{"id":71194,"date":"2013-04-27T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T18:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=71194"},"modified":"2013-04-27T13:30:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T18:30:48","slug":"tolkiens-hobbit-to-be-first-book-on-library-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/04\/27\/71194-tolkiens-hobbit-to-be-first-book-on-library-shelf\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien&#8217;s Hobbit to be first book on library shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/tolkiens-hobbit-first-book-birmingham-3160688\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-71195 no-lazyload\" alt=\"Library-of-Birmingham-2585221\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Library-of-Birmingham-2585221-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Library-of-Birmingham-2585221-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Library-of-Birmingham-2585221-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Library-of-Birmingham-2585221.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Birmingham bookworms are getting into good hobbits \u2013 after choosing Bilbo Baggins to open the city\u2019s new \u00a3188 million library.<\/p>\n<p>Readers have chosen J R R Tolkien\u2019s classic fantasy tale The Hobbit as the first book to grace the showpiece Centenary Square building.<\/p>\n<p>Builders hand the library over the city council on Monday, and an army of workers is set to begin the mammoth task of putting more than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/birmingham-central-library-to-close-three-310497\">400,000 books on the shelves,<\/a>ready for the doors opening to the public on September 3.<\/p>\n<p>Library chiefs asked readers to choose which book should have the honour of being first, putting out an appeal on social networking site twitter.<\/p>\n<p>And The Hobbit,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/pictures-plan-to-breathe-new-life-7869\">scenes from which are said to have been inspired<\/a>\u00a0by Tolkien\u2019s childhood in Birmingham, took the No 1 spot.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/tolkiens-hobbit-first-book-birmingham-3160688\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham bookworms are getting into good hobbits \u2013 after choosing Bilbo Baggins to open the city\u2019s new 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