Excellent Book The prologue of the book is written in first person from the character Trina’s point of view. Trina is the daughter of a murder victim who was raised for the first seven years by the people who killed her mother. The prologue was so wonderfully written that it sucked me into the story from the very first paragraph. The rest of the book is written in third person and follows…
PO’EM, noun [Latin poema; Gr. to make, to compose songs.] 1. Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. 2. A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems. 3. Something regarded as comparable to poetry in its beauty. (The English Oxford Living Dictionary) What is a poem? Whenever most people think of a…
A True Adventure Kristen Hannah once again brings us a novel that refuses to be put down. I will try to give you my thoughts on this wonderful drama without and spoilers, but it won’t be easy. A damaged Viet Nam veteran, Ernt Allbrigh, returns home in need of a new start. He quickly packs up his wife, Cora, and his new daughter Leni, and heads off to the wonderful wilderness of Kaneq, Alaska….
This is the darkest poem I have ever written, or ever will write. I was going through probably the worst time of my life, and I am pretty sure I needed therapy, but at the time I didn’t know it. The only reason I am posting this now is to show how poetry can be therapy when you need to communicate. Black Tuesday The sun did not come up that day, no more would it be seen; The sky…
Do you remember the first time you thought about writing a book? You thought about the different things you would write about, and how many others might enjoy what you wrote. Then you would think about how cool it would be for people to come up to you and say “Hey! You’re the one who wrote that book!” So, tell me something… why haven’t you started it yet? You have been thinking about writing it since Moby Dick was…
Excellent Bedtime Book When I first saw “White Rose, Black Forest,” it was described as a historical fiction novel. When I started reading through it, I was quickly engrossed in the pages and had a hard time putting the book down. The characters are so carefully defined, it’s as if you knew them. When Franka enters the black forest, she has but one thought in mind. The war and the Gestapo…