"I don't have my books with me..."

[One of the Nine]

Well, all of my books are on my special Tolkein shelf, with a couple other books that needed somewhere to reside, along with the DVD of RotK. The family computer is sadly across the house from my room, and I never get up from the computer lest someone steal it from me, in which case I boot them off.

[Saraphim]

My books lie scattered on any of the number of surfaces I use throughout my home. I do technically have a

special Tolkein shelf

but it doesn't have many actual books on it. Usually I have a paperback book or two somewhere in my trenchcoat, but as it's summer I can't wear it.

Hey, perhaps that's where my Lays of Beleriand is...

[Lalwendë]

Usually I have a paperback book or two somewhere in my trenchcoat

Ah, the joys of a coat which seems to have been cunningly designed for the bookworm! I once had a duffel coat which had paperback-sized pockets, and for this reason I used to wear it, despite being nicknamed 'Paddington'.

How many people have a special 'Tolkien shelf'? I have so many books that I always group like with like, so I naturally have a Tolkien shelf anyway, although some of the larger books are on the 'oversize' books shelves - I sound like a frustrated librarian... I keep my 'upstairs' LOTR on top of the poetry shelf which is at the top of the stairs, although the volumes are often scattered between various bedrooms and the bathroom and I have to round them up every few days.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I am fortunate enough to have a computer in my own bedroom from which I can brows the Internet. SO I always have my books close at hand. Weather I can be bothered to get them from the cupboard behind me is a different matter.

[Morsul the Dark]

My rrom is only down the hall but still thats like 30 steps I have to take its like 45 seconds of my time!

The only things I keep close to the computer are as I said "Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth" and the CD set of the BBC Radio dramanization of the trilogy and the hobbit

[Tuor of Gondolin]

They probably give them away to others on their birthdays.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I usually use the internet at school - living in a rural province in a country not that famous has its downsides, like no internet access at home. My bag is a small Hello Kitty backpack - in pink, of course. Only two LotR books manage to fit there. Right now, I'm carrying the Fellowship and UT.

Of course, I carry another bag. This one's my IN - immediate need - bag. Contains all the things I need - lembas, miruvor, and the current Arda tome I'm reading. Right now it's The Two Towers. I'm rereading LotR for the first time this year.

First time? Blasphemy! Heresy! Burn him at the stake!

Hey, I've been out reading Tom Clancy, remember?

Yeah. The tank battles at Executive Orders was quite amusing.

Once - last year, I think - I tried to bring all Arda tomes I own - in a different bag, of course. That plan went to Angband once I owned HoME I-III. Now where do I fit my school stuff? And my food?