First Time Readers
It's every fan's dream to read the books they love for the first time again. The wonder, the joy, the excitement and forums and not knowing what is going to happen on the next page. It's one of the best experiences ever. Join four readers as they read and talk about Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and other nerd worlds. So come vicariously live through some first-time readers!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 77 minutes
- Episodes
- 176
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
THIS was the moment where the movie TOTALLY changed the book
There is a moment in most book to movie adaptations where the people who read the book just throw up their hands and communally yell, “Come on! That’s totally not how it is in the book.” It drives us…
00:16:44 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
The Two Towers: Bk 4 - Ch 4-6
Jon, Jenn, Danny, and Lizzy talk over what makes these chapters so good and why Faramir is the BEST in the books.
01:23:31 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
The Fellowship is TOTALLY different in the book...
In The Lord of the Rings film adaptation, the fellowship is very unbalanced. It’s essentially Aragorn doing all the work, and Sam is the real hero, but I have to say, as I am reading through Lord of …
00:13:27 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
We need to talk about Saruman
We need to have a long talk about Saruman. That’s it. That’s the whole intro. Because I don’t even know where to go with this because he is so vastly different in the book and the details that you ge…
00:17:10 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Elrond is Lying in the Movies
In the Fellowship of the Ring, when Elrond says, “you’ve been summoned here to answer…” He’s lying. And it’s actually the coolest part of the whole Council of Elrond section in the book.
00:10:38 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Revisiting the Lonliness of Bilbo Baggins
I want to revisit the very first essay I published on the very first chapter of Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring. In that essay I talked about the Loneliness of Bilbo Baggins and how I th…
00:10:40 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Why Boromir is my Favorite Member of the Fellowship
There are no shortage of essays discussing the legend of Boromir in the books and the movies. He seems to be having some kind of resurgence in the last few years because enough time has passed from t…
00:16:24 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
The Two Towers: Bk 4 - Ch 1-3
Jon, Jenn, Danny, and Lizzy talk about how even though there isn't a lot that happens in the first three chapters, there is just so much character development. And they talk about what the Two Towers…
01:42:38 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
The most beautiful line that JRR Tolkien ever wrote
My grandmother died when I was 9. She was the kindest, most gentle and amazing woman I have ever known. When she laughed she had a kind of hiss to her laugh, not really a menacing one like a snake or…
00:12:15 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
This one line changed how I read Fellowship of the Ring
I could talk for hours about why JRR Tolkien is one of the best writers who has ever lived and written in the English language.
00:09:16 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Frodo is Much Tougher in the Book
Everything after Weathertop is SO DIFFERENT! I cannot believe how much changed from the book to the movie and this is going to just be a long rant on it and then I want to talk all about Frodo at the…
00:10:14 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Tolkien is a MASTER of Foreshadowing
So I am reading the Lord of the Rings for the first time and I just finished the chapter where Frodo gets stabbed at Weathertop. And I have to say…everyone should have seen it coming in this chapter.…
00:09:27 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
Strider is such a Strange Character
So I am reading Lord of the Rings for the first time and I am on the Fellowship of the Ring where we FIRST get introduced to Strider. And as soon as I finished that chapter I was a bit shocked and ac…
00:12:37 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
Nicolas Cage could have been an AMAZING Aragorn
In the Lord of the Rings community, there has always been this funny rumor that Nicholas Cage was offered the role of Aragorn, and had to refuse. And luckily we got Viggo Mortensen and the rest is Hi…
00:23:05 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
The Four Hobbits are SO DIFFERENT in the Book
So I just finished chapter 9 of The Fellowship of the Ring, and I’ve got to say, the Hobbits are so different from the book to the movie.
00:08:42 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
The creepiest section of the Fellowship of the Ring
I just came to the creepiest chapter maybe in the whole book so far. Fog on the Barrow Downs. And I have to say again, I’ve never had so many questions about a chapter.
00:08:03 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Who is Tom Bombadil?!
I just have one question…who the $%!# is Tom Bombadil…Don’t even get me STARTED on Goldberry...how the river can have a DAUGHTER!?
00:14:18 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
The Two Towers: Ch 9-10
Jon, Lizzy, Danny, and Jenn talk over how exactly to say Flotsam, and their favorite chapters as well. These chapters were good!
01:29:18 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Chapter 6: Why the Worst Chapter of LOTR is Actually the Best Written
I have never hated a chapter more in any of Tolkien’s work than The Old Forest, but I have to admit, I think it’s actually his best written chapter (so far).
00:07:00 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
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