[Gorwingel]

In 7th grade I actually did complete LOTR, it is just that I did not understand anything in the book (I don't know why? I think I must have been crazy that year. But strangly the parts that I remembered most vividly were Bilbo's birthday party and Tom Bombadil).

That was one reason I went to see the first film, in a quest that it would clear up some things that I didn't get in the first reading. I absolutely loved FOTR (It is such an amazing movie, I ended up seeing it 7 times), so I went back and read the books, then I went on to reading The Hobbit, and just recently I have finished reading the Silmarillion. I have actually read LOTR three times all the way through.

The reason I didn't read FOTR until seventh grade was that I had never heard of the book. I actually started reading it on recommendation from my librarian (because I was a fan of the Redwall books). My parents are not fantasy fans so I was never introduced to it by them, and my sister had not been interested in the book either. I am kind of surprised that I never read it, or stumbled over it during my hours spent in the library. But, oh well, at least I found it in the end.

I actually thought during the first reading that the hobbits were ugly troll like creatures so I never could relate to them. I can't believe how actually wrong I was. I had no idea that they actually looked like very short humans.