Yes, as the title suggests, I attended my very first book club meeting tonight and I survived! I was nervous to attend because I am new to the area and I do not know anyone, but once I got there, I had a blast. The ladies that attended tonight were funny and awesome. I loved it!
Unfortunately, I did not love the book for this month. It took me awhile to actually get through Eragon. I didn't enjoy it. I thought it was good to the extent that the author was fifteen when he wrote it, but I just could not get interested in it. I did not like all the description. Don't get me wrong, I like being able to picture what the scenes look like in my mind, but I felt it was overkill in this book. I was too distracted trying to wade through the nonsense that it was difficult to focus on the action.
That being said, I did like the actual action in the book. It was a nice story about a boy and a dragon trying to defeat the bad guys who stood in their way on the path to their destination. Along the way, they met some pretty cool allies. If it had been more of the action and the voyage and less of the pointless fluff, I think I would have liked the story. I may pick it up on audiobook sometime and see if it is easier to follow by listening rather than trying to read. After all, dragons are pretty awesome.
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In other news, the library had two new Jessica Sorensen books in stock, so that made me quite happy. Of course I checked one out. You know, because I don't have enough to read right now....(insert sarcasm font).
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