Teens Monthly Book Club discussion

So this month’s book is going to be The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien, and it’s going to be our 10th book together as a book group (pretty cool!).
I’ve just recently become a co-mod so hi, i’m eliza if you don’t know me already!
my brother owns this book so i have it already and will be starting is as soon as i finish my current book!

I’ve had this book for years and have never gotten around to reading it. This is the perfect opportunity for me to actually read it

yay gfuu!! my dad read it to me when i was about 8 and i swear i just zoned out through the full thing. i can't remember anything ahah

I have this book from library. I think i am gonna start after i finish the book i am currently reading!

i’m in a bit of a reading slump right now so i really hope i get out of it so i can read this :0

Hey so I’ve already read the hobbit a while ago so I’ll just wish you guys to have fun reading it :) I couldn’t persuade my friends to read it (sigh) so it’s fun to have people talking abt it now ;)!!

is that legolas in your profile pic haha?

Yupp;)

oh i love that! is legolas in the hobbit or just lord of the rings?

Well only in the lotr books but he does play in the hobbit movies

oh ok, thanks! i used to have a minor obsession with the line ‘i sense a fowl wind on the air’ or whatever he says

Hahaha I love Legolas

its funny that we're reading this book now cause my friends just recently couldn't believe I hadn't read the hobbit and I was like 'yeah whatever' and lol now here I am

haha, well i had accepted that i was probably (definitely) just never going to read alice in wonderland, and here i am haha

the joys of joining a book club lol

ok so i’m out of my reading slump yayy!! i have three books to finish before i get round to hobbit but i should get them done quickly :)

hoping to borrow a copy of the book off my friend who should be bringing it to school today so I'll be able to start reading soon :)

also he told me that apparently the three movie are based off the one book which isn't even that big! I always thought the books must've been a trilogy or something but nope. thats insane!

i know!! it’s very cool :)) they add a few characters in and stuff though i think (legolas)

so ive finished the first chapter (yes I'm a slow reader lol) and I'm actually pleasantly suprised! i don't really know what I was expecting but it wasn't this. I love the way its written which I dont even know how to describe but just the vibe of it and the whole hobbits and adventures and Bilbo's "Took" side is really fun to read about! what does everyone else think so far?

i actually haven’t started. i’ve had a really hard time reading this past few months so i haven’t even got past page 50 in graveyard book yet :(

ok so i’m so behind and unmotivated to read july and august reads so i will probably wait until next months read instead :)

that's all good :)

I still have not started this... Like i still have this and last moths books from library, but i have not started them yet for some reason.

yes i don’t think anyone’s read this months?

eliza ☔︎︎ wrote: "yes i don’t think anyone’s read this months?"

Pretty sure!

I’m starting the book today LOL. Hopefully I can finish before we start September’s book (fingers crossed)

What is September’s book?

at the moment from the polls it looks like it will be heartstopper (a graphic novel). if you haven’t voted already go check it out (i’m pretty sure votings still open)

I really really hope i can read the septembers one because i have not read the latest ones...

same, but i don't think i'll be able to read September either ;(

eliza ☔︎︎ wrote: "same, but i don't think i'll be able to read September either ;("

I have so much to read and do not have much motivation. I still think i am gonna read it, but hen i do (really late) can i still talk about it on here?

oh yes of course !! :)

I'm still slowly trudging my may through the hobbit - i've read a bit over half now. I was enjoying it at the beginning, the whole thing and adventures were really charming although now that I've been reading it for a while it gets kind of repetitive, not in the plot sense because that's really unique but just the whole adventure-trouble-solve it repeat cycle thing. the style of writing is really long-winded with the descriptions. So not to say I haven't enjoyed it on the whole because it is quite a good story but I am finding it hard to motivate myself to pick it up and start reading. I will definitely finish it though because I've gotten this far (and they can finally see the mountain!)

i’m rooting for you haha!! good luck as i got a page in and gave up haa