I’ve recently realized my workouts go by a lot more quickly if I read. And so I’ve been re-reading The Return of the King on the exercise bike. Thing is, whenever something exciting happens in the story, I can’t help but pedal faster. And last night I was at the very action-packed part of the Siege of Gondor, when all hell breaks loose. Literally. Every paragraph is more exhilarating than the previous one.

Needless to say, I was dead when I got off the bike. What can I say, it’s a rough job, defending the world from evil. I still feel the ache.