first blog Lord of the Rings

throughout what I've read of lord of the Rings it became evident that the movie differs so much from the book. There is so much tremendous detail in the book and it leaves me guessing after every page. I'ts amazing to me to find out the number of years that go by in the book. The movie of course had to cut out alot but I didn't know it was to that extent. Thus far not much has accured in the book besides Frodo and his friends leaving the Shire, but I have a feeling that the story is about to get very interesting. It is still unclear about the where abouts of Gandalf, and the characters have just run into a misterious character named Tom Bombadil