International Read in the Bathtub Day - Feb. 9

These days every day is some sort of holiday or marked to celebrate something. In fact, most days offer several things. For instance, January 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day, Local Quilt Shop Day, National Seed Swap Day, and more. But February 9th is a holiday worth celebrating here at BookHookup. It's International Read in the Bathtub Day! The origin of this celebrated day is unknown, but it is a popular pass time around the world, this day and everyday.

What the tub and reading have in common

When you think about it, reading and soaking in the tub are both relaxing pastimes. Both provide a reprieve from the stress and problems of the day as they whisk you away to another place or time. Sometimes even into another dimension. That is if you're reading for enjoyment. This day of celebration is not for reading a technical manual for work, or your physics chapters for homework, or any other obligatory reading. It's for fun! So pick up a book you WANT to read and enjoy!

 

I just finished ready Moneyland by Michael Botur and can't wait to read book 2 in the Lockdownland series so that's my choice for this trip into the land of bubbles and steam. If you're looking for a fantasy read, check out Dragonborn by Donna Sundblad. That's me. It's a captivating epic fantasy of love, magic, and adventure for readers young and old. A tale of sacrifice for the greater good in which Dragonborn and their dragons become seeds of change traveling through time to thwart evil in the future. (I'm almost finished with Shadowalkers (Dragonborn Saga book 2). 

For now, I'm off for a soak until I shrivel! Happy International Read in the Bathtub Day!

An Interview with Donna Sundblad

 A special thanks to David Applegate of Future Fantasy for his time.

 

 

Dragonborn - "Wonderful epic tale"

Guest post by Laura Jean Lysander

An epic, sprawling fantasy adventure saga between the dynamics of humans and dragons, working in tandem to rid the many worlds and dimensions they inhabit of evil; it reminded me of the Clan of The Cave Bear series, yet it is far more reaching within the arcane mysteries, the uses of Magic and Dragon interaction within time and space. The Tale follows two humans who are destined, picked, and sought to aid the dragon race (multiple species of them) which live and interact and understand the humans with divine allowance. This is to thwart the evil of a magic grimoire book created from a dragon's blood and skin. 

 

 

 

I did not find the tale to be particularly highly humorous, or chock full of any comedy but still captivated me into what was going to come up next within the story. It did hold my interest and the descriptive writing of the dragons and the magic interested me. I had a hard time sometimes understanding something that had happened or specific plot changes, for it was not always described specifically as to what it meant, the action or the riddle/clue but it was then mentioned later on, and then it was understood either to leave you wondering or hanging or that most likely my brain being the way it is..just was too daft to get it the first time.

 

The tale follows the interactive lives of the humans, Dragons, and their progeny and the adventures and perils they are symbiotically subject to; the Evil book which is stolen by a rogue criminal starts the tale, however, is not spoken of after 1/3 of the start of the saga tale is written, and it gave me wonder as to what became of it during the entire time the other action was being presented, and who the next evil owner would wind up to be; I thought at the end it would be mentioned or brought back into the story by the antagonist mentioned who I will not mention for not to spoil it, but still, it, the Evil book was not mentioned and it gave rise to that it might be mentioned then in a forthcoming book for this was to be a series. 

 

 

If you enjoy magic and adventure regarding epic family interaction and mystery, one that is not high-tech or hugely humorous, serious, and methodical with a sense of suspense, enjoy the tale! I did and went to sleep wondering how it would end until I finished it the next day.

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