Reading in the Time of Corona

What do you read when you’re isolating or social distancing yourself from others to help prevent the spread of infection? How do you choose the appropriate reading material to help you “survive” your isolation? Should you read new editions or old favourites? What genres and topics to pick? What media to choose: books, e-books, audio books, comics, manga, magazines, fanfiction? The choices are unlimited and mayhap overwhelming… However, we also have to acknowledge the fact that in some parts of the world, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus, libraries and book shops are closing down. So your choice of reading material can be limited.

 

Lord of the Rings 20 years after

Hello dear reader(s) and welcome back to another, slightly different, instalment of Nessa reads and reviews! As you saw from the title I’m going to write about Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy that I first read 20 odd years ago. 🙂 Hence the title. Although it’s dangerous to assume, I shall go forth and assume that everyone has at least heard about Lord of the Rings, if not read the books, or saw Peter Jackson’s movies. So I won’t dwell much on the plot, because this review was never intended to be about the plot. It was envisioned as a collection of musings about my relationship with Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy throughout the years.