![]() And approaching it with this mindset made all the difference. ![]() Rather than attempting to understand the complexities of Tolkien’s mythology on my own, I surrounded myself with as many resources as I could find. But this time, I took a different approach. It gathered dust on my bookshelf for years until I finally picked it up again about five years ago. I had been captivated by The Lord of the Rings and read it many times in high school, but I couldn't seem to make it past the first few pages of The Silmarillion and eventually every attempt ended right around the Valaquenta. Like many new Tolkien readers, I struggled through several attempts to read The Silmarillion for the first time. Many Tolkien fans new and old often feel intimidated by its depth and bewildered by its vocabulary, but it’s become my goal to encourage, equip, and inspire Tolkien fans to not only pick up The Silmarillion - but to finish it as well! The Silmarillion is one of Tolkien’s most challenging works and yet also the most beautiful and important in my opinion.
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