[alaklondewen]

During my first time through LotR, the person who introduced me to Tolkien and I would go sit in the woods or a field and read aloud. Once, when Frodo and Sam were in Ithilien, I mentioned I had never seen a mountain, so we packed up and went to the Appalachians. We stopped and got beef jerky, banana chips and vanilla wafers to eat, because Faramir gave them salted meats, dried fruit, and bread. We got there about 10:30 at night and found a little spot on the edge of a cliff. We built a fire and read for over two hours, taking turns. It was a moving experience.

I also read all of LotR aloud to my daughter while she was still in my tummy. Then before she was a year old, I read the Hobbit to her.