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Laitoste · 11-24-2003, 09:23 PM

Ai. I had already written a reply and my computer deleted it. I HATE COMPUTERS!! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Anyway, I vaguely remember reading the Fellowship in 5th grade, I think, at around 10-11 years old. Maybe. Then in 6th grade, my teacher started to read the Hobbit to us, and I went out and bought it because it wasn't in my dad's collection. In 8th grade, I read the Fellowship and the Two Towers. We moved, so I had to wait a few months to read the Return of the King, in the October of my freshman year of high school. That was right before the movie came out. I was obsessed before the movies! Yay! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I read the Silmarillion that same year, and have read it a couple times since, as I didn't understand it at first. I'm trying to read the Histories of Middle-Earth now, but am finding them a bit hard to get through. If you have any hints, PM me!

My dad loved LotR in high school too. All of my books were previously his, except the Hobbit. I like the old ones better than the new ones; they have more character (which is completely irrevelant. Oh well! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

[ 9:56 PM November 29, 2003: Message edited by: Laitoste ]

11-24-2003, 09:23 PM	#76
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	Ai. I had already written a reply and my computer deleted it. I HATE COMPUTERS!! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] Anyway, I vaguely remember reading the Fellowship in 5th grade, I think, at around 10-11 years old. Maybe. Then in 6th grade, my teacher started to read the Hobbit to us, and I went out and bought it because it wasn't in my dad's collection. In 8th grade, I read the Fellowship and the Two Towers. We moved, so I had to wait a few months to read the Return of the King, in the October of my freshman year of high school. That was right before the movie came out. I was obsessed before the movies! Yay! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I read the Silmarillion that same year, and have read it a couple times since, as I didn't understand it at first. I'm trying to read the Histories of Middle-Earth now, but am finding them a bit hard to get through. If you have any hints, PM me! My dad loved LotR in high school too. All of my books were previously his, except the Hobbit. I like the old ones better than the new ones; they have more character (which is completely irrevelant. Oh well! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) [ 9:56 PM November 29, 2003: Message edited by: Laitoste ] __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park