[Glenethor]

I remember reading 'The Hobbit' when I was around 17. I remember it being in my older brother's bookcase (an actual 60's hippie) but I didn't read it until I was around 17 and had been indulging in 'Old Toby' for a year or two. I remember telling my brother I had read The Hobbit, and he said 'ah, now you have to read LoTR!' I had no idea what he was talking about, but I started reading FoTR a few days later. I know I finished the three books in less than a week.

I read them now, on avg, once a year, usually in the fall. That is when I first read it, and I seem to go into a LoTR spell around the date of Bilbo and Frodo's birthdate (Sept 22). This last time I read them, I just read bits and pieces over 4 months leading up to the movie. I mean, rather than sitting down and devouring 100+ pages, I'd just read 20 or 30. I just finished RoTK a few weeks ago, and am now reading 'Unfinished Tales.'