184 books
—
256 voters
“If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it’s my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.”
―
―
“As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches .”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Words should not be used merely because they are 'old' or obsolete. The words chosen, however remote they may be from colloquial speech or ephemeral suggestions, must be words that remain in literary use, especially in the use of verse, among educated people. (To such Beowulf was addressed, into whatever hands it may since have fallen.) They must need no gloss. The fact that a word was still used by Chaucer, or by Shakespeare, or even later, gives it no claim, if it has in our time perished from literary use.”
― The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
― The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
“Tollers, there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
― Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
― Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Calvinist Batman & Friends
— 99 members
— last activity Mar 10, 2021 05:39AM
join us as we read good books, both fiction and non-fiction, both Christian and non-Christian. The only promise? The book will be a good read.
Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
The Golden Age Queens of Crime: Christie -- Sayers -- Marsh -- Allingham -- Wentworth (fiction)
More…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Catherine
Lists liked by Catherine































