For the book Fields of Friendly Strife: the Doughboys and Sailors of the WWI Rose Bowls, by Timothy P. Brown, I'll admit right up front here: I did not read it all the way through! I got bogged down by all the football stuff. That being said, what came before was wonderful. What the world was like for these young men: many were born before the turn of the century ... the 20th century: most were from rural areas so they would have known how to milk a cow, or hitch up a team of horses; few houses had electricity, etc. The author was a good writing style so I am including it in my blog because for those of you who like the football stuff, you're going to have a great read!

The second of the Wings of Fire books, The Lost Heir, by Tui T. Sutherland reminds me of two old axioms: you can't go home again, and, be careful what you wish for. In order to gather all the Dragonets in the prophecy together, royal eggs were stolen. Now the young dragons are beginning to wonder about their parents. Tsunami has long wanted to go home again, reconnect with her mother, and meet her family. This seems to be finally be happening, but of course, things do not go as planned. The adventure is building nicely (there are several books in this series) and as before, the interaction between the characters is excellent, I love how this author handles dialogue! Tall Reader and I will be reading more! :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog