The modest beginnings of my collection

I will use this as a way of introduction. My name is Chris, I live on in the West Coast of the United States in Oregon state and am in my mid-40s. I've been a Tolkien fan since my pre-teen years and that love was reinvigorated in the early 00s with the release of the Peter Jackson films.
I have very casually collected Tolkien books for well over 20 years, but just recently really upped that trend. All of the centenary boxed set releases really caught me, they're just so beautifully produced. So my collection has easily tripled or quadrupled in the past couple months.
Here is my very modest Tolkien shelf as of today (there are a few more volumes on the way currently). Nothing spectacular, but it makes me quite happy.
Book collecting is just one of my hobbies (I'm also a huge LEGO collector as well as music) and I keep it mostly focused to just a few authors (Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, and Michael Crichton being the others). My discretionary budget is spread across a number of things, so books will likely never be a ginormous spending category for me, so you won't likely see me pulling in lots of rare and expensive items.
I've been a casual reader of the forum for a number of years, but just recently joined up and decided to actually participate in the discussions. I'm happy I did so!