March 25th is International Tolkien Reading Day and to celebrate, I'm sharing today's bonus episode with the history of this holiday, five easy ways to celebrate, and, for the first time ever, reading one of my favorite passages from, The Lord of the Rings, on the episode! So make yourself a nice cup of tea, or possibly a big glass of brandy, and get cozy in your own little Hobbit hole for today's bonus episode.

Edition I Read From:

The Lord of the Rings, Part One, The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ballantine/Fantasy | Ballantine Books | New York

Copyright 1965 by J.R.R. Tolkien | Sixty-Sixth Printing: May 1978

Sources: 

- The Tolkien Society

- Locating the passage I read, Nat Packer

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