Do you ever read the chapters in your own order? - Page 2

Elfhelm · 04-16-2002, 01:20 PM

Tolkien wrote poems before he ever wrote these books. I like the collection of poems with Alan Lee illustrations! whooo hoooo!

Lady of Rohan · 05-02-2003, 10:51 AM

same here (for skipping poems and songs). I usually read the short songs and poems, but the first time I read LotR, I skipped the long ones.

I read the books backwards the 4th time I was reading them (last half first, first half last, for the Fellowship, then last half first, and first half last for TTT, and so on). Everyone thought I was weird (but oh well, I am so...)

Elfhelm · 05-02-2003, 07:16 PM

LOL! That IS weird! Not sure I could do that.

katya · 05-27-2003, 10:41 AM

I read the first time in order, then i reread my favourite parts, then i read all of the two towers in order and am now almost done with fotr in order. i guess after that rotk. but at the same time i am reading in order i skip around to a chapter i feel like reading. especially evey time i get to helms deep i tend to skip to something else. i liek the songs and poems a lot, but if i read them i can't pay attention unless i read them separate from when i read the story.

Anglorfin · 05-29-2003, 09:36 AM

The only time i read chapters out of order is when I'm trying to find quotes but then inevitably finding myself reading from that point forward. I recently finished The Hobbit after opening it to pg. 66 and just reading forward.

Silpion · 05-30-2003, 10:43 PM

The first time I read a book, any book, I read it all the way through. After I have read the book, I read sections or chapters and just go from there. So, sometimes I'll skip around one book, read another section from another book and then I may go back to the original book again. Some of the songs and poems I find hard to read because I can't get it right in my head.

Elf Girl · 05-31-2003, 07:31 AM

I try to read LotR straight through about once a year. It doesn't count if I start in the middle, read to the end, and then go from the beginning to the middle.

gimli7410 · 06-01-2003, 04:37 PM

when i first read the hobbit i stoppe about half way through. then about 3 months later i just started about halfway and read it. in LOTR i try not to skip parts but i usually skim through some of the boring stuff

jerseydevil · 06-01-2003, 08:34 PM

I read all the books in order - including the poems. I've read them 12 times.

I used to memorize the poems and write them in a notebook. I did the "Tale of Tinuviel" in caligraphy, as well as some of the other poems.

04-16-2002, 01:20 PM	#21
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Tolkien wrote poems before he ever wrote these books. I like the collection of poems with Alan Lee illustrations! whooo hoooo! __________________ cya

05-02-2003, 07:16 PM	#23
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	LOL! That IS weird! Not sure I could do that. __________________ cya

05-29-2003, 09:36 AM	#25
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	The only time i read chapters out of order is when I'm trying to find quotes but then inevitably finding myself reading from that point forward. I recently finished The Hobbit after opening it to pg. 66 and just reading forward. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

05-31-2003, 07:31 AM	#27
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I try to read LotR straight through about once a year. It doesn't count if I start in the middle, read to the end, and then go from the beginning to the middle. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

06-01-2003, 04:37 PM	#28
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	when i first read the hobbit i stoppe about half way through. then about 3 months later i just started about halfway and read it. in LOTR i try not to skip parts but i usually skim through some of the boring stuff __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

05-02-2003, 10:51 AM	#22
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	same here (for skipping poems and songs). I usually read the short songs and poems, but the first time I read LotR, I skipped the long ones. I read the books backwards the 4th time I was reading them (last half first, first half last, for the Fellowship, then last half first, and first half last for TTT, and so on). Everyone thought I was weird (but oh well, I am so...)

05-27-2003, 10:41 AM	#24
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I read the first time in order, then i reread my favourite parts, then i read all of the two towers in order and am now almost done with fotr in order. i guess after that rotk. but at the same time i am reading in order i skip around to a chapter i feel like reading. especially evey time i get to helms deep i tend to skip to something else. i liek the songs and poems a lot, but if i read them i can't pay attention unless i read them separate from when i read the story.

05-30-2003, 10:43 PM	#26
Silpion Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 103	The first time I read a book, any book, I read it all the way through. After I have read the book, I read sections or chapters and just go from there. So, sometimes I'll skip around one book, read another section from another book and then I may go back to the original book again. Some of the songs and poems I find hard to read because I can't get it right in my head.

06-01-2003, 08:34 PM	#29
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	I read all the books in order - including the poems. I've read them 12 times. I used to memorize the poems and write them in a notebook. I did the "Tale of Tinuviel" in caligraphy, as well as some of the other poems. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

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