[Airerûthiel]

When I was a little kid, my mum's friend used to look after me while my mum worked. During my childhood she used to give me birthday and Christmas gifts of classic books (Anne of Green Gables, Narnia Chronicles, that sort of thing), and one year she gave me a copy of The Hobbit. I read that in about a day, thought it was brilliant and wanted to read more of Tolkien's work. But my parents wouldn't let me read Lord of the Rings then because they thought I wouldn't really understand it. So my interest in Tolkien lay dormant for about four years, and then I saw the movie of FotR. Thinking that was really good, I then spent my Christmas money on a second-hand copy of LotR...and it goes on from there.