Connor’s Comments (group member since Jun 24, 2011)

Connor’s comments from the Middle Earth Geeks group.

Man! You all have read everything, haha! I have a lot of catching up to do this year if I can get my hands on most of those books. :)

Elentarri wrote: "Sophy wrote: "here's a painting of Tuor's meeting with the sea god that i like..."

I love John Howe's paintings! I had that Ulmo painting, The Fall of Gondolin, the Fall of Fingolfin and The Door..."

I'll have to look at them. I like Middle Earth paintings... Like the group's picture. :)

Todd wrote: "The Hobbit! Hands down the greatest book I have ever read. Read it every year."

Yeah, that book is great. That's a good yearly book. I used to read it every year on camping trips. :)

Paul wrote: "Hmm, from Middle Earth It's a tie between Lord of the Rings, The Children of Hurin and The Tale of Aldarion and erendis.

The Lay of Leithian, The fall of Gondolin (both versions), The Cottage of L..."

Those are my favorites too... except I haven't read Tale of Aldarion and Erendis. But yeah, everything by Tolkien that I've read, I have loved. I have a lot left to read though unfortunately.

Oooooooooh That's awesome! That would be a good desktop background :)

Kevin wrote: "Basically, Tuor is the good guy, a real elf-friend. I think he is Turin's cousin and their paths literally cross at one point without either of them speaking to the other. He flees the occupation o..."

I remember Maeglin and I remember quite a bit of Earendil. Thanks for the summery. It offers the info I need. :)

I completely agree about The Hobbit. It felt too much like some Hollywood production... Like it was more for the drama and less of the Tolkien feel to it... if you know what I mean.

Yeah, I don't remember much of that one... I didn't pick up a whole lot back in 7th grade. I should probably read The Silmarillion again, haha!

Yeah, when he went back, it followed the book pretty well Faramir-wise.

They were amazing

Michael wrote: "SOOOOO, is this group read gonna happen or not? I am itching to get back to Middle-earth, but needed something to read so I started the The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks last week! Those are s..."

Sorry, yeah we kinda are procrastinating. It's hard for us all to get on consistently, but I guess we could sometime soon. I'm halfway through Les Miserables, but I could get my rear in gear and try to get this group into action.

That would be really cool if we could figure out how, haha!

Idk if it has Rosetta Stone. I doubt it would, but that would be cool. I don't know if it's worth the Rosetta Stone money though, haha.

I used to not like Bombadil, but the more I read it, the more I like him.

Now two people have seen it! ;)

Welcome to the group! Bilingual? What languages do you Know?

Yeah, the movies will be awesome, but now they're making 3! Why 3? Why not one? I think it's for making money.

Yes! We could learn as a group! haha! That would be fun. :)

Yeah! Glorfindel is like, 20 bajillion times better than Arwen. :P

L.M. wrote: "Connor wrote: "Hi LM! That's pretty funny! Most people get into The Hobbit but not LOTR. Welcome to the group!

I've been rather inactive lately, but when I can get on more, we can decide on a book..."

Probably. When dad read it to me in 2nd grade it was a lot to take in, haha.

L.M. wrote: "Hello, everyone! My name is L.M. and I adore all things Middle Earth and Tolkien-esque! When I first read The Hobbit as a kid, I didn't really get into it. So, I read Lord of the Rings first. After..."

Hi LM! That's pretty funny! Most people get into The Hobbit but not LOTR. Welcome to the group!

I've been rather inactive lately, but when I can get on more, we can decide on a book to read. Sorry about the inconvenience. :P

Some of the Histories of Middle Earth I mean, not just the Lays. There are 12 volumes in the Histories. It's hard to get them though after the 5th one.

Speaking of The Lays of Beleriand, I'd like to try and read some of those in the group sooner or later.