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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

Start date: February 1, 2013

Finish date: March 1, 2013

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Jan 31, 2012 Keertana rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: why-the-hype

I can never forget the first time I picked up a Tolkien novel - never. I was only thirteen, but I read through the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy, appendixes included, in just eight days. Yes, eight days. As you can imagine, I did nothing but read those books, for they kept me utterly riveted to the page. The Hobbit, on the other hand, took me over eight weeks to read. In fact, it felt like a solid eight months. Sure, I have more work now that I did when I was thirteen and less free time to re ...more

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Feb 15, 2012 Eyehavenofilter rated it really liked it

Shelves: other-worlds

Bilbo is tricked into trudging off into the unknown terror with a fluctuating number of irritating dwarves who repeatedly put him and themselves in life threatening situations. Sounds terrible doesn't it? Well I'm sure as hell that Bilbo didn't think that this was any vacation to some sunny tropical island. But is one hell of a compilation of craziness, with our intro to Gollum and his bipolar, identity switching,psychopathic serial killing, personalities.
Bilbo means well, and somehow manages t ...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Caitlin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: what-to-read-next

BLOWWWN AWAY!
the Hobbit was everything i expected and much, much more- adventure, action, comedy, and beautifully told :) definitely one of my favourites!
I'll miss all my dwarvish friends, but hopefully i'll hear more of them in LOTR- next up!
this classic is great for people of all ages- it was originally written for Tolkien's children, but grew quickly into a classic for everyone. i'm so glad i read it and i can't wait to endeavour into the further adventures of Tolkien's lively clan :)
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