For Back to Middle-earth Month, I thought I'd work my way through my (long) list of LOTR to read emails/bookmarks/RSS feeds. I have nearly made it but it doesn't look like a lot of activity. So I thought I'd write about what I'd been reading. Although it would be easier to remember what I'd read if I hadn't been deleting the reminders as I read them!

History Lessons: The Third Age by Nilmandra: This one's been the easiest to keep up with because there haven't been that many updates in the past (quite a) few months. It's all about Elrond, so you can't go wrong with that one really But mostly, these are the stories Tolkien should have been writing - he just didn't realise how important/interesting Elrond was

Arwen's Heart by Bodkin: I started reading this when there were just a few chapters, so by the time I came back to it I had about ten to read. I was expecting to just deal with Arwen during the time when Aragorn was Estel, but it goes right up to the end of the Third Age, which was not an unpleasant surprise. Bodkin makes Arwen really sympathetic in this, and there are all sorts of other interesting things going on with other women in the story too.

A Lesser Treason and A Midsummer Night's Dream by Jay of Lasgalen: Every time I think I've caught up on Jay's stories, she goes a posts a new story or chapter. Both of these are Jay's usual twins stuff. Both really good, of course. A Midsummer Night's Dream has some great action scenes in it, A Lesser Treason has some great emotional family moments. I'm caught up now, Jay, you can finishe A Midsummer Night's Dream!

Don't Panic! by Boz4PM: Nilmandra recced this one in her LJ, so I had to go and see what it was all about. It's a realistic girl dropped into Middle-earth story. There's loads of interesting stuff in there about how they did ordinary stuff at the time, as well as loads of Middle-earth knowledge. There's a sequel but I haven't started that one yet - it took me long enough to read this one (it's quite long).

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