oh, well, i finished a few books but none were as important as “inheritance” – the fourth and final book in the paolini series

i remember being ticked off three years back when i discovered that the series wasn’t over – that there was a fourth book to come (after 900 pages in the third) – but taking inheritance in hand on friday, i was basically consumed for the weekend to finish it out – and as i read, i thought about what my life was like when i read the first three books – and how time has changed – and so with the ending of the book, the series, and the passage of time, there’s sort of a sad feeling now within me as i finish and look to whatever’s next

(of course, i still found the final book like the first three – impossibly long, very wordy, and at times very unrealistic – it’s like the characters will be in battle and say things like “you know, these runes remind me of the ancient city of blah whose founder blah was in love with blah who sacrificed herself for…”

anyway, so “inheritance” took up the weekend – but well worth it – paolini writes at the end that he might take the series up again in the future – and i’ll likely be first in line again to read on…

i read two nook books this week…

“leadership” by orlando magic (not that the nba exists anymore) GM pat williams – good book – will likely use a couple of passages in the book with the classes – williams is a prolific writer – and apparently reader of business books (he said in the book he’s read hundreds of them) – good synthesis of the seven habits of leadership – the characteristics seemingly contradict at times (like being bold but serving with humility) but williams did a great job explaining and using clear examples – again, if the rest of the nba could take a page…

“tarnished rings” – story of the olympic implosion a few years back with the committee and some of its lack of monitoring (which led to cities buying the rights to host games) – thoroughly researched – well argued – amazing that it’s been 10 years and how much has been forgotten (how much FIFA, the soccer committee has yet to learn) – a good fit with the leadership reading this week

so i’m off to cry about the green dragon and the blue dragon, eragon, riding off into the sunset…

mafeld