[Diamond18]

When my mother finally got around to reading LotR last year, she had a terrible time staying awake. So finally, at Lothlorien, I had her start reading it all aloud to me. She managed to get through the rest of the book without falling asleep so much (though sometimes she would get that droning, sing-song quality to her voice that told me she was out, so I had to stop her).

But don't let this insult you all. She never even reads anything I write, so the fact that she read LotR at all was big.