Thank you! Yes, I've been very lucky with both of my Samhain covers, and even more so because they look even better in real life. And yes, other than falling in love and finding it reciprocated, or holding your sleeping children, I can't think of anything more purely joyous than holding your own book.

The Hobbit does look good so far. It's nice to see the old sets back. Hobbiton and Rivendell were some of the best bits of the last films. I think the tone of at least the first half will mesh much better with what Peter Jackson does than LotR did too. And Martin Freeman is always good, so I have high hopes :)