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This is the third in a seven-part book club series on The Lord of the Rings. These episodes will be released on the first of each month from now through March to accompany our Book Club as we’re reading The Lord of the Rings! If you’d like to join our book club, you can visit www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club.

Today I’m having a lovely cup of Coastal Cranberry Spice Herbal Tea from Farmhouse Teas. It’s an organic blend of hibiscus, cinnamon, lemongrass, cranberries, clove, and ginger so it’s quite autumnal but also almost feels Christmasy so I feel like it’s a nice blend to enjoy all through fall and winter. You can learn all about Farmhouse Teas at www.teawithtolkien.com/tea. :)

Reflection: Book Three

Book Three of The Lord of the Rings brings about many changes for the members of the now-broken Fellowship. A lot of this book feels like atonement for past mistakes -- for Boromir, he has paid with his life; for Aragorn, he seems desperate to discern the correct path forward; for Theoden, he has finally been freed from Grima’s influence; for Saruman, the Ents have brought about his well-deserved destruction. And Gandalf has returned against all hope! 

All of the pieces which were set in The Fellowship of the Ring are now in motion and the War of the Ring is in full swing.

“The Turn of the Tide”

Thank You to Our Patrons

Thank you to all of our generous patrons for supporting what we do here at Tea with Tolkien. It's been a while since I've said thank you to our newest patrons on the podcast so I wanted to take a moment to do that now: 

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Alright and now I hope you have an incredible day, a lovely All Saints’ Day if you are listening on the day this episode drops, and I’ll see you on December 1st with a discussion of Book IV - the second half of the Two Towers.