Tolkien actually did write The Hobbit as a kids book. Since he was Tolkien though, it came out as richly satisfying and as well written as any adult book :)
I use that same trick when Laura Ingalls Wilder starts talking about the details of the dresses she wore :)
Seriously though, The Hobbit is a pretty easy read, having been written with children in mind. The LOTR trilogy, less easy.
The key is to slow down and savor it, I think. Do a chapter a day, perhaps. It also helps if you are good at making up mental melodies to go with the songs :)
I know, right? So it would be better if she drove all over town personally?? Finding her shirts at various stores, instead of having them efficiently packed in a truck and delivered as efficiently as they could possibly be routed?
I dunno, the college would have to notice/realize it – in the Navy we would put locks on empty lockers, and bedding on empty beds … that often got us months of private barracks rooms, lol!
See, the parent comment was proposing banning annoying rich people from the election process. I agreed, and mentioned Taylor Swift as an example of an annoying rich person.
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Tolkien actually did write The Hobbit as a kids book. Since he was Tolkien though, it came out as richly satisfying and as well written as any adult book :)