Comments on: Roads go ever ever on

By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:27:49 +0000

When Elizabeth at Half-Changed World recommended Manga, I couldn’t find any in our library, but DID find the c. 1990 graphic novelization of the Hobbit. The kids LOVED IT. We’re doing Harry Potter right now, but I haven’t forgotten that I want to read the ‘real’ Hobbit sometime this year.

I’m also re-reading LOTR for myself. I went to the bookstore to buy new paperbacks to replace my packed-away falling-apart 1984 editions, and ended up coming out with a beautiful single-volume hardback edition instead. I’m resisting the geek urge to compare this latest “authoritative” version with the red-leather version I bought myself 15 years ago….

By: readingwritingliving

readingwritingliving — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:12:35 +0000

I am feeling very nostalgic now. I read the Hobbit to my younger when she was maybe about 7. She loved it. My elder actually received the copy from her “Secret Buddy” at church, and I suspected it was one of his favorite belongings, ever, but she wasn’t into it. We watch LOTR movies, all 3 of them, as comfort together. I was sick as a dog on New Year’s Eve and couldn’t go out or do anything fun, and we snuggled together and watched Return of the King. It was kind of perfect.

By: Scrivener

Scrivener — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:26:35 +0000

Thanks, y’all. I suppose it’s not surprising that a path leading into the distance is a powerful image for a lot of people, but it’s nice to hear that you feel that connection too.

Gawdess: Do it! It’s been so fun. We’re in Mirkwood right now, the party went and left the path, everything went dark, and the party got separated, so now Bilbo’s in the pitch black forest by himself listening to the dwarves cry for help. Eldest had such a battle between her sleepiness and her desire to find out what happens next. And she’s asked me about 3,000 questions about Gollum. She’s really into it.

By: gawdess

gawdess — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:11:38 +0000

A path that beckons and is evocative of times in my life.
Now I am thinking about reading the hobbit to my kids.

By: cloudscome

cloudscome — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:30:22 +0000

This is one of the parts of you that I most relate to. I heard my dad read the Hobbit to me as a kid and read it to my eldest son when he was five. We started it one weekend when we were camping, sitting around the fire. I think I’ve read the whole series at least 10 or 12 times in my lifetime. I often think of that Hobbit song about the road. I LOVE pictures of paths curving off into the distance. I take them at every opportunity and often that’s what my doodles turn into. The road goes on and ever on…

By: revdrmom

revdrmom — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:14:11 +0000

I used to frequently draw a road, always leading off to mountains in the distance. Maybe b/c it was all I could draw (I doodle all the time, but can’t really draw).

I’m impressed that you read The Hobbit in 1st grade! Great that Eldest is enjoying it now.

By: Ellis V

Ellis V — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:57:50 +0000

Scrivner have you changed your e-mail address?