Terri's comments (member since Jun 11, 2009)

Terri's comments from the Boulder Public Library group.

Melinda wrote: "Terzah wrote: "I loved The God of Small Things. A story of love and class divisions in India, its writing amazed me into tears many times. Beautiful and sad."
The language in this book stunned me...."

This one's on my reading list, and after Terzah's and Melinda's comments, I'm moving it to the top - thanks!

Terzah wrote: "Terri--You captured perfectly my feelings for LOTR! I found it in my pile of gifts from Santa when I was in 6th grade, started reading The Hobbit right then...and I have since re-read the whole ser..."

I'm with you - I expect I'll never get too old for it. Every few years I start feeling the need for my LOTR fix! :)

I first read the Lord of the Rings in the seventh grade. Needless to say, at that time my literary tastes were unformed, and I was blissfully unaware of some of the critiques of the work (archetypes in lieu of characters, not enough female protagonists, evidence of racism, etc.). I simply fell in love with it. By the eighth grade, I had memorized much of the verse, and one day while waiting for the start of chemistry class, I transcribed the whole "three rings for the elven kings" thing on the blackboard. My teacher must have been a fan also, because he left it up there for several days. Whatever its faults may be, or whether it qualifies as Literature with a capital "L," it ingrained in me a love of certain values that I hold dear to this day: the potential triumph of good over evil, the heroism of the little guy (both literally and figuratively, ha), and the awesome power of friendship and self-sacrifice. Of all the books I have loved, I have gone back and re-read the Lord of the Rings more than any other.