{"id":1551,"date":"2020-06-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kildarelibrariesblog.com\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2020-06-23T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T18:01:16","slug":"the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hcp_597808_m_hcp_597808_cover_large.jpg?w=351\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1553\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: J. R. R. Tolkien<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reviewed by: Aoife Kerr, Leixlip library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Encounters with trolls, goblins, dwarves, elves and giant spiders, conversations with the dragon, Smaug, and a rather unwilling presence at the Battle of Five Armies are just some of the adventures that befall Bilbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of those books that everyone should read. It is a well written, thoughtful and all round amazing book. It has inspired my love for fantasy, and has inspired so many others. It is an absolute classic and I loved reading it. <em>The Hobbit <\/em>is an amazing story and one of my all-time favourite books and is a book that is definitely worth reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hobbit is available to borrow from Bolinda Borrowbox in <a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/productDetail.html?productId=HCP_039563&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ebook<\/a> format. If you would like to find more e-stories of Middle Earth you can find the rest of J.R.R Tolkien&#8217;s books<a href=\"https:\/\/fe.bolindadigital.com\/wldcs_bol_fo\/b2i\/performerPage.html?performer=10132486&amp;fromPage=1&amp;b2bSite=4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> here<\/a>. Or call up<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/Library\/Library\/#d.en.16611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> your local Kildare Library <\/a>to request some using our Contact and Collect service. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Reviewed by: Aoife Kerr, Leixlip library A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar. 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