[Elanor]

I was introduced to Tolkien by my father, who read The Hobbit to me when I was little. Then when I was about 7 my mother went away to university, and only came home at weekends, so my father and I read Lord of the Rings. We used to take it in turns to read aloud (though he read more than me.) He was really good at the different voices. It was great, sitting by the fire for hours reading. My dad even let me stay up late to read another chapter, then maybe just another one [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who reads aloud to my cat [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] there are some parts that just have to be spoken out loud. My cat doesn't complain, I think she prefers it to the TV.