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[F2F Book Discussions] June 2012: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. Moderator: Maria
In Fairfax, ang bongga ng book discussion poster!Excited na ko! *Hobbit pump* \m/
Natawa ako sa NO READING PLAN, hahaha! I'm reading The Hobbit now, para lang maennganyo (or madismaya?) ako sa LOTR 1. :D
Amoy Kwesi yung banner. haha
Rollie wrote: "Amoy Kwesi yung banner. haha"if you hover your mouse over the banner, you'll read the credits that goes to Kwesi.
San kayo nakabili ng kopya niyo?@Rollie: Hindi ako isdang nangangamoy! Haha.
Po wrote: "Im reading na rin The Hobbit at The Fellowship of the Ring (TFR)...Kung sa Jellicoe may OST, anu meron sa TFR?"
Naghahanap na ako ng mga pipitsuging singsing (ung napapanalunan sa mga larong pambata sa fiesta?) para sa giveaways. nyahahaha!
Bumili ka na lang nung chichiriyang may singsing sa loob. Pwede mo pa yun ipakain sa amin. Haha. Children's party!
Jzhun, LS: excited din! *hobbit pump*Chami: Baka hnd ko din masunod ung reading plan eh, kaya hnd ako naglagay. LOL
Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "Bumili ka na lang nung chichiriyang may singsing sa loob. Pwede mo pa yun ipakain sa amin. Haha. Children's party!"Cheese ring! Parang party game. Nakasuksok sa daliri ng isang player yung Cheese ring habang yong isa kakainin. Pabilisan uli parang noong Christmas party, which incidentally was held in Eton, Centris kung saan muntik na tayong masipa.
Mga taga-call center kasi tayo. Haha! :D
Where's the banner? I can't see it eh. :DGood luck to me. 10 years ago ko na yata nabasa yung Fellowship, hehehe. :P
Beejay: Naaamoy mo rin ba? :DMaria: Di ko makita.
Kwesi: Haha. Kung di ka isda, isa kang botcha. joke lang. :D
Wala pa ako copy. Shucks!
Huwag ka ngang magoff-topic. So san ka nakakuha ng copy?
Problem101: I don't yet have s copy. :)Maghahanap palang. :D Pero buti nalang at nabasa ko na ang The Hobbit. :)
I agree and I'm asking local bookstores if they have copy of the edition I like. I need to pair it with my Hobbit. Chos lang ba. Haha.
Same ata tayo ng copy ng Hobbit though I gave mine to Cary. :)
Hardbound ba? Hindi pala. Magkaiba pala. Haha.
sa BS hnd ako maka-tyempo ng set, laging two towers at return of the king lang, tapos PB copy pa. walang fellowship of the ring! :(
Rereading. Now in Chapter 3.
*lurks*Maria, I saw one dito sa BS Rob Manila, P1080
Di ko lang sure kung nandun pa
Hardbound complete set
8D I'm so excited! Should this be read first? Or the Hobbit? :o
Blue, you can read this right away. Chapter 1 goes back to the history (sort of summary) of The Hobbit. So, you won't get lost.Other people read The Hobbit first before this.
Then more discriminating people read The Hobbit and The Silmarillion before embarking to this. The reason is that there is the history of the parents of the lovers in LOTR in The Silmarillion.
Beejay wrote: "Ingrid meron din nyan sa BS Mega as of Sunday. Boxed set of the books, hardbound. 2 siya."Talaga?!! Hay, makadayo nga sa Megamall. :)
Ingrid, pag hindi ko nadatnan ung sinasabi ni Beejay, patingin ako sa BS ha. ;)
Blue, you can start this without reading the Hobbit. ;)
KD and Maria: Alright, thank you po!! :D
Ay ang bilis may thread na. Haha. Teka hahanap na rin ako ng copy.Just realized that I'm doing GoT + FotR this month. *dies*
Ay, magkasunod yong dalawa! :)
Grabe. Too expensive. Why not buy from BS. Dami kayang copies nito. Di na kailangan pang expensive. Kasi maninilaw rin yan kahit anong gawin nyo. Maraming naghihirap ang buhay :)Nakialam? May naghihilik doon sa kabilang department hak hak. Gisingin ko kaya :)
Favorite character ko sa book na ito, the first time I read it was Gollum. Kasi sya yong pinaka-sad na character. Ewan ko kung mababago. Si Frodo kasi parang di sya masyadong nag-transform. Si Bilbo naman, nawala sa circulation. Si Gandalf, sumusulpot lang pag kailangan so walang consistency. Si Gollum pala, dating hobbit?
K.D. wrote: "Si Gollum pala, dating hobbit?"Agree ako, kuya; favorite ko rin ang over-all arch ng story ni Gollum. Though si Gollum (view spoiler) ay galing sa ealier form/specie before Men called them Hobbits. :)
This story is told in the chapter: Shadow of the Past
Makikita pa ang full transformation ni Frodo by the end of The Return of the King. However for me, his stronger characteristic came out during the (view spoiler)
Ako na ang LoTR Geek! LOL! :D
My favorite comic relief in The Fellowship of the Ring is Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldeberry.Basta makikita nyo. :)
On the poems, you may skip reading them, but they give the whole book (or the whole trilogy for that matter) a "local flavor"; and like in The Hobbit, they present the characteristics of Middle-Earth's several races.My favorite poem in the book is the one written by Bilbo Baggins: A Walking Song. Kapag sinabayan mo ng Celtic music ang pagbabasa nagiging maganda siya — well, for me at least. :)
Finally, my book has a reason to be read. It's been sitting on the shelf for years now! :D
Charles: talaga? Can you give the link here? I wan to read about it. Thanks! :)
jzhunagev wrote: "Charles: talaga? Can you give the link here? I wan to read about it. Thanks! :)"http://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html
My officemate just came from BS Mega to buy me a set, kaso may nakabili na, nun lang din pagdating nya sa BS. hay.biglang naging elusive ang LOTR set ah. hehehe
May nakita ako sa BS Makati Square, pero walang The Hobbit. Hindi ko alam kung magkano, pero meron siyang slip case.
Maria wrote: "My officemate just came from BS Mega to buy me a set, kaso may nakabili na, nun lang din pagdating nya sa BS. hay.biglang naging elusive ang LOTR set ah. hehehe"
That's the Booksale rule: when you want to read a book badly, suddenly it's not available. Haha! :D Oh, the irony of it all.
Maria, di ko pa pala nacheck dito sa BSPero kung meron pa, I'll let you know ASAP
:)
NOTICE:To those who want ebook copies of LOTR, The Hobbit, and Silmarillion, please PM me. A kind lady provided them in hopes of helping those who are having difficulties in procuring the book(s).
=)
Beejay wrote: "Maria, sa Laguna ka pa diba? I'll can check it tomorrow, araw araw ako dumadaan sa Megamall. Pag meron pa, picturan ko."Just read this now, Beejay. wala na sila dun. :( waaa!
LOL
Tina wrote: "Ay ang bilis may thread na. Haha. Teka hahanap na rin ako ng copy.Just realized that I'm doing GoT + FotR this month. *dies*"
Kamusta naman. ako nga may The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest pa. *comatose*
A, I want this so badly... eBooks please, angguro.ngbayan@yahoo.com. Thank you so much Maria.
Tsaka napansin ko, bakit parang biglang dumami yata ang libro na trade paperback na P115? 4 books binili ko kanina, lahat P115.4 lang yon. Kung di P115 silang lahat baka bumili ako ng 3 more books pa. Kasi over na sa budget :)
Please check out the splendid book discussion poster made no less by our resident Nazgul (The Tyrannical Baron from Lake Evendin), Anna Kwesinina, on our group home page.Thank you!
Cool! (^^,)b
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This coming June 23rd (Saturday), we will discuss The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
NO READING PLAN. Let's just wing it. :D For readers who will try Tolkien for the first time, try 1-2 chapters a day.
I will try to post questions every week. Please include the spoiler tag if you are to comment something spoilery. Enjoy this epic fantasy!
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