I think one of the best feelings ever is being completely absorbed in a book to the point where you can't put it down. It's like a mini vacation from the real world. I love it.
tolkien is not just a fantasy author, he's one of the most important scholars of old and middle english as well as german philology which is what he taught at oxford. the hobbit and lotr were side gigs for him, he thought of himself as a linguist and philologist first
I think fireworks should be banned. Thereโs no reason that wildlife needs to be detrimentally affected by the human need to blow shit up. Humans are so fucking stupid