{"id":75280,"date":"2014-03-25T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=75280"},"modified":"2014-03-25T15:27:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:27:18","slug":"its-tolkien-reading-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/its-tolkien-reading-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Tolkien Reading Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_75281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75281\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640+Tolkien-Reading-Day.jpg?resize=640%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image by Middle Earth News.\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640+Tolkien-Reading-Day.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640+Tolkien-Reading-Day.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/middleearthnews.com\/2014\/03\/01\/celebrate-tolkien-reading-day-giveaways-contests-and-prizes\/\">Middle Earth News<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This almost escaped our attention, but Facebook unassumingly came to the rescue (rather like a Hobbit): today is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcamerica.com\/anglophenia\/2014\/03\/tolkien-reading-day-2014\/\">Tolkien Reading Day<\/a>! Begun in 2003 by The Tolkien Society following an inquiry by a journalist as to whether such a day existed, it takes place every March 25, marking the downfall of Sauron in <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> &#8212; chosen as a symbol of renewal. <\/p>\n<p>Lovers of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s books gather formally and informally for lectures, talks and workshops, and many set aside time this day to read from their favorite book of his. You&#8217;re also welcome to celebrate by listening to this fantastic reading of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/jewelrything.com\/\">Akallab\u00eath &#8212; the Downfall of Numenor<\/a>,&#8221; from Tolkien&#8217;s longer work <em>The Silmarilion<\/em>. &#8212; Amanda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This almost escaped our attention, but Facebook unassumingly came to the rescue (rather like a Hobbit): today is Tolkien Reading Day! Begun in 2003 by The Tolkien Society following an inquiry by a journalist as to whether such a day existed, it takes place every March 25, marking the downfall of Sauron in The Lord &#8230; <a title=\"It&#8217;s Tolkien Reading Day!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/its-tolkien-reading-day\/\" aria-label=\"More on It&#8217;s Tolkien Reading Day!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}