Reviews (27)

PSW · 24 November 2015 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Oh...I'm teary again. How wonderful... :-)

PSW · 24 November 2015 · Chapter 6: Tol Eressëa

I shouldn't have read this in a restaurant, it made me a little teary... :-)

PSW · 24 November 2015 · Chapter 5: The Straight Road

*Sigh* I'm all shivery.... That bit at the end of Akallabeth about the seas falling away and what could be seen in the distance has always been one of the coolest lines from Tolkien... :-)

PSW · 24 November 2015 · Chapter 3: Wind Lord

So beautiful and bittersweet...

PSW · 24 November 2015 · Chapter 2: Shipwright

What a fabulous conversation -- so many little pearls throughout! I especially loved the part about the sea -- it is very special in Tolkien's realm, isn't it? Wonderful.

Eirinn Leigh · 19 June 2015 · Chapter 1: Evenstar

beautiful

Endaewen · 20 January 2009 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Another perfect story. I'm sure I've read it before, but it was like reading it for the first time. I had a smile on my face the whole time.

demeter d · 15 March 2006 · Chapter 7: Samwise

I just finished reading your last chapter of The Three Towers. I thought I would look around, and found this which I had not read yet. ( I know, it has been here a long time.) But I think the Internet behaves much like your vision of the Undying Lands. Once something is here, it is as though no time has passed. this is a sweet piece. I especially like Celebrian's baby. Life indeed continues! Best Wishes to you.

sleepy_orange · 20 January 2005 · Chapter 7: Samwise

i am a self-professed Merry and Pippin fanatic. which is why i rarely read any fic that focuses solely on Frodo but I am glad that i read this fic. just like Sam, i cann't even begin to think of properly describing the feelings i felt as i read this, just that it was pure joy. it would take ever so long to even try and imagine every thing that you have described so wonderfully here. thank you so much!

Elanor1013 · 23 December 2004 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Oh, how wonderful. I'd forgotten how wonderful. I love your use of music and song. I love how the hobbits have such a beautiful and peaceful life together on the Blessed Isle. I love the reunion of Elrond and Celebrian. *happy sigh* And oh, it wasn't the last ship, it wasn't!

Armariel · 11 October 2004 · Chapter 7: Samwise

*sigh* Wonderful...this story reminded me so much of my trip to Germany, where I met my dearest friend in person for the first time...reading it felt like reliving it somehow, that seemingly endless plane trip and then the arrival in a place that seemed like paradise itself, far removed from time or the rest of the world, and of course the meeting with my own soul-mate, face to face for the first time. You really have a gift for touching the heart and bringing a smile seemingly without any effort at all. So glad you have no intention of stopping! thanks bunches Armariel

Rowan · 10 February 2004 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Words fail me. Lovely, just lovely. What a way to end a long cold winter day. Thank you.

Little Mouse · 29 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Excellant chapter! I really enjoyed it. I loved the little bit about baby Elanor, the idea that Elrond and Celebrian could have more children is a cool one. I may have to use that concept myself someday :) I especially liked the bit about the kind of fireworks Gandalf created as well, that was cool. Well done. I don't know that anyone else (you being the chief person) would back me up on my thoughts here, but if the muse should strike again concerning this story, then reuniting the final two fellowship members, Legolas and Gimli, with their beloved Hobbits might make for a great final chapter as well. That would certainly be a merry meeting! Anyways, just a thought. I've enjoyed this journey with you, it's been a fun and insightful one. See ya soon! -Little Mouse

Esamen · 29 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Hello, Happy New Year, and thank you for the beautiful last chapter of "Sing Me Home"! I just now got the author update from Stories From Arda. After a month of perusing all the good fan fiction that I can find, I am reading LOTR again, and I find that my experience with the original story is enhanced and deepened by the inventiveness of your work. I want you to know that I very, very much appreciate the integrity of your use of the canon in your stories. I am impressed by the amount of research and use of details from the book in "By Chance Or Purpose." A personal question: Now that ROTK is here, and you have written about so many different aspects of the tale, are you still fired up about writing fan fic? I am thinking about writing one of my own (telling of Boromir's first weeks in Rivendell, with his struggles and growth, relationships with hobbits, and Frodo angst & h/c told from Boromir's POV) but I am wondering if the whole LOTR fan-fic thing is still as immediate and gripping as it was last year. Do you think that people are still interested? How do you feel about it? Again, thanks so much for your beautiful storytelling. I was ill in October and November, and I couldn't do much but read, and I read a lot of your work at that time. It gave me many happy moments of fun and release from strain. I am very grateful, and I hope that the Lord richly blesses you back for all the good you have given to others.

Meldewen Ilce · 28 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Shirebound, first off let me say THANK YOU for writing this chapter - I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hoping you would and I am glad you wrote it after seeing ROTK -I mean I felt a little annoyed they didn't even hint Sam would later go into the West - in fact the hinted the opposite and while I LOVED seeing the Grey Havens played out before my eyes my mind was screaming "No, Sam WILL go West later and he WILL SEE Frodo again!" Wow but I never considered that on Tol Eressëa they would have a palantir that its inhabitants could use if they so wished to gaze back into the happenings of Middle-earth - it's a wonderful tool to allow Frodo to see all is well in the Shire and those he loved the most that were left behind are happy and content! I also NEVER imagined that Bilbo would be alive when Sam came West - wow he's got to be what - 190? I mean didn't he want to stay in ME long enough to pass the Old Took's age and that was what - 130? Anyway, in any case, I would say he more than passed the Old Took in age - too bad no one in the Shire would know about it! Sam's arrival to Tol Eressëa was PERFECT - I get tears in my eyes picturing him and Frodo hugging - and then what a picture to imagine all the Elves present bowing to honor Sam, the last of the Ringbearers! I also love that you gave Elrond and Celebrian another daughter - and named her Elanor to boot! That was a sweet moment! Oh and Gandalf making his fireworks again - what an appropiate way to celebrate the homecoming of the last of the Ringbearers from Middle-earth! OH and the descriptions - if only I could see for myself the firework's our favorite wizard makes! And lastly, it is nice to see that Sam feels home immediately in the West - though I suspect the biggest reason why he feels so at home right away is because Frodo is there and they're together again at last! Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for writing this wonderful and touching chapter! *sighs in contentment*

Nilmandra · 27 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Oh, Shirebound, you made me cry. As if I weren't already congested enough :-) I love Sam, Frodo and Bilbo being together once more, and especially the fireworks - Sam did love the fireworks! And you gave Celebrian and Elrond a baby. Now I am crying again.

pebbles · 27 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Beautiful. I read this story when it was first posted, but I like this new chapter very much. Well done!

Sandy K · 26 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

Janet, this is one of my all-time favorite stories, ever. You are the only person who could made Frodo's departure from the Shire a wonderful and happy experience for me. And now you've added another chapter! I'm crying all over again. It's so beautiful. Thank you.

Lossenchristal · 26 December 2003 · Chapter 7: Samwise

That is such a beautiful story! I have read several stories about Frodo passing into the West, but yours is one of the best! I love your references to the Silmarillion! One of my favorite parts is when Galadriel steps off and you make the reference that she was one of the rebellious elves at the beginning, but she is finally forgiven! That was so beautiful! I almost cried several times. Thank you for sharing your stories with us! Namarie, Lossenchristal

Orophins Dottir · 13 November 2003 · Chapter 2: Shipwright

You do well with my elves. May it be that I am as gentle some day with your hobbits. Círdan is, to my mind, not an easy character to depict. You have seen that he must have the strength to wait for the very last ship and the wisdom to guide those that go before him. I like this depiction of him. I particularly loved the line: “Home is that place, or that person, that sings the song we recognize, Frodo, and which recognizes us.” THAT is wisdom worthy of the Istari! I salute you. Humble Scribe to his Majesty Thranduil

Rose Gamgee · 30 August 2003 · Chapter 6: Tol Eressëa

Well, I finally got around to reading this, and... *bursts into tears* Oh man... this has to be one of the best fan fics I've ever read. I adored the way you wrote Círdan, and this line especially: "Home is that place, or that person, that sings the song we recognize, Frodo, and which recognizes us." Beautiful. It was great to see Frodo and Bilbo interacting with the Elves (and Gandalf, of course). One of my favorite parts was Galadriel's apprehension when she stepped off the ship; it was so great to see her getting such a warm welcome (I'd say she deserved it). And Elrond and Celebrían's reunion was just wonderful (I wish there was more written about that couple). And Frodo... it warmed my heart for him to finally find that peace and happiness! Thank you so much for writing this, shirebound, it is truly one of your best!

Nilmandra · 20 August 2003 · Chapter 6: Tol Eressëa

What a perfect ending to the story! I love that Galadriel was welcomed home, and nothing could please me more than to see Celebrian and Elrond reunited. That made me cry! (I know, I know, obsession and all that). I also loved that all these elves were waiting to see the hobbits too. How wonderful for them to be so warmly welcomed to their new home. I loved it - I love it when Frodo finds peace and healing and a place where shadow can no longer trouble him.

Aelfgifu · 20 August 2003 · Chapter 6: Tol Eressëa

hello! I love your work, and this is one of the parts of LOTR that I most wish tolkien would have written for us-but since he did not, I'm glad you did! Will we get to see when sam comes over? I hope! I have always wondered why Tolkien only left us with a vauge "your time may come" for Sam. Do you know if Tolkine in his letters ever said definitively that he would? And how would Sam know it was "time." I do hope the movies touch on the concept of "reuniting" as I think it is the one thing that makes reading the last 2 pages of ROTK bearable (sobs!) great work! --emma

Bejai · 19 August 2003 · Chapter 6: Tol Eressëa

A lovely story. The end of ROTK is always so bittersweet as our hero and some of the most intriguing beings Tolkien created literally "pass away." Loved Frodo's perspective on the reunion of Galadriel and Elrond with those they love. I've always thought that must have been and overwhelming moment. And this was wonderful: “I do not know how mortals see each other, Frodo, but when we look at you, we see a being of such beauty and Light that I cannot truly describe it." How appropriate. Thank you for this beautifully conceived and brilliantly executed story.

Miriel · 19 August 2003 · Chapter 6: Tol Eressëa

Wonderful ending. I admire how hard the decriptions must have been to write. Wow. It was beautiful. I loved the Celebrian/Elrond bit. Perfect. I did have a tiny question-as I worship your hobbit writings I was wondering if maybe you could read the first two chapters of my hobbits story that I am writing? It is here, called "When the Dwarf Came A-Visiting." I'm not sure whether it's good or not, as I've gotten several hits but no reviews. *Sigh* If you wouldn't mind, could you possibly read it and give me several pointers? Thank you. :) Once again, I love your descriptions of Tol Erresea. They made me weep.