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Star Hero Review
Genre: Science Fiction Romance Author: Susan Grant Title: Star Hero Series: Star Series Disclaimer: I received a copy of Star Hero, a Star Series Novella, in exchange for a fair review. When authors send me a book, they … Continue reading
Review of Stephen Zimmer’s Thunder Horizon
Genre: Fantasy Author: Stephen Zimmer Title: Thunder Horizon Series: Dark Sun Dawn Series Disclaimer: I received a copy of Thunder Horizon in exchange for a fair review. When authors send me a book, they know that I will take my … Continue reading
Heart of a Lion Book Review
Genre: Fantasy Author: Stephen Zimmer Title: Heart of a Lion Series: Dark Sun Dawn Series Disclaimer: I received a copy of Heart of a Lion in exchange for a fair review. When authors send me a book, they know that … Continue reading
A Study in Second Person: Italo Calvino’s If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler
A Study in Second Person: Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Darlene Reilley You, the reader, think that no one can sustain a second-person point of view novel, however you are proved wrong by Italo Calvino. … Continue reading
Character and Consequence: Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
Character and Consequence: Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde writes, “Each of us has Heaven and Hell in him” (164). Writers showcase the darker aspects of humanity because it is both thrilling and educational. The dimensions of … Continue reading
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Tagged character, how to write, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, writing character
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Juxtaposition of Touchpoints: Pat Murphy’s The Falling Woman
Juxtaposition of Touchpoints: Pat Murphy’s The Falling Woman Darlene Reilley Boxes are comfortable. Writers like to put books in boxes: literary, mystery, romance, science fiction, etc. Certain genres recommend books like friends introducing new friends. I went into the book … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Writing, fiction, Pat Murphy, reading, reading like a writer, The Falling Woman, Touchpoints
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Imagery and Theme in “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil”
IMAGERY AND THEME IN “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN” AND “THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL” Darlene Reilley According to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s character, Young Goodman Brown, “’There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name’” (“YGB” 329). Hawthorne’s dark writing … Continue reading
Movement in Homer’s The Odyssey
I am not a poet, but Homer’s Odyssey makes me want to write as beautifully and simply as he does. The Odyssey has become one of my favorite novels because of beautiful lines like: “Side by side the two men … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Book Reviews, Fantasy, How To, reading, Reviews
Tagged book review, Book Reviews, epic poetry, Homer, movment in fiction, reading like a writer, The Odyssey, writing adventure
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Sympathetic Characters and Violence in Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy
Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy, a compilation of three books: Bro, Ice, and 23,000, is an epic tale of what happens if alien entities fall to Earth in a meteorite and must take over human bodies to get to their next … Continue reading
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Tagged Ice Trilogy, reading like a writer, science fiction, Vladimir Sorokin
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Shock and Awe in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
In Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children’s Crusade, a soldier bounces through time, meets aliens, and relives points in his life, centering around Dresden, Germany, during his tour during the Second World War. Vonnegut uses anaphora for a comical, … Continue reading
