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    <body><![CDATA[Some books are almost impossible to review.  If a book is bad, how easily can we dwell on its flaws!  But if the book is good, how do you give any recommendation that is equal the book?  Unless you are an author of equal worth to the one whose work you review, what powers of prose and observation ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23503181">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My parents had a BBC version of this on vinyl when I was about 3-4 years old, and they taped it for me onto four or five analog tapes that I listened to every morning.  I'd spend hours and hours at the beginning of each day listening to the British actor read these words, taking them to heart and me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6226578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[               This book took me on a great adventure, one that took me through a great range of emotions, and I have to say, it must be the cutest adventure I've ever been on. How can you not adore Bilbo and his hobbit friends with thier furry feet and quaint past-times?<br/>                  Of co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10836846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a very ancient candidate on my &quot;to read list&quot; and I always planned to read it just before <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34.The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Part_1_" title="The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien">the Lord of the Rings</a>. So far, things have worked out and I have started Lord of the Rings the same afternoon I finished the Hobbit.<br/><br/>I don't think I would enjoy Lord of the Ri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29407842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Personally I think that Tolkien is somewhat of a genius.  I mean anyone who went through enough trouble to write an entire volume of history for a three book trilogy, the length of which is as long as any of the books in the installment, has got to be operating on a different mental tear.  I mean th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10780899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Because it was meant for both children and adults, its tone is warmer and more easily accessible than the more famous and dense <em>Lord of the Rings</em> that followed. The tone tempts one to read it aloud, belying Tolkien's intent for parents to share it with their children. Despite the intent, it should i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4167146">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazing story that starts with a disturbance in the life of a homely Hobbit. The unpleasantness leads on to an adventure that spans the known world of Middle Earth and sets the stage for the final battle with the Dark Lord, Sauron of Mordor. <br/><br/>Written in a much more simple and easy to r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1569430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book started it all for me.  I was in the 4th or 5th grade and, until then, it had been all picture books and starter books (i.e. Superfudge, Ramona the Pest, etc.).  Then my Mom read me the first chapter of The Hobbit.  She said I could read ahead and she would just continue from where I left ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26780677">more...</a>]]></body>
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