Reading the Fellowship of the Ring and have decided that I love Tolkien and he was a genius who should not be dead because I would very much like to talk to him.

Well... you could say I am new to the Tolkien world... that would be very accurate as I just started appreciating it in November. It all started when my brother borrowed the Lord of the Rings movies from the library... I fell in love,  I realized, not long after the second movie. I decided I needed to read the books mainly because without having done so I felt I couldn't be truly appreciated as a LotR fan. I started the Fellowship for a book project, procrastinated, and had to Sparknotes my way through it. SHAME. I know. But the project ended up being 27 pages long so maybe you can forgive me for that. Have pity! I was up until 1:00 a.m. and similarly atrocious times for a week, and then proceeded to collapse and attempt to catch up on sleep (which didn't happen for the first five or so days because of unlimited internet, which is what had gotten me in trouble in the first place. Are we detecting a pattern here?) Anyway, it is now the second week of break - it is half over! Nooo! - and I just started reading the Fellowship (from where I left off) again today. Once again SHAME for not getting on it sooner. But understand that a much needed break full of things I've been wanting to do is very distracting (I hadn't played Animal Crossing: Wild World since Thanksgiving - and I absolutely ADORE Animal Crossing).
So, to the point... I want to keep a journal if I can, of my thoughts on the books I read, starting with The Fellowship of the Ring. I hope to continue from there, even after break... if I'm not too overloaded with my switch to Honors English III class for the second semester.

Wish me happy reading!

P.S. In light of the a fore mentioned fact that the genius, Tolkien is dead, I would simply like to say... "I wish Tolkien was still alive, for I much desire to speak with him."