*returns hug* I was very happy to see you are still active as well!
Quarantined (very apt choice for 2020, right?) and By Chance or Purpose are very much on my reread list. I'm looking forward to seeing how my reading experience changes from being a teenager to being literally twice as old as I was when those stories came out.
I hope both stories are still enjoyable reads. I've been thinking about how "Quarantined" mirrors what's going on today. A highly contagious illness, sheltering in place (in this case, Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf, and Aragorn), hallucinations, high fever, fatigue, uncertainty as to who will survive it, and immunity after recovery (which we're hoping for). May our own story end as happily, and with as much hope, as that one!
Oh goodness yes it has been a very long time! :) 17 years, was it? same amount of time between when Frodo got the Ring and when he started the mission to destroy it :O
I can definitely relate very hard to the story as well, as my mother and I are both COVID-19 survivors. i can relate to the realization of exposure (my mom had it first), the uncertainty of not knowing what would happen and how badly it COULD go... for her more likely since she's 64, or for me, or us both... thankfully hers was surprisingly mild despite immune system issues, and mine was even milder (I did get weird temperature regulation. never had high fever but my body temperature dropped to 95.8 at one point)
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I still check SoA every day, and will continue to post there. :)
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Quarantined (very apt choice for 2020, right?) and By Chance or Purpose are very much on my reread list. I'm looking forward to seeing how my reading experience changes from being a teenager to being literally twice as old as I was when those stories came out.
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I hope both stories are still enjoyable reads. I've been thinking about how "Quarantined" mirrors what's going on today. A highly contagious illness, sheltering in place (in this case, Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf, and Aragorn), hallucinations, high fever, fatigue, uncertainty as to who will survive it, and immunity after recovery (which we're hoping for). May our own story end as happily, and with as much hope, as that one!
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I can definitely relate very hard to the story as well, as my mother and I are both COVID-19 survivors. i can relate to the realization of exposure (my mom had it first), the uncertainty of not knowing what would happen and how badly it COULD go... for her more likely since she's 64, or for me, or us both... thankfully hers was surprisingly mild despite immune system issues, and mine was even milder (I did get weird temperature regulation. never had high fever but my body temperature dropped to 95.8 at one point)
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