tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post877834121876506648..comments2024-03-20T09:37:09.972-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: The Hobbit: ReviewBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-67156566268541818262014-06-13T12:12:21.086-04:002014-06-13T12:12:21.086-04:00John: I loved Lord of the Flies (but read that on ...John: I loved Lord of the Flies (but read that on my own). Read Conrad in college and liked him okay. Melville's a big NO. But the Brontes and Twain...totally good with them.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-60428789454132220942014-06-13T11:25:10.539-04:002014-06-13T11:25:10.539-04:00I actually read all of THE HOBBIT on my own and wa...I actually read all of THE HOBBIT on my own and wasn't all that entranced with it. I was more entranced by the Hilldebrandt Brothers' illustrations. I attempted to read all of the Lord of the Rings books but abandoned it half way through THE TWO TOWERS. Never made it to the end or to THE RETURN OF THE KING. Tolkien *is* a plodding writer.<br /><br />If I had a teacher who demanded of me to find motifs and metaphors in any assigned reading I'd hate it too. Nearly every book I was assigned to read I found fascinating from LORD OF THE FLIES to TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. Anything by Joseph Conrad, Melville, and parts of THE SCARLET LETTER bored the hell out of me. But the Brontes and Hardy and Dickens I ate up. Oh and Mark Twain, too.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-36634196589082967032014-06-12T20:26:54.094-04:002014-06-12T20:26:54.094-04:00I haven't read this since I was a kid. I wonde...I haven't read this since I was a kid. I wonder what I would think of it as an adult.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-20342985159101338702014-06-12T18:13:08.510-04:002014-06-12T18:13:08.510-04:00Y'know, this is a book I know and have always ...Y'know, this is a book I know and have always wanted to read. The size is crazy, but it's having seen the film, which I liked, might not live up to each other in the end.<br />I don't know though.<br />Great review!fredamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445217103291725907noreply@blogger.com