New Tolkien!

Plagues! lady_moriel beat me to it: I was going to post about the Children of Hurin book coming out next year, and was so muzzy-headed that it slipped my mind. So: *bounces around in a very undignified and fangirly manner* I'm actually quite surprised that no-one else on my f-list has mentioned it yet; but then again, I didn't know until Mum emailed me an article. This shows how horrifically out-of-the-loop I have fallen. Er. Anyway. I wonder how much chance there is of my library getting it in if I ask very nicely or bribe them with luscious baked goods? Scratch that: I will pre-order it from Amazon the moment it is available. *more fangirly squeeing* And, although this could be lady_moriel's fault (a lot of things are), that particuar cycle of the Silmarillion has always been a great favourite of mine, despite, or perhaps because of, the utter gloomy tragedy of it. Although I would like to hit Turin with something very, very large and heavy and possibly lumpy. Because he is so perceptive that it staggers me. :p

I began Latin today, and I think I like the blokes who write my books. I was panicking fantastically a little, until I actually started reading the material and laughing at the dry British phrasings, and sample sentences like 'Nasty Brutus kills nice Caesar'. Also, my obsessive studies of Sindarin and Quenya several years ago have made foreign grammar and things like cases and conjugation and declension infinitely easier to understand.

Also, happy birthday Hermione! (I'm sure it's still her birthday somewhere in the world.)