When I was a little boy and started going to school I was into books, but not really. I enjoyed reading a new book, but it was mostly children's books. That, until I eventually found THE children's book. It all began at winter of my 3rd grade. I needed a good book to read as it was mandatory in class. So I went to the library and picked up the book that would change my life forever. the Hobbit, it was, and the cover caught my attention (ironic to the famous saying). I took the book and read the rear text. It said this is from the author of the Lord of the Rings. I heard that name at the time thrown around, but never really thought anything of it, for me it was more of a ''grown up'' book that I am too young for (which is pretty ironic to think that way considering the plot of the Hobbit). But I cared not. Thought it would be different. I started reading the Hobbit in my 3rd grade. And ever since the company left Rivendale, I was deeply attached to the book. Nothing has ever sparked my imagination like this before. I remember exactly how I imagined the cave where Bilbo met Gollum, to the most obscure detail of rock placement. I remember how I imagined all their ways, and the elf party in mirkwood, the lonely mountain, and the way back. I read it until spring, which is what it took for me to finish, and I was amazed. I've never read something truly like this before. I did some research later of asking my friends and family if they knew a thing about the Lord of the Rings, out of hunger for another Hobbit, and most said (not my friends, they were way to young of course) that it is indeed like the Hobbit, or so they heard. I quickly went to the library to pick up the Fellowship of the Ring. It was quite unusuall for the library manager to see a 3rd grader choose the Lord of the Rings as a book, but she did not ask further questions. I read that book, and it was all that was promised to me and more. The language was a bit hard for me, but I tried my best and understood it surprisingly well looking back. I was complete drawn to the world, infact drawn so much I finished it just before summer break, where I went over and got the Two Towers, and spent half the summer reading that. For the second half I was waiting for Return of the King to arrive at the library, and the library lady was thrilled to see me finish it aswell. When it finally arrived, I took it as fast as I could, and read it for the first couple months of my 4th grade, where I finally finished it. Couple years later I got to watch the movies, and that was an expiriance I will never forget, especially the first time I saw Return of the King, but none would have been possible if it wasn't for that one copy of the Hobbit. Nothing can beat the nostalgia I get when picking up a physical book, and getting reminded in the first time I've read the Hobbit. Audio books and Ebooks are nice, but the feeling of holding a book in my hands sends a shiver down my spine. I always cringe a bit whenever someone is sponsored by Audiobooks, because no one is reading physical books anymore. But look the bright side! More books for me! Anyways, this feeling of nostalgia I was met with again in quarantine, when I found a copy of the Hobbit and read it again. Boy did it hold up. I was able to remind myself of exactly how I imagined it, with scary amounts of detail, and I am now looking for a copy of the Fellowship for a reasonable price (must be physical copy) to continue my re-readings.