I've read quite a lot of Tolkien as well during the years. I did actually finish Silmarillion this summer, and I read the Hobbit before that. I started reading Tolkien years ago, but I still come back to his works from time to time, reading them over and over again.

As for books in general, I'm as always sinking my teeth into the world of alternate history. Right now I'm hooked on the Ring of Fire series by Eric Flint. This is about a US town called Grantville, which is suddenly transported back to 1632, right in the middle of the Thirty Years' War. If you would like to get more information on this series, there's a ton available on the Internet.

I also read a classic not long ago, which is called The Shrinking Man. It was written by Richard Matheson, an author of many classic science-fiction novels. This story is basically about a man that is exposed to a cloud of radiactive spray, which makes him shrink, inch by inch. After a while, you'll be presented with how a human can cope in the world of insects, which are much larger than himself. It is well worth reading and should be available in your local library.