November/December Book Club Selection: The Hobbit!

[Miriel]

Ok friends, we're less than a month away from the movie release of The Hobbit!

Trailers:




Yaaaay!!

Which means we should hop to it and get crackin' on reading The Hobbit, the much beloved children's classic by Tolkien.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit— a hairy-footed race of diminutive peoples in J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginary world of
Middle-earth — and the protagonist of The Hobbit (full title: The Hobbit or There and Back Again), Tolkien’s fantasy novel for children first published in 1937. Bilbo enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling
any farther than his pantry or cellar. He does not seek out excitement or adventure. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum, and entwine his fate with armies of goblins, elves, men and dwarves.

Who's in?