Tag Archives: Lord of the Rings

Thou Shalt Not…

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

“If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why?” I wracked my brain for a while on this one. I am without any question a bona fide bibliophile. I literally own … Continue reading →

Posted in audiobooks, author's life, authors, book series, Books, characters, collections, creating scenes, decisions, dialogue, experiences, favorites, goals, imagination, inspiration, libraries, Life, memories, novels, phrases, plots, Random thoughts, reading, Tonette Joyce, What if, writers, writing, writing from experiences | Tagged Billy Wilder, Chronicles of Narnia, John Ford, Liane Moriarty, Lord of the Rings, Rachel Joyce, Sarah Ballance's "Hawthorne", Sarahy Ballance, Stephen Spielberg | 6 Comments

Giving Books Second Chances…or More

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

I’ve posted before about how I could not ‘get into’ the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, nor the Narnia books and how now, I adore those series. I think there are others that I might need to go back to and … Continue reading →

Posted in America, author's life, Books, characters, experiences, Family, free week, Life, movies, novels, publishing, reading, Tonette Joyce, using talents, writers, writing | Tagged AA meetings, Lord of the Rings, mental illness, Narnia books, Norman Mailer, PTSD, The Hobbit, The Naked and the Dead, veterans, World War II, WWII Novels | 7 Comments

A Rare Review

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

In Free Weeks during recent months I have posted about how much I have gotten out of well-read audiobooks. Well-performed audiobooks have added greatly to my pleasure and cultural knowledge, for I might never have taken the time to read through … Continue reading →

Posted in audiobooks, authors, Books, characters, Faith-centered stories, fantasy, favorites, imagination, inspiration, Miscellaneous, performances, reading, Tonette Joyce | Tagged Alex Jennings, C.S. Lewis, Derek Jacobi, Earnest Hemingway, Jeremy Northam, Kenneth Branagh, Lord of the Rings, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Narnia books, Patrick Stewart, The Hobbit, The Magician's Nephew | 6 Comments

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

On this Free Week, I will finish the thought I began a couple of months ago on an audiobook I listened to on YouTube; one that had me enthralled. It was the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. As I have … Continue reading →

Posted in audiobooks, book review, characters, favorites, imagination, inspiration, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, reading, time management, Tonette Joyce | Tagged Aragorn, Arven, Audible, Gandalf, JRR Tolkein, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, Peter Jackson, Song of the Ents, usng time well, youtube | 6 Comments

“A Confession of Character” [R.W. Emerson]

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are talking about what character in a famous novel we’d like to be, (temporarily). Toughy! Although I might daydream about places or characters from stories, I never put myself in one as a character. I might want to … Continue reading →