Lord of the Rings...try #3

So I first tried to read LOTR 2 years ago ( age 13) and barely made it through The Fellowship of the Ring. Skipped through it really. Stepping-stone read it, if you like. I just read what I deemed important and skipped what I deemed not. As a result I had no idea what was going on.
I took another jab at it last year (14). I made it to the second chapter of Two Towers...sigh. I couldn't do it. I still had no understanding or interest of what was going on in the book.
So now, it's time for try three. I'm going to take my time. I'm not going to skim. I realized that I needed to know that I had *not* memorized LOTR like I had pretty much done HP and could *not* just skip the uninteresting bits. I did this slow, thorough reading with The Hobbit and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hopefully I will feel the same after The Fellowship of the Ring.
So I shall dive in.
I decided the prologue was of little to no importance and I could skip it entirely. The Internet agrees with me (how trustworthy).
I might give updates about how I am fairing with tackling this book. Wish me luck!