Reading Notebook week three

Pg 152- this is the passage where Bilbo tells the dwarves about the ring after they defeat the spiders & I was just surprised that the dwarves respected him more because of the ring. But, it makes sense that the dwarves felt this way. I also saw this as Bilbo "growing up" & rising to his expectations. 

Pg 153- "Knowing the truth about the vanishing did not lessen their opinion of Bilbo at all..." Same thing, just surprised it was completely opposite of what we were expecting.

Pg 155- "...for they did not love dwarves..." Does anyone like the dwarves? Seriously... I thought they were pretty nice guys.

Pg 161- "...he soon realized that if anything was to be done, it would have to be done by Mr. Baggins, alone and unaided." We all have times & moments like these when we realize we just HAVE to do it ourselves & there's no way around it.

Pg 174- this is the part where they're hidden in the casks & Bilbo is on the raft & he sees the mountain for the first time, and I was expecting it to be a hint of relief for him, like that he's getting closer to his destination, but it says, "...now he did not like the look of it in the least." So I was surprised by that. 

Pg 175- GANDALF IS COMING IN SEARCH OF THORIN'S COMPANY YAAAAYY. I was so happy when I read that!