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| Jewels by Lindelea | 4 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/29/2006 |
| Yes, such a year would put a strain on anyone. Poor Sara--but he'll recover well, we know it. Author Reply: Yes, he has some good years left, even if he must be careful and allow Merry to assume more of the load. I'm so glad that JRRT gave us death dates as well as birth dates for major characters... though I might wish for more information to go on... and though sometimes those dates are darned inconvenient. (I have Odovacar Bolger living several years longer than his span as reported in "Peoples of Middle Earth", for example, because I didn't have access to that book until I'd been writing fanfic for months.) Thanks! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/8/2006 |
| Oh no! Poor Saradoc. What a lovely, peaceful afternoon and then it all goes wrong! BTW - I am so glad that RL is giving you more time to add to your stories. Long may it continue. Author Reply: I'm glad, too, that I've been able to set aside an hour or two a day for writing, at least up until this week, which has held more than its share of distractions. I have an editing job that was just dropped off today, and so I won't have as much time, at least until I get all the way through that book and am able to call the author to come and pick it up again. So there may not be a lot of chapters posted through the end of the month. Hope the readers don't lose interest! Thanks for the faithful reviews. They are an encouragement and an incentive to keep posting, I must admit. | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/8/2006 |
| A blessing that Merry and Pippin were with Saradoc. They will do a fine job of helping The Master :) And I like that Saradoc knows Tom Bombadil :) Author Reply: I thought that it might make sense that a few of the older and wiser Brandybucks might know Tom Bombadil, and that they might have ventured into the Old Forest on occasion. Of course, I could be wrong! Thanks! | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/8/2006 |
| Late night, and early morning too? Dear lady, do you never sleep? (I know i don't!) Even with food still short before the next harvest after the Scouring, Hobbits are still resourceful about drawing food from the land. In a very real way, we see the Master providing for his Hall. So nice to see Merry and Pippin able to talk to Merry's father about their adventures, even if it is about some of the lighter moments. Too bad sometimes it takes something serious, like a heart attack, to make us slow down and take time for each other. I very much liked Merry holding his father, and comforting him with the old song and the childhood nickname, as his father once comforted him. Little Merry has grown in more ways than up. Was it Theoden, or no, I think it was Gandalf after Theoden's death, who said that Merry had a good heart, and his griefs would serve to make him wiser and more compassionate. You express that notion very well, here. I liked the parting shot. The Healer said it was good he had his strong son back to act for him while he rested. Merry said, Peregrin and I will try not to run the place into the ground! Saradoc will just have to get well very soon! Nice touch having the healer give him willow bark. Modern aspirin is derived from it, as most know. And now we give folks aspirin for heart attacks. Well done! Author Reply: Sometimes I drink too much coffee, trying to wake up, and it hangs on into the wee hours. I do better when I'm "off" coffee, but I'm hooked again and not quite ready to brave the four-day headache involved in quitting. When I used to take pseudofed for my allergies, it seemed I never slept! I got a lot of writing done in those days, at least until I crashed for lack of rest. I very much enjoyed reading your impressions. I think it was Aragorn you're thinking of, in your quote, in the scene in the Houses of Healing after the Pelennor. Thanks! | |