One of my classmates/friends became one of my closest friends when she read LotR and loved it. We had suddenly so much to talk about! I remember walking around the school yard teaching her the ring-poem both in Finnish and in English... People looked in a quite interesting way at us...
Later I've learned that this person is a very lovely person and I get very well along with her with also another issues than LotR. She's one of my best friends now.