Reading from Wednesday, December 17

Today I read from 378 - 402. Liz remeets Gwilanna, and they talk about getting her out of her Raven body. Arthur says they might have to wait a long while, and upon flying up to get a better view, Gwilanna sees that people are "migrating" toward the Pennykettle's house. The same thing is happening in the Arctic. The three bears reach a resting spot, and Ingavar asks Avrel to tell him a story. He is shown the story of how the ice was created, but his revelation is interrupted as a similar migration happens. There is a pulsing green line across the spot where they are standing. They are directly above the fire star, and all other polar bears are coming to witness it. Back at the monastery, Lucy is in the room of obsidian, and the monks tell her that she must create a dragon out of the obsidian for them - the Ix.

Reading from Monday, December 15

Today I read from page 356 - 377. Lucy wakes up in a courtyard and sees a black demon; her worst nightmare. When she wakes up she yet again sees Brother Bernard, but his eyes are no longer black and he is normal again. He explains that the Ix are here and are commingling with the humans in an effort to see how much power they can gain. As he explains the Ix's plans, Tam comes in and knocks him out and takes Lucy away. They get sidetracked and go into a church. All the color has drained from the walls and Lucy is taken over by the Ix and is shown a horrible vision. Some church men take her away to the room of obsidian saying "she is perfect".

Reading from Sunday, December 14

In the past few days I read from page 280 - 355. Lucy convinced Tam to take her to David's old house, but she is devastated when there is nothing there. The house numbers skip right over it. Along with that disappointment, Zanna is there too, waiting for her. She is about to take Lucy away from there and back home, but then Lucy sees a squirrel and chases after it, only to open a time rift that sends her somewhere. She opens her eyes to see a friend of hers from the church, but his eyes are pure black. Meanwhile, Tam and Zanna are trying to open up the rift. They call Arthur, who tells them how, and when they open it up Tam pushes ahead of Zanna and goes inside instead. She has no choice but to go back home. Up in the Arctic, the band of four sees a wooly mammoth and Kailar goes berserk. The Ix got into his mind and made him see his worst nightmare in place of the mammoth. This is where Avrel learns what will come of the earth. Ingavar also sends the sibyl back to the Pennykettle household to watch over his daughter, Alexa. Upon seeing the sibyl, Alexa recognizes her from her dream as her aunt Gwyneth.

Reading from Monday, December 8

Today I read from page 255 - 279. The bird returns and Avrel gets a history lesson about dragons. The Fain are a race that came to be with humans, and became one with them, but things went wrong. Humans retained a sense for greed on departure, and the Fain retained the human quality of aggression. A new breed of the Fain was born - they call themselves the Ix. The Ix now plan to create a dragon out of "Dark Fire" to destroy all dragons created from "The Fire Eternal". Basically, the Ix are planning an all out supernatural war the Ingavar has to stop.

Reading from Sunday, December 7

Today I read from page 151 - 254. Groyne decides to hide Gudrun under the cabinet, but the cat sees him and alerts Tam's girlfriend. She thinks that Tam is hiding it to give to her, and so she places Gudrun back on the table and Groyne into her bag to take back to the store. Zanna learns that Lucy has sold their family out to Tam, and Zanna "marks him" with Oomara. (I'm not exactly what Oomara is.) Meanwhile in the Arctic, Ingavar has tricked the Sea God Sedna. He gave her some fingers for she had none, and the only way she can figure out which ones are good and which ones shall destroy her is by seeing which 5 hit the bottom a slight second first. With her out of the way, the eye of Gawain in his possession, and a sibyl turned raven, Ingavar reveals that he is David Rain - Zanna's lost husband. Now the sibyl must lead them to the fire eternal.

Reading from Thursday, December 4

Today I read from page 77 - 150. In the north, the bear Kailar is needed to find a Raven trapped in ice, free his head and legs, and have him walk back to Ingavar's site. On the other hand, Ingavar and Avrel are interacting with the sea goddess Sedna in an effort to retrieve the eye of a dragon named Gawain. Back at the Pennykettle household, Groyne is elected to visit Tam's house and impersonate the dragon he bought named Gudrun. Groyne's special ability is shape-shifting, so this task is not as hard as it might seem. 

Reading from Monday, December 1

Today I read from pages 56 - 76. I learned of some bears living in the arctic. A legendary bear named Ingavar who can shape-shift took another bear Avrel under his wing as his Teller. I'm not sure exactly what that is, and Ingavar proved his greatness by bringing forth the sea goddess from her domain in the depths. Also, back at Lucy's house, the dragons, who are specially made by Liz with a special spirit so that they can live and perform special tasks when necessary, hear about Lucy's special dragon, Gwendolen, sneaking into Zanna's room to read her yearly letter to David. They now must figure out who Tam is, what Lucy has told him, and why she told him.

Reading from Saturday, November 29

Today I started "The Fire Eternal" by Chris d'Lacey and read pages 1 - 55. Lucy still can't deal with the death of her close friend David Rain. He had been living as a exchange student with her and her mother, Liz. Apparently, David was struck through the heart with an icicle. After a couple of years, Lucy just can't deal with it, and decides to tell a reporter the story and let it out to the world. I'm not yet sure what the story is though.