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Smoke and Mirrors  by lovethosehobbits 9 Review(s)
Lily BagginsReviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/5/2004
Ahhh... I ADORE stubborn Frodo here, insisting on getting out of bed, and especially Aragorn's thunderous yell! That was my very favorite part of the entire chapter, yep. Awww, two soon-to-be very incapacitated hobbits... Merry is probably going to get into such trouble. You know, you've painted a very beautiful and true-to-the-book friendship between Frodo and Merry here. Enjoyed this chapter greatly, as always.

Author Reply: Thanks Lil- I had alot of fun with these two. I wanted a little fun added into the healing. Glad you liked it and thanks as usual, for the wonderful review. tree

chickloveslotrReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/10/2004
I will truly miss it when its over!
but then again i cant wait until your next story!i am writing 1 myself,and i hope it shall appear on s.o.a..if it is not accepted i'll post it on fanfiction.net and send you the link!
lol
by the way i hope to hear from you via email! lotrgirl1415@yahoo.com
god bless you!
--Katie
aka:chickloveslotr

Author Reply: I will miss it too. Since August my mind has been so caught up in this fic that I sometimes let real life slide just so I can spend more time with my favorite people (hobbits, Frodo in particular). I look forward to reading your fic! And when the new fic is finally up, Ill try to let you know. tree

AnsoReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/10/2004
Another update! Yay! People have said it before, and I fully agree: This is wonderful, angsty and lovely. The interactiong between Frodo and Merry are beautiful. I look forward to more.

Author Reply: Ahh shucks, thanks Anso you have made my day. So glad you are enjoying the story. I hope to continue entertaining you for a few more chapters at least. tree

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/10/2004
This was very good. Glad to see that at least Merry is doing better with his dreams. I hope more is on the way as I really do enjoy this one.

Author Reply: How are you? I havent heard from you for awhile and wondered if I had lost one of my best reviewers. I enjoyed writing this chapter, although it was very time consumming. I hope to get the last few chapters up pretty soon (notice how I didnt specify a timeframe....I always hang myself if I do), thanks for your kind review, as always, and please continue to enjoy the fic. tree

kateReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/9/2004
Hi you have a really good story here. Am patiently waiting for the rest.:)

Author Reply: Thanks so much Kate. I am very pleased that people are enjoying it. And I am glad you all are so patient with me, sometimes real life just gets in the way of the things that are truly important,,,,like writing fanfiction. ;D I appreciate your review and will do my best to get the next chappie up sometime soon tree

chickloveslotrReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/9/2004
Dear LoveThoseHobbits,
You're very welcome!
Thanks for replying!
Someone with your writing abilities SHOULD be recognized (even if the "recognizer" is me :)!)
I really do hope you'll write A LOT more chapters for this story. As I said before it was very intriguing!
Even if you do not, I hope you shall keep writing.
If you do please don’t waste your talent on writing slash! From my personal opinion slash, with LOTR characters are just…..wrong. Please take no offence to that if you "enjoy" it. Feel free to contact me. lotrgirl1415@yahoo.com
All the best,
Katie F.
A.k.a.: chickloveslotr


Author Reply: Katie--you are so sweet. Unfortunately, this story is slowly drawing to a close. Of course, I HAVE been saying that since chapter 13, but this time I think it is true. I have loved writing it, and the reviews have been beyond my greatest expectations. I have another story rattling around in my brain, that I can hardly wait to start on. It has some unusual themes in it that I havent read in any other story and Im hoping to get that started after this one comes to completion. Im not very good at splitting my attentions between too many things, so I didnot want to start this new story before I had finished with Smoke and Mirrors, giving it my undivided attention...since my mind flits around constantly, that is no mean feat. I am so glad you are enjoying it, and the praise you have given me just makes me blush terribly, Ive never written anything before, and I feel great honor when people like yourself, say such wonderful things. I have your address, so Ill let you know whats what. thanks again, tree

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/9/2004
Oh, the physical therapy is wonderfully described! It's great to see Frodo back on the road to health. (And speaking of wonderful descriptions -- that drink tasting like 'apples and light'! My goodness.) I love the way Merry is instructing Frodo on how to take control in his dreams, and not have the dreams forever control him. That's a very valuable technique.


Author Reply: Janet--Thanks so much for reviewing!! It will be interesting to see how Frodo handles his next nightmare, huh? I foresee some more angst coming up, but he will be making more progress than anything else. Glad youre enjoying it.tree

ShirelingReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/9/2004
What a wonderful chapter, full of love and pain and hope.
I love your Merry...much more in keeping with book Merry.



Author Reply: Thanks Shireling- It does my heart good to know that my characters are coming across as believable, thats very important. Im grateful for your review and hope you will continue to read on. thanks again tree

Breon BriarwoodReviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/9/2004
I could have sworn I reviewed this before... This is an amazing piece of work. I am in awe and eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

Author Reply: Thank you so much. I cant believe how well received this story has been. Its my first, and I am rather proud of it. This chapter was LONG and so full of angst it took me awhile to post, and I apologize for that. I am very happy you are enjoying it. I love to hear positive reviews, so I hope to hear back from you again. tree

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