<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

Here's the deal:

I've read *The Hobbit*, which was okay (but perhaps a bit tedious in places), and about a quarter into *The Fellowship of the Ring*, which is harder to read.  I actually found a lot of it quite interesting, but I just *can't* read the long passages about how they walked through hills and mountains, or whatever.  My mind just wanders every few paragraphs, and it's very boring.

At first, I had intended to read the books, then watch the movies (which I haven't seen, but have a readily-available box set of), but I am now considering watching the movies now, and maybe having a stab at the books another time.

What should I do?
<bot>: I find it hard to read *LOTR*; should I watch the films and come back to it later?