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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gnarlo" data-source="post: 1236936" data-attributes="member: 2995">Oh, I have no problem with a negative opinion of Tolkien, everyone is entitled to their tastes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> While it is my favorite book, I don't believe it is best written piece of English literature and some parts grate on my nerves. Unless I'm very motivated, I generally skip from Old Man Willow straight to the Barrow Downs; unlike the purists out there, I was happy to see Tom cut from the movie. I like the concept of who he is; it's just the image as presented in the book of this prancing, singing hippy that wrecks the suspension of disbelief for me.But to answer your question, just write it down to differences in personality and wiring. I'm never, even if I had a dozen lifetimes, going to make it through all the worthwhile books written in this world and I don't have the compulsion to try. Yes, I have far better things to do in that time; I could be out working in homeless shelters or building houses for the poor, but I choose to spend it selfishly reading books for pleasure, at least part of the time. I know that's not what you meant by that, but that is my personal opinion of how I spend my free time, I suppose it makes me neutral by some alignment charts <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It's not a question of gleaning something new from it; it's a matter of relishing and anticipating the pleasure I know I will get from it. It's a stable and known entity, it's comfort food for the brain. It's the difference between bar hopping back in my college days and being married now; back then it was all about variety and how many different positions and techniques and body types I could experience, now it's about enjoying the company of someone who is loving, cuddly, and who after 10 years knows just how to nibble the back of my neck.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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