Yeah- she was a fanatic about it and actually had pictures of Hobbits hanging on her wall, as I remember. Needless to say, the relationship lasted about as long as my reading of the book. Only other book that ever happened with where I didn't finish but aborted reading after only a few chapters was one of Tom Clancy's books. Can't remember the title, but the book was as thick as a Bible and the initial 2 chapters described military weaponry in loving, fetishistic detail. After finally getting to the 3rd chapter, I decided that life was too short and turned to something else. Once I start a book, or a movie, I like to see it throught to the bitter end, even if it's bad. Not that I'm saying the Hobbit book was bad- just not my cup of tea, I guess. Like science fiction, which can be very well-written, even erudite, but just not a subject that interests me much.
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