March 25 is "Tolkien Reading Day"

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or so they say:

March 25 is the date that Sauron, the evil overlord, is overthrown in Tolkien's "Return of the King."

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03...ng-day/?hpt=T2

I used to read the whole darn thing about once, twice, or m ore a year. I stopped after about 35 readings. Now I re-read occasionally, skipping much of the first half of Fellowship (only really gets interesting after Bombadil); and skimming over Frodo and Sam's endless journey into Mordor.