Suse...you're not alone! I read the Hobbit, but cannot, cannot read the LOTR no matter how many times I try..I get to the forrest where the trees sing and I'm over it! I too was happy for the movies!

I have a mate who we always give books as gifts and he gave me Focaults Pendulum a couple of years ago. When I had to confess that I couldn't read it, he confessed that he was using me as a guinea pig anyway to see if he should read it!