the hobbit

I am now reading The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. I have read the lord of the rings before, and i wanted to see how it all started. The book begins with the main character Bilbo Baggins who is living in the shire and is visited by 13 dwarves who ask for him to come on a quest with them "since 13 is a very unlucky number" Bilbo accepts, and they start on there quest to get the treasure back from smaug the dragon. on the way to the lonely mountain, they make stops at many places like rivendell, and through the misty mountain range. were Bilbo is seperated from the group finds a goldon ring. Bilbo has just met gollum, and that is as far as i have gotten in the book. I can see a lot of ways of how it works its way into the Lord of the Rings. I am really injoying reading this book and can't wait to finish it.