The Reader Travels

We’ve been skirting around Middle Earth for the past three weeks, and we’ve finally arrived. J.R.R. Tolkien took the stories of the mythical ring and turned them into a whole new genre of literature.

Like many fantasy adventure books, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings include maps to help you with your journey. And while you’re traveling, you’re bound to run into people who speak different languages. Tolkien was a linguist, and he built his stories around the need to share his elven languages with the world.

What a wonder are these travels, rich with magic, culture and language, good food, drink and smoke. Oh, and the geography is fantastical - hills and mountains, plains, rivers, forests. Be wary of the caves, though.

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