Aurora Australis

After re-watching all three movies in three days (the first two on vhs - it made me feel old :P) I felt like re-reading the books. The picture is the cover of my copy - beautiful illustrated hardback. It's a lovely edition, but I have to admit it's a bit awkward for actually reading, since it weighs a ton! (Not quite as bad as my all-in-one Chronicles of Narnia hardback, though...That one is like an encyclopaedia tome).

So far, I've read the foreword, prologue (interesting couple of spoilers there about characters surviving, even though it was written by Tolkien - still not half as bad as others I've read, where they told you the whole story!), and the first three chapters. I'm enjoying it a lot, too.

After the cut, thoughts on the books, films, and differences between them - SPOILERS for both.


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