J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit -Graham-

    This book follows a 50 year old hobbit named Bilbo Baggins as he goes on an unplanned and unexpected adventure with 13 dwarves and the famous wizard Gandalf the Grey. One day, mid spring while Bilbo was in the middle of his daily routine, Gandalf along with 13 dwarves showed up on his doorstep and they told him that he would be their burglar on their quest to kill a dragon named Smaug. They wanted to kill the dragon to retrieve the arkenstone and so once again Thorin Oakenshield (one of the dwarves) could be king under the mountain. Bilbo was very respectable and was not very fond of adventures so at first, he declined, but after some negotiation, Bilbo decided he didn't want to pass up the opportunity.
   One thing I loved about the book was that it was not at all predictable. You thought for sure that one thing was going to happen, but then boom, left turn and something completely different happens. That makes the book intense and suspenseful. Along with being intense and suspenseful the book is very well written. It really paints a picture in your head and makes you feel like you are there with Bilbo on his adventure.
   There is not much I would change about The Hobbit, but no book is perfect, and this is no exception. If I were the author, I probably would not have put in the songs. They don't provide much to the plot and they're so frequent. They're so unimportant that not a single song appears in the movies. Now granted, the movies are not a very good source because the movies are very different from the book, but its still something to note.

   Thats what I thought of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien -Graham-