From Amber’s sketchbook
I stated a few days ago that my daughter, Amber, loves dragons. I told her I had mentioned her on my blog, and she wanted me to show you one of her drawings, so here's a dragon she drew a couple months ago....
Wondrous Words Wednesday
Thanks to Bermudaonion's Weblog for hosting this weekly event. Head over there to play along.
I only ran across one new-to-me word this week. It's a bird I'd never heard of in The Old Motel Mystery created by Gertrude Chandler Warner.
anhinga- any of a genus (Anhinga) of long-necked birds having a sharp, pointed bill and inhabiting swampy regions of tropical and subtropical America. Also called darter, snakebird, water turkey.
"Now the bird is coming up. He's speared a fish with his sharp beak."
"The bird ia an anhinga," Rolf said.
Any new words for you this week?...
The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans
The Light of Burning Shadows: Book Two of the Iron Elves by Chris Evans
"They might be doomed, damned, and buggered for all eternity, but that didn't mean they couldn't sparkle like a diamond in the sun and grin like a skull in the moonlight on their way to oblivion."
Musket and cannon, bow and arrow, and magic and diplomacy vie for supremacy once again in this second epic fantasy adventure from acclaimed author Chris Evans. As the human-dominated Calahrian Empire struggles to maintain its hold on power in the face of armed rebellion from within, the Iron Elves' perilous quest to defeat the power-hungry elf witch, the Shadow Monarch, takes on greater urgency.
The Iron Elves, shunned by their own people for bearing the mark of the Shadow Monarch, and desperately wanting to forever erase this shame, became legendary for their prowess on the battlefield as the Calahrian Imperial Army's elite shock troops. But when their commanding officer, Konowa Swift Dragon, murdered...
Teaser Tuesday
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given.
Please avoid spoilers!
My teaser:
"You pluck and stroke the very essence of the world around you. What I do is something very different, and not nearly as wholesome."
-pg. 128, The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....
Viva Cisco by Patrick Shannon
Viva Cisco by Patrick Shannon
"Viva Cisco" is a trilogy of funny stories for kids at the Age 10-13 reading level. All three tales unfold in a land called Topopootl, which lies in a hidden valley deep in the heart of Mexico. Because of its seclusion, the inhabitants have created a society without the benefit of human contact, and they don't seem to have missed out on anything important in the absence of that dubious blessing. In fact, they probably have more pure merriment and boisterous excitement than any human community could ever conceive. Much of the credit for that, though, must be laid at the feet of Topopootl's most..uh.. stimulating citizen, one Cisco las Verde Arara del Gucigalpa. Aka, Cisco the Parrot.
My thoughts:
Amber, 9, loved this book. Cicso's antics and adventures made her laugh and each time we stopped for the day, she would beg to read more. She wanted to know what was going to happen next. Of course, the...
Mailbox Monday
Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. I received two books this week from Anna at Hachette Book Group. Keep an eye out in August for their blog tours.
Seduce Me by Robyn DeHart
Fielding Grey is the second son of the Marquess of Eldon and fortune hunter by night. He's on a mission for the Legend Hunters--a group of wealthy, titled, and heart-breakingly gorgeous men, each of whom are after the find of the century--he has his eyes set on obtaining the illustrious Pandora's Box. But before he finds it, he encounters an equally alluring treasure--the woman bold enough to look inside.
Esme Worthington can't resist taking the tiniest peek inside when fate drops the real Pandora's Box in her lap. Thus, she unleashes one of Pandora's irresistible curses: the curse of lust. Now, both Esme and Fielding must deal with this passionate curse--or blessing?--before unknown implications of Pandora's Box overpower them both.
Dark Hunger by Rita Herron
Reporter Annabelle Armstrong will...