mailadreapta:

Tonight I began reading The Hobbit to my son.

I have only read The Hobbit once previously, just after I read The Lord of the Rings. Yes, wrong order, I know, and I didn’t really like it: while LotR was awe-inspiring to my early adolescent self, The Hobbit was just too trivial in both style and content.

But! Reading it aloud! It’s just a joy, and it’s so good. We read most of the (long) first chapter, and I loved every moment of it.

One thing I hadn’t expected was the fact that there are all these songs. And the only thing to do with songs is to sing them, so there I was, making up a tune on the spot and singing my heart out.

It was awesome.