Some books are hard to define. Some books feel like they grab your arm and drag you on an unexpected, often uncomfortable journey, not allowing you to catch your breath and figure out what is going on until the story is halfway to being finished. Some books sound incredibly strange when you talk about them, but they leave you with an impression so strong, you think they will never let you go. After you finish reading them, you’re left confused and directionless. No other book

Any Tolkien fan recognizes the importance of trees in his works. From the Two Trees of Valinor – precursors of the sun and the moon – to the golden mallorn trees of Lothlórien, from Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor to its succession of descendants in Gondor, from the mallorn gifted to Sam by Galadriel and the Party Tree in Hobbiton, trees are scattered all across Tolkien’s Middle-earth, more than just props in the background. Their various significances, their symbolism, th

Let me begin by saying this article isn’t meant as a criticism against people who don’t like The Rings of Power. People are allowed to like or dislike whatever they want (especially if they try watching it before they state their opinion). However, for some reason, there are certain factions out there that enjoy spreading erroneous rumors about the show – rumors that might make those who have not watched it yet hesitant to engage with it. Galadriel If I had a penny for every

My apologies for the nerdy title, but “The Harfoots were not mentioned by Tolkien in the Second Age” seems to be a recurring refrain...

Sacrifice is a frequent motif in Tolkien’s works, and season two of The Rings of Power offers us many examples of sacrifice, both...

The Rings of Power has done a great job exploring many of the common themes found in Tolkien’s works –light versus darkness, hope, the...

Warning: This article contains a few direct references to events from the TV series Rings of Power . If any of you have not watched the...