Read Lord of the Rings Aloud

Here is the master list of all voice posts for Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms. Thank you, readers, for another fantastic job! *applauds you all*

And please listeners, take time to comment! The readers appreciate it so much!

Part 1 as read by belleferret

Part 2 as read by grey_wonderer

Part 3 as read by telstar109

Part 4 as read by lavendertook

Part 5 as read by tariana

Part 6 as read by ink_gypsy

Part 7 as read by lbilover

Part 8 as read by frodosweetstuff

Part 9 as read by blslarner

Part 10 as read by claudia603

Just a gentle reminder that you have through Monday to complete your voice posts. When you are done, if you would please comment on this post with a link to your reading, I'd appreciate it very much! Thank you!

Everyone who signed up for the next reading should have received their assignment now. Since there are a couple of new readers this time, let me explain how it works from here. You have until next Monday, January 26, to practice your section. (If you would like some tips on reading aloud, check this site.)

Voice posting can begin on January 26 and will continue until February 2. If you need an extension or to post early, just let me know. Please to read your section without introduction so that listeners may go seamlessly from one section to the next.

The Gizmo option that we had previously posted about is no longer available, per LJ. :( So you have to use the voice posting numbers or you can try http://www.box.net/ which Tweedle used for the last reading. You have to record your reading as a mp3 file on your computer, then you can upload it for free to box.net for people to listen to. (Thanks, Tweedle, for the info on that.)

Any questions, please let me know!

Have fun. :)

It's that time again! This round of Reading LOTR Aloud will work a little differently. I've been counting up chapter pages, and Chapter 4 is a very short one at only 12 pages, as are most of the following chapters up until 'The Council of Elrond' (which is a whopping 32 pages long and will present a different challenge!) Tolkien clearly wasn't consistent with his chapter lengths, lol!

Because of the shortness of the upcoming chapters, my fellow mods and I have decided it would make more sense to do two chapters at once rather than severely limit the number of participants or give each person only a few paragraphs to read.

When I did a trial run of this project a while ago, the chapter we read was Chapter 5, A Conspiracy Unmasked. For that reason, we will be skipping over Chapter 5 and instead read Chapters 4 & 6. (I will post links to the previous reading of Chapter 5 when we are done with this month's readings.)

I hope this is as clear as mud! :)

Ideally, it would be great to have 20 readers, 10 for each chapter, without duplication if possible so everyone has a chance to participate. In signing up, if you have a preference for either Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms, or Chapter 6, The Old Forest, please let me know. I will do my best to accommodate everyone's requests. If you don't have a preference, I'll randomly assign a section to you.

Additionally, if you are one of those brave souls who doesn't mind reading a bit of poetry or singing a song, let me know! I already have the names of a couple of people who are willing to do this, but it's helpful to know in advance who else is game for the challenge! :)

So, sign-ups will run from today until next Monday, January 19th. You will then have a week to practice and the actual readings will begin on January 26th.

I'm really looking forward to another reading!! Yay! :D

ETA: we have a full complement of readers! Thank you all so much!