15:25:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 0 1 false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 19:22:57 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 21:37:58 -0700 2008 the Lord of the Rings at all, well here is a quick summary of what happened in the b...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 05:10:24 -0800 2008 Fri May 02 07:53:55 -0700 2008
There are many praiseful things I can say about this book, but I'll try to keep it short. One of the sharpest things about this first installment of...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 1 false Mon Oct 22 15:09:19 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 15:09:19 -0700 2007
My humble opinion: don't read this as fantasy. Read this as myth in a book.

LOTR comes with an incredible sense of history in an incredible world, lovingly detailed. It is basically mythology - and even...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 08:29:48 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 13:51:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Wed Sep 19 16:39:17 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 13:17:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 4 1 false Mon Aug 27 07:01:05 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 07:17:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 1 1 false Mon Jun 18 19:28:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 19:32:28 -0700 2007 the lord of the rings books, i thought this book was so boring i couldn't believe how everyone could love it! i thought most people didn't like to read yet claim they love this book? i mean, it seems so impossible! this book is so slow i couldn't believe i was still reading it. i h...more...]]> 34 0618346252 9780618346257 137152 2310 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001m/34.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring 4 1 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Nov 07 17:43:48 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 17:55:47 -0800 2008
Well my dear friends, I must say that the Lord of the Rings is quite different from The Hobbi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15331