Which is the best book you have read??

I know it is, but i still liked it.

I liked Harry Potter books initially but Rowling didn't offer the kind of story one expected in the seventh book.The last chapters were very boring.Who would expect Voldemort to be killed by a stupid expeliarmus curse?? It's a book for children.

I like the book because of the travels made by the characters,the action in it,the history of that world and ofcourse Tolkein's style of writing. I have not read the hobbit though.

Well, in Tolkien's world we readers are supposed to identify with the Hobbit characters, especially Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. By just reading The Lord of the Rings, The Ring is possessed by Bilbo, and visa-versa, and with Gandolf's help Bilbo passes on The Ring to Frodo. This gifting says worlds about Bilbo's character in the judgment of learned of Middle Earth but without reading the Hobbit Bilbo's character is seen as dark. Possessing The Ring is the ultimate temptation of evil, and for Bilbo and Frodo, proof of the character. In the twenty first century with biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons as well as perversions of nature through genetic engineering, we are racing toward a very dark and damaged world. Most cultures are run by bullies and war and warriors are glorified. While the special effects of the movies were satisfying, the story was warped into a war glorifying metaphor. The United States Christian Right identifies with Gandolf, Aragorn, and company and have slandered and libeled Islam by comparing them to Sauron, Saruman, and the Orcs, which plays to this day with the United States bullying the World... Especially with the movies, the Hobbits are physically weak, in need of being protected by strong warriors, or Treebeard and the Ents, or the wizard, Gandolf. In The Lord of the Rings books, the 4 seasoned Hobbits return to their country and restore peace by themselves - an Epilogue, really. The movies distort Tolkien on what amounts to an important epilogue and texture of character portraying and what a naive viewer thinks. The Hobbit is the book-ending Prologue to the Epilogue, Bilbo's story, and creates a set of quality feelings of honor, character, friendship, and sacrifice without bullying. Once read, the color of feelings toward Bilbo, Frodo, and Hobbits are set and will be different: positive and strong. I promise. The bullies of our World promote shades of gray philosophies that allows them to dominate. Tolkien and I view people's actions as good or evil. None of this shades of gray business. The bullies will lead us to our doom if we do not take the bullies down, and take the profit out of war, Hobbit style. Everyone IS special.