#TROPRewatch S1E3 I love Númenor. Can’t wait to see Sauron back there in the next seasons! I dislike that the Númenorean men have beards, though (same complaint as for the films). But overall, the architecture, costumes, ships, Hall of Lore—it’s so beautifully done.

“That’s a tomorrow problem.” I need to adopt that as my life motto. 🤣 #TROPRewatch S1E2

#TROPRewatch, Round 2, S1E1 A Shadow of the Past. Season 1 isn’t my favorite, but it is absolutely beautiful. And here comes Celebrimbor, all happy and un-seduced by Sauron! I’m going to miss him in Season 3. 💔

A lap full of cats and my next read: a voyage through philosophy and faith in Tolkien’s works. A holiday weekend well spent! #Tolkien #Booksky

Three day weekend! Finally have some time to continue Reading All the #Tolkien Things. Despite my love of phonics and morphology (reading specialist), I’ve never really been interested in learning Quenya or Sindarin. This book may or may not change that. 😂 #Booksky

I’ve read LOTR dozens of times, but after having read all the legendarium this year (and watched RoP), reading through The Mirror of Galadriel just hits different now, in all the best ways. How Tolkien invented her on the spot yet poured so much history and lore into her & that chapter is amazing.❤️

Starting the new school year has seriously cut into my reading time. I’m re-reading LOTR for comfort. #Tolkien #Booksky

I know this book has rave reviews, but I’m really finding it a slog to get through. I think Shippey’s writing style and organization of the text is just not my cup of tea. The information itself is fascinating, but the way it’s written keeps putting me to sleep. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #Tolkien #Booksky

Trying to see my book around two cats vying for prime space on my lap is an Olympic sport. #cats #Booksky

Currently reading Vol 2 of Tolkien’s poems, alongside Carpenter’s biography (also glad that I recently read Tolkien’s Letters)—together they give a good timeline to understand where he was when and what he was writing at the time. Need to read Shippey’s Road to M-E next. #Tolkien #Booksky

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Next in my 2025 quest to Read All the Tolkien Things: Humphrey Carpenter’s classic biography. #Tolkien #Booksky

You know you’ve watched #RingsofPower a million times when you read this in The Fall of Númenor and picture THAT smirk. Can’t wait to see this scene on screen!

Life goals: establish a sheep ranch with a group of other women, call it Emerië, and make men say, “I will go from this misenchanted isle of daydreams where women in their insolence would have men cringe.” #Tolkien #Erendis #Aldarion

How I spent my summer vacation: reading All The Tolkien Things with my cats. #Tolkien #Cats #Booksky

Current reading: one Tolkien tale (that I picked because I love Túrin’s story so much) and two Tolkien-related books (that I picked because they are beautiful). A great mix of Tolkien’s love for stories and our love for Tolkien’s work. ❤️ #Booksky #Tolkien

Finishing up the last of Tolkien’s three Great Tales. (Last because it’s my least favorite of the three, although I do appreciate the connection to Tolkien’s own love story). For me, Huan will always be the true hero of this story! #Booksky #Tolkien

If I was in charge of the Enmys, these two would win all the awards. #RingsofPower

Finally found the motivation to get my lazy Hobbit butt outside and walking! #TheHobbit #Tolkien www.theconqueror.events/hobbit/

How does one tiny book generate so many tears? 😭 #Tolkien #Booksky

When your birthday coincides with Prime Day and you “accidentally” add a dozen new books to your #Tolkien shelves… #Booksky

Current status on my quest to Read All the Tolkien Things: alternating between The Fall of Gondolin and poetry from the absolutely gorgeous 3-volume set of The Collected Poems of JRR Tolkien. 💙💙💙 #Tolkien #Booksky

Reading my favorite tragedy, because it’s July 4 and Glaurung would be so proud of America this year. #Tolkien #IndependenceDay #Booksky

Alternating between The Letters of JRRT and these short stories, and it’s just delightful. #Tolkien #Booksky #SummerReading

My next Tolkien read. I’m only on page 30 and already laughed so many times. Man, I wish I could’ve met this guy! We could’ve been besties. ❤️ #Tolkien #Booksky

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“Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures.” - Tolkien

As a person of faith, this paragraph from The Nature of Middle-Earth hits like a ton of bricks. Even the Valar screwed up, trusting themselves to make decisions without consulting Eru, and in trying to do good, actually caused a lot of bad stuff to happen instead. #Tolkien #Booksky

So the entire first section of The Nature of Middle-Earth is just Tolkien switching from being a language nerd to being a math nerd for a while, and that makes me, a dyslexia specialist with a masters degree in math, extraordinarily happy! 🤓 #kindredspirits #Tolkien #Booksky

You entered the Mines of Moria... but instead of goblins, you fought off 17 hours of Instagram reels and 3 existential crises. Behold, your final boss: the algorithmic Balrog. 😂

Continuing my 2025 quest to Read All the Tolkien Things; a quest that is fully supported by my lap cats. #Tolkien #Luinellë #cats #booksky

All of us nerds united against fascism today ❤️ #Tolkien #Andor #NoKings

I think Blake is judging me for watching LOTR for the millionth time. (Or maybe he just disapproves of the omission of the Scouring of the Shire.) #cats #LOTR

This is the funniest thing written about the Trump/Elon break-up 😂😂😂

I’m on Book 12 of The History of Middle-Earth! I’m pretty sure I deserve some kind of official Tolkien nerd badge when I finish it. 🏆 🤓 💍 #Tolkien #Booksky #Luinellë

#TROPRewatch S2E8 And now the epic season finale. It doesn’t get much more epic than this!

First day of summer vacation, and I’m starting Book 11 of The History of Middle-Earth. Niënor and Glaurung are on the cover, so I know I’m going to love it! #Tolkien #booksky

#TROPRewatch S2E7 Nearly every scene of this episode is my favorite, so apologies in advance for all the posts. In other news, this is me, thinking about our TROPRewatch coming to an end next week:

Had some Etsy credit and went on a #Tolkien themed shopping spree. New LOTR bag decorated with Silmarillion pins (and of course now I need to collect ALL of them). ❤️

#TROPRewatch S2E6 IT’S HAIR BOW TIME! 🎀

“Mom keeps excitedly reading parts of this book aloud to me. I just wanna eat the giant spider on the cover.” #cats #booksky #Tolkien

I’m still thinking about how much I hate him 😂

#TROPRewatch S2E5 Halls of Stone Let’s go!

Book 9 of the History of Middle-Earth. OMG the chapter of Sam and Elanor discussing the King’s letter. I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭 #Tolkien #Luinellë #Booksky

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

#TROPRewatch S2E4 I remember the first time I watched this episode, I was like OMG BARROW-WIGHTS! OMG ENTWIVES! OMG TOM BOMBADIL! So many Tolkien-y things brought to life! Still one of my favorite episodes.

#TROPRewatch S2E3 Starting off with bestest boy Berek ❤️

My journey through HoME continues. Love the oliphaunt on the cover! The Two Towers is my favorite LOTR book, so the history behind how it was written is extra fascinating for me. #Tolkien #Luinellë #Booksky

Time to go stand up for democracy. Again. #419Day #50501protest

Bright blue his jacket is and his boots are yellow 💛 #RingsofPower #ThemesandVariations