Newbie- Just want to ask about Tolkien books

[Day-dreamer]

Hey all!

Ive just joined this board and well frankly I didn't even know something like this existed! One day I was bored and decided to see whats good on the net and to my surprise, I stumbled upon this great site I have always loved reading Fantasy Novels and now I see that Im not alone.

Anywaz enough with the intro. The first book Ive read by Tolkien is The hobbit. It took me about two weeks to read it considering I wasnt much of a book lover then and to my surprise I loved it! At the time I still dont know there were other books written by Tolkien, until a few years ago I heard about LotR and immediately set up to get the first series from the Library. Well here's the worse part. I did not find it interesting. The first couple of chapters was interesting but after that for the rest of the 1/4 of the book ( it's as far as i could go without falling asleep ) was a bit tedious and well boring. There was not alot happening and well I just gave up. Now Im asking people here- should I continue reading this book cuz it sounds from alot of people that it will become interesting. Should I agian attempt to read LotR!?