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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I may be crucified for this statement, but I have always preferred "The Hobbit" over "Lord of the Rings." "Lord of the Rings" is very good literature, but "The Hobbit" has always been able to keep my attention much longer. If you want a book to analyze and take your time reading, I would recommend "Lord of the Rings." If you want an easier read, but still just as enjoyable, "The Hobbit" is your best bet. (  )4   katy89williams | Jan 3, 2010 |  I love it even more(though in a different way) than The Lord Of The Rings. ( )1 ProgWizardry | Dec 27, 2009 | I listened to the talking book in the car over the past week. I have always struggled with reading 'The Hobbitt'. In the past I have picked up and put down this book several times. But as with other talking books I have listened to, I found that I could listened to 'The Hobbitt and truly enjoy it. 1 misibea | Dec 7, 2009 | Classic adventure - takes you away and keeps you interested ( ) MartinaL | Dec 6, 2009 | The greatest fantasy epic of our time. The prelude to The Lord of the Rings. 1 |  hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 | 
 This is one of the most freshly original and delightfully imaginative books for children that have appeared in many a long day. . . . a glorious account of a magnificent adventure, filled with suspense and seasoned with a quiet humor that is irresistible.
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The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader. --Alix Wilber
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