I haven't finished the trilogy so I can't really answer, yet! I will circle back at the end. I have watched the movies though and I really loved them. Same with The Hobbit (I did read this one), I remember them missing one of my favourite scenes from the book, but I think it was in a later cut. This might be controversial but I'm excited to hear your thoughts!

It is crazy that there is still so much we don't know about TB

I’m not gonna lie, I was a bit wary since this is my first book in a LONG time about vampires. I was never really a big fan of vampire stories when I was younger. But I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t enjoying this book. I like the pace of the book and feel some attachment to the MC, I love her determination. I notice that I really enjoy character and relationship building (not just the romance) in books. Something I’m noticing more since restarting my reading journey as an adult. Listening as an audiobook atm. I realized you can’t really find this as an ebook?

Somewhere between my never-ending TBR pile 😅 and a plan to actually reduce it this year (which... isn’t exactly going great), I’ve decided that 2025 is the year I finally read Tolkien. 💫 But now I’m stuck on the big question: 🧙‍♂️ Do I start with The Fellowship of the Ring and go straight into the main trilogy? 🐉 Or do I begin with The Hobbit? 📖 Or maybe follow the timeline of Middle-earth events instead? If you’ve read Tolkien, how did you approach it? Would love your thoughts! 🙏

Lately I've been so obsessed with special edition books, to the point where if I finish a book and I really enjoyed it, I'll immediately be on the lookout for any special editions that are released in the future 😭. I try to only either buy special editions if I can find them really cheap on second hand websites or only buy special editions of books that I reallyyyy liked and find special to me, as much as I'd like to buy special editions of a lot of books, they tend to be quite pricey and I just can't afford it lmao. Do you tend to collect special editions? If so, what's your criteria, like do you buy them cause you found them pretty or you've already read the book and liked it or any other reason?