The Hobbit, or There and Back Again in Pick-a-Shelf

Nov 29, 2009 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hmd, fantasy, 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, classics, favorites, mgr, re-read, j-r-r-tolkien, need-to-re-read, m-g

This re-read was just as wonderful this time around.

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Oct 11, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, fiction, fantasy, re-read, favorites

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

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Feb 26, 2015 Joanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-read, audiobooks, fantasy-sci-fi

I listened to this audiobook with my five-year-old son during some long car rides. He's a Tolkien fan -- He's already heard the story told, then the book read aloud, then watched the cartoon version of the movie. He dressed up as Smaug for Halloween one year. He built a complicated Lego model of Bilbo's house. So he was familiar with the story. We enjoyed listening to this production. The narrator does a fine job with changes in cadence and voice to make the story entertaining in audio format. I ...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Rebekah rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-childrens, genre-classics, genre-fantasy, genre-young-adult, genre-literature, genre-adventure, rating-4, genre-science-fiction-fantasy, genre-fantasy-epic-fantasy, genre-fantasy-high-fantasy

I remember trying to read this when I was a kid and stopping a little over a chapter or so into it. At the time I thought it was boring. I am not sure if I couldn't relate to the "fantasy" world or the lack of female characters. So I gave this book another go at the age of 29. I have seen the movie. This time around, I was much more impressed. The beginning was hilarious and engaging and charming. It felt like a story that was dying to be read out loud and one to read to children. I was surprise ...more

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