An Awesome Experience

A few members of my family and I went to hike the subway trail in Zions National Park a few days ago, and if you want to hear more about that then you can read my sisters blog. I'mma talk about a small event that happened that stands out in my mind.

We had stopped to eat stuffs and rest because its a long and arduous hike. There are many bugs and animals on the hike, and one bug that was very prevalent was the Dragonfly. Whilst we sat I saw a Dragonfly flying about my face and I raised my hand just a little and it landed on my index finger.

I have always been facinated by Dragonflys (perhaps because they are called Dragonflys) and to have one land on me, even for just a few seconds was amazing. I was verreh happy.

Yes, I did just geek out about a bug landing on my hand, thats just what I do.

His Majesty's Dragon is Awesome!

So not too long ago I was reading a webcomic about Dragons (big suprise) and the author of the comic recommended a book called His Majesty's Dragon. This book had dragon in the name and thus I looked it up on Amazon. It was not expensive and I had some money left over from something or other and before long I had a box from Amazon in my hands.

His Majesty's Dragon is a book set in England during the Napoleonic wars. In the book, Dragons are a part of the military, their riders known as aviators. England and France are at war (as you should know from your history lessons) and Dragons play a huge part in it.

I don't know about you, but I was already sold on the book by this point.

The main character's name is Laurence and his Dragon is Temeraire, but don't ask me to pronounce that. Laurence is a navy captain who takes a French ship and on the ship is a Dragon egg. Temeraire hatches from that egg and Laurence finds himself suddenly an aviator after being a naval man almost his entire life.

The Author, Naomi Novik, obviously researched well and knew what she was talking about... writing about. This book is fantastic and follows well with history as far as a story like this can. When I finished it I was sad because I couldn't read it anymore, but then I realized that there are a total of 4 books already out. I will be getting the next one as soon as I can because this bok was incredible. I highly recommend reading His Majesty's Dragon. Talk about an awesome book.

My Awesome New Website

So I made an awesome website because all authors should have one. You should check it out.

http://josephlaterry.webs.com/