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By Kerri , the sane one · 24 posts · 172 views
By Kerri , the sane one · 24 posts · 172 views
last updated May 25, 2012 10:37AM
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Full disclosure: I am a life-long Tolkien geek. Mock me, and I'll cuss you out in Elvish. And then I'll breathe a bit of fire at you.
This is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings. I actually read LOTR first when I was 9 years old (back when dinosaurs walked the earth...) and it was rough going, so I highly recommend reading The Hobbit first. It explains a lot of things that are important to the trilogy. Also, unlike LOTR, this is a children's book. It's not just for children, by any means, but it ...more
This is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings. I actually read LOTR first when I was 9 years old (back when dinosaurs walked the earth...) and it was rough going, so I highly recommend reading The Hobbit first. It explains a lot of things that are important to the trilogy. Also, unlike LOTR, this is a children's book. It's not just for children, by any means, but it ...more
There's no need to restate what's been said by a multitude of other Tolkien lovers, so here are my favorite things:
1) Tolkien's conversational style made me giggle in places. When he says things like, "You will remember this..." or "There's no need to tell you this..." to the reader I love it. He's the only writer who can take such liberties and remain in my good graces. With anyone else that would be annoying.
2) The characterization of Bilbo Baggins is genius. I related to him so strongly! He w ...more
1) Tolkien's conversational style made me giggle in places. When he says things like, "You will remember this..." or "There's no need to tell you this..." to the reader I love it. He's the only writer who can take such liberties and remain in my good graces. With anyone else that would be annoying.
2) The characterization of Bilbo Baggins is genius. I related to him so strongly! He w ...more
Hobbit, The by J. R. R. Tolkien (2008)
I read this for the first time in the third grade. I got into trouble at school because I couldn't hear the teacher for being so engrossed in the story. She actually dragged me from my desk by the ear and pushed me into a corner at the front of the room.
I remember reading under the covers at night with a flashlight and being terrified to go on when I got to the part about Gollum and when they are all captured by the spiders. The goblins and Smaug himself were quite shiver worthy as well! ...more
I remember reading under the covers at night with a flashlight and being terrified to go on when I got to the part about Gollum and when they are all captured by the spiders. The goblins and Smaug himself were quite shiver worthy as well! ...more
This is such a fun story that I never tire of rereading! The annotated edition has great background info about the text and the writing of the story and illustrations from different editions of The Hobbit. =)
