TITLE:  The Hobbit

AUTHOR:  J.R.R. Tolkien

EDITION:  2020 HarperCollins Audiobook

NARRATOR:  Andy Serkis
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The new audiobook of The Hobbit as read by Andy Serkis (the guy who did Gollum) is absolutely brilliant.  There is nothing else to say, but to go out and listen to a copy.

Many of you will be able to connect with this adult spin-off of the beloved Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, as we each try to manage the coronavirus in our own homes.  The room becomes command-center, hosting a variety of items the family needs now that they are stationed at home.  A mask, delivery boxes, and work stations for everyone in the home including one with Zoom online are just a few of the items that are scattered around the room. 

Some of the subject matter is not for younger readers but that’s my own opinion. It’s a creative, entertaining story with entertaining illustrations that’ll put a smile on your face. An enjoyable book for older readers. 4.5 stars

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion.  Thank you.

Nick Stone wants to settle down. He wants a passport so that he could stay with his girlfriend. 

The girlfriend father is a horrible person who is using Nick on a mission and promise in exchange give him a passport so that he could stay in US. 

The last mission is trying to stop money going to fund terrorists of the Taliban. 

With a team of three, they are suppose to chase the money and then stop the terrorist act from happening. 

There are a lot of not so good bites in the story. A lot of running around that is too details. It is supposed to be action but sounds like someone reading out a spreadsheet in Excel. 

The last bit is okay but not great. 

A 3.5 stars read. Still like Nick Stone as a character and might read another one. 

Nick Stone was at a war zone doing a job. When shit hits the fans, the CO walked out and left some of the team mates behind. 

Now he quit his job and travelling in Australia. Meeting a woman he loves and want to pop the question. Only she was running away into a war zone to be a doctor. 

It was a mine and there was lot of money involved. The on-going fights involved the use of child soldiers. Nick was protective of children, and so was his former team mate Sam.

Now when he finds out his lover went to a dangerous place, he follows her. 

Thanks goodness this is not a romantic novel. As there is nothing sexy or even kisses involved in this one. No relationship talk or such thing. 

It was dirty, muddy and I could only imagine how the air or the person smell light after a few days with little water to drink, meaning no water for washing. 

There is a lot of action involving guns and explosive. It is very satisfying that his guilt of not able to save a child earlier on get a second chance of having this child survived. The bad guys are the greedy persons with no regards to human lives. That's make all the different in a complicated situation involved that much guns and chaos. 

Fun read. 

Nick Stone is recovering from a bad mission and fall in love with a woman. 

Too bad that they had a fight and she went into the war zone to be a volunteer doctor. He was just about to pop the question and was worried if he would ever see her alive. 

So he got contact with his former workmates and go into the same area to see her and hopefully get her out of there alive. 

This is pretty good escape book. The story is straight forward on the love front and very complicated regarding what's going on the war front.