I picked up this copy from The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc. located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The Book Thing is a warehouse of free books that has become a local fixture in the community. The premise is simple. You take as many books as you like, and you can donate as many books as you like. It has become a place for us bookcrossers to congregate often.

Here is the book description from the publisher:

Frodo Baggins knew the Ringwraiths were searching for him--and the Ring of Power he bore that would enable Sauran to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it was up to Frodo and his faithful servant Sam to carry the Ring to where it could be detroyed--in the very center of Sauron's dark kingdom.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This book is being released at the BookCrossing OBCZ (Official BookCrossing Zone) inside the cafe. I stopped by the cafe for a nice lunch on my way to a historical conference at Gettysburg College.

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Brought this home recently when Taneytown Cafe closed. This will be re-released again soon.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This book will be released at Kensington's Day of the Book Festival.

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Well, I tried to release this book today at Kensington. I really tried. But when I got home tonight, I realized that whoever unpacked my bags missed 3 books in the bottom. So this will be released again in a few weeks at the Gaithersburg book festival.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This is being released, along with several tables full of books, at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

Welcome to BookCrossing!

To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing -- maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it's free!) Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels - You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!

Found this great classic at the local book festival. And what a find! Especially among the rest of the free selection, most which happened to be filled with harlequin romance novels.
Many friends of mine had interesting things to say about LOTR. And one in particularly is a huge fan of Tolkien. I look forward to seeing if it lives up to all the hype!

CAUGHT IN GAITHERSBURG MARYLAND UNITED STATES