What's special about today ?
Ask and you shall receive is the lesson behind Tolkien Reading Day. James Joyce has Bloomsday, Dr. Seuss has Read Across America Day , but what about J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings" series? A New York journalist asked the Tolkien Society in 2002: "Is there any day devoted informally to readings from the trilogy, in the way that 'Bloomsday' is devoted to Joyce?" That simple inquiry prompted the Tolkien Society to create Tolkien Reading Day first celebrated in 2003.
They considered various dates, including Tolkien's birthday (Jan. 3) and characters Bilbo and Frodo's birthday (Sept. 22). The society settled on an important and celebratory date that was not already claimed by a holiday: March 25, the downfall of Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor.
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