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The Lord of the Rings: My Thoughts on the Trilogy by: Luke Fahnestock For my final blog post of the year, I will be revisiting The Lord of the Rings . As you may or may not know, my first blog post was a review of the first book in this trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring . Coming back to this series feels like the logical way to conclude this year’s posts. This post is not a comprehensive summary of the entire trilogy, so if you are unacquainted with The Lord of the Rings ’ plotline I recommend reading my first LOTR blog post. Starting off is The Fellowship of the Ring . The first establishment of the trilogy starts out in traditional, first book fashion. The first chapter jumps right into the events of the story, and begins setting up the plot. This direct introduction to the series may seem abrupt, but Tolkien is quick to clarify most unfamiliar terms. Additionally, if the reader happens to be dissatisfied with the background information that Tolkien provides in these chapters, the...

  Graphic Novel Artist recommendation by: Gabby As a person who’s recently only been able to read graphic novels without having to take at least a month to get through them, I thought that ending off my blog posts with another recommendation of one would be a good idea, this time however, of the actual artist themself.  Rosemary Valero-O’Connell is a comic artist who currently has about 2 graphic novels: Don’t Go Without Me and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me . I started my experience with her art by first reading Laura Dean , and it was a wonderful experience to read from start to finish. Seeing as this is mainly an artist recommendation and not one for the books themselves (though i’m still going to promote those) I won’t go too far into the book’s plot, but I will give a basic summary. Frederica “Freddy” Riley is 17 years old, in high school, and currently going through a toxic on-off relationship with the one Laura Dean. The narration of the story is told through Fred...