How long did it take you to read TLotR?

Pitchike12 · 02-02-2011, 12:09 AM

Just wondering, considering that over this summer I am planning to attempt reading it once again. I've only ever got halfway through, mainly because I decided to have a good go at it and then a new SW book came out...

***Alcuin*** · 02-02-2011, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitchike12

Just wondering, considering that over this summer I am planning to attempt reading it once again. I've only ever got halfway through, mainly because I decided to have a good go at it and then a new SW book came out...

First time, 3 weeks. Since then, sometimes a week (as in, sick and snowed in and nothing else to do) to much longer, but 3 weeks is about average.

Is it possible to convert this into a poll so we can see the results after a few years?

GrayMouser · 02-02-2011, 06:43 AM

Four weeks...but only because I had to wait two weeks for someone at the library to return "Return of the King". Longest two weeks of my life.

EllethValatari · 02-02-2011, 01:40 PM

I'd also say about four weeks. We started reading it at school, at a very slow pace. I got into it very quickly though and finished it on my own before the class even finished FotR. That was a long time ago!

the insane one · 02-02-2011, 03:26 PM

When I first read LOTR it felt like months, but then again everything seems to take a long while when you are young.
Laterly I have been able to read the trilogy in 2 weeks, but I still think it is better to take ones time and truly savor the text.

I believe it is more realistic if you reach mount doom after a few weeks of reading, just like frodo. Afteral, Tolkien spent the best part of 10 years on and off to write it, so its a shame to blitz straight through and then dismiss it

BeardofPants · 02-02-2011, 03:39 PM

First time took awhile because I got stuck on TT, but thereafter, prolly between 2-4 weeks, depending on how prioritised the reading is. I've read it more than 10 times now.

***Valandil*** · 02-02-2011, 04:05 PM

I usually take my time, and sometimes have to read in snippets. I tend to stretch it out to a few months.

Beren3000 · 03-11-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Valandil

I usually take my time, and sometimes have to read in snippets. I tend to stretch it out to a few months.

Same here.

Galenavar · 02-04-2011, 01:10 AM

A month. I was 12 or 13 at the time, I remember reading the trilogy in a month (Two Towers was difficult) and then I checked out the Silmarillion from the school library.

And proceeded to renew it for the next two months as I read it all. The librarian got a kick out of that.

***Alcuin*** · 02-04-2011, 01:28 AM

I was 12 or 13, too. It’s the second half of Two Towers that’s so difficult, particularly the first time through. I thought Frodo’d never get out of that wretched marsh, or through Ithilien, or over the mountains! Not that there weren’t pleasant surprises – Faramir was a pleasant surprise! – and unpleasant ones – Shelob was an unpleasant surprise! And when we returned to that part of the story in Return of the King, it was all exciting until there was mile after mile after mile of Gorgoroth – and then woof! Sammath Naur! It was long ago, but that’s my recollection… Nowadays, it doesn’t seem that way any longer, but back then…

***Valandil*** · 02-04-2011, 01:37 AM

Yes - it's amazing now to realize how few pages there are in Book 6 that describe Frodo and Sam in Mordor!

Serenoli · 03-24-2011, 01:42 AM

My first read: took one day, and I'm not kidding. :P

My brother borrowed it from his school library for me and threatened (jokingly) to return it the very next morning; and I took him seriously, and read furiously from afternoon till 2 am. I still count it as one of my biggest achievements in life

02-02-2011, 12:09 AM	#1
Pitchike12 Enting Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: In the land of Mordor Posts: 56	How long did it take you to read TLotR? Just wondering, considering that over this summer I am planning to attempt reading it once again. I've only ever got halfway through, mainly because I decided to have a good go at it and then a new SW book came out... __________________ Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. -Gandalf Last edited by Pitchike12 : 02-02-2011 at 12:10 AM.

02-02-2011, 06:43 AM	#3
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Four weeks...but only because I had to wait two weeks for someone at the library to return "Return of the King". Longest two weeks of my life. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

02-02-2011, 01:40 PM	#4
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	I'd also say about four weeks. We started reading it at school, at a very slow pace. I got into it very quickly though and finished it on my own before the class even finished FotR. That was a long time ago! __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

02-02-2011, 03:26 PM	#5
the insane one Sapling Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 11	When I first read LOTR it felt like months, but then again everything seems to take a long while when you are young. Laterly I have been able to read the trilogy in 2 weeks, but I still think it is better to take ones time and truly savor the text. I believe it is more realistic if you reach mount doom after a few weeks of reading, just like frodo. Afteral, Tolkien spent the best part of 10 years on and off to write it, so its a shame to blitz straight through and then dismiss it __________________ "I liked white better," i said. "White!" he sneered "It serves as the begining. White cloth may be dyed. The white page may be overwritten; and the white light may be broken." "in which case is is no longer white" siad I. "And he that breaks something to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."

02-02-2011, 03:39 PM	#6
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	First time took awhile because I got stuck on TT, but thereafter, prolly between 2-4 weeks, depending on how prioritised the reading is. I've read it more than 10 times now. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

02-02-2011, 04:05 PM	#7
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	I usually take my time, and sometimes have to read in snippets. I tend to stretch it out to a few months. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

02-04-2011, 01:10 AM	#9
Galenavar Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: WI Posts: 129	A month. I was 12 or 13 at the time, I remember reading the trilogy in a month (Two Towers was difficult) and then I checked out the Silmarillion from the school library. And proceeded to renew it for the next two months as I read it all. The librarian got a kick out of that. __________________ Galenavar Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo If there's no magic, there's no meaning.

02-04-2011, 01:28 AM	#10
*Alcuin* Salt Miner Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: gone to Far Harad Posts: 987	I was 12 or 13, too. It’s the second half of Two Towers that’s so difficult, particularly the first time through. I thought Frodo’d never get out of that wretched marsh, or through Ithilien, or over the mountains! Not that there weren’t pleasant surprises – Faramir was a pleasant surprise! – and unpleasant ones – Shelob was an unpleasant surprise! And when we returned to that part of the story in Return of the King, it was all exciting until there was mile after mile after mile of Gorgoroth – and then woof! Sammath Naur! It was long ago, but that’s my recollection… Nowadays, it doesn’t seem that way any longer, but back then…

02-04-2011, 01:37 AM	#11
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Yes - it's amazing now to realize how few pages there are in Book 6 that describe Frodo and Sam in Mordor! __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

03-24-2011, 01:42 AM	#12
Serenoli Head of the Department for the Invention and Propagation of Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ithilien Posts: 852	My first read: took one day, and I'm not kidding. :P My brother borrowed it from his school library for me and threatened (jokingly) to return it the very next morning; and I took him seriously, and read furiously from afternoon till 2 am. I still count it as one of my biggest achievements in life __________________ "I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice." -Terry Pratchett, Sourcery Join the Harry Potter discussion, click here

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