Filled With Nerd

From Steven-

Out of nowhere I started to want to read the Lord of the Rings. I can't say where it came from, but it just hit me a few weeks ago. We watched the movies, and two weeks ago I borrowed a set from my brother with original Tolkien illustrations on the covers. I must explain that the epic has run through the blood of my family for a long time. My mom read it way back when and loved it. I remember when my brothers read them and all of Tolkien's other books. One particular memory involved me asking my brother Jesse about the tale before church started and getting into a long conversation about it all. It eventually led to both of us skipping out of Sunday school and finding an empty classroom to continue talking about it. Jesse would also always read The Hobbit to Danny and I most every Christmas Eve.
Well I've been bitten again, and I can't stop reading. I find myself looking for other Middle-Earth information anywhere I can find it. I am a complete LOTR nerd for the time being. I guess I always have been, but the fire has been rekindled. I know it's a book that has kind of passed the popularity phase, and everyone is into different fantasy book at the moment, but I still hold firm that it is the quintessential fantasy-epic of all time. Was that poindexter or what? I don't care, I love the books and the movies, and it will be among the first books I encourage my children to read when they come of age.