Sam
@samwise_not_gamgee✦Founder
Fantasy completionist. If it has a map in the front, I'm reading it. Will fight you about Tom Bombadil.
Top Shelf
The Fellowship of the Ring
“The book that made me fall in love with fantasy at age 12. Reread it every November.”
Dune
“Herbert built the blueprint. Every sci-fi world since lives in Arrakis's shadow.”
The Name of the Wind
“Rothfuss writes prose like music. I've lent this to six people.”
Piranesi
“A love letter to wonder. Piranesi's joy is contagious.”
Currently Reading
Reviews
All 6 reviews →The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
Every page smells like pipe smoke and old forests. Tolkien didn't write a book, he grew one.
Not my usual genre but the atmosphere pulled me in and the ending left me staring at the wall. The mushroom imagery is going to live in my head rent-free.
Cozy and heartwarming but a bit predictable. You know where it's going from page 30. Still enjoyed the ride — sometimes predictable is exactly what you need.
Weir found the perfect formula: put a smart person alone with impossible problems and let us watch them science their way out. Every chapter is a dopamine hit of problem→solution→bigger problem. I read it in one sitting and I'm not sorry.
Second time through and the Council of Elrond hit completely different. First read it felt like a plot mechanism. Now it reads like a room full of people who know they are signing their own death warrants and choosing to do it anyway. The bravery is quieter than I remembered.
