Finished it two days ago. A book this Keith Richards' fan has awaited for a *very* long time. And a worthy read.

My regular re-reads: Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange (actually, this one's on my Desert Island Books list and Desert Island Movies list); the original M*A*S*H (another on the DIB and DIM lists; the tv-series sucks. Out loud.); Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies; David and Leigh Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean series (and their related books). I've actually worn out 2 copies of Heinlein's Glory Road.

I first read The Lord of the Rings when I was 15 years old and have re-read it several times. But not in many years. I've tried. I've managed to walk through the audiobooks on my treadmill. But to hold the books in hand and read them with my eyeballs? Just can't seem to get past the first few pages.