DuracellEnergizer said:

I started to read The Fellowship of the Ring months ago, and stopped after getting halfway through to take a break from it.

I know what you mean. I'm reading the Silmarillion, and that shit is dense. But this is my second time going through the entire history of the Silmarils and the Rings (reading all, back to back: Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) and I have to say it's much easier, and therefore much more enjoyable. You really get engrossed in the whole world of everything, nothing else I've ever read has had the same effect.