Do you find that the books grow with you?

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

my dad read me the hobbit when i was about 6(hopefully i remember right) and all i thought about the book was:it was a pity that the nice, innocent dragon died!
last year i read it three times (after 11 years) and i noticed that it had become a really sympathetic story about friendship, alliances and finding one's courage.

i have read lotr four times in one and a half years and every time has been different though i haven't grown so much.
at 1st time i fell love with aragorn. i enjoyed every compliment that tolkien had written about him and i envied eówyn and arwen.
at 2nd time i had seen the movie and suddenly all legolas's lines were so lovely(do i have to mention that i think he's quite handsome...)!
at 3rd time i followed the hobbits and at 4th time i focused in linguistic matters and locations.
now i wonder is it me or the book that changes...

[edit:me and my english skills...]

[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: dancing spawn of ungoliant ]