Public Research: The Book You Started with

[Galadriel55]

My first book was LOTR, simply because that was the only Tolkien's book that was in the house at the time. I read TH, The Sil, and COH less than a year ago (finally layed my hands on a copy! ), and I' planning on reading UT, HOME, Roverandom, and others as soon as I can get hold of a copy.

[LadyBrooke]

It was like this:
There's a book of Lord of the Rings. OMG, this is the best book ever but I wish there was more about the Elves.

A few weeks later, I bought The Silmarillion and fell in love with with it.

Then I found out that UT has more info on Celeborn bought it. Then the Hobbit so I could read about Thranduil.

Then I found a copy of Sir Gawain and the Freen Knight/ Pearl/ Sir Orfeo and a copy of The Tolkien Reader.

After reading them I wanted to know more about Tolkien so I ordered a copy of Letters.

Along with Letters I ordered Letters from Father Christmas, Morgoth's Ring, War of the Jewels, and the Peoples of Middle Earth.

And I'll get the rest as soon as I have the money.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

My first book was LOTR, simply because that was the only Tolkien's book that was in the house at the time. I read TH, The Sil, and COH less than a year ago (finally layed my hands on a copy! ), and I' planning on reading UT, HOME, Roverandom, and others as soon as I can get hold of a copy.

Roverandom is a charming little book. When and if I have children that will be the first bedtime story I read to them, followed by The Hobbit. I do recommend reading it, but of course, any Tolkien nerd will want to.

The first Tolkien book I read was The Hobbit, of course. My grandmother got the EEs for my father one Christmas and I really liked them. When my friend came over and started complaining about inaccurate they are I decided that reading the books would be a fantastic idea. Now I have one shelf of a bookcase dedicated to Tolkien (except my first box set, that has a special place on my bed), and that isn't enough books. D: