Comments on: Review: The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/ before I read the middle Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7603 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:30:25 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7603 In reply to Amy.

And I wasn’t even expecting it! I got to that part and was completely surprised and furious. Dreadful human man. I wanted Bilbo to kill him!

(Sheesh, I’m bloodthirsty. :P)

]]> By: Amy https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7602 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:51:21 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7602 I hate that a human kills Smaug! The guy’s not even a bit player in the book, just some random guy who comese along when needed. I love The Hobbit , and the rest of the books, but I get so annoyed at the part.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7601 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:21:30 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7601 In reply to Care.

Are you sure?? The Hobbit is way not as good as Lord of the Rings. I’m reading Fellowship right now and it’s getting gradually better and better as it goes along. I swear!

(I always love reading yours too – though reading the end is indeed amazing.)

]]> By: Care https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7600 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:11:38 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7600 Very fun. And our approaches to books are SO different! on many things (rereading, Woolf, reading the end first?!) but I love reading your thoughts.

I’m very sad to say that I already have lost much in my memory of what happened in The Hobbit just what, 4 weeks ago? since I wrote my post – darn it! I enjoyed it, but I can really see that I’m not immersed in Tolkeinlands! I won’t be reading along for LOTR.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7599 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:23:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7599 In reply to Lightheaded.

I don’t think so. The name rings a bell – he was one of the five (five?) fancy wizard guys like Gandalf and Saruman, but then he liked trees too much, so he wasn’t as good as Gandalf but he was still better than Saruman, right? I am vaguely remembering this from either the ROTK appendices or the letters of Tolkien I read one time. But I don’t think he features much in The Hobbit. (Unless I just missed it, which is totally possible.)

]]> By: Lightheaded https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7598 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:35:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7598 Awww, I still haven’t recovered The Hobbit and the rest of my LOTR books from my boxes at home so I didn’t get to read along with you guys 🙁 But this I remember, Radagast was in this book, right? Radagast the Brown? The eco-friendly wizard 🙂

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7597 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:41:22 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7597 In reply to Ari.

Oh, I absolutely do. The middle is better if I have read the end already! Usually people are horrified when I tell them I read the end – so nice to find someone who agrees with me! 🙂

]]> By: Ari https://readingtheend.com/2010/01/31/the-hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/#comment-7596 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:56:59 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2067#comment-7596 Ok I just saw the header of your blog about reading the end before the middle. Do you seriously? because I do too!!!!!!! Especially when I have school the next day and I need to go to sleep, I read the end first. A possible kindred spirit! lol.

I commented at the Angela Johnson post too, I’m done pestering now 😉

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