Blog 3A-Tolkein & The Hobbit: Preconceived notions

I have mixed feelings about reading this book.  I first attempted to read it in Junior High, but I did not finish it.  At the time I thought it was stupid and boring.  A few years later in High School I read the book a second time because the new Lord of The Rings movies were coming out.  I remember thinking the book was pretty entertaining, but after watching the Lord of The Rings movies I did not understand how the Hobbit fit into the big picture.  I had not read the Lord of The Rings novels before I watched the movies though.  Now that I have read the Lord of The Rings novels, I am hoping that I will have a better understanding of how the Hobbit is the precurser to the other novels.  My aunt is an English teacher, and this is one of her favorite books to teach.  I am looking forward to re-reading this book.