I loved reading as a kid, so around my fourth grade year is when I picked up the Fellowship of the Ring. My mother and I ventured off to the public library, browsing around, and I happened to stumble upon the book. Being the kid I was, I asked my mom if she thought it would be interesting to read (I was a bit odd,
what my mom thought was cool so did I) and she said it looked interesting enough.
Mind you back then I didn't quite grasp the concept of the plot being so young and all. I was no kid genius
that was for certain. As I got older though, I picked up the rest of the books and read through them, finally being able to understand them a bit better.