Today Is March 25

Tolkien Reading Day is an annual event, launched by The Tolkien Society in 2003, that takes place on March 25. It has the aim of encouraging the reading of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the use of Tolkien's works in education and library groups.

 

JRR Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien was the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature.

The date of of March 25th was chosen as the date on which the Ring was destroyed, completing Frodo's quest and vanquishing Sauron