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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Athira (Reading on a Rainy Day)
Nov 29, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2010, f-fantasy-scifi, f-literary, format-print, fiction, source-own
I read this book as part of the LOTR Read-Along, that is hosted @ A Striped Armchair, The Literary Omnivore, Shelf Love, and Just Add Books. Although The Hobbit is a classic that most of you should have read growing up, I first heard of this book and its sequel epic fantasy only much later! Talk about not enough visits to the bookstore or the library! Even when I heard of this fantasy, it was when I watched the LOTR trilogy movies. Months later, my brother garnered a copy of the trilogy and that ...more
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Dawn
Jul 19, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001, 1001-original
Jill
Jul 21, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Richard Livesay
Jul 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Yvonne
Jul 25, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Emma
Aug 03, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Teddie
Aug 06, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, bwormbitches
Nancy
Aug 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Robin Dodds
Aug 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Sophie
Aug 12, 2009 marked it as to-read
Sir
Aug 12, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: old-books, 2009
Julie
Aug 16, 2009 rated it it was ok
Lisa
Aug 17, 2009 rated it it was ok
Jim Townsend
Aug 19, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Brandy B
Aug 19, 2009 rated it really liked it
Becky Cota
Aug 27, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Brenda Backman
Aug 30, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Alex
Sep 11, 2009 rated it really liked it
Dawn
Sep 16, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Amy
Nov 24, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nell
Feb 18, 2010 rated it really liked it
Eimear
Jul 27, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Erika
Aug 06, 2011 marked it as to-read
Tina
Mar 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult, classics, science-fiction, read-in-2012
Marlene
Mar 14, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Adrienne
Jun 18, 2012 rated it really liked it
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