If you're skipping pages in Fellowship, you're not making it through the Frodo and Sam chapters in The Two Towers. I love Tolkien but I completely understand that he is a very difficult read. But if you want to actually enjoy and get through the trilogy you are going to have to read it slowly and take in all the prose, which is where Tolkien shines. My advice to you, if you feel you have to skip through sections, is to put the book down and don't waste your time on something you won't enjoy. Or alternatively read The Hobbit first (if you haven't already; it's not clear in the post if you have) which is far more accessible and a much tighter narrative. Then return to Lord of the Rings.