@Ela: It's a little more serious and almost emotional. There's the feeling of an Old English epic occasionally popping through the mostly lighthearted fantasy tone of the first part of the book, if you know what I mean. I just remember noticing that the first time I read it.

Hey, guys, sorry I didn't post anything for the last week. Work stuff happened and I've been really stressed.

Here are some quick questions to wrap it up. 🙂

1. Was Bilbo right to give the Arkenstone away? Was it his to give, or was it kind of thievery?

2. Who did you enjoy reading about most? 🙂

3. Do you prefer the Hobbit over LotR? Or vice versa? And why?

We'll hopefully be starting our next book in about two weeks, so stayed tuned 🙂

1. Well, since he took it as his share of the treasure, I'd say it wasn't stealing.

2. Bilbo. And the Elves. 😀

3. Bookwise, LotR, if only because there are epic females. 😉

But like... It wasn't his yet, was it? I mean, he had to be given a reward before we could give it away. Thorin hadn't given him anything yet. And anyway, he even thought that wasn't something that Thorin was really including.

1. Was Bilbo right to give the Arkenstone away? Was it his to give, or was it kind of thievery?
It wasn't really his, but Thorin didn't exactly lay out the rules for the one-fourteenth-of-the-treasure until afterwards, sooooo...
There's not really a black-and-white right-and-wrong line on this issue, and it always bugged me. 😕

2. Who did you enjoy reading about most? 🙂
Bilbo. 😆

3. Do you prefer the Hobbit over LotR? Or vice versa? And why?
I prefer LOTR. There are more characters, and more emotion, and more at stake...yeah. I do like "The Hobbit", though.