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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

Start date: September 1, 2011

Finish date: October 31, 2011

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Apr 19, 2011 kwesi 章英狮 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Bilbo Baggins is a normal hobbit, only wanted is a peaceful life and a home loving type. But one day when Gandalf tricked Bilbo to host a party for Thorin and the gang, he was ridiculed and forced to join the team to explore the land within the imagination of Tolkien. Bilbo, the band and the reader met new faces from orcs, eagles, and other mystical creature that fought within stories by stories. Imaginative Tolkien once again made his famous children's book of all time.

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Jan 01, 2012 Sheila rated it it was amazing

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I don't have time to make a proper review or literary criticism, so I'll just write My Thoughts About The Hobbit.

First, a confession: I've never read The Hobbit, not even before I walked alone the dark aisle of a popular movie house South of Manila to see The Fellowship Of The Ring, thinking to myself 30 minutes into the movie how it was a bad decision to watch it sans company, especially when the monstrous (transformed) face of Bilbo appeared as he tried to grab the ring on a chain around Frod ...more

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