Just thought I would congratulate everyone on their presentation. Everyone chose a book that was interesting and really encouraged me to read it (if I had the time!).

There was just one more thing I wanted to say about my biography of Tolkien. John Garth did a wonderful job of using Tolkien's creative writings to show the progress of his mythology of Middle-Earth, especially Tolkien's poetry. Tolkien isn't really know for his poetry and I thought the passages of it that Garth selected in his book, "Tolkien and the Great War" did a wonderful job of showing how one idea spread to another until you can definitley see Middle-Earth come into shape. I did my best to show just how much I enjoyed Tolkien's poetry and stress the importance of it in my handout to everyone when I presented. There are some good examples of Tolkien's poetry on the handout, but that is just two examples out of dozens that Garth uses in the book. So if you are intrigued by Tolkien's poetry I suggest you check it out. I found out about this book from Professor Kugler and he recommends the book and I recommend the book, so I think that says something. It's very readable and Garth does his best to example all those things that interested Tolkien and played a role in his creative writings.

Again, thanks to everyone for presenting, I enjoyed hearing everyone talk about the book they chose.