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When Winter Fell by Lindelea	7 Review(s)
Cuthalion	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/16/2005
'Dragging young hobbits to the library and forcing them to read,' Uncle Hildibrand muttered. 'What will he come to next, I ask you?' howls with laughter Gerontius makes me shudder in a very grandchildish way. grins And those entries make me hungry. Author Reply: You quoted my favourite bit from this chapter. Such a terrible thing to do to a child! (Actually, my littlest would agree, though she has no objection to being read to)

Larner	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/26/2005
Hobbit lad entries are so predictable! Tea menues! Author Reply: Rather like Wookies, always thinking with their stomachs.

Anso the Hobbit	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/21/2005
Not easy being a young hobbit when the Thain`s got his eyes on you! I laughed out loud at the journal entry though! :D Author Reply: Yes, I'd say Bilbo took a page out of his ancestor's book!

Inkling	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2005
So why am I reading this, and not the gazillion MEFA stories I should be reading? Well, it’s very quirky and appealing. And there aren’t many stories featuring young Bilbo and his parents (that I’ve seen, anyway). But it’s probably because I couldn’t resist the chance to get in on one of your tales at the beginning for a change, rather than having 30 or so chapters to catch up with! ;) I really like Isengar…for a looney, he seems pretty sharp to me. I suspect he will get to be heroic during the Fell Winter… p.s.—And ahem if I may just offer my own humble opinion, cuke sandwiches ROCK! Author Reply: O I know, and I ought to be reading MEFA stories as well, but my eyes are tired, the past few days, and so I will go early to bed and hope for better tomorrow. And I know that the "writing mood" will pass. It always does. And then, with the writing dried up for the moment, it'll be good to spend my computer time reading and commenting. One story, for sure, that I want to re-read and vote on is Thundera Tiger's "When the Ring Went South". That was one of the very first pieces of fanfic I ever read! I tried to vote on it last year, but it hadn't been nominated. LOL! And is your story in the pool? I think it is, but I forget. There's another good reason to move it up on my want-to-read list, besides the poignant sound bite clipped from the second Epilogue that I read on an email loop. My goodness, you have very good instincts. How did you know? Isengar is pretty sharp, even with his eccentricities. Or maybe he's eccentric because he's so bright? Thanks! Author Reply: p.s. I like cuke sandwiches if the cukes are very very fresh, the bread is sliced thin and the butter is unsalted.

Dreamflower	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2005
I love the entry that we finally get from Bilbo. Of course it consisted of the most important thing: what he had for tea. And I like your Bungo very much. He sounds like a good father. Author Reply: I figure that whatever else he may be, Bungo has got to be likeable. And I think he must love books. I'm still feeling my way, looking at Bilbo's character and position (What must it be like, for Bungo as a Baggins, to marry the daughter of the Thain of Tookland? The Thain could be just a farmer working in his field, bearing an honorary title, but not the way I've set up the Shire in my stories. Sometimes I want to go back and re-create it all over again, just for fun, without the elaborate society. Wonder what it would be like?), and trying to discern more about his parents through... what is it called, induction? or deduction? Something like that. Thanks!

Bodkin	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2005
I have a very strong hope that Bilbo gets over his fear of poor Uncle Isengar - who seems to me to be a very lonely hobbit, in great need of an affectionate nephew to listen to his tales and look on him as an interesting person in his own right. Bilbo could have become an Isengar - except for a few lucky breaks. His own smial for one. Plenty of dragon gold for another. Good health for a third. Bilbo is a smart hobbit, though. He managed to keep his secret - I liked the by-play about setting up a profitable trade in journals - and still get his tea before he had to write his journal entry. Unsurprisingly food based. This is a fun story - although my heart is bleeding for Isengar. Author Reply: I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I'm afraid Isengar is a tragic figure, though he will have his moments to shine, and he will have some comfort along the way, and at the last, in his ending. But that's a long time in coming, and there will be some very rough parts along the way, I'm sorry to say. I wish the story had written itself in a different direction. I have to look forward to the end, and certain bright spots that happen before the end, or my heart would break for the hobbit. Still, Bilbo's mum loves her little brother very much, and Bungo is a practical hobbit with pity in his heart, and generosity of spirit. Things may be looking up for Isengar in the near future. You never know.

Elena Tiriel	Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2005
Barbara checks her refrigerator: No bacon, nary a single mushroom, no scones, no strawberry preserves and definitely not any clotted cream (this being America), no salmon, no eggs, no seed cakes (whatever they are)... Reading your stories makes me feel terribly deprived... though you can keep the cucumbers, thank-you-very-much... - Barbara, with grumbling stomach... ;-) Author Reply: Lin pats the poor, bereft beast and hopes for better fortunes in future We can buy clotted cream at the nearest British market, or Cost Plus World Market, in little tiny jars at fiendish prices. (Or you can make your own approximation, I forget how, but I think the recipe involves sour cream and powdered sugar. Or you can buy raw milk, skim off the cream, let the raw cream sit on the counter overnight and then beat it up. Yum.) Perhaps our city boasts enough people from the UK to make those little jars worthwhile to carry on the store shelves. I know workplaces here that have afternoon tea, and a tea cart that comes around on breaks! Cucumber sandwiches aren't too bad. I do try to include them where I may in deference to "The Importance of Being Ernest". g Seedcake is disgusting stuff, unless you like caraway. But Bilbo seems to like it. And it has been fun to give Pippin a taste for the stuff. Makes him more contrary, in my mind, somehow. Thanks!

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