katikat | The Hobbit

I finally started reading "The Hobbit". Yes, yes, don't judge me, despite being a big fantasy fan, I've never read it before. You see, I'm not really into hobbits. Not even the LotR ones. They were the least interesting thing about LotR for me, I'm rather an elf girl - see my icon.

But then this beautiful thing happened:

Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. I'm not a fan of Elijah Wood or Sean Astin or of any other actor who played a hobbit in LotR - but I'm a big fan of Martin Freeman. And that totally changed my attitude towards the movie, the book and hobbits in general. And so I finally got my hands on the book and started reading it. It's the illustrated version with beautiful pictures and an amazing cover: