I'm reading LOTR for the fifth time now.  I'm near the end of FOTR.  This time I'm going to follow Frodo and Sam's story to the end, and then go back and read the other parts.  It should be interesting to see how it affects my reading experience.
I had planned to hold off on reading LOTR for awhile, at least until later in the summer.  There are lots of other books I have lined up to read.  But I just couldn't resist any longer.  I also started the Book of Lost Tales 1, but I've only read a couple chapters so far.  I'll get back to it after LOTR.
I figure I'll read LOTR two more times after this before ROTK comes out.  I know that some people are putting off reading it, so the memory of the book isn't too fresh when the movie comes out.  But I want to read it as much as I can before the movie, because once I see the movie it will be harder to hold on to how I imagined things.  I want to experience the book as much as I can without the movie's influence.  I had only read FOTR once before seeing the movie, and I regret it now.  I wish I'd had more time with just the book.

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"For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."