I have begun reading The Hobbit for our class, and I have not yet been able to truly enjoy it. I have found it very cumbersome to keep up with the various characters that I am unfamiliar with, and I am not sure where to expect the story to take me. It has also not described everything in any great detail, so I have found it difficult to feel as though I am actually in the land of the Hobbits. I recognize a few of the characters (especially Gandalf) from the Lord of the Rings movies.

While I have not been enjoying the book yet, I can appreciate Tolkien's immense creativeness. It takes an absolute creative genius to make up entire new races and languages as he has done in The Hobbit. I only wish I was half as creative as Tolkien. Even coming up with names for each of the dwarfs was a task that I would probably not have been up to.

I am hoping to enjoy the book as I delve deeper into it (I am so far only about 50 pages in), and I will post an update at a later time!