For me it was a family thing...my family had always loved the book and it was one I'd always been encouraged to read.

Not by any means saying its the best out there or anything. I know many books that are much better written. I still like Tolkien's writing though, more because I love language than anything else.

I merely mentioned that book as it was the one that I had happened to bring into class at the time of the story *grins*

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