Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

This is the October Monthly Group Read discussion of The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien. This book can be used to fulfill prompt #18 A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
National Black Cat Day is October 27, 2025!
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Dubhease is the “magical manager” who has graciously volunteered to lead this discussion! Thank you ever so much! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

HERE is a listing of potential discussion questions. These are meant to not only help those who volunteer to facilitate these monthly discussions but also to provide ideas for members participating in discussions!

Every person reads at a different pace, so please use spoiler tags if you are sharing any plot-related surprises. This allows others to decide whether this information might reveal surprising information they have not yet read. It can also be helpful to other readers if you post the location within the book noting your progress (chapter and/or page number). That way, if someone else has read that far they can go ahead and open the spoiler, but if not, they'll know to skip it for now and return later...

TO ADD SPOILER TAGS:
Use this for spoilers, just remove the spaces:
< spoiler > write your spoiler here and close with < / spoiler >

Posts here should only be contributions to discussion about this book. 😊

Who is planning on re-reading this book and who is reading it for the first time?

I've actually read it at least 3 times, possibly 4. I'll probably just chime in as the month goes by. Love it!