tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773490020029364112.post2635831707869851780..comments2023-10-28T04:30:56.955-04:00Comments on Reading. Writing. Publishing. A Blog.: The Hobbit - J.R.R. TolkienNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765818961868868617noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773490020029364112.post-76852081639685536912012-10-24T11:36:00.666-04:002012-10-24T11:36:00.666-04:00I just read this (also for the first time, like th...I just read this (also for the first time, like the commenter above me!) and really enjoyed it. I'm with you on the movies, though -- how can there be THREE!? I've heard they are planning to pull some back story from some of Tolkien's notes and the Simarillion (did I get that right?) to bulk up the story, give Gandalf's story more time (in The Hobbit, he pretty much goes away and then comes back, and we don't know where/why).<br /><br />I'll still see the movies, if for no other reason than a) they look pretty and b) I want to see how they make it into 3 movies.Kerry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624436758426097032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773490020029364112.post-75972271710485188372012-09-13T13:40:21.811-04:002012-09-13T13:40:21.811-04:00I am reading this right now for the very first tim...I am reading this right now for the very first time! Life is forcing me to read it slower than I usually would, but I am enjoying it much more than I anticipated. I am kind of kicking myself for not reading it years ago, when my dad first thrust a copy into my hands!! But - a 3 part movie? COME ON Peter Jackson! -SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773490020029364112.post-44047251546316442082012-09-12T15:07:43.911-04:002012-09-12T15:07:43.911-04:00I'll probably read this one soon! (I know I...I'll probably read this one soon! (I know I've said that before. But really this time!)<br /><br />Maybe. :)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773490020029364112.post-80320055202808820102012-09-12T09:29:49.161-04:002012-09-12T09:29:49.161-04:00I enjoyed it for the most part. But you're rig...I enjoyed it for the most part. But you're right, it was a little boring. As soon as I decided to stop savoring it and just read it, it felt like something I was forcing myself through. <br /><br />I'll still read your post. =)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765818961868868617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773490020029364112.post-70461363219255928852012-09-12T09:27:21.180-04:002012-09-12T09:27:21.180-04:00I'm listening to this on audiobook right now a...I'm listening to this on audiobook right now and I must say, I find it incredibly boring. I think that that's partly because it does read as a children's story (with a smoking, drinking, sword-wielding child at it's center) and I don't have the childhood memory of the story to support that! I do feel like it could be broken up though. There are some victories the parts could end on - defeating the trolls, escaping the wood-elves. I'm excited to get done and move on to the Lord of the Rings - I read the Fellowship in high school and enjoyed it, so I know that I have good things in store. man, I feel like I just wrote my whole blog post about The Hobbit - oops!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127105939589606854noreply@blogger.com