I remember those catalogues! We didn't have enough money for me to order books very often, but I was able to buy a very few that way, and I so loved having books of my very own. My favorite place was the library.

I didn't read Lotr until I was out of school and married, but I was a lonely person too, outside of the people I knew at work. My husband was my best friend, and my sisters. Then I met Frodo and Sam and all the rest, and they were my friends. Like you, they led me to this community, and the best friends I have now, next to my sisters and my daughter.