#tbrbooks

All the books I haven’t yet got round to reading. I have a glut of amazing secondhand bookshops in my town to the pile increases every weekend

Recent commission feat some secret notes for the giftee!

Current read:

Twilight

• THE HOBBIT •

Author: J.R.R Tolkien

Genre: Fantasy, adventure

Synopsis:

The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth and follows home-loving Bilbo Baggins, who joins the wizard Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves of Thorin's Company, on a quest to reclaim the dwarves' home and treasure from the dragon Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from his peaceful, comfortable hobbit home and his many breakfasts, to a string of places where comfort and breakfast is few and far between. He learns things he never expected of himself and the world as he becomes the companion of the 13 dwarves.

My review:

This book was so much FUN!! I remember trying to read it when I was younger and it never interested me, but this second time through I realized how wonderful of a book this is. If you are looking for a fantasy book that is faced paced on every single page, this is the book for you. Tolkien quite literally never slowed down this story and every page and chapter has something new happening on it.

Although there are a large amount of characters in such a short book, none of the characters are lacking! In fact, each of the dwarves has their own personality that is easy to pick out from a long the others. This made the book so enjoyable. To get to see the characters development and relationships that Bilbo had with each of his friends was really cool.

Seeing the development in Bible was also fun. Throughout the book, events happen that cause him to be braver and more cunning and to accomplish things that as the reader, you wouldn’t think him capable of.

Despite the quickness of this story, Tolkien somehow still did so much world building in a way that wasn’t boring at all. He a few words here and there, he was able to create a whole world in his pages in a unique way for the time these books were written.

The Count of Monte Cristo 🌒⏳⚖️

- Alexandre Dumas

Continuing my TBR shelf reading this year (2 down, 50 to go!) which should I read next of these 4 chosen at random?