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I remember my second grade teacher, Ms Anderson, being so mad when she caught me reading this during silent reading time. There was “no way” I could possibly understand the themes and what was going on in this book. I said “You do know this was made to be a children’s novel” which she vehemently denied then I showed her the forward I was quoting. I got detention and a note home about what an insufferable brat I was. Yay American education system! Anyway, I will always love this cornerstone of my
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Every time I get ready to re-read Tolkien, I get a little nervous. What if it's just not as good as I remember it? But my fears are always needless. Tolkien truly had a gift for writing stories that were not just exciting or interesting, but beautiful as well. The Hobbit is sometimes treated as an inferior to Lord of the Rings because the latter is an epic and the former is more of a fairy tale. I won't argue that Lord of the Rings was Tolkien's best work, but The Hobbit is special because it is
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Nov 11, 2010
Norbert
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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terra-di-mezzo
Nov 11, 2010
Norbert
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
terra-di-mezzo
Nov 26, 2010
Megan Clarke
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
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