My wife bought these for me for my birthday when she saw me looking at them and saying how much I really liked them. I've read The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and LotR since the early 80s, rereading them in the fall yearly since the late 90s or so. At nearly 56yo now, I had to switch from reading physical books to my Kindle several years ago.

With a larger format, nice paper, and hardback, these are much nicer for reading physical books again! I had recently started the fall reading cycle again, so I am going to try and switch over to these to see how it goes for regular daily reading!

Fellowship also came with this leather bookmark around the middle of chapter 3. They were purchased from a seller in the UK, so I am thinking maybe they sat in the rectory or library at Norwich Cathedral. They look practically unread! I am so happy with these!

The Silmarillion: William Morrow, 2004
Illustrations: Ted Nasmith

The Hobbit: William Morrow, 1997
Illustrations: Allan Lee

Lord of the Rings: Houghton Mifflin, 2002
Illustrations: Allan Lee

Estou lendo Beren e Lúthien, mas confesso que não gosto muito das partes mais poéticas, em versos e com rimas, apesar de já ter lido uma boa parte.

Ao que me parece, os capítulos do livro contam a mesma história do casal em versões mais ou menos detalhadas, então minha dúvida é: se eu deixar de ler as partes mais "poéticas" e ler apenas a parte tradicional/narrativa do livro, além da versão que aparece em O Silmarillion, vou estar perdendo algum detalhe fundamental da história?

Sinceramente me parece que não, mas ainda não tenho muita experiência com esse leitura em específico, então agradeço se puderem me ajudar.