Tolkein and Lewis

I'm currently reading two books: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien and Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Their language is very similar in some ways, and it's fun to imagine them sitting and talking together. 

Though I read The Hobbit years ago, it's taken me awhile to pick up The Lord of the Rings because it seemed that for every wonderful thing I heard about it, I also heard how boring it was. Well, I haven't found it boring yet! But I'm glad I waited, because even the parts that I might have found boring a few years ago are quite interesting now (college literature classes will do that to you).

Mere Christianity is incredible. The concepts are important and thought provoking, but, unlike many books of this type, Mere Christianity doesn't read like a textbook. Lewis' voice is so entertaining (in the old-fashioned sense (I don't laugh when I read it)). I want to learn to come across so clearly in my writing. And one other bonus: I told my mom I was reading it, and she said she thought that was the book that changed her mind about Christianity.