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| Testaments of the Past by Dreamflower | 113 Review(s) |
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| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 141 on 6/19/2006 |
| OH!! Real recipes for the honeycakes and the cinnamon whirls! Wow - I wished for it (not thinking to check here first) and there they were! Where did the recipes come from? Did one of you make them up? Ok - very cool stuff here. Gonna need to get baking when I get back from my trip... Author Reply: Dreamflower here: I did make up the Honeycakes recipe, and tried it out. Yumm! You can do them in a bread machine, too. Just set it on "dough only" cycle, if you have one. The Cinnamon Whirls were Gryffinjack's contribution. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/19/2006 |
| What wonderful letters! I'm enjoying them as much as the hobbits are. How I wish I had letters I had written (or had received) when I was very young. (Should 'receipts' be 'recipes'?) Author Reply: I love to look at old letters and documents, and things I wrote when I was a kid! "Reciepts" is the old-fashioned word for recipe. You'll often find it used that way in books from the turn of the century (19th to 20th, I should say--it's so hard to realize there is another turn of the century now...) | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/19/2006 |
| Fried apples and onions? Hmmm... sounds intriguing! I love recipes (receipts). And honeycakes! I sure would love to try that one - it sounds delicious! It's no wonder that everytime I read a good hobbit fic I end up HUNGRY! There's always just so much good eating in them! I loved the letters too. It's always so much fun to reminisce over the past while reading old letters. One small spelling thingy though - Freddy and Folco go to *peak* at the dessert table and it should be *peek*. Just a little thing.... Great chapter again, Dream and Gryffonjack! Author Reply: Yes, hobbits do love food, don't they? It is fun to look at old letters, isn't it? And--you'd think with *two* of us, we'd spot a blooper like that! *facepalm* All fixed now! | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/9/2006 |
| Awww, poor Merry, feeling like there was something lacking in him, that he wasn't able to heal poor Frodo. His grief, his missing Frodo is all so beautifully and poignantly written. Well done, both of you! I hope he finds the healing *he* needs. OH, and Pippin's and Estella's concern for him is so well done also. Looking forward to more! Author Reply: Merry has always made it his special job to look after Frodo and protect him, so he feels like he has failed whenever he can't protect Frodo from being hurt, even though there's nothing he could do about it. Frodo's been like an older brother to Merry his whole life and Pippin and Estella understand that. However, Merry is not the only one missing Frodo as they go through the strongbox. Maybe Merry will get a chance to give some comforting as well. | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 6/9/2006 |
| Now what could possibly be in that box? Can't wait to find out! I love how Sam wrote and then crossed out the Mr. before both Merry and Pippin's names. Great beginning! Author Reply: We're discovering new things in that box all the time! Poor Sam, he's still trying to get used to not calling Merry and Pippin "Mr." Some habbits are hard to break! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/6/2006 |
| I love the kitten names ... we once had guinea pigs called after chocolate bars ... And poor old Merry. He inherited quadruple doses of the responsibility gene - he thinks every bad thing is down to a failing of his. I'd say that he'd worry himself into an early grave - except he clearly won't. Estella is a good match for him. And I can't wait to find what else is inside that box... Author Reply: Thanks! I had fun coming up with the names for the kittens. Chocolate bars? LOL! Very imaginative. Merry does worry more than the average hobbit, doesn't he? Thankfully, he has Estella, his children, Pippin, and Sam to help him. We can't wait to find out what else is in the box either! The more we talk, the more things we keep adding to the box. By the time we are done, it's going to be the largest strongbox ever built! | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 141 on 6/5/2006 |
| This will be short--have been away and am trying to get ready for an eight-week trip out to Colorado, so very busy and still trying to catch up. Oh, this is so sad and sweet! I love the talk between Merry and Estella, and Elanor and the kittens. Wow-it looks as if a lot of work went into those documents. If you don't update again before I leave, I can't wait to come home and read the rest! :) God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: I'm sorry, but we won't be able to update before then. We are having some computer problems that we are trying to get worked out so we can post the next part of this story next week. Estella is a great help to Merry and a wonderful partner. As for Elanor, she is such a dear that she practically writes herself! Although we have spent a lot of time working on the documents, we've enjoyed every minute of it as we discover more and more about Drogo, Primula, Bilbo, and especially Frodo. Have a safe and happy trip! | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/5/2006 |
| Poor Merry. I felt so bad for him when he said he still needed Frodo, even now. You never do stop needing the ones you love and look up to. Hopefully, going through the strongbox will be able to heal his wounds. Good thing that Pippin, Estella and Sam are there with him. I loved little Elanor and that she's the darling of everyone's eye, and Merry's and Sam's talk about the effect that daughters have on fathers. Once Pippin has his own daughters, he'll know how hard it is to tell them 'no'. :) Author Reply: You're absolutely right - you never do stop needing them. Not only Merry, but Pippin and Sam also still bear the wounds from Frodo having left. We shall have to see if going through the strongbox helps them to heal. Having each other certainly helps. I'm glad you like little Elanor! She is indeed the darling of everyone's eye. And, yes, no doubt Pippin will come to learn how hard it is to tell a daughter "no" once he has children of his own. | |
| lotrgirl1415 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/5/2006 |
| “He was cheated in life. First by the death of his parents and then by The Ring. As long as I have known him, there was always a part of him that was missing. A part I never knew.” I have always wanted some one to write a wonderful example of what Frodo really was...instead of the shadow that he was (I never make any sense! lol). I mean he was/acted only because of what had happened to him...instead of truly being himself.... Does that make ANY sense? Sorry! I am looking forward to this story the most of any stories that I am reading. *saves it to computer**adds to internet favorites* lol xoxoxo ~Katie Author Reply: What a nice review - thank you! It certainly does make sense. Hopefully, as they go through the strongbox, Merry, Pippin, and Sam will discover more about who Frodo really was, from before the shadow of his parents' death when he was a lad until the time he left for the Undying Lands. We are honored that you are saving this story as one of your internet favorites - thak you! | |
| PIppinfan1988 | Reviewed Chapter: 141 on 6/5/2006 |
| Beautiful! :-) Author Reply: Thank you! | |