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Harry Potter and the First Time Readers

by Jon, Danny, Kristen, Jenn, Lizzy
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  • Peter Jackson left out all the tension that JRR Tolkien built...

    September 30, 2025 · 17 min

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    September 29, 2025 · 19 min

    It’s time. I feel like it’s that moment in Lion King when Simba ascends Pride Rock…I am FINALLY going to talk about how in one simple chapter…one of the shortest in the whole series so far…Aragorn became one of my favorite characters.

  • The Beginning of the Two Towers is a MASTERCLASS in how to start a story

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    If you’ve read The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien, you know that this book starts off guns a blazing. It is drastically different from it’s film adaptation in that Boromir dies at the beginning of this book rather than at the end of the…

  • Why you should read the Fellowship of the Ring

    September 27, 2025 · 17 min

    Having just finished reading Lord of the Rings for the first time and publishing over 10 hours of video essays on the work, I think I am not a certified expert in this text…I am just kidding, please don’t come after me. But I do think I…

  • Who is the greatest writer of all time?

    September 26, 2025 · 17 min

    Who is the greatest writer of all time. It’s an impossible question…why would I even ask it…no one can answer that one in any kind of objective way…well Im gunna do just that.

  • Is the Fellowship of the Ring a better movie than book?

    September 25, 2025 · 33 min

    So I just finished reading the Lord of the Rings: The fellowship of the Ring for the first time in my life. And it was incredible. I will dote on it this essay. And so I did the only rational thing you do after you read an incredible book…

  • Samwise Gamgee is EVEN BETTER in the Books

    September 24, 2025 · 16 min

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  • The Two Towers: Bk 4 - Ch 7-9

    September 24, 2025 · 1 hr 54 min

    Jon, Danny, and Lizzy talk about the incredible ending of book 4, and the one point where JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis shed a tear over.

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About the show

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!