One (Booktober)

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit."

I ask you, who DOESN'T know this iconic first line? If you don't, you may as well have been living under a rock for decades. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien is a fantastic way to start our Booktober, because it has it all: adventure, funky characters (here's looking at you, Gandalf), walkabouts in autumn, and a there-and-back again kind of story.

Also a dragon.

And the best thing? You don't have to move an inch from your favourite reading spot!

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen Dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on a journey to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon ...

(from the book jacket)

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: The Hobbit

Hello everyone!

Alright, alright, I will admit, I can never seem to get over the whole Tolkien phase at all, even for a little bit. I'm always reading something or other from the master, and recently I've discovered that I need to be very careful about what I do before bed or else I might end up awake until the wee morning hours.

So to try and combat that, I decided to read every night before I went to sleep, which means that I was going to pick something I would enjoy, of course.

Naturally, I picked the Hobbit, because for one thing it was meant to be a bed time story, and for another I just love reading about Bilbo and the Dwarves, who are pretty much a comedic relief in comparison to what you see in the movies sometimes.

Then of course, I'm now debating what else to read before bed and I might tackle the Silmarillion next, but we will see!

For the time being, let's dip into the review of the Hobbit, book version.