Status Updates From Las aventuras de Tom Bombad...

Well I finished reading all of the poems. Now there’s over 100 pages of Commentary, which I believe is just a bunch of information about how Tolkien came to write each poem, so I will probably just skim through it all.

I think Perry got what he deserved

I like this man in the moon poem

Did you know that “dumbledor” means “bumblebee “? Why are there so many different words for the same thing?!

“Cockshut” means twilight, apparently. Had to look it up

* Goldberry

I guess this is the version before Goldberg was his daughter?!

I love that the preface is Tolkien passing off all his different writings styles as being representative of various cultures and ages of Middle Earth. Ok

While reading Lord of the Rings, I came to love the oft-derided poems that Tolkien throws in every now and again, and I also came to love the even more oft-derided character of Tom Bombadil, so I decided to read this book of poetry (Tom is sadly only in the first two poems). But I also learned some interesting information. Tom was based on a toy, and he, Goldberry, and the Barrow-wight all existed long before LOTR.