When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.
While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.
So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some I have read more than once.
This week, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The three books the make up the series are
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The stories are an epic tale of ordinary folk trying to save their world from falling into the clutches of evil. If you haven't read these book, you can find them at your local library or favorite bookstore.
I've read the Hobbit a couple of times and seen these films, but never read any of these books. OK, slap me on the hand. Smile. They sound like they would be good ways to avoid the weather later. We're in the 4-8 range, so if you get less, then you are lucky. They do think it'll be around for a white Christmas though. Shut your drapes and blinds and don't look out the windows---smile. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time getting into the Hobbit. It's a children's book and didn't really appeal to me. We're in a 1 to 2 in, but I think mostly a sleety mix down here. A good idea to stay away from the windows
DeleteI've never read any of these. I somehow missed a lot in the literature realm by not learning the classics unless they were part of an assignment.
ReplyDeleteNever too late to read the classics
DeleteWonderful books. The Inklings produced some great literature. Have a happy weekend! Valerie
ReplyDeleteThat they did
DeleteGreat books!
ReplyDeleteI've tried....can't do it...... :(
ReplyDeleteSome books are like that
DeleteI first read them while I was in college. I love those books!
ReplyDeleteThat's when I was introduced to them, too
DeleteGreat books ...
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan