I read it straight through the first time, except for skimming parts of the Council of Elrond because it was (as I thought at the time) SOOO boring, and I wanted to get on with the action.
Now I read it from cover to cover, trying to miss a word of Tolkien's breathtaking description and straightforward narration. I've read it over ten times, and the more I read it, the less boring some portions get (such as Council of Elrond and Book Four).
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"If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door."
THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING
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