starting of the hobbit

[Sara]

Bjorn-The Last Viking wrote: "I also listened to the audio book when I was 9. At that time I didnt know that it was part of the Lord Of The Rings Series...I enjoyed it."

It's not "technically" part of the series--sort of a prequel.

[Michael]

Ron wrote: "The Hobbit opened a whole new world for me when I first read it the the 1960s. While it is a kind of prequel to LOTR, it was Tolkien's only published work on Middle Earth for two decades. The flavo..."

It was not so much a prequel as LOTR was a sequel. The hobbit was written as a children's book, Lord of the Rings as a book for adults, who were children when The Hobbit came out.

but hey, Great book!

[Corey]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Hobbit, it kept me turning the page to see what was going to happen to Bilbo next!
I would definitely recommend this to anyone and everyone!