And It Begins...

I officially started my YLC project today! YAY! My first official item on the list is #2 The Lord of the Rings series by JRR Tolkien. I didn't get as much reading done as I probably should of, but I think it's going to take a few days to get used to reading for fun again. I've hardly read anything for pure enjoyment over the last three months. College sure does consume time like a black hole consumes, well, anything.

I'm only through Chapter 2 of FotR, but I've been pleasantly surprised. The book is a lot more enjoyable than I remember it as, but it has been quite a few years. Hobbits are strange creatures; their exclamations make me giggle though and add to my amusement.

Here is my favorite quotation so far. It is from Gandalf of course, who is almost as quotable as Dumbledore in my opinion.

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

To close this post, I would like to clarify that the "confinement" referred to in the title should not be seen as a prison. I'm attempting this project for many different reasons. One is that I have become bored with my usual genres that I read from. The classics are much more intriguing to me at this moment than contemporary fiction. I should also clarify that the title is a hyperbole. If I wish to read a book that is not on the list, I will read it. I'm not going to restrict myself to the list completely. But when I'm in that moment where I'm looking for something new to read, I will be going to the list before the YA section of my library.

DFTBA!