The Hobbit

After reading some serious stuff, the lucid, funny, simple book "The Hobbit" by  J. R. R. Tolkien came as a delightful relaxation. It is a book which gives you a fresh feeling.... like lying of the grass looking up at the sky, watching the birds fly, in the soft spring sun while the cool breeze passes by. The simple hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his enormous adventure involving a dangerous dragon, and how he longs to go back to the cozy corner of his home while he is out in the forest or inside a dank dark cave..... can just directly link to ones heart. It is a children story but equally enjoyable for people of all age.

I enjoyed reading it a lot and am looking forward to buy a few more books by Tolkien besides LOTR (which I already have).

8/10

Under the dome

This is a novel by Stephen King. The first thing you'll notice is the size.... its a 1200 pages book. But the writing is smooth and the story catches a fast pace. It took some time to finish it but I did not feel bored at any point. What the book offered was different from what I expected. I thought it to be a sci-fi with details about the dome, how it happened and why.... and other scientific stuff related to this. But the story focuses on the life under the dome. How the lives changed. Its a story about human relations. Of course he finishes with some explanation for the dome but I expected better in that respect.
Anyway, I admire King's skill in handling so many characters. This novel has a three page list of characters!!!!
 Rate: 7/10