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2023: A nice reread.
2016:
Ever a classic. Needed to do a reread to remember what is actually in The Hobbit after seeing the movies with the "extras" added in. Love the narrator's voice -- almost feels like an oral legend. ...more
2016:
Ever a classic. Needed to do a reread to remember what is actually in The Hobbit after seeing the movies with the "extras" added in. Love the narrator's voice -- almost feels like an oral legend. ...more
This was a re-read for me, but the first go-round was so long ago that I'd forgotten a lot of the book. (Hey, look at that! A whole passel of giant spiders! And Frodo and Sam thought *they* had arachnid problems.) Tolkien, as ever, excels at his world-building: the landscape and its unusual inhabitants feel totally real, and made me look around with new appreciation at rocks, plants, and streams in my own neighborhood, as if they all might harbor magical beings or properties.
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Jul 23, 2011
Joan DeArtemis
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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fantasy
I am so glad I read this again! I first read it in Jr. High... or, should I say, it was read to me by an English teacher. I played Dungeons & Dragons for years, so I know all about hobbits and dwarves and dragons. What I did not realize, though, is how well written this book is! I guess I should not be surprised. It is a classic, after all. But I just completely enjoyed it, and I can't wait until the Hobbit movie comes out next year!
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Nov 14, 2011
Shellie (Layers of Thought)
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
genre-classics,
books-1001-list
Nov 20, 2011
Kyle
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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re-read,
digital,
juvenile,
fantasy,
classic,
2011-reads,
favorites,
2015-reads,
2019-reads
Nov 05, 2012
Kirsten
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
young-adult
Dec 20, 2014
Valentina
marked it as to-read
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Nikki
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