I just finished reading The Hobbit with Max and Darwyn. Max and I first read the book together back in 2014 and I wrote about it then. This is the first time Darwyn's heard the story. They both loved it.
Our favourite chapter is Riddles in the Dark, wherein Bilbo discovers the ring. Darwyn loves Gollum and was bouncing off the walls that night. She took the book to bed and reread all the riddles. She posed the riddles to her friends at school the next day. She made new riddles of her own.
Building on our success with The Hobbit, we've decided to start The Lord of the Rings. I've warned Darwyn that these books are much longer and slower-paced. We'll see how it goes. We finished chapter 1. Bilbo's birthday party had twelve dozen guests. I asked Darwyn how many guests that is and she computed the answer all by herself in her head.
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