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« on: January 11, 2013, 08:57:09 PM »
I posed this question on Twitter, but only got one response.. I'd like to get a consensus.. *G*

I got The Hobbit and the 3 LotR books for Christmas, and I want to know which I  should read first.  I'm not sure if there's any order I  should read them in to understand everything, so I'm looking for direction.. *G*
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 09:08:46 PM »
I'd read the Hobbit first. It comes first chronologically and I think the LOTR is, well, better but I still enjoy the Hobbit. I think if you read it first you won't be least bit disappointed with the LOTR but if you read LOTR first you  might be a bit disappointed in the Hobbit.
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM »
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR.  It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly. 
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 10:00:59 PM »
Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR.  It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
The first hundred pages are rough
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 10:02:12 PM »
Quote from: Bill Peckham on January 11, 2013, 10:00:59 PM
Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR.  It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
The first hundred pages are rough

So true, especially when you're only 13.
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2013, 11:19:59 PM »
The Hobbit
Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King

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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2013, 10:25:18 AM »
Definitely read The Hobbit first.
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2013, 12:51:10 PM »
Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 10:02:12 PM
Quote from: Bill Peckham on January 11, 2013, 10:00:59 PM
Quote from: MooseMom on January 11, 2013, 09:48:54 PM
If you're going to read The Hobbit at all, read it before LOTR.  It took me forever to get through The Hobbit, though; I thought the first third dragged terribly.
The first hundred pages are rough

So true, especially when you're only 13.

I haven't been 13 in 20 years.. *LOL*
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2013, 04:01:04 PM »
Seems like only yesterday, I was 13. :'(
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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2013, 06:05:57 PM »
When people ask my age, I tell them that I've been 12 for 22 years... let them figure it out.. *G*
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