Write about someone smashing this video tape, destroying it, why? Try to explain it without explicitly stating what was on the tape (ie. make the reader read between the lines).
Author: byjehunter
I'm the author of the Black Depths and Artifacts of Avalum series. I'm also a reader and I love posting young adult book reviews and blogging about everything related to books. In the morning, I can be found drinking coffee and wishing it was still dark outside. In the afternoon, I'm stuck at my day job, and in the evening, I'm probably working on my latest creation.
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about either a witch or a mad scientist who is brewing up something they shouldn’t. How do they convince themselves they are doing the right thing?
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about two characters standing before the fence, one who wants to trespass, and another who does not. Begin with, “The danger sign was clear…”
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Write about a character on thin ice, both literally and figuratively.
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
What a pre-dinner conversation where two characters are discussing the menu, but really they are talking about their relationship. Begin with the line, “I don’t like the look of the special.”
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Your character has been asked to meet someone shady at this location. Describe their arrival. What is waiting for them here?
What I’m Reading: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
I had this book on my shelf for about a year before my mother told me that she had read it and that she liked it. As a library technician, my mother knows books. So I knew I should pick it up and read it soon, and I’m glad I did.
The Bear and the Nightingale takes place in historic Russia and is full of folk and fairy tales. It consumes you, bringing you into the past and a deeply detailed life of a family struggling to survive the winter. Before reading this book, I vaguely remembered the tale of the Bear and the Nightingale from my childhood love of fairy tales, and I think I thought that this book would be as simple and straightforward as a five-page fairy tale, but it was much more intricate than that.
I love the characters, especially Vasya, the strong heroine. But the book was slow to start and took me a good fifty to seventy pages to get immersed in, but once I was over that hump, the book flew by. I can’t wait to read the next one (I just have to wait for my mom to finish with it first!)
Have you read The Bear and the Nightingale?
5/5 Stars
JEH
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Describe one texture and then the other. Find ways to contrast the two. Use the textures to compare old and new.
What I’m Reading: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Young Adult Book Review: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo hasn’t let me down yet. Crooked Kingdom, the sequel to Six of Crows, was just as good as the first book. I love the rich cast of characters, and how she delved deeper into their psyche’s in this book.
Crooked Kingdom is again set in the Grishaverse. Technically, it’s the fifth book, but Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom can be read without having read the original Grisha Trilogy. For a more mature reader of YA, I might recommend skipping the original trilogy. Crooked Kingdom is darker than the original trilogy. It’s gritty and real and describes in breathtaking detail life on the streets of Ketterdam.
This book, like Six of Crows, is a heist book. A gang of criminals, a job that needs to be done, will they be able to do it? This kind of dazzling plot keeps me reading and enjoying the book the whole way through. However, it did feel a tad bit longer than I like, but that may be because I’m favoring a slightly shorter read at the moment. But for fans of YA fantasy, this is a must-read.
And while I was reading it, I also made myself this sweet double-sided book cover to keep my cats from eating books.
Have you read Crooked Kingdom?
4.5/5 Stars
JEH
Weekly Photo Writing Prompt
Describe someone searching through these old bottles, what are they looking for? What kind of message are they hoping to find?
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