• Maybe doesn't belong here, I'm no LOTR nerd but I do Love It. This reference escapes me, the picture is stunning.

    Dragon firework from Bilbo’ birthday

    Ahh, Beautiful! I wish I had read the books, I just never committed to it. I feel like Tolkien's writing style may be tough for me, being all ADHD like I am.

    It’s fantasy. You’ll dig in if you give it a chance (or two).

    I like your reply, I'll give it another shot (when I spot the opportunity). Thanks!

    Post title is a verbatim quote. You’ll be fine. Consider this passage:

    “With cautious skill, tap by tap — a small chip of rock and no more, perhaps, in a whole anxious day — so we could work, and as the years went by, we should open up new ways, and display far chambers that are still dark, glimpsed only as a void beyond fissures in the rock.”

    as a metaphor for y(our) own (re)reading journey:

    “With careful reading, page by page — a small paragraph and no more, perhaps, in a whole anxious day — so you could read, and as the story goes on, you would open up new chapters, and discover new tales that are yet unfilmed, but glimpsed or mentioned in passing.”

    Take your time.