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!bookworms any of you guys have any recommendations on botany and gardening? Something basic and something a bit more advanced.
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Finally finished LOTR. I don't remember the last time I spent that long reading a single series and I'm kind of sad it's over. What a good read.
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Nice, I'm just getting started on LOTR. I'm only on chapter 3 so I don't have too much to talk about yet, but I'm really enjoying it. One thing that sticks out to me is that despite the strong sense of place and descriptions of physical environments, there don't seem to be many physical descriptions of characters (I think Gandalf has gotten the most so far). If I've seen a book's movie I try to create my own images instead of imagining Elijah Wood or whatever, but it can be easy to just fill in a blank with what I've seen on screen. What do you do?
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When I read them, by the end of the first book I had a wholly different image of Frodo in my head just from reading the text. He is probably the most changed character (for the worse) and I'm honestly continually surprised by how many people overlook this with regards to the "faithfulness" of the adaptation.
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I use a mix of the movie, the old animated LOTR and also this book:
https://www.amazon.ca/Brothers-Hildebrandts-Lord-Pocket-Companion/dp/0762413832
The vintage art was much closer to the description of the people and clothes/armor than the movies in most cases imo
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