These links and resources are a support to our “Building A Hobbit Club” series.

July & August: The Hobbit

• Lake Town Cram: check out this interesting discussion
• Beorn’s Honey Cakes
• Bilbo’s Tea Cake

September – Bilbo’s Journey by Joseph Pearce

• I have a review of Bilbo’s Journey – coming soon

October – The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I: I-V 

• Lots of fun recipes here
• Video which compares the books to the movies. If you haven’t finished the first book yet, stop at 7:26.
• Enchanting recording of Tolkien singing
• C.S. Lewis’s Aslan used song in The Magician’s Nephew to create Narnia

November – The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I: VI-XII

• Lembas Bread
• Because of the poetry in Tolkien’s writing, we considered this interesting video about how the Howard Shore soundtrack elevates the story

December – The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II + “The Departure of Boromir”

• J.R.R. Tolkien’s favorite prayer: The Litany of Mother Mary with video here

January – The Two Towers, Book III

• One of very few places where we think that the movies understood Tolkien better than he understood himself – the elves at Helm’s Deep – a great visual for spiritual battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51BE_zrpyoU

February – The Two Towers, Book IV

Herbs and Stewed Rabbit – we made Rabbit Stew – we also served “Brewed Rabbit” (rabbit themed beer) for those who were too squeamish to try the stewed rabbit.

March – The Return of the King, Book V

Holy Week – The Return of the King, Book VI: Tower of Cirith Ungol – Mount Doom

Easter Season & Ascension – The Return of the King, Book VI

You can find the explanatory post here and the discussion questions posts here.