Have fun at your bridal shower and bachelorette 🎉🎉🎉 I had a blast at mine in 2022
@bookswithbecxКүн бұрын
@@teresalovesbooks thank you so much!! I’m so excited! 💍👯♀️🍾💗
@teresalovesbooks2 күн бұрын
Fun video! I make videos too🎉
@bookswithbecxКүн бұрын
@@teresalovesbooks I’m so glad you said that, I just subscribed! 😊
@philipbutler66082 күн бұрын
I think the Silmarillion is best read after the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Then you will understand that when Sam is giving his Soliloquy about the great stories they heard as kids that Sam is actually part of the old tales.
@philipbutler66082 күн бұрын
Watched the movies after having read the books about 10 times. They left out half of the endings of return of the king. Whe I was watching at the theater I kept telling my friends it’s not over yet.
@philipbutler66082 күн бұрын
Did you get that Frodos dream in Tom’s house was about Gandalf imprisoned on top of Orthanc?
@persallnas54083 күн бұрын
Omg u have an annoying accent
@daxjacob4 күн бұрын
Absolutely inspiring books! Your videos are actually outstanding👍
@bookswithbecx4 күн бұрын
@@daxjacob thank you so much!
@hadleygames16575 күн бұрын
Misery slays!
@bookswithbecx4 күн бұрын
Yay!! So glad to hear, I should be reading it this month, I’m excited!
@LeesBookCorner6 күн бұрын
I tried reading Vicious but I couldn't get into it. I feel awful about it because everyone says great things about it. It was like my brain didn't want to absorb the words. But you may love it!
@bookswithbecx6 күн бұрын
@@LeesBookCorner oh no!! I hate when that happens, I always feel like something is wrong with me when I don’t love a book that everyone else seems to love! I hope I liked it!!
@fitzlacker38916 күн бұрын
Vicious sounds soooo interesting 👀
@bookswithbecx6 күн бұрын
@@fitzlacker3891 I know!! I’m very intrigued!
@daxjacob9 күн бұрын
Absolutely brilliant video 👍
@teresarollen74259 күн бұрын
Good Luck with your August TBR! You need to read The One by John Marrs sometime. It is so good and a quick read.
@bookswithbecx9 күн бұрын
@@teresarollen7425 I really want to! It’s been on my radar for a while so now that I own it, I’m so excited to finally get to it soon! Thank you 😊
@davidbellamy261212 күн бұрын
Tom Bombadil literally existed before Middle Earth in that he was a character Tolkien invented as part of his Christmas story telling gift to his young children. Tom was a flamboyant powerful being who was the master of his own child-like realm. Tolkien also believed that stories were more secondary worlds (i.e. real and with their own rules) rather than they were allegories used to explain the human condition. If Tolkien was to stay true to his own principles then Tom had to be immune to the power of the ring partly because he didn't really belong in that world. Tolkien also realized that he needed to have evil and adult corruption within Middle Earth for it to be a mature story and Tom knew nothing of this; he was a being of whimsy and child-like tricks. If Tom was to be real then Tolkien had to respect his powers and mindset and that meant evil could not touch him.
@gleann_cuilinn21 күн бұрын
I fully support skimming parts of a book that drag and going back to reference them later. It's better to finish a book than to abandon it because you got stuck somewhere. And sometimes things make more sense once you come back to them.
@lotrfan202322 күн бұрын
www.youtube.com/@lotrfan2023 I think Tolkien's work is hard to comprehend without a lot of illustrations and maps for the reader's orientation. And the Peter Jackson films left out some of the best parts of the story and fudged quite a bit more that it adds to the story confusion rather than alleviates it. I've been illustrating the unabridged version of the Lord of the Rings with my channel, LOTR fan, up to page 274 now, a bit of competition for the Peter Jackson films if you want to see what the original story might have looked like on the screen.
@stevenstone30726 күн бұрын
Awww yea, Lotr best read!
@crystalmartin568626 күн бұрын
the audio isnt bad bad but dont worry, this is hard work, its inspiring to watch a small channel and a real girl that isnt doing some OF, but actually being real and just reading, and expressing your interests in the books you read for hobby time, truly amazing and you should have millions of view, God bless you <3 hope your channel blows up and dont forget how awesome you are.. I have not watched all your videos but when I have time I listen so Ill know if recognize any. I would love more Lord of the rings and Hobbit story time, lots of nerds will click on that ! anyway keep up the good work and dont give up ^-^
@bookswithbecx26 күн бұрын
@@crystalmartin5686 oh my gosh you’re too kind!! It is hard work especially while working full time! But it’s super fun so it’s worth it! Thank you so much ☺️
@starryk79Ай бұрын
well LotR was at the start 'just' the sequel to the Hobbit, that Tolkien started because his publisher requested it. There is a book that Tolkiens son Christopher published (part of the 'history of Middle earth' a 12 book series about the creation of Tolkiens world), that really show Tolkiens writing process for this book and it gets clear that he at first has no big plans. He always starts with the birthday party (there are 5 or 6 versions of that first chapter) but then he goes into different directions. Frodo is for a long time called Bingo and it is unclear how he is related to Bilbo. What survives to the published version of LotR is that it starts out more lighthearted and gets more serious once Aragorn gets introduced. For a while in Tolkiens writing process they didn't meet Strider but Trotter, a hobbit with wooden shoes in Bree who was also living as a ranger and an outcast but there was no talk yet about the Dunedain. The evil was the Necromancer, who was not Sauron at that point. And the Ring was at first just a magic ring, then it was a very powerful magic ring but not unique and finally it became the one ring that the Necromancer needed. So you can kind of see how the story could have gone if he kept it in a hobbit like style. What remains is the first part of LotR with stuff like the fox wondering about the hobbits from the foxes POV, stuff that just wouldn't happen in the later books. So yes it makes sense to read the Hobbit first but only the first part is Hobbit like because of Tolkiens development connecting this new book to the Silmarilion lore he created which it wasn't at first.
@x-wing878511 күн бұрын
Yes, this is good reminder. Tolkien's books can be read in any order without missing anything essential. The Hobbit was a stand-alone storybook with no connection to Middle-earth as it later came to be known. The ring that Bilbo found was really just a magic ring that makes one invisible. It wasn't the "one ring".
@AndrewVignauxАй бұрын
That was really nice. Thanks. There are lots of good reference materials for studying "The Lord of the Rings". For example, I assume you've seen the behind-the-scenes documentaries of the Peter Jackson movies as they have several parts about adapting the book for the movies. But, you might also be interested in viewing the following book-club live-stream sessions. The host of the stream, like you, had seen the movies and had decided to read the books for the first time - not a literary analysis, just a film fan who wanted to read the books. And she has cats. It was a book-club, so the viewers were meant to read the given chapters and join her for the live-stream where she talked about her thoughts on that section and reacting to live comments from the community. [Disclaimer: I was one of the people on the chat.] She has stopped (or at least paused) doing them due to lack of time but she got half-way through "The Two Towers" so there's enough there to get some value. Anyway, if you're interested it is in the "Live" tab section of the @LIPPSMACKER KZfaq channel. You should be able to replay the live-stream comments along-side the video to see what people where chatting about. Here is the link to the first stream. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNJnq7OUpqemmJ8.html
@nazimelmardiАй бұрын
Great to see that over and over pops up new review of Lord of the Rings and no matter how many people “cry” about being hard to read, new readers join. 👏 Not many things in fantasy lives up to Tolkien’s world… prob the only other fantasy story is Malazan, the Book of the Fallen is not an easy read but today it keeps the top epic fantasy place in everyone tier list who read it. Yep, we even replaced Lord of the Rings too. So if you are up to the next challenge? 😂
@bookswithbecxАй бұрын
Oh I’ve heard of that book/series! I might have to ease myself into a book like that but maybe in the future! 😁
@nazimelmardiАй бұрын
@@bookswithbecx haha not that dangerous. Someone who actually enjoyed Lord of the Rings? Yes, that’s longer. But at the same time? Payoff is a thing. We consider the first book the weakest in it… that is on the level of a Sanderson book let’s say. From that point it goes up and there is no lower than 4/5. The “issue” with it is the POVs. It has a bit more than usual… 33 in the first book… and it doesn’t go lower.. actually goes higher. 😂 Because the main idea is: you are a witness on that world jumping in at a point of history seeing everything from character POVs… no exposition… you will walk the land with them, see incredible details war, different events that build up to bigger events… the simple soldier eyesight not the big hero. Let’s say: in case of an Avengers movie it would take different POVs of police officers, civilians, etc… show how they try to fight back see the avengers at the air and they eventually fail but they see the heroes win because they did what was necessary down there. So in war not the general’s pov but what the soldiers think about him/her. They see lead and they fight. That’s one of the plots the war. 😁 it has others. It’s not a hero journey. No good vs evil. No main character, no obvious enemy and to cheer for. Question are not answered for you but to think who was right. The many POVs let the author show you both sides. Let’s say in lord of the rings you would see the orcs pov and it wouldn’t be that clear that they are the bad guys. That’s Malazan. On a way bigger scale.
@bookswithbecxАй бұрын
@@nazimelmardi wow that sounds really awesome, thank you for all that info!
@amberpineau1616Ай бұрын
You should definitely make sure Rock Paper Scissors makes it onto your TBR soon, it was so good!!
@bookswithbecxАй бұрын
I seriously need to read it soon! I feel like I haven’t been in a super big thriller mood lately, but hopefully I will be again soon!
@crystalmartin5686Ай бұрын
keep up the good work :3
@bookswithbecxАй бұрын
Thank you!! ☺️
@ayoolukoga9829Ай бұрын
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read Isaiah 34:16
@ABookNook2 ай бұрын
I really liked Shatter Me!
@bookswithbecx2 ай бұрын
Yay! I hope I continue to like it, I really liked the first book and the first novella!
@notnecessarilyinthatorder60482 ай бұрын
Both The Wishing Game and The Fellowship of the Ring are fantastic and I think you will/hope you have had a great time reading them. :)
@bookswithbecx2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! I haven’t gotten around to the fellowship of the ring yet (planning on starting it beginning of June) but I did read the wishing game and it was fantastic!
@teresarollen74253 ай бұрын
Hi, I just subscribed to your channel. I love TBR Jar videos! I loved The Housemaid. I love Freida McFadden. I think you will love Emily Henry's books. I haven't read Funny Story yet, but I have read all of her other books. Good Luck with your May reads especially Fellowship of the Ring.
@bookswithbecx2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! I really hope I get to The Housemaid finally this month and I’m really excited to read Funny Story, I hope I love it! 😊💖
@carolinelow7304 ай бұрын
How have we been best friends all our lives and I didn’t know you had authors in your family? Good grief I need to be better 😂
@bookswithbecx3 ай бұрын
I don’t know!! lol
@AlessiaShirover4 ай бұрын
💚💚💚
@carolinelow7304 ай бұрын
Okay, I’m gonna need to borrow “When Breath Becomes Air” based on your reaction
@bookswithbecx4 ай бұрын
Of course!! You so should read it!
@carolynhorne62434 ай бұрын
Congratulations on your engagement! 🎉
@bookswithbecx4 ай бұрын
Awe thank you so much! 😊
@starlasell56984 ай бұрын
❤📚❤️ Enjoy.
@Panagiotireads5 ай бұрын
I just finished this phenomenal new book of fairy tales entitled Sillies, Fancies, and Trifles - it was phenomenal and I think you'd love it. It would go with the lovely recommendations here. Keep up the beautiful videos :)
@bookswithbecx5 ай бұрын
Oh really?? I’ll have to check it out. I do think I like fairytale books! Thank you for the recommendation and the compliment! :)
@jmbmusic.5 ай бұрын
but uve never read tolkien
@bookswithbecx5 ай бұрын
I’m reading the hobbit rn. Very slowly… lol 😁
@carolinelow7306 ай бұрын
“How much longer” “not even close” 😂😂😂😂
@bookswithbecx6 ай бұрын
hehehe 😆
@carolinelow7306 ай бұрын
I love you!! I’m so glad you love your gifts!!
@bookswithbecx6 ай бұрын
I do!! Love you!
@meernay8 ай бұрын
Just subscribed! Great video! I’ve read Six of Crows and Song of Achilles and can definitely say that they live up to the hype! ✨
@bookswithbecx8 ай бұрын
Awe thank you!! Ooh good to know!! I actually just got both of those books in the mail the other day so def gonna be reading them soon!! 😊
@dearestkimberly8 ай бұрын
Just found your account and I think you might've just convinced me to finally post my own book videos and finally read the Iron Flame!
@bookswithbecx8 ай бұрын
Thank you!! You definitely should post videos and read it! Just subscribed! 💗