Describe the 1st time you read LotR.

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Re: Describe the 1st time you read LotR.

My father read The Hobbit to me when I was seven. I was enthralled. The daY after finishing the The Hobbit I borrowed LOTR from my local library and read it from cover to cover.

I still clearly remember the precise moment when I finished the book. It was around 1pm on a sunny April day and my mother was repeatedly calling me to come and eat my lunch. I, of course, repeatedly ignored her until I was good and ready.

I recall how sad I felt after reading LOTR. I had the melancholy idea that I would never find anything so wonderful to read again. Twenty five years and several thousand books later nothing has changed.

I have never come across any work of art which has stirred me so deeply as LOTR, and the numerous rereadings which I have undertaken over the years have failed to recapture my initial delight and wonder.

Being older now and (allegedly) wiser, I find that I actually prefer The Silmarillion now. When I first read it (about a year after LOTR) I did not fully appreciate it.

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