[Amelia tries to hide the upward quirk of her lips behind her coffee cup as Eddie lights up (also kudos to him for watching his language). It's hard not to feel proud whenever she's able to capture a young person's interest in literature using an enticing gateway.]

Mr. Tolkein and his works are very worthy of study. Unfortunately, I could only dedicate a small amount of time of my curriculum to The Fellowship of the Ring for my junior and senior classes.

I'd have to give a whole semester and then some for the trilogy, not to mention the related works.

[goddamn nerd]