timetrigger t1_itt0eq6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:08 AM

Reply to comment by Eirikur_da_Czech in I just finished reading The Hobbit to my 6 year old daughter, and she loved it! by Shaosil

The Hobbit was the first non-picture book my dad got me. I was 7 and read the entire book at that age. I still have that old paper back copy. It has its wear and tear but its in decent enough shape for a paperback book that has been many times over the past 25 years.

I think its awesome the OP read the book to their daughter. Ive always read ahead of my peers for my age as a kid, so I know I probably read it on my own earlier than normal, but regardless of how it's read it is such a delightful book for children IMO.

Eirikur_da_Czech t1_itt1at5 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:15 AM

I was 9 when I saw it on my dad’s bookshelf. The title and picture on the front made me curious so I asked my dad what it was about. He told me to read it and find out lol. I did, and it shaped my life.

bamako45 t1_iu1zxv0 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:29 PM

One thing I remember my father reading to me, as a bedtime story was Poe’s The Raven. I loved the story that makes up this poem. Another Poe poem he read to me now and then was his beautiful, haunting elegy for his Annabel Lee (sp? -1 word?), one of my favorite poems of Poe’s, apart from the great stories he wrote.