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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 7 – Mirrors and Islands

Posted on 27/11/2025 by Roseanna

The penultimate episode of our close reading brings us out of Moria, and into Lothlórien, with Chapter VI – Lothlórien and Chapter VII – The Mirror of Galadriel, with a sharp contrast against the preceding Dwarf TimeTM, with Tolkien going … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 6 – The Limits of Foresight

Posted on 12/11/2025 by Roseanna

Episode six of our close reading takes us through chapters III – The Ring Goes South, IV – A Journey in the Dark and V – The Bridge of Khazad-dûm. In contrast to the last section, a whole lot of … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 5 – Proper Noun, Place Name, Backstory Stuff

Posted on 28/10/2025 by Roseanna

The fifth section of our close reading brings us into the start of Book 2, with chapters I – Many Meetings and II – The Council of Elrond. We just tackled two this time, because the second one is a … Continue reading →

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Things to read if you loved Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

Posted on 26/10/2025 by Roseanna

First up, congrats on your amazing taste in books! High five. But alas, assuming you have already burned through Fellman’s back catalogue (if you haven’t, why not, fix that, and then come flail at me about The Breath of the … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 4 – Intrusion of the Epic

Posted on 09/10/2025 by Roseanna

In this fourth section we cover another three chapters: X – Strider, XI – A Knife in the Dark and XII – Flight to the Ford, bringing us to the end of Book 1. One sixth of the way through … Continue reading →

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When There Are Wolves Again – E. J. Swift

Posted on 08/10/2025 by Roseanna

The new novel from the author of The Coral Bones, When There Are Wolves Again follows two women in Britain from the present, stretching out across the years into the future of the late 21st century. One of the women … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 3 – Blurring Boundaries and Scanning Songs

Posted on 30/09/2025 by Roseanna

Our third session of close reading The Fellowship of the Ring takes us through four chapters: VI – The Old Forest, VII – In the House of Tom Bombadil, VIII – Fog on the Barrow-downs and IX – At the … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 2 – A Very Efficient Conspiracy

Posted on 18/09/2025 by Roseanna

The next section of our close reading takes us through Chapter III – Three is Company, Chapter IV – A Short Cut to Mushrooms and Chapter V – A Conspiracy Unmasked, a total of 44 pages in my edition. We … Continue reading →

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A Close Reading of LotR – Episode 1

Posted on 31/08/2025 by Roseanna

My partner and I decided a little while ago it would be a fun project (because we know how to party) to read The Lord of the Rings together, in small chunks and discuss it in detail over a number … Continue reading →

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A Granite Silence – Nina Allan

Posted on 27/07/2025 by Roseanna

I don’t always take notes when I read; it’s usually a thing for when I start a book with the intention of reviewing it. But despite having absolutely no such intention with A Granite Silence – I picked it up … Continue reading →

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