📖 Hi… do you love The Lord of the Rings? (Readers & bloggers especially)
Today feels like one of those evenings made for reading Tolkien.
The Tolkien Society’s annual reading event (running since 2003) brings people together to read aloud from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings — and this year’s theme, “Unlikely Heroes,” feels particularly fitting.
Bilbo Baggins.
Samwise Gamgee.
Characters who weren’t meant to be heroes… and yet carried everything.
It’s the kind of theme that works beautifully in blog content too — people connect with it instantly.
Not just the story, but the idea behind it.
You see it everywhere during events like this:
cosy reading setups shared online
favourite quotes (Gandalf always makes an appearance)
creative posts from libraries, educators, and fans
If you’re putting together anything Tolkien-inspired (reading spaces, themed posts, fan setups), there’s a full collection here:
Posted Jun 27, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC