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Mar 25, 2008
Brad
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it was amazing
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Finished reading it to the kids tonight. I'll have to write about it tomorrow.
later ... It's been almost two decades since I last read The Hobbit,and the intervening years have not been kind to our relationship. I've reread The Lord of the Rings in that time, and been both dazzled and repulsed by Peter Jackson's screen interpretation of them. I revised my intellectual response to Tolkien, if not my feelings, because of the racism inherent in the Trilogy, then I revised it again because of the se ...more
later ... It's been almost two decades since I last read The Hobbit,and the intervening years have not been kind to our relationship. I've reread The Lord of the Rings in that time, and been both dazzled and repulsed by Peter Jackson's screen interpretation of them. I revised my intellectual response to Tolkien, if not my feelings, because of the racism inherent in the Trilogy, then I revised it again because of the se ...more
Nov 29, 2009
Carrie
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it was amazing
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This re-read was just as wonderful this time around.
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
January 2024
I absolutely love J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and I also highly recommend the audio version narrated by Andy Serkis (who voices Gollum in the Peter Jackson movies).
The Hobbit is a book that I introduced to my kids when they were young. And one we enjoyed repeatedly as they grew up. It has shaped our love of fantasy and our family culture. It’s a story of adventure and self-discovery. As we have lived our own adventures, it’s a story that our family has returned to over and over, the ...more
I absolutely love J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and I also highly recommend the audio version narrated by Andy Serkis (who voices Gollum in the Peter Jackson movies).
The Hobbit is a book that I introduced to my kids when they were young. And one we enjoyed repeatedly as they grew up. It has shaped our love of fantasy and our family culture. It’s a story of adventure and self-discovery. As we have lived our own adventures, it’s a story that our family has returned to over and over, the ...more
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