During lunch today, I finished reading Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. This is the first book in the Dragon Prince trilogy.

My co-worker Becky recommended it to me and I’m glad she did because Dragon Prince has earned a place as one of my favorite books. The story’s very intriguing and captured my attention by the end of the second chapter. In fact, it was one of those books I didn’t want to put down. The story has elements for everyone, such as romance, adventure, betrayal, conflict, and fantasy.

Upon the death of Rohan’s father, Prince Zehava, Rohan finds himself as the prince of the Desert, one of the vast princedoms of the Continent ruled by the evil High Prince Roelstra. Sioned is a Sunrunner witch and is Rohan’s chosen bride. Together, they must outwit Roelstra to maintain their lands and establish peace throughout the Continent.

Here’s the summary on the back of the book:

The Dragon Lord–

When Rohan became the new prince of the Desert, ruler of the kingdom granted his family for as long as the Long Sands spewed fire, he took the crown with two goals in mind. First and foremost, he sought to bring permanent peace to his world of divided princedoms, realms hovering always on the brink of war. And, in the land where dragon-slaying was a proof of manhood, Rohan was the sole champion of the dragons, fighting desperately to preserve the last remaining lords of the sky and with them a secret which might be the salvation of his people….

And His Sunrunner Witch–

Sioned, who was fated by Fire to be Rohan’s bride, has mastered the magic of sunlight and moonglow, catching hints of a yet to be formed pattern which could irrevocably affect the destinies of Sunrunners and ordinary mortals alike. Yet caught in the machinations of the Lady of Goddess Keep, and of Prince Rohan and his sworn enemy, the treacherously cunning High Prince, could Sioned alter this crucial pattern to protect her lord from the menace of a war that threatened to set the land ablaze?

My rating:

Happy belated birthday, Beth!

About a month ago, Corey and I were watching KUED and a special about tarsiers came on. As you all know, I’m a nut when it comes to animals. But, the coolest thing about this animal is that I’d seen it before in a video Corey showed me about six months ago.

Isn’t he awesome? If I knew it wouldn’t kill him or stress him out, as almost all tarsiers in captivity die because of too much stress, I’d want him as a pet.

Happy birthday, Matt!

Four places I go to over and over:

1. Henry Schein Practice Solutions (work)
2. Cinemark 16 in Provo
3. Church
4. Provo Library

Four people who e-mail me regularly:

1. Corey
2. Twilight Lexicon
3. Host Index
4. SLTA

Four of my favorite places to eat:

1. Bajio’s
2. Bombay House
3. Teppanyaki
4. Brick Oven

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Forks, WA
2. Hawaii
3. Japan
4. Reading

Four people I talk to on a daily basis:

1. Corey
2. My co-workers
3. SLTA (via e-mail)
4. My cats

Four TV shows I watch over and over:

1. Bones
2. Monk
3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Four people I’m tagging:

1. Megan
2. Meagan
3. Becky
4. Christie

Happy belated birthday, Randy and Angie! Happy birthday, Emily!

Corey and I went to see Prince Caspian tonight. First, Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian) is hot! Second, the fight scenes, action sequences, and graphics were amazing! Now, on to more important things.

I enjoyed the movie very much, even though it wasn’t as religious to the book as the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was. It’s so cool that I can say that since I read all the books less than six months ago.

My only disappointment with the movie is that Aslan wasn’t in the movie as much as he was in the book. The way the movie was portrayed, so the story could last 2.5 hrs, was very good. However, of course, some liberties were taken with the story that weren’t true to the book. Because of that, Aslan didn’t really show up in the movie until there was only 20 minutes left. Since he’s my favorite character of the entire series, I was a bit sad.

Other than that one disappointment, I enjoyed having Prince Caspian come to life as it’s my favorite of the series. I especially enjoyed seeing Reepicheep on screen. He always made me laugh in the books and he’s no different in the movie. I was so excited when I knew it was him fighting stealthily in the grass. I also loved the music with the soft horns playing every time the mice were up to something. I thought it gave their characters a nice touch.

An exclusive clip of the Twilight movie was aired on the MTV Movie Awards tonight. This is the first completed scene in the Twilight movie. Even though the scene isn’t exactly what I pictured while reading the book, I’m still really excited to see the movie! Too bad it’s not December yet!

If I weren’t in the middle of reading 10 or so books right now, I’d read the Twilight series again too. Alas, I must read the others first. (I’m not reading 10 books at one time; I’ve just borrowed seven and I have a few more slated because of my book club.)

If the YouTube video doesn’t work, click here to download it.

Here are the June birthdays. Happy birthday everyone!

• 2 – Randy
• 2 – Angie H.
• 3 – Emily
• 4 – Matt
• 5 – Beth
• 10 – Cassie
• 12 – Jeremy
• 13 – Carlee
• 15 – LeAnn
• 15 – Christopher
• 17 – Becky R.
• 17 – Angie S.
• 20 – Ali
• 21 – Wyatt
• 23 – Christian
• 24 – Brett R.
• 25 – Mom
• 28 – Cami P.
• 29 – Ben