Which book have you read more than any other?

My goodness! That is like asking me who is my favorite child!

I will admit, when I was a lad, I was really obsessed with J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The set was a Christmas gift from my parents – a paperback set that included The Hobbit and came in its own slipcase. I guess they thought a four volume set would keep me busy for awhile. 😉

By my senior year of high school, the books had become so dog-earred from reading, they were falling apart. Many moves and transitions after high school, they were lost to the wind. I still miss them.

I must admit, I loved the books so much that when the movies came out, I refused to watch them. I already knew the characters, and what everything should look like, and how everyone would act. The movie would ruin it. Isn’t that what people say about every movie? The book is always better. Peter Jackson was treading on hallowed ground!

I finally did see them almost two decades after they were released. Enough time had passed for me to soften my views. I will admit, they didn’t disappoint me as much as I thought they would. I really enjoyed them, actually.   Honestly, Lothlórien, was exactly as I expected it 🙂

As for The Hobbit movie… I won’t get into that 😉