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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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What Members Thought

Ami
Dec 18, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, classics, fae, audio-books, adventure, series, dragons, 2016, middle-earth-saga, tolkien
Necessarily abridged for radio dramatization, but not badly performed. The meat is still there, if not the potatoes and carrots.
2 likes ·   · see review
Ami
Feb 14, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, classics, fae, art, adventure, dragons, middle-earth-saga, tolkien, 2017, illustrated
Paged through for the beautiful ilustrations while reading the ocassional excerpt.
2 likes ·   · see review
Valerie
Aug 16, 2009 rated it really liked it
Lolan
Oct 14, 2009 rated it it was ok
Kitty Marie
Oct 20, 2009 marked it as to-read
Linda Martin
Jan 21, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Claire
Sep 08, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
3 likes · 
Ami
Nov 11, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, book-club-reads
1 like · 
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Dec 19, 2012 rated it liked it
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Jan 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Julia
Jan 05, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: audible, 2013, rereading, classics
Anne
Apr 15, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: audiobook, fiction, read-in-2013, kindle
Jen
May 08, 2013 rated it really liked it
Samantha
Aug 10, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Dana
Apr 16, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Lorri
Jan 01, 2016 marked it as to-read
Ami
Jan 17, 2025 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: middle-earth-saga, tolkien
Ami
Mar 02, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Carri
Nov 13, 2017 marked it as to-read
Susan
May 01, 2018 marked it as to-read
Caitlin
Jan 17, 2019 is currently reading it
Shelves: books-i-own
Kate
Sep 19, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
4 likes · 
Claire
Jan 12, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: npr-100-best-ever-teen-novels
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