Book Club

The idea of a book club isn’t anything new, but the idea of an online book club that enables the readers to have personal contact with the author of the book each month and throughout the year is different. That is exactly what Fellowship of Fantasy has done with their Facebook Book Club.

Each month, club members nominate a theme for the next month and nominate ten books that are then voted on by the club members. An electronic version of the chosen book is made available for free to all members throughout the month. All of the nominated books are featured throughout the month with giveaways and prizes. Part way through the month a spoiler thread appears and readers can share their thoughts and feelings and discuss the book to their hearts’ content. The best part is the author gets to interact and answer any questions you have!

This month’s featured book was Fabled by Kara Jaynes. At the beginning of the month, Kara let us know that books two and three were on sale for 99 cents. So, when I picked up Fabled, I also grabbed the the other two books. I am so happy I did, because book 1 ends in a bit of a cliff-hanger. I’ll be featuring the series in a future blog post of recommended reads for back to school.

Go to Book Club

Fan Art Contest

Do you love to draw, paint, write, sing, quilt, or sculpt? If so, then you’re the one we’re looking for. Fellowship of Fantasy is sponsoring a fan art contest for any Indie fantasy books. Any of the Dragon Courage series will count as will any of the books listed in my recommended book lists. Enteries are open right now until August 21st. Voting will be held on Fellowship of Fantasy’s Facebook page based on likes during the month of September. For ease of voting, there are three divisions: ages 16+, 11-15, and 10 and under. Want more information or have something to submit? Check out Fellowship of Fantasy’s Fan Art page.

Go to Fan Art Page

Hope to see you in the book club and to see your artistic renderings in the fan art contest. Have questions? Feel free to ask.

Fun for the Family

Dragon Movies

It all started on Monday, but you can catch up by doing multiple things a day. Watch your favorite dragon movie like How to Train Your Dragon or Dragonheart. If you have older kids, you might want to watch The Hobbit. Oh, one I’ve not seen yet is the new version of Pete’s Dragon. Have fun, and then tell me what you watched.

Dragon Books

Read a book about dragons, either to your kids or for your own enjoyment. There’s the classics of The Neverending Story with Falcor the luck dragon, The Dragon Rider with Firedrake by Cornelia Funke, The Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, or The Hobbit (in my opinion so much better than the movie). Another option is to go with some Indie reads.

1. Cora and the Nurse Dragon by H. L. Burke
2. Dragonfriend by Marc Secchia
3. Mercy’s Prince by Katy Huth Jones
4. Magic is to Dance by A. J. Bakke
5. Dragon Airways by Brian Rathbone
6. The Dragon Courage series by Kandi J Wyatt
7. Minstrel’s Song series by Janelle Schmidt

Dragon Hoard

Summer always was the yearly cleanout for my kids’ rooms. Why not listen to a dragon book on audio with your kids and create your own dragon hoard of everything that “must go”. Then unlike dragons, give it away!

Dragon GIFs

Spend a few moments and search #DragonWeek online. Find out what dragon gifs are floating around out there. Share them with friends and family. Spam them in messages or posts. Here are a few I like. (How could I have forgotten Pokemon in my list of dragon movies or books. My boys ate up the world of Pokemon for several years.)

via GIPHY

You can find more like these last three on Animated Images.

Dragon Friend or Foe

Hold a debate with your friends or family as to whether or not dragons are friendly or fearsome. My opinion is it depends on the dragon. Another idea is to create a list of dragons who are protagonists and those who are antagonists. Which list is longer?

Dragon job

What’s the best job for a dragon? We’ve all heard the standard capture a princess or fight a knight, but what about help a whole valley finding peace?

Dragon Pictures

Oh, yes! This is one of my favorites; I love exploring dragon art. There’s a plethora of art out there available for all to enjoy. As you share, my only request is to credit the artist. Such as these wonderful artists: Naseilen, Sandara (who’s let me use her work for a quote with Ruskya), DawnMLC, and MaRoC68.

Art work by Sandara

Some of my dragon art:

Hatchlings

Dragon Lovers

Tag all your friends who love dragons and share the love.

Dragon Giveaway

Yep, you heard right. It’s a giveaway of 13 ebooks, a dragon candle holder, and a dragon hair clip. Just click the link and it’ll take you there.

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Baby Dragon Egg Giveaway

This cute dragon egg was shared by Fellowship of Fantasy. It does require signing up for her email list, but it’s a cute dragon egg.

Dragon Week Party

A Facebook party is planned for Saturday, July 29 to close out the week. You can vote for your favorite dragons as well on the party page.

Want to find out more? Visit Fellowship of Fantasy’s website or search for #DragonWeek online.