To all of you who are Tolkien fans, I would like to celebrate today with you. It's Bilbo and Frodo's birthday!! Happy Birthday, Bilbo and Frodo! my very tattered set which I've read and re-read too many times new copy....woot woot! I can still remember the first time I heard of Tolkien. It was back in high school, and I had just read my very first fantasy book- The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings. I loved that book so much that I went on a BBS Fantasy/Sci Fi board (do any of you remember those?), and asked what books to read after. Everyone said Lord of the Rings, and I mean everyone. (I got about close to a 100 responses:O) I wasn't able to read them right away. Eventually, my older sis bought The Hobbit and the LOTR set, and I was hooked. Such a fantastic world Tolkien has created....so rich and detailed that you are transported into Middle-earth right then and there. With Peter Jackson and the LOTR movies, fans old and new got to enjoy Tolkien's...