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The Hobbit

Postby Lady Rebecca » April 21st, 2006, 5:28 am

I checked The Hobbit out of the library recently. I had read about a third of it in the morning and set it down to do something else. My younger brother, age 14, popped in and asked if he could read the Tolkien book? I think he was intrigued by the dragon on the cover. :) Well, for the rest of the day, he was on the couch reading it intently. I mean, glued. It made me smile. :)

The next day, we were out for our walk, and he kept bringing up funny parts of the book, so we could laugh together over them. :)

Today, he asked if we could get The Two Towers. I think we've got another fan here. :)
"Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before. But it was no good trying to throttle this hope. It might - really, really, it just might be true. So many odd things had happened already." - from the magician's nephew

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Postby Theo » April 21st, 2006, 11:06 am

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Postby A#minor » April 21st, 2006, 7:25 pm

Ah, yes, another convert! :grin: Marvelous!
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Postby Leslie » April 22nd, 2006, 12:44 am

Why TTT next, and not FOTR?

I read THe Lord of the Rings over about 18 months to my son when he was about 11-12. We started on The Hobbit soon after that, but we haven't finished it yet. I keep thinking "Why doesn't he read it himself? He could have finished it by now." He's 14, and he can read, but he prefers to have me read it to him.
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Postby Lady Rebecca » April 22nd, 2006, 3:03 am

"Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before. But it was no good trying to throttle this hope. It might - really, really, it just might be true. So many odd things had happened already." - from the magician's nephew

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re: The Hobbit

Postby A#minor » April 22nd, 2006, 3:50 pm

What?! What boring parts? The presumption of that young imp! :shocked: :tsk:
Good for you that you made him go back and read it completely. :clap: :read:

These young whipper-snappers just think they can skip around in the holy Tolkien scriptures?! Hmph! They need to be taught a lesson.Image
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Postby VixenMage » April 22nd, 2006, 5:20 pm

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Postby Theo » April 22nd, 2006, 7:06 pm

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“First they came for Abdul Rahman and I spoke out because I was a Muslim. Then they came for the Palestinians and I raised hell because I was a Jew. Then they came for the Iraqis and I protested because I was an American. Then they came for the Muslims and I spoke out because I was a Christian, Then they came for the poor and I spoke out because I was rich. By the time they came for me, I had all the support a man could ask for.”
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Re: re: The Hobbit

Postby Leslie » April 22nd, 2006, 7:09 pm

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Re: re: The Hobbit

Postby Erekose » April 22nd, 2006, 9:31 pm

Call yourself a dog???? I've seen better hair on a lavatory brush!!!
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Postby VixenMage » April 22nd, 2006, 9:33 pm

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re: The Hobbit

Postby Lirenel » April 23rd, 2006, 12:15 am

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1

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Postby Leslie » April 23rd, 2006, 1:29 am

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Postby VixenMage » April 23rd, 2006, 1:53 am

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Re: re: The Hobbit

Postby Lady Rebecca » April 23rd, 2006, 3:21 am

"Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before. But it was no good trying to throttle this hope. It might - really, really, it just might be true. So many odd things had happened already." - from the magician's nephew

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