I’ve been really struggling with wanting to read lately, so I decided to start rereading Lord of the Rings while using my stationary bike and anyway it took a whole 56 pages but I’ve found my first somewhat irrational thing to cry about!

(It’s “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” Frodo said.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”)

I’m just going to turn this thread into a blogging thread for the duration of this readthrough and anyway can’t believe there’s no difference between me and elves according to Sam