This one is pretty self-explanatory. I had never read The Hobbit. While I'd tried reading it twice, once in junior high and then one more time in high school, for some reason I was simply unable to get through the first hundred pages. Looking back now, I'm not sure what failed to click because this time around I absolutely LOVED it! Tolkien's writing style was old fashioned but still very entertaining. The entire novel has the feel of listening to your grandparents tell stories from their childhood. If your grandparents were from Middle Earth. And kept company with wizards and dwarves and elves. And also, if they were hobbits.
My favorite thing about this book was that Tolkien allows breaks in his narrative to speak directly to the audience. I also loved the characters. Bilbo has me convinced that hobbits are about the funniest, most peculiar fictional creatures, second only to house elves, of course. Now, onto goal #32! This one might take me awhile...
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