I’m trying to get back into reading, and for a few weeks have been reading a chapter (or half) of the Hobbit before bed.
Does anyone have recommendations for similar books? I’m not up to reading LOTR yet.
What I’m looking for are relatively chill books that don’t stress you out before bed, something that I can just let my imagination run with abd has a cozy feel, if that makes any sense at all.
Don’t care too much about genre, but I do like fantasy.
Edit: I should add I don’t like books like Candide or Hitchhikers Guide, HG was fun, but I can’t do “and stuff just keeps happening to the main character” types. And I know Candide is purposefully frustrating, bit it was too effective.
I don’t know, I found LOTR to be a bit more of a slog. In the Hobbit Tolkien seemed to reign himself in for the sake of it being more “kid” friendly (as it started as a story for his kids). LOTR you start to get more of the simillarion level of depth in detail l, that while not inherently bad, does detract from the story at times.
It takes a little bit to get going - you’re right. I tell people to read the fellowship. If you’re not 100% OMG gimme the next book after that, then stop, it’s not your cup of tea.
I would NOT recommend the silmarilion, that’s a different league of a slog.