12/3/21
H2O by Virginia Bergin
Genre: Post Apocalypse
POV: 1st person
Age: Teen
Summary: Its in the rain. It everywhere. Water kills. Anyone who's been touched by rain or washed their hands with tap water is dead. The only drinkable water is quickly running out. Ruby's only chance for survival is a treacherous hike across the country to find her father-if he's even still alive.
11/29/21
November wrap-up 2021
11/27/21
A Very Dickens Christmas Link-up Party
In Victorian times there was a tradition during Christmas season to sit around the fire and tell ghost stories. Charles Dickens help made this tradition by witting to other authors and asking them to write ghost story and publish them in magazines.
What better way to bring this tradition back for the modern times then on the internet. Calling all writers, book bloggers, and booktubers. For each post/video you link up you can do one of two things:
1. Write a ghost story. It can be any type of ghost story from gothic to modern horror and anything in between. For those of you that are on booktube you can write your ghost story and read it out loud in front of the camera or act it out in a unique way. Be as creative as you like.
2. Pick a short ghost story or a whole anthology and talk about it. It don't has to be a review. Just tell me what you like/dislike about the story. What elements make it scary/not scary etc...
It has to be in the short story format. Novellas are fine but, anything larger then that will be taken off.
What better way to bring this tradition back for the modern times then on the internet. Calling all writers, book bloggers, and booktubers. For each post/video you link up you can do one of two things:
1. Write a ghost story. It can be any type of ghost story from gothic to modern horror and anything in between. For those of you that are on booktube you can write your ghost story and read it out loud in front of the camera or act it out in a unique way. Be as creative as you like.
2. Pick a short ghost story or a whole anthology and talk about it. It don't has to be a review. Just tell me what you like/dislike about the story. What elements make it scary/not scary etc...
It has to be in the short story format. Novellas are fine but, anything larger then that will be taken off.
a)When you link up be sure to visit and leave a comment on someone else's post.
b)You can link up as many post as you like as long as they theme of the link-up party.
c) There a link on the top menu of this blog so you don't has to keep finding this post.
11/24/21
The Autumnlands Vol 1 Tooth and Claw
Author: Kurt Busiek
Artist: Benjamin Dewey
Genre: Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Age: Adult
Summary: When the wizards of the Autumnlands reach through time to bring back a legendary hero, they don't get the savior they expected. But in a shattered, besieged city, he's their only hope of survival and possibly their entire world as well.
11/22/21
Apocalypse Now Now
Genre: Urban fantasy
Age: ~16 and up
POV: 1st person
Format: Audio
Summary: Baxter Zevcenko's life is pretty sweet. As the 16-year-old kingpin of the Spider, his smut-peddling schoolyard syndicate, he's making a name for himself as an up-and-coming entrepreneur and he's going out with Esme, the girl of his dreams. But when Esme gets kidnapped, and all the clues point towards strange forces at work, things start to get seriously weird. The only man drunk enough to help is a bearded, booze-soaked, supernatural bounty hunter that goes by the name of Jackson 'Jackie' Ronin.
11/17/21
All Hallows' Eve by Charles Willams
Genre: Horror, literary
Age: Adult
POV: 3rd person
Summary: Hallows' Eve is the story of a man & woman whose love was so great it could bridge the gap of death; of evil so terrible as to be unmentionable, of a vision so beautiful it must be true.
11/15/21
I making a link-up party for the Holidays!
In Victorian times there was a tradition during Christmas season to sit around the fire and tell ghost stories. Charles Dickens help made this tradition by witting to other authors and asking them to write ghost story and publish them in magazines.
What better way to bring this tradition back for the modern times then on the internet. Calling all writers, book bloggers, and booktubers. For each post/video you link up you can do one of two things:
1. Write a ghost story. It can be any type of ghost story from gothic to modern horror and anything in between. For those of you that are on booktube you can write your ghost story and read it out loud in front of the camera or act it out in a unique way. Be as creative as you like.
2. Pick a short ghost story or a whole anthology and talk about it. It don't has to be a review. Just tell me what you like/dislike about the story. What elements make it scary/not scary etc...
It has to be in the short story format. Novellas are fine but, anything larger then that will be taken off.
If you are interested in this mark your calendars and please help spread the word to as many people as possible.
11/8/21
Dune
Genre: Sci-fic
POV: 3rd person
Summary: When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.
10/29/21
10/28/21
The Séance by Joan Lowery Nixon
Genre: Mystery
Age: Teen
POV: 1st person
Summary: A séance gone terribly wrong leaves one girl dead. Laruen most find out who picking them off one by one. Is it something supernatural or a murder?
10/27/21
Nijigahara Holograph
Genre: Horror
Age: Adult
Summary: Butterflies ominously proliferate as children whisper rumors of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school. To appease its wrath, they decide to offer it a sacrifice--a human one. But this is only the beginning of Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Amahiko; Kohta, the lovestruck bully; their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors, and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another. Ten years later, all will have to face what they've done or suffered through--and maybe the end of the world.
10/26/21
TTT #48 Freebie: Short Horror Stories that are a Much Read
The topic I'm doing is Short Horror Stories that are a Much Read.
10/22/21
Rope: movie review
Rated: PG
Year of Release:1948
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Summary: Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
10/18/21
13 Horror movies that have the right level of Creepiness
It's that time of year again. Where a lot of people get all gimpy over Halloween yet, are too scare to watch horror movies.
10/15/21
Dia de Los Muertos book tag
This Book tag was created by Jyvur Entorpy and myself. Please link back to both are blogs if you decided to do this tag.
10/13/21
Crowded Vol. 1 Soft Apocalypse
Artists: Ro Stein (Artist),Ted Brandt (Artist), Triona Farrell (Color Artist), Cardinal Rae (Letters)
Summary: Ten minutes in the future, the world runs on an economy of job shares and apps, while crowdfunding has evolved into Reaper: a platform for assassination that's trickled down from politicians, celebrities and CEOs to everyday life and all its petty resentments. A world where anyone with enough backers and the money they contribute can kill anyone else.
10/11/21
Slan by A.E. van Vogt
Genre: Science fiction classic, pulp fiction
POV: 3rd person
Review: I have been trying to beef up the science fiction section of my library. How can I say I like science fiction when I read only a few sci-fi classics.
10/8/21
Rear Window: Movie Review
Rated: PG
Year of Release: 1954
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Summary: A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
10/4/21
The Lantern City Trilogy
Author: Matthew Daley & Mairghread Scott
Artist: Carlos Magno
Genre: fantasy
Age: Teen
9/29/21
Greywalker
Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Urban fantasy
Age: 14+
POV: 1st person
Series: Greywalker book one
Summary: After dying for two minutes Harper can now see into what is know as the Grey a place between life and death. Pretty much Harper life has change. Taking up a missing person case she ends up having to deal with vampires.
9/28/21
TTT #47 Freebie: Books that deserve more attention
I do read adult books but I notices that the lesser known books I read are kids and teen books. The adult books that I read are either popular or classics. I have read some lesser known adult books but, don't have enough of them to make a list.
9/27/21
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Genre: high fantasy,
Age: Children
POV: 3rd person omniscient
Summary: Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule--but Xan is far away. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Soon, it is up to Luna to protect those who have protected her
9/13/21
The Search for WondLa
Genre: Sci-fic fantasy, Dystopian
Age: Kids
POV: 3rd person
Summary: Eva Nine is a curious and sensitive twelve-year-old who has existed only in a subterranean home called Sanctuary, cared for by a robot named Muthr. Eva's great desire is to go aboveground, and her wish comes true, though not as she had imagined. On the surface, Eva goes in search of other humans and soon meets both friend and foe.
9/7/21
TTT #46 Books Guaranteed to Put a Smile On Your Face
Top ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic will be Books Guaranteed to Put a Smile On Your Face. What will put a smile on someone face are kids books about kids and an animal. Weather that be a pet or an animal they found. There something about kids going on adventures and brining alone a cute animal friend that make someone long for their half-forgotten childhood.
9/4/21
The King in Yellow
Genre: Short stories, Horror
Review: An anthology with eight stories. The first four mention The King in Yellow a curse play. Whoever reads it is said to go insane. Robert W. Chamber's book lay the ground works for modern horror. Many have said H.P. Lovecraft was inspirer by Edgar Allen Poe. Well there is some influences. Every horror and mystery writer owe it to Poe. However in the Cthulhu mythos one of the deity, Hastur is know as the King in yellow. Who has the most influences?
9/1/21
Reading the World: Nordic Tales
Folklore stories from Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Denmark.
Illustrations by Ulla Thynell
About the book: There is no Norse mythology in this book. This is a collection of folklore and fairly tales from Scandinavia countries.
8/31/21
Poltergeist (Greywalker #2)
Genre: Paranormal, mystery, urban fantasy
POV: 1st person
Summary: Harper's been hired by a university research group that is attempting to create an artificial poltergeist. The head researcher suspects someone is faking the phenomena, but Harper's investigation reveals something else entirely - they've succeeded. And when one of the group's members is killed in a brutal and inexplicable fashion, Harper must determine whether the killer is the ghost itself, or someone all too human.
8/23/21
Let's Talk Bookish: Can Books be Effective Horror
Let's talk bookish is a weekly meme hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books and Dani @ Literary Lion.
I am a little late to the discussion but, I do want to talk about this topic: Can books be effective horror?
8/18/21
You Can't Hide: Shadow House book two
Genre: Horror
Age: Kids ~9 to 13
POV: 3rd person
Format: Audio book
8/16/21
Shadow and Bone
Genre: High fantasy
Age: Teen
POV: 1st person
Summary: Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
8/13/21
Movies that Take Advantage of the Visual Storytelling
A picture is worth a thousand words. A moving picture is worth millions. I have stretch quit a few times how the show don't tell rule is important in movies.
Here a list of movies that either take most or full advantage of the visual storytelling. Some of these movie don't have any dialogue and in some movies you don't need to listen to the dialogue to understand what going on in the story.
And yes some of these are arty films.
1. The Artist
The Artist is what you call a modern salient film. I have said in my review that its like Singing in the Rain only the other way around. Instead of rising up in the era of talkies its about an salient film actor dealing with his fading career in a changing industry.
This movie has vary little dialogue in it. The story is told through the action happening around the main character who is a ghost.
3. Shawn the Sheep The Movie
I watch the TV show as a kid and just like the show the movie has no dialogue. Everything is told through action. This is a great movie for kids to watch. In fact kids need movies like this, so they know that there are great animated movies beyond Pixar.
4. Isle of Dogs
Isla of Dogs switches from English to Japanese in such a clever way. During the parts where Japanese is being spoken you don't need to understand what being said.
5. Alpha
I got to see the preview when this movie first came out. The language being spoken is made up of serval different language. Alpha is set in the stone age about a young man that gets separated from his tribe and he befriends a wolf.
6. Hugo
For a film class I had to pick a movie and write an essay on the cinematography. I pick Hugo because of how the camera shots match the pictures from the book.
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max was not written like a screen play. Instead it had to be drawn out on a story board because of all the detail that could not be written on a screen play.
8. A Quiet Place
I like how in every scene where there tension there is different music being play. A Quiet Places is a good example in how sound can be used in horror movies.
9. Spirited Away
I have mention in my review of this film that Spirited Away straight lies in its visuals. Some scenes are just left to play out where things just happen. From characters going about their day to a train moving along the tracks. Soft piano melody is play in the background.
10. Every movie directed by The Archers: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
I was raking my brain to think of a tenth film to place here when this video pop up in my Youtube feed. Look at that, miracles do happen. For once I have not heard of these pair of directors nor have I seen any of their films. Seven films are talk about in this video and each and every one are beautifully stunning to watch.
That a wrap everyone. Have you seen any of these films? Do you know of any film that express visual storytelling that not on this list? Let me know down in the comments.
Why the Show don't Tell rule is important for filmmakers
Writers can get away with some telling. In fact, there is debate whether 'show don't tell' should apply to writing at all. Some writers question what it means and others are like you show some, you tell some. Who cares.
When it comes to filmmaking the rule of 'show don't tell' is clear cut. How many movies have you seen where the plot is explained mostly in dialogue. Chances are that is not a good movie. An example of that is the 2016 Suicide Squad. Each of the characters backstory were jammed into the movie that it took away from progressing the plot. Good dialogue is important. As to why I will save that is for another post.
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