Describe the 1st time you read LotR.

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The first time I read LoTR was when I was about 12, that's more than 20 years ago now - YIKES!!

I was on holiday in a little village (Aberporth) by the seaside in West Wales. We stayed in a cottage right on the edge of a cliff, so close that I could chuck a pebble into the sea from my bedroom window. I remember one night the weather was stormy and, with the wind howling round the cottage and the waves smashing on the cliff, I read the 'Battle of the Pelennor Fields' - instantly hooked! I think there was even a power cut when I started 'Shelob's Lair' which freaked me out.

When I got back home I re-read the whole book so that I could get a good idea of the details, where each country was and who the 'lesser' charaters were etc. Naturally I'm still getting there, with help from the 'Downers' of course!

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