Black Riders attack the inn during the night, so Strider opts for an early check-out to get out of Bree quickly. They soon discover that...
Frodo reads Gandalf’s letter, more concerned than ever at the wizard’s absence and the delay caused by Barliman. But at least the letter...
We begin with a review of the new biographical film Tolkien before moving on to the first half of Book I, Chapter 10. Frodo, Sam, and...
Cast in his unlikely role as “Mr. Underhill”, Frodo tries to keep a low profile at the Prancing Pony. But the attention he’s getting from a...
Frodo and his friends make their way to Bree, and to an inn with a strangely familiar name, in the first half of “At the Sign of the...
In January, Alan and Shawn were honored to be the keynote speakers at Signum University’s second annual Texas Literature & Language...
In the final pages of “Fog on the Barrow-downs”, the hobbits — now armed with nice, shiny daggers — reluctantly take their leave of Tom...
As we resume “Fog on the Barrow-downs”, Frodo comes to and finds himself trapped in a barrow with his friends unconscious beside him...
We begin the chilling chapter “Fog on the Barrow-downs” on the hobbits’ last morning in the house of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. Soon they...