Well, my little brother is at least further in the Hobbit. *sigh* he's such a slow reader. Anyway, I was actually led to read the Hobbit and eventually LotR by my cousin who'd already read it. We watched all of the movies together, if not she seeing it first and then again with me. We also watched RotK together in theaters, the second time with her brother, who is now reading the trilogy. Slowly, one by one, we will convert them all! Hehehe.