For Eon, failure is not an option. His livelihood, and that of his master, depends on Eon’s ability to be chosen as a Dragoneye, an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons. Being chosen means great prestige; being rejected could mean death. For Eon is actually Eona. Women are forbidden to practice Dragon Magic…
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Review: The Descendants
(I read this book as part of the Reading Out of the Box Challenge. This book was in the To the Screen category, in which I read a book that’s been adapted into a film.) The Descendants is told from the perspective of Matthew King, a lawyer in Hawaii who is trying to keep himself…
Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything
(I read this book as part of The Mount TBR Challenge. Here’s to a shorter list!) Bill Bryson was on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean when it occurred to him that he knew very little about the round ball we call home. Everything—from how the universe was created to how our cells work—was…
Review: Born on a Blue Day
(I listened to this audiobook as part of the 2013 Audio Book Challenge.) Daniel Tammet was born on Wednesday, January 31, 1979. He knows it’s a Wednesday because the day is blue, just like the number nine or loud voices arguing. Tammet was born with savant syndrome, and has an obsessive need for order and…
Review: Team of Rivals
(I read this book as part of The Mount TBR Challenge. Here’s to a shorter list!) I wrote a little about Team of Rivals last week, but now that I’ve actually finished and had time to digest the book, I wanted a chance to get some more thoughts out of my head. Goodwin’s book is…