The Hobbit audio book
When I was a kid, I used to love to have my parents Read books by J.R.R. Tolkien to me. I loved The Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion, and all of the rest. My favorite one, however, was The Hobbit. I would never get tired of that story. There was something so classic about it, so fairytale like. Beyond that, it was just the right length. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was over a thousands pages, but The Hobbit was long enough to feel epic but not long enough to take a year to read at bedtime.
Ever since growing up, I have felt nostalgic for the age of bedtime stories. I have had many downloadable audio books, but none of them have quite done it for me before. Then I found a copy of The Hobbit audio book, and I loved it. The narrator had a great voice and read it at just the right speed to keep it moving along without rushing. Tolkien has been coming back into style lately, and I was afraid that they would mess it up. With all of the Peter Jackson hobbit hype, I thought that the spirit of Tolkien would be lost. That hasn’t been the case at all. The Hobbit audio book has been a truly astounding listen.
I have actually enjoyed hearing The Hobbit audio book so much that I have been thinking about buying some other recordings of books by Tolkien. I know that there are Lord of the Rings audio books out there, and I can’t wait to hear them. The problem is that so many people have recorded the Lord of the Rings that it might be kind of hard to pick out the one that I want to hear. How do you know ahead of time who does the best reading? I really wish that there was a resource for reviewing audio books online. I was fortunate enough to get a great copy of The Hobbit audio book, but I wouldn’t want to take another risk if I could avoid it. I could get a terrible reading this time.
If you have the luxury of hearing someone else read The Hobbit to you, I highly suggest doing it. If you can’t, however, buying the audio book Hobbit is a great second best. The Hobbit audio book is even better than reading it to yourself because it lets you have the childhood experience of being read to a little bit.
