This week’s mystery subgenre is the police procedural. This subgenre aims to be gritty and realistic, going through routine procedures, investigations, and maybe even leading to the courthouse. This particular subgenre emerged after World War Two with V as in Victim by Lawerence Treat. Police procedurals differ from hardboiled mysteries in its widespread ensemble cast.…… Continue reading A Study of Subgenres: Police Procedural
A Pinch of Poetry: Rondeau
Welcome back to another pinch of poetry! This week’s form is the rondeau. As the name may suggest, this poem originated in France, by the French troubadours in the 13th century who would put these poems to song. It has 10-15 lines within three stanzas. Each line should contain 8-10 syllables. There are only two…… Continue reading A Pinch of Poetry: Rondeau
Book List: Features a Conspiracy
As I’m going through 52 Book Club for these lists, I decided to skip “has a dust jacket” as that could probably be any hardcover ever! So, the next on the list is: features a conspiracy. This is a broad category and can open a lot of doors for readers! The 7 1/2 Deaths of…… Continue reading Book List: Features a Conspiracy
Pride and Prejudice Book Tag
Time for another book tag! This tag was created by Emma at @TurnAnotherPage. I found it on Jo Lindsell’s blog here. The Bennet Sisters: A Mixed BagA book or series with an eclectic cast of characters The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. A beautiful LGBTQ+ found family cozy fantasy! Charlotte Lucas: The…… Continue reading Pride and Prejudice Book Tag
A Study of Subgenres: Paranormal Mystery
This one is a fun subgenre! In these stories, the unexplained phenomena often leads to something supernatural or otherworldly. The roots of paranormal mysteries comes from Gothic fiction, though actual paranormal mysteries as a whole began with “The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty in 1971. Just like any mystery, the protagonist of a paranormal mystery…… Continue reading A Study of Subgenres: Paranormal Mystery
A Pinch of Poetry: Romanticism
Welcome to another poetic term! Romanticism was a literary movement within the 1700 and 1800s. The focus of romantic poetry was on nature and feelings and the subjective experience, as a response to the scientific enlightenment. Rather than exploring a specific form here, it’s more of a feeling. Get it? It’s personal. Some famous Romantic…… Continue reading A Pinch of Poetry: Romanticism
Book Review: Hazelthorn by CJ Drews
As part of my July TBR, I’m trying to read more books with characters with disabilities. Since I’ve been in a reading slump, I thought I’d jump from my usual genre of fantasy to horror. Surprise, surprise, Hazelthorn had both. Hazelthorn by CJ Drews is a queer YA gothic horror, set on an expansive estate…… Continue reading Book Review: Hazelthorn by CJ Drews
Book Tag: Christmas in July
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
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