I have a LOTR question... I want to read the books and it seems like they are packaged in sets with the Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King...but I thought that the whole thing starte...

yep! Start with The Hobbit. If you like it, start reading LOTR.

I knew that you would be the person to answer this...thanks Ian.

Yeah..starting with the Hobbit is a good place, though it's my least favorite out of all of them. You don't need to read the Hobbit to understand all the other books though. If you end up enjoying ...