Do you ever read the chapters in your own order?

Elfhelm · 04-12-2002, 02:16 PM

I wonder if anyone else does this. One way is to start book I at the Inn at Bree, read book II, skip book III, read book IV, skip book V, and read book VI up to the point where the minstrel of Gondor sings about Frodo of the nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom. That would all have fit into the space of one novel. And the last sentence of that paragraph is a great ending.

Not that I don't like the other parts. I just like to pick up where I left off sometimes.

Or what about this - do you ever feel like reading the trilogy chronologically? I think I could calculate that but I don't have time righ now.

I know, it's a weird question, but this IS entmoot after all.

Elf Girl · 04-12-2002, 02:44 PM

I sometimes read just one chapter that I like and then keep going from there, but never in any order like that.

sun-star · 04-12-2002, 02:48 PM

I dip into scenes I like or particular chapters to get them clear in my head, but not depending on which books they are.
How do you mean read it chronologically? Swapping between Books 3 and 4 as the events are happening? That would be interesting.

eowyn144 · 04-12-2002, 02:59 PM

after i'd finished reading lotr, a lot of my friends started reading it. so by the time they all started talking about it i had forgotten some bits. so they'd say to me "i just got to that part where.."etc and i'd have forgotten what they were on about.
so i started to dip into chapters depending where my friends had got up to just so i could join in their conversations.

i've also read the choices of master samwise several times but that's just because it's my favourite chapter!

Rosie-Lass · 04-12-2002, 03:25 PM

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i've also read the choices of master samwise several times but that's just because it's my favourite chapter!

Which we are NOT allowed to forget! Lol.
I've got up to the chapter Mount Doom and I read until 1.00 yesterday morning! Thats why I was so tired today! I can't wait to finish it. I probably already finished it, I read The Scouring of the Shire and the Grey Havens already. Naughty me! I'm not looking forward to reading 'Many Partings'. *Sob*.

***Earniel*** · 04-12-2002, 04:02 PM

I read them all in order. Not because it seems like the logical thing to do but because I can't stop reading once I started. I reread sometimes when it's a particulary good scene or when I forgot where I was.

Menelvagor · 04-12-2002, 05:39 PM

I always read them the way it's written. I dunno why, it just makes more sense to me that way...

cassiopeia · 04-13-2002, 05:43 AM

I always read it in the proper order, except when I first read it, I skipped ahead a bit to check if Gandalf was really dead. I like to go back to bits which tell the history of ME, such as the council of Elrond, after reading the Silmarillion or Unfinished tales (which I am reading now). I do tend to skip some of the songs/poems.

afro-elf · 04-13-2002, 08:02 AM

i tend to skip the parts with the hobbits and focus on the elves. dwarves, and men

Elf Girl · 04-13-2002, 08:03 AM

When I thought Gandalf was dead, I didn't skip ahead, I was miserable for days.

BeardofPants · 04-13-2002, 08:23 AM

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Originally posted by Eärniel
I read them all in order. Not because it seems like the logical thing to do but because I can't stop reading once I started. I reread sometimes when it's a particulary good scene or when I forgot where I was.

Yeah, that's what I do. I get too confused, if I skip chapters. Even though I've read LOTR 7 (or 8?) times, I always forget stuff in it, so when I re-read it, I'm remembering stuff as I go along, so it's not a good idea to skip stuff. I still tend to skip the songs, and poetry though.

Handmaiden of Yavanna · 04-13-2002, 12:49 PM

I got really bored with the chapters on Frodo and Sam so I skipped those and read only about Aragorn, Gimli and Leoglas. After I finished with Aragorn, I went back and read the chapters on Frodo so I would not get completely lost.

Ërendil · 04-13-2002, 04:05 PM

If i feel like reading the book properly i tend to read in order. But even then i only lightly read parts without the hobbits. But if i'm restless i read only my favourite parts which include all of book IV and from "Mount Doom*" in book VI to the end. (It is so sad...certain to make me end up in tears by "The grey Havens"

* is that the name of the chapter? I'm working from memory!

I usually get bored reading about aragorn, legolas and gimli. I prefer reading about Frodo and Sam!

Renille · 04-13-2002, 07:36 PM

I read what I'm particulary in the mood for on the day I'm reading. Sometimes my mind feels like wondering whether balrogs have wings. SO I read about Moria. Other times, my brain is hungry for elvish lore. So I find all the old poems and try to memorize them. At certain times, my mind needs refreshing at points. So I read those chapters. It's quite simple,really.

Rána Eressëa · 04-13-2002, 09:13 PM

Sometimes I make up my own screwy order . . . but that's just because it makes it more interesting.

elf_princess · 04-13-2002, 11:18 PM

I read it in the order it's written. But I usually end up reading a bit and then going back and rereading it. I'll read a bit, go back a bit, read a bit more, go back a bit... just to make sure I completely understand it... my mind wonders easy... lol

Bradistic · 04-14-2002, 06:09 PM

Skip the songs and poems!!! How can you do that? Those are the best parts. I got mad at my Dad when he told me that he skipped the long songs. I just can't believe it. Those are my favorite parts of LOTR.

BeardofPants · 04-14-2002, 06:13 PM

*Evil look*

Ooh, here is a poem, watch me skip it!
Dang, another boring song...

*flip, flip, flip. Pages heard turning.*

Ah, that's much better, back to the story.

***Khamûl*** · 04-14-2002, 06:25 PM

In three words: All the time.

I skipped most of the poems the first time, but the second time through, I read them. Calm down and take a deep breath Bradistic, and try not to hurt BeardofPants too bad.

BeardofPants · 04-14-2002, 06:32 PM

*Flip... flip... flip.... More pages turning..*

04-12-2002, 02:16 PM	#1
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Do you ever read the chapters in your own order? I wonder if anyone else does this. One way is to start book I at the Inn at Bree, read book II, skip book III, read book IV, skip book V, and read book VI up to the point where the minstrel of Gondor sings about Frodo of the nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom. That would all have fit into the space of one novel. And the last sentence of that paragraph is a great ending. Not that I don't like the other parts. I just like to pick up where I left off sometimes. Or what about this - do you ever feel like reading the trilogy chronologically? I think I could calculate that but I don't have time righ now. I know, it's a weird question, but this IS entmoot after all. __________________ cya Last edited by Elfhelm : 04-12-2002 at 02:17 PM.

04-12-2002, 02:44 PM	#2
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I sometimes read just one chapter that I like and then keep going from there, but never in any order like that. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-12-2002, 02:48 PM	#3
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I dip into scenes I like or particular chapters to get them clear in my head, but not depending on which books they are. How do you mean read it chronologically? Swapping between Books 3 and 4 as the events are happening? That would be interesting. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-12-2002, 02:59 PM	#4
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	after i'd finished reading lotr, a lot of my friends started reading it. so by the time they all started talking about it i had forgotten some bits. so they'd say to me "i just got to that part where.."etc and i'd have forgotten what they were on about. so i started to dip into chapters depending where my friends had got up to just so i could join in their conversations. i've also read the choices of master samwise several times but that's just because it's my favourite chapter! __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

04-12-2002, 04:02 PM	#6
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I read them all in order. Not because it seems like the logical thing to do but because I can't stop reading once I started. I reread sometimes when it's a particulary good scene or when I forgot where I was. __________________ We are not things.

04-12-2002, 05:39 PM	#7
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	I always read them the way it's written. I dunno why, it just makes more sense to me that way...

04-13-2002, 05:43 AM	#8
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I always read it in the proper order, except when I first read it, I skipped ahead a bit to check if Gandalf was really dead. I like to go back to bits which tell the history of ME, such as the council of Elrond, after reading the Silmarillion or Unfinished tales (which I am reading now). I do tend to skip some of the songs/poems. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

04-13-2002, 08:02 AM	#9
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	i tend to skip the parts with the hobbits and focus on the elves. dwarves, and men __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

04-13-2002, 08:03 AM	#10
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	When I thought Gandalf was dead, I didn't skip ahead, I was miserable for days. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-13-2002, 12:49 PM	#12
Handmaiden of Yavanna Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The far and fair West of California:) Posts: 101	I got really bored with the chapters on Frodo and Sam so I skipped those and read only about Aragorn, Gimli and Leoglas. After I finished with Aragorn, I went back and read the chapters on Frodo so I would not get completely lost. __________________ She wandered wayward for a time, from the gardens of the gods to climb the everlasting mountains free that look upon the outmost sea, and never wandered back but stayed softly singing from glade to glade.

04-13-2002, 04:05 PM	#13
Ërendil Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 389	If i feel like reading the book properly i tend to read in order. But even then i only lightly read parts without the hobbits. But if i'm restless i read only my favourite parts which include all of book IV and from "Mount Doom" in book VI to the end. (It is so sad...certain to make me end up in tears by "The grey Havens" is that the name of the chapter? I'm working from memory! I usually get bored reading about aragorn, legolas and gimli. I prefer reading about Frodo and Sam! __________________ "You're one of the Abaharaki, oh I had forgotten. Look at me, I am completly drenched! I do hate the rain, it makes me so depressed..." "Hehehehe, moeru moeru!" "That's it, set it all on fire; we're gonna smoke out Escaflowne!" "Oh, I hit the wrong target... never mind that creature was useless to us anyway. Our orders were to get the girl? So he isn't our concern, we don't need him!" ^_^ Isn't Dilandau just fantastic? You just have to love the insane, murderous pyro :-D

04-13-2002, 07:36 PM	#14
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	I read what I'm particulary in the mood for on the day I'm reading. Sometimes my mind feels like wondering whether balrogs have wings. SO I read about Moria. Other times, my brain is hungry for elvish lore. So I find all the old poems and try to memorize them. At certain times, my mind needs refreshing at points. So I read those chapters. It's quite simple,really. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

04-13-2002, 09:13 PM	#15
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Sometimes I make up my own screwy order . . . but that's just because it makes it more interesting.

04-13-2002, 11:18 PM	#16
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	I read it in the order it's written. But I usually end up reading a bit and then going back and rereading it. I'll read a bit, go back a bit, read a bit more, go back a bit... just to make sure I completely understand it... my mind wonders easy... lol

04-14-2002, 06:09 PM	#17
Bradistic Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 35	Skip the songs and poems!!! How can you do that? Those are the best parts. I got mad at my Dad when he told me that he skipped the long songs. I just can't believe it. Those are my favorite parts of LOTR.

04-14-2002, 06:13 PM	#18
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Evil look Ooh, here is a poem, watch me skip it! Dang, another boring song... flip, flip, flip. Pages heard turning. Ah, that's much better, back to the story. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-14-2002, 06:25 PM	#19
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	In three words: All the time. I skipped most of the poems the first time, but the second time through, I read them. Calm down and take a deep breath Bradistic, and try not to hurt BeardofPants too bad. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-14-2002, 06:32 PM	#20
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Flip... flip... flip.... More pages turning.. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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