How did you first encounter Tolkien's works?

Well, even after having read almost every night to you, it still took about a year to get to RotK. I remember that I took RotK along with us on our trip to Boston, which was in summer 1996 or '97, I think, but never started it. As you said, I became more involved with the internet and other stuff and it had taken so long so we just stopped .

Just read it yourself and start from the beginning. I was younger than you when I read The Hobbit, LotR, and the Silmarillion .