Happy Tolkien Reading Day! On March 25 every year \u2013 the date of the fall of Barad-d\xfbr \u2013 Tolkien lovers worldwide celebrate by reading the Professor\u2019s works aloud. The theme for 2018 is Home and Hearth: the many ways of being a Hobbit. From the Shire to Cirith Ungol and back again, Alan and Shawn rattle on like Gaffer Gamgee at the Ivy Bush, reading passages from The Lord of the Rings that illustrate Hobbit ways.