Episode Notes

Good morning and welcome! Speak, friend, and enter the Bag End Book Club, a celebration of Tolkien's most famous and influential works. Every two weeks we will come together having read a handful of chapters and discuss the stories of Middle-Earth, from the Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings and further on to the Silmarillion. Stop a moment and enjoy some good company and better books.

In this episode we discuss the hobbits' adventures in Bree, are introduced to the Ranger called Strider, and face off against the Black Riders! Also Glorfindel is here! He's cool. This brings us to the end of Book One of Fellowship of the Ring! Next episode: Chapters 1-5 of Book Two of Fellowship of the Ring!