Tolkien Reading Day 2014

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Work and life have been CRAZY busy. 

Hence, no blogging. 

But I couldn't miss one of my favorite reading days of the year. 

I already missed Dr. Seuss' birthday! 

March 25th is Tolkien Reading Day. 

I will be reading The Hobbit today in my very limited down time. 

Will you be reading any Tolkien today?

Tolkien Reading Day

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I recently discovered that 

March 25th 

is Tolkien Reading Day. 

I have no clue how I have never 

heard of this before. 

"It all came about because a New York journalist enquired whether there was such a thing as a “Tolkien Reading Day”.

My grandparents were fishing folk from Buckie in the north of Scotland, carriers of the old stories and legends, and the trilogy has filled a certain hole in my life. I have many friends here in New York who were equally moved by the book, reignited by the film, and we all wondered: is there any day devoted informally to readings from the trilogy, in the way that “bloomsday” is devoted to Joyce?

That enquiry was sent to the Tolkien Society in January 2002. The then committee liked the idea and after a certain amount of discussion picked March 25^th as “Tolkien Reading Day”. The rest, as they say, is history!

Thank you, Sean." 

-source 

I read The Hobbit this weekend 

and I am now reading Lord of the Rings. 

I absolutely love these books! 

I have read them many, many times 

but I always find something new 

with every re-reading. 

Are you a Tolkien fan? 

What is your favorite Tolkien book?

the hobbit

I had to share this

because I am a Tolkien nerd.

I swear by the end of this I was holding back tears.

Jackson is working on another

great set of instant classics!