How fun that your husband lets you read it out loud! I got as far as Rauros Falls with my daughter when she decided it was too scary for her. She prefers Harry Potter, which is fun too.
Hair - will be pulling out my Hobbit tonight! I bought that version way back when...it was the one that caught my eye when I was ten, with my mother in a small store in the town I live in and bored out of my gourd for something to read. The name caught my eye and once I picked it up, didnt put it down for another week.
Went to the library a week later to see if I could get the address of the author to write to him how much I appreciated the story and was told that he had died three years prior (1973). Then the librarian said those magic words "He *did* write more about hobbits. Would you like to read The Lord of the Rings?"
Man...I remember it as if it were yesterday.
See y'all in a few!
Cool memories... :~D
Yeah, but I'm good. ;-) Actually, I used to record books for the blind for the state, so I've had lots of practice.
My husband is not a reader. (No, I don't count the bathroom as a reading room.) So, I realized if I want to share books with him, this is the only way to do it. It's also great for passing time on road trips.