Write an off-the-cuff synopsis blog post about the elements of the Pureblood Pretense series which appear after part 1 (ie. the part I’ve already blogged about) that are my reason for loving it so much overall. (Because it’s so long that trying to take notes to write a proper rev...
Single Sundays: While this blog may be focused on reviewing book series as a whole, we can’t forget about the good ole’ standalone novel! On Sundays, I will review a novel that is considered to be a standalone novel. Here is this week’s offering: Synopsis for Exit, Pursued by a...
The duke’s son is actually the messianic result of a breeding program run by space witches. Oh, and the Mentats? The coolest. If that all sounds like gibberish, don’t despair. Dune presents, despite my synopsis, perhaps the most incredibly detailed and oddly believable fictional landscape I...
Synopsis Jael Ked’Korhva hadn’t anticipated becoming the galaxy’s most wanted. He hadn’t planned on picking up a strange alien artifact, either, but once it was clasped around his wrist, Jael was granted extraordinary abilities. His senses were heightened, his reflexes faster, and he cou...
All of the literary fiction examples below were published in the 21st century, to reflect the type of work that contemporary novelists write. 1. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Synopsis Pachinkofollows three generations of a Korean family that moves to Japan, during and after Japan’s occupation of Ko...
On Sundays, I will review a novel that is considered to be a standalone novel. Here is this week’s offering: Synopsis for The Body Electric (from Goodreads): The future world is … Read more Single Sundays: The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow ...
Synopsis (Goodreads): In a world where girls can no longer wear pants, only skirts and hose; women’s Sunday softball is discontinued; shorter rest periods on the job exist so that women can’t socialize; and a ten o’clock curfew is created for increasing the protection for women – an...
The synopsis, as well as some asides early in the book, all make clear that Dafyd will be a driving force in whatever is yet to come. He’s referred to as “champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people” — and I haven’t ...
and Afghanistan are great examples to study if you want to write a truly realistic post-apocalyptic novel, or you want to become a prepper. Being a lone wolf with a AR-15 is as much of a fantasy as a zombie apocalypse.Novels like The Wild Shore and The Long Tomorrow, or a TV ...
I still have a bit of imposter syndrome hanging in the background. When people are impressed that I wrote a novel, I’m like “ya, well,” even though I do know it is an accomplishment. As I mentioned before, writing Rachel’s story was healing for me. I lost my sister when I wa...