What do you feel when you read the book?

[Enorëiel]

The first time through I was blown away by it all: there was so much to take in! I think I enjoyed it more the second time, however. I caught more things then I had the first time and I got more feeling from it. The first time I read it, I raced through it. The second time through I'm slowing it down and paying attention (yes I'm still in my second reading. My goal is to finish before the 16th and I'm just starting on book 6 so - I'll make it!). I'm catching more of the emotions of the characters and the excitement of it all. I get so caught up in it that I lose all awareness of the world around me and just get sucked in. I love it! I love the feeling of being sucked in and feeling like I'm actually there in the midst of the action! I hate it when I'm forced to put the book down and return to it later.

When I finished reading TTT, I was absolutely stunned... you know, how the last sentence is something like, "Frodo was alive, but in the hands of the enemy." I remember closing the book with a thrilling shudder.

That's exactly what I did upon finishing TTT! That last sentence gives me chills everytime! I can't wait to pick up RotK and finish it. Though I must admit, I got so caught up in that thrill that I resented ROTK starting with Pippin and Gandalf instead of Sam and Frodo. After the first two pages, however, that feeling went away and now (from where I am in reading) I want to keep reading about their adventures rather than Frodo's and Sam's. I get so caught up with one character that I just don't want to leave them - I want to know what happens to them!