Nilpaurion Felagund and I managed to convince our dad to read LotR, which he had already done. Yipee! But the bad news is, my mom just won't. And I imagine her cringing inside whenever Nil and I will go and rant all about LotR and the Downs. Sometimes our discussions about LotR with her even turn into arguments which, I can say, is not a good way to "convert" anybody. No triumph there.
