How Did You First Read or Experience the Hobbet?

i read the hobbit back in maybe like fourth grade, and then did not know that it was part of the wider lord of the rings universe until probably like, eighth grade or ninth grade. You just thought it was a coincidence that there was a guy named j r r tulkan. i constantly want to quit my day job and become a library an full, likea full time, like i do it part time now. I don't im i'm a full time library lover. It makes me sad. Anyway, i interrupted, yo, checked it oup from the library. Yes, i tooke it out of my middle school library. And i knew nothing. At that point