Review: The Last Dragon Slayer

The Last Dragon Slayer by Martyn Stanley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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This was a really good book! I wasn't sure I would enjoy it, but once I got into it, I really did. Essentially, a dwarf and two humans are on a quest for the Empress to slay a dragon. However, they wish for Silus to join them as he was with the last party who killed a Noble Dragon. Along the way they pick up a dark-elf (gravian) Brael, saving him from the executor's block. After rescuing him, they are rescued from the resulting pursuers by a mysterious elf named Vashni. As a group, they then continue on their quest, helping those they encounter on the way. At the same time, Vashni takes Korhan on as an apprentice in order to help him build resistance to "whispering", which is a form of mind control. As they journey towards the dragon, Vashni also trains Korhan in swordsmanship. Will it be enough to slay the dragon? Read the book to find out!

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My Library Got Express E-Books!

I was so excited to see this!  Finally, I could read ebooks without having to wait in line FOREVER.  At first, I was really confused because this is a very new service provided by a completely different vendor.  We also had this vendor (3M) show up on our website a couple of years ago by mistake, but I realized that it was real once I looked at my limits for checkouts.

So I finally tried out the service.  You can download the app to both Apple and Android devices which I did while travelling.  The app is super easy to use on mobile devices and it was really great to be able to do this.  However, depending on settings like your screen brightness etc., it can really eat up your battery.

You can also install a separate program for Windows based systems in order to download your books onto the Kobo.  This is where I ran into some issues with conflicts between Cloudlibrary from 3M and ADE.  I kept getting an error saying that I needed to update ADE and that there were issues with Adobe authorization.  I am running ADE 3.0 because versions 4 & 4.5.4 are super unstable.  If you are having issues with CloudLibrary, try the following steps:

1.  Open ADE.
2.  Deauthorize your computer using Ctrl+Shift+D (you need to know your Adobe ID password & make sure you remember it because you'll need it again in a minute)
3.  Open CloudLibrary
4.  Authorize your computer from within CloudLibrary by entering your Adobe ID password(you should get a message telling you that you need to authorize your computer)
5.  Plug in your ereader
6.  Go to My Books in Cloudlibrary
7.  Transfer to Device

Hope that helps!

Also, it is really nice since unlike Overdrive, it does keep a list of your reading history (since I was playing around with the program, mine is a little messed up).  However, unlike ADE, you cannot simply return your books from within CloudLibrary on the PC once you have transferred it to a device.  You have to do that on the app.

In the app:
1.  Click on the menu (3 horizontal lines) in the upper left corner
2.  Click My Books
3.  Choose Return
4.  Select which book you would like to return

Easy peasy nice and breezy!

I'm really looking forward to using this program since it means that I will have less books on hold on my Overdrive account, in theory at least.  I have a couple of question for my readers though.  What services have you added to your library recently?  How have they been received?  I invite you to post in the comments below!