A review by imrereads
Meditations on Middle-Earth by Karen Haber

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was so fascinating! One of my favourite genres are author memoirs, and while this isn't that, it feels related to it. 16 authors (and a pair of illustrators) write about their relationship to Tolkien and his literary works, in particular the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. Now, I'm someone who grew up on the films, and didn't read the Hobbit until I was an adult (and I still haven't read LotR!), but it was so interesting to see how all these people found themselves falling in love with that world and how it — for many of them — ultimately influensed them to become authors themselves.

I'd recommend reading this if you like Tolkiens work or if you enjoy reading about authors talking about their influences.