Mid-July means halfway to Christmas, so let’s celebrate with this tag! I found this on Books are 42. Santa on the Beach – What Wintery Read Have You Read During the Summer? I don’t typically read wintery reads in the summer but I just finished Daughter of the Red Dawn which took place in the…… Continue reading Book Tag: Christmas in July
A Study of Subgenres: Locked Room Mystery
This one is perhaps the most terrifying of the mystery subgenre. Because what if you’re locked inside with the killer?? In this subgenre, the murder/crime usually occurs in a sealed or trapped place. Think a train, a literal locked room, an island, or a place where you’re snowed in. The murder would occur in such…… Continue reading A Study of Subgenres: Locked Room Mystery
A Pinch of Poetry: Rhyme Royal
Since we’ve covered rhymes, we can get into this poetic form: the rhyme royal! I imagine it wears a little crown. A rhyme royal is a stanza (or, paragraph) of seven 10-syllable lines. The rhyme scheme is ABABBCC. Geoffery Chaucer popularized this version. Some say it’s called the rhyme royal because they believe James I…… Continue reading A Pinch of Poetry: Rhyme Royal
Book List: Written Without Quotation Marks
Another prompt on the 52 book challenge list! Here are some recs for this one: Normal People by Sally Rooney Genre: Romance Average Goodreads Rating: 3.81 At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private.…… Continue reading Book List: Written Without Quotation Marks
“I’ll Get Around to it Later” Book Tag
As someone that has a massive backlist TBR, this tag is perfect for me. I found it at Jo Lindsell’s blog, and it was created by Quote, Unquote. A classic book that you have been meaning to read forever but haven’t yet The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky…I’ll get to it…eventually. Version 1.0.0 A book on…… Continue reading “I’ll Get Around to it Later” Book Tag
A Study of Subgenres: Legal Mysteries
It’s another week and another subgenre! In this subgenre of mystery, the mystery takes place amidst legal drama. Because of this, the genre tends to explore themes of justice, mercy, corruption, and humanity. Typically, the protagonist is a lawyer. In order to win the case, s/he has to solve the case. There also is extreme…… Continue reading A Study of Subgenres: Legal Mysteries
A Pinch of Poetry: Rhyme
Okay, so this one is a bit self-explanatory, but important to go over nontheless! Now you don’t need rhyme in poetry, but it can make it sound more musical. There are end rhymes, which occur at the end of the line, or internal rhymes which can occur in the middle. There’s also an eye rhyme…… Continue reading A Pinch of Poetry: Rhyme
Book List: Kangaroo Word on the Cover
Here is another prompt from the 52 Book Club challenge if you need ideas! Kangaroo words are words that contain the letters of a synonym within them, with the letters appearing in the same order. So, history is a kangaroo word because “Story” which can be a synonym is within it. A lot of on…… Continue reading Book List: Kangaroo Word on the Cover
Book Review: Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
I recently finished the third book in the Dark Olympus series, Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert, and it did not let me down. This series goes through retellings (sort of) of the Greek gods and their romances, but set in modern day, in their own little city of Olympus, and has a bit of a…… Continue reading Book Review: Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
OMG That Song Book Tag
Another tag which is perfect for me since I love music! I found this on Emily the Book Nerd’s site. 1. My Jam: A song you have to listen to no matter how many times you’ve heard it and a book that you’ll never get sick of… “Lost in Stereo” by All Time Low, and…… Continue reading OMG That Song Book Tag
Living For Literature 