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So this afternoon, I came to the end of the Fellowship of the Ring. Yes, Frodo and Sam hopped into a boat and floated away while the others frantically looked for them.

Of course this only happens after Sam nearly drowns getting to the boat after Frodo tries to take off.

I left the waterwings at home.

I will say that in the latter half of the book, Frodo is a pretty needy guy. Or at least the others in the party think he is incompetent. There are repeated passages of him falling asleep in one place, and waking up in another. Tolkien clearly implies that Frodo was carried to the new destination be his companions. I know he is the ring bearer and all, but I would have kicked him awake when we got to where we were going and told him to move his sorry ass. He’s not a toddler.

Mr. Frodo, if you are going to keep doing this, you need to lose some weight. No more Elevenses.

Other thing I noticed, the arrival of Gollum. Frodo figures out the creepy one has been stalking them all along towards the end of the book. When he alerts the others, Aragon tells him that he knew Gollum had been following them, but didn’t want to alarm Frodo. Furthering adding to my theory that they see him as some sort of Rain Man or something. Again, I would have told him. He’s an adult and carrying the ring. Best he know not to go wandering off alone or anything like that.

15 minutes to Judge Wapner and The People’s Court

Finally, my linking the characters in this book to the music industry may have come from the sheer amount of singing they do. I haven’t seen that much poetry since Grade 12 English. Oh, Beowulf. How I don’t miss you.

Given the average length of a poem in this book, you are going to need longer arms or smaller print.

So, I am done. I will start Two Towers at some point this month, but for now I want to tackle some other books that have been lying around.

Until next time Internets!