[Yavanna228]

I do believe it was Christmas of 2000 that my mother bought me a combined edition of LOTR. Actually, she first bought me the audio tapes of Tolkien reading LOTR, but in my foolishness I had her take them back because I wanted the books so I could read and re-read parts that either interested me or that I had forgotten and needed for a later passage. I should have kept the tapes and bought the books myself. I had no idea how much I would value a recording of Tolkien reading his own works. Pronunciation alone is worth getting the tapes. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
So, I suppose, if we are giving ages, I would have been 13 at that time, but the rather large tome frightened me off for awhile until I was on a long trip and needed something to read. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And the rest, as they say, is history.
Peace