{"id":2073,"date":"2008-09-20T04:44:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T09:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2008-09-20T04:44:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T09:44:23","slug":"here-be-dragons-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=2073","title":{"rendered":"Here Be Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Darn it.  There are no dragons in <a href=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Here-Dragons-Sharon-Kay-Penman\/dp\/0312382456\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1221903533&#038;sr=1-1>Here Be Dragons<\/a>.  That ended up being ok but for a few moments, I was disappointed.  And now that I think about it again, I think a book about Kings Richard and John and Llewelyn the Great that had dragons in it would have been pretty cool.  But no, no dragons.<\/p>\n<p>Historical fiction, really long Welsh\/English\/Norman\/French historical fiction.  Surprisingly interesting except when it was really slow and dull &#8211; luckily that slow dull stuff was easily skimmed so once I got past the first 50 pages, it was pretty smooth sailing.  I even stayed up until midnight a couple of nights ago because I couldn&#8217;t put the book down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darn it. There are no dragons in Here Be Dragons. That ended up being ok but for a few moments, I was disappointed. And now that I think about it again, I think a book about Kings Richard and John and Llewelyn the Great that had dragons in it would have been pretty cool. 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