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__** Book 2 **__
__** Final post! **__
 * And it became amazing! After Bilbo found the ring things picked up tremendously and it has honestly blown me away on how Tolkien tied everything together. the how the characters used so many exclamation points so much did bug me through out but eh I got over it. the wittiness of the goblin's song when the evil wolves had the dwarves **** and Bilbo in the trees made me laugh. but after they were saves by these huge eagles and a man who can change into a bear Gandalf leaves and they get caught in a spider web; Bilbo saves them using the ring and his sward that he names sting and the whole everything-ties-together thing was in the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Froto got caught by the spiders as well and was like, "You've meat Sting before." **


 * Couldn't Tolkien think of anything else exiting than getting captured though? that is what irked me.... cause after the spiders they got captured by evils and blah blah.... THE DRAGON! I thought that the story would end with them just getting the treasure and leaving but it can't be that easy. Oh no. The dragon talks to Bilbo and reveals that his scales are weak by his heart (how convenient). Bilbo steals a cup to prove once again he is this master thief that Gandalf says he is and Smaug (dragon) is mad and burns down the Lake Town and an archer kills him with one shot. **


 * The elves and humans want some of the dwarf treasure sense they helped defeat the dragon but they refuse and end up getting trapped within the mountain. Bilbo tries to make peace and this angers Thorin (the dwarf leader). Gandalf magically appears and tries to save the day once again but hey he can't because all of the goblins and the wolves they ran away from earlier have followed them to the mountain and no one will survive unless they all band together to kill them. Tolkien seems to be notorious for making it look like there is no hope but you know that some how the good guys will win. Always. It makes the suspense for me something like this, "Oh no. They are in trouble. oh no. They might die. But nope! They win." **


 * And the story pretty much ends with Bilbo going home and losing his good reputation from going on this adventure but he doesn't care because he says he would rather spend his time talking to dwarfs and wizards any way.... **

__ Post three! __
==== It's dragging and I'm waiting for the most amazing story that will blow me away. Oooooh mountains! ooooh trolls! Oooooh they might die but predictably Gandalf comes to the rescue and wait.... talks the trolls to death? Really? what's so great about a troll turning to stone because of the sun!? Bah..... and I was so excited to read this.... I know the story so I'm thinking maybe I should just skip to Return of the King..... but I wouldn't do that. I just hope the story gets better. I can't keep the dwarfs straight because there are so many of them and no background on them. I don't know the point of having 13 dwarfs when Tolkien only has 2 or 3 speak. And I still don't get why at the beginning Gandalf had them all show up at Bilbo's house. ====

__ Post two! __
==== I hate it... I like the characters and the story but the style of writing is killing me! I'm in chapter two and nothing terribly exciting is going on but Tolkien uses exclamation points on every single sentence. It is driving me mad. Oh! And in the middle of the story he says with parentheses "look at the map at the front of the book." That cuts off the story. I'm sorry but the character development isn't that great but what I know of Gandalf I don't buy that he would speak with that much excitement all the time.No. Just no.... ====

I decided that I'm going to read The Hobbit By J.R.R Tolkien. I found it on my dad's shelf and my sisters both said that I'll like it so I thought "Why not!?"
I was reading Wuthering Heights but I had a really hard time getting into it so I switched to Jan Austen's Pride and Prejudice. i chose this book because it is one of my sisters favorites and she seemed to really enjoy it; therefore I assumed that I would enjoy it as well.

the book starts off with a family banter and I insistent loved Mr. Bennet! his quick wit and calm manner is quite enjoyable when his wife is coming unglued. The language that Jane Austen uses is very colorful; so far i really like her style. One thing I am not fond of, however, is Mrs. Bennet. what kind of mother sends her daughter out in the rain on horse back to meet a boy? She seems more concerned with marrying Jane off than she is with her health. At this point in the book I noted that I had a bad feeling about Bingly's family excepting Jane if she came soaked. I was wrong however but the bad feeling did turn out semi correct because she ended up sick.

One of the conversations the Bingly's had -if I understood it correctly- the sisters said that they weren't going to allow Jane to Marry their brother due to her social statues; regardless of how much they liked her, they didn't approve of her family. It did surprise me that all of the women in the book thus far always talk about marriage. It seems to their main, if not only, concern.

At one of the balls, we were introduced to Mr. Darcy; in spite of his critical out look and ill manners, I'm intrigued by him! I really thought it was ironic that his gaze of criticism changed to admiration for Elizabeth (the main character) without his intent. In an argument about the perfect women, he mentioned that she should spend an extensive amount of time reading. I felt that Mr. Darcy meant this as a hint to Elizabeth sense she spends so much time reading.

One thing that I don't like about Jane Austen's style is that there is no sense of time. Along with that, sometimes the conversation moves so fast that I'm unsure of the emotion that the character's should be portraying. The emotions that are clear to me are those of the Bingly family and of Mr. Darcy. The more I read, the sweeter he becomes, yet he thinks he needs to back off because it may become dangerous and I'm curious to find out what he means... I'm really enjoying this book and I can't wait to continue!

__Post 3__ the farther I get in the book the more I believe that Mrs. Bennet is completely ridiculous... I'm not even sure if I can explain her obscenity clearly. Mr. Collins comes to town to stay with the Bennets because when Mr. Bennet dies he'll get the estate. I'm not particularity fond of him and don't believe I will ever be. He decides he wants to marry one of the girls and unsurprisingly his first pick was Jane. when he finds out she is soon to be engaged to Mr. Bingly however, he shifts his gaze to Elizabeth. In the middle of one of his quite boring rants about something I found very unimportant... Lydia interups. she doesn't seem as respectable as Jane nor Elizabeth.her only interest is going to town and seeing the soldiers so she seems very shallow.

In one of their trips to town I gather that Mr. Collins is quite cosseted. he thinks very highly of himself and later the ball confirms that. they meet Mr. Wickham, a solider who happens to know Mr. Darcy. Like Elizabeth I was intrigued by the encounter that they had with each other. it was clear that they knew each other but only a non verbal, awkward nod was exchanged. I was surprised at the story that Mr. Wickham gave though about their past. He said that they grew up together and that Darcy's dad favored him over his own son. I don't full buy it.... but I do agree with his remark that people see Darcy as he wants them too. When he said that Darcy was ill-manured and proud I had to disagree; he seems rough around the edges but when he danced with Elizabeth at the ball I found he much agreeable. Which brought me to the "Oh My Gawd! Darcy is dancing!?" he HATES dancing! He made that very clear at the last ball or party thing. sure proof that he likes her!

Mr. Collins comment though irked me.insulting her intelligence and saying that he'll talk to Darcy and when he got back he said all this rubbish... *rolls eyes* if he wants to marry Elizabeth why does he talk about that Lady Catherine all the time? he doesn't have a right to think of himself so highly and he is such a creeper on Elizabeth!