tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879958980373749204.post5073957898446600506..comments2023-10-22T15:52:42.528+01:00Comments on Life Between Pages: Review: The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienSophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07357991269022348580noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879958980373749204.post-46497085414795378422011-07-21T19:20:53.793+01:002011-07-21T19:20:53.793+01:00Thanks for the recommendations! I actually bought ...Thanks for the recommendations! I actually bought The Silmarillion at the weekend, and so it's poised ready and waiting for when I finish The Lord Of The Rings. I'm definitely going to see if I can get the CoH audiobook... must be amazing hearing it read by Saruman himself! :-))Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357991269022348580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879958980373749204.post-48993127525666217222011-07-21T02:50:38.410+01:002011-07-21T02:50:38.410+01:00To gain a true appreciation of Middle-earth, you h...To gain a true appreciation of Middle-earth, you have to read <i>The Silmarillion</i>. :) True, there are no hobbits, but you have the Creator Iluvatar, the lesser gods of Valar, Elves, Men, dwarves, dragons, Balrogs, Maiar like Sauron... <3 A shorter version of CoH is presented in it too.<br /><br />If you are not opposed to audiobooks, I would suggest listening to CoH narrated by Christopher Lee. There's not many audiobooks that I want to own, but that most certainly is one of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879958980373749204.post-8266953332226762242011-07-19T16:42:34.315+01:002011-07-19T16:42:34.315+01:00I've just looked up the graphic novel on Amazo...I've just looked up the graphic novel on Amazon, and now I must get a copy... looks amazing! Though it'll have to be purchased next month - spent soooo much money on books the past few weeks! Have you read The Children of Húrin? That sounds like an interesting tale, but I've heard it's pretty dark.<br /><br />I'm dying to read LOTR now, so will probably read those after I've finished Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Tolkien is genius! :DSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357991269022348580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879958980373749204.post-9898153287496127612011-07-19T14:59:53.438+01:002011-07-19T14:59:53.438+01:00Glad to hear you enjoyed The Hobbit! The first tim...Glad to hear you enjoyed The Hobbit! The first time I got introduced to Tolkien was when I caught my cousin reading a graphic version of this novel. I borrowed it from him and fell in love with the characters at once!....then came the years I waited to find Tolkien in our market (I didn't shop online). I bought myself a copy of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings the moment the movie hype brought the books to our stores! <br /><br />The Lord of the Rings is quite a different experience from The Hobbit, but simply amazing.Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707280327803432082noreply@blogger.com