Hope you've had a good Monday! Today is National Tolkien Reading Day. Tolkien is the writer behind the epic classic, "Lord of the Rings" along with "The Hobbit" and several other novels.
The day is celebrated on March 25 because that is the day Sauron (the main antagonist in "The Lord of the Rings") fell. Honor the day by cracking open your favorite Tolkien book.
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