J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life Inspired

This is an interesting and quick biography about the father of fantasy Himself. I got this as a gift and I was so pleased to be able to read through this one on my day off. 
This author does a great job of giving all of the necessary bits to Tolkien's life without it being so detailed that it feels more like textbook reading. Not that I wouldn't read more about Tolkien, of course I would, but this was like reading nice highlights and I actually learned a couple new things. For instance, I was always under the impression (for whatever reason) that Christopher was helping with The Lord of the Rings and the maps while still pretty young (aka in my mind, I was always picturing he was a child still). However, he we actually 21 and already in a group of friends alongside his father at the time. 
The only slightly weird thing is that this publishing company is a small religious one. So, this went pretty heavily into Tolkien being a devout Catholic more than once. However, it wasn't preachy or anything like that so I'm glad to have read it.