Books

Frodo is my cat. I got him when he was a little fella at the Rockwood Veterinarian. A lady who happen to work there, picked him out for me. I said I wanted a male kitten since I had a male cat in the past and he was pretty friendly. Frodo started purring in my arms and it was love at first sight. The lady said to me, "this is a nice cat." And Frodo was.
The name comes from a hobbit in the "Lord of the Rings." I am surprised that so many people do not know of Tolkien and the "Lord of the Rings." For those of you who do not know what a hobbit is, it's a small creature, not really human but they live on the friar in little dwelling places built in the sides of hills. They very much keep to themselves except for Frodo and a couple of other hobbits. They went exploring. And that's basically what fantasy is about; traveling to unknown lands.
I think people are afraid they'll lose themselves in fantasy and never come back. That only happens in fairy tales like "Inkheart." A lot can be said for fantasy. Indeed we did a whole subject on it in grade twelve English which was probably my favorite subject in high school. I was the only student to have completed the book; "The Once and Future King." That was because I was addicted from an early age to reading excessively. I loved the nights at my sister's house where I could go and close the door and enter the world of Harry Potter.
A couple of times, we went to Chapters and I came out with "Gone With the Wind." My sister exclaimed, "you just had to buy the thickest book in the whole store!" I think it is even thicker than "War and Peace." There was a television episode on the cartoon "Peanuts," and Charlie Brown had to read "War and Peace" during his summer holiday's but didn't manage to get through it. He judged the appearance of the book rather than it's content. I read that book two and a half times.
My all time favorite books are, "The Chronicles of Narnia." Everybody who knows me, knows this about me. I talk about it obsessively and know when the next movie is coming out. It is "Voyage of the Dawn Treader," and it comes out at Christmas 2010.
Fantasy to me, is like traveling. You pick a book, and in it, you travel to a new world. Robert Jordon, the author of "The Wheel of Time," series is good for that. He creates an imaginative world where you discover knew laws and a hierchy of citizens as the main characters travel all over their world. It is a very addictive series and almost as popular as Harry Potter. I see people reading Robert Jordon and Harry Potter on the town buses. Unfortunately, Robert Jordon passed away, so another person is finishing his books. If you want to read a large book, then I suggest a Robert Jordon book. Some of his books, are even thicker than "Gone With the Wind."
I am the type of person that has to read the book before I see the movie. I am in the middle of rereading Harry Potter because things I saw in the movie did not necessarily happen in the book. That's Hollywood for you. I have, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," one of many of the Chronicles of Narnia, and I've noticed the movie makers have added a little humor to the movie that wasn't in the book and I can point that out to friends who watch the movie with me.
I don't confine my reading to fantasy. I read some non-fiction here and there just to add variety. But I must say, I have a weakness for the imagination and where it will lead you.