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Saturday, December 05, 2015

My To Be Read List - December 2015 - Here There Be Dragons!




So, Christmas happened, and all the lead up to Christmas, and because Christmas was happening, reading wasn't happening. I'm a little over halfway in His Majesty's Dragon, and I do love it! The dragon reminds me of a cross between Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, and Tom Hiddleston. LOL! Because he can talk, and he's with the British. He's super polite, and wants to please his Captain, but does occasionally assert his own independence when questions of duty or service come up. King and Country don't come first for him, no matter what Laurence (his captain) says. I have no doubt I will continue to love it, so I'll post a full review when I'm finally done! In the meantime, I do highly recommend it if you like dragons mixed in with your history!

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 And the winner by 70%/30%/0% is....


I've been looking forward to these for awhile and I had predicted to myself that's how this vote would go, but I didn't expect it to be by quite so much, and with poor De LeSangre not getting any love!  It's okay, I'll still read him someday. ;)  But for now, dragons to the ready!  We fly at dawn! :D

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Welcome to my December 2015 edition of My To Be Read List, hosted by Michelle @ Because Reading. This is a monthly meme where we offer up 3 choices from our TBR pile for our readers to pick from to help us make the super hard decision of "what do I read next?" a little easier and to whittle away at the ever growing TBR Mountain! 

Theme: Here There Be Dragons! Feel free to leave me a comment and tell me what you chose and why.

The poll will stay open through Friday 12/11 , and I'll update this post with the winning book on Saturday 12/12, then post a review on the last Saturday of the month, 12/26.

If you think this sounds fun and would like to join (the more the merrier, because we love voting!) please head on over to Because Reading where Michelle lays out the rules for us!

And the choices are...





From Goodreads:

Here, at last, are the confessions of one Peter DelaSangre, who tells of his life on an island off the coast of Miami...of his lonely balancing act between the worlds of humans and dragons...and of the overwhelming need that gives his life purpose: To find a woman of his own kind...



From Goodreads:

Set in a world where dragons--the source of all magic--are fading from existence, this is the story of Jaylor, a journeyman wizard, and Brevelan, a young witchwoman. Faced with a seemingly impossible task, Jaylor and Brevelan must find out who is behind the attempt to destroy the dragons before all magic is forever drained from their homeland.
From Goodreads:

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes the precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Captain Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future – and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature.

Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.


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10 comments:

  1. I hadn't heard of either of your picks, Shaunesay, but I chose His Majesty's Dragon because I loved the cover :)
    I hope you'll enjoy the chosen book.
    Have a fantastic weekend and happy reading.
    Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews

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  2. Someone going to have fun reading dragons. :) I voted for the last one but they all sound cool!

    Stormi

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  3. I had to go with The Glass Dragon because I am loving the cover :)
    I hope you love whichever one is picked :)

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  4. I went with His Majesty's Dragons, because I am curious about this author and series and would like to see what you think about it.

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  5. Loving the Dragon theme! I went with His Majesty''s Dragon, though if I'm honest its mostly cause the cover stood out to me!

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  6. I voted for His Majesty's Dragon as it sounds familiar, I think I heard about that one recently. And the cover looks nice too.

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  7. I picked His Majesty's Dragon because DRAGON and because I own it but haven't read it yet. :) Hope you'll enjoy whichever book is chosen!

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  8. Oh I think I voted for that one, I hope you like it. :)

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  9. Not the one I voted for but I hope you enjoy it! :)

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  10. I am glad you are enjoy it at least. Christmas seemed to put a stop to a lot of peoples reading..being single it didn't really do anything for me...lol I read read read. :)

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