The fellowship of the ring

I just finished watching the first movie in the lord of the ring series and it was 3 hours of pure awesomeness. I loved it so so much.
I did try to read the first book or the first part of the lord of the rings last year but failed because I felt like it wasn't going anywhere and that it was moving to slowly. But now, with newly found enthusiasm I am going to read it and this time I WILL succeed. I feel like there is just too much that I will miss out on if I don't read this series.
The characters were all so wonderful, but I feel like I hardly know them at all. I am very excited to start this series.
There was one part that I really liked. It was when Frodo tells Gandalf that he wishes that the ring had never come to him and that none of this had ever happened.
Gandalf replies by saying " so do all who live to see such times , but that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you. "

That is so true. Things will happen to us and we may not like it but all we can do is decide on how to spend the time that we have.