I have just recently finished all of Kathleen's books from both of her Bluegrass series. A disappointment fell over me when I realized I had just finished the last book involving such interesting characters that evolved dramatically with the plot twist pointed towards them in the various books.
Kathleen's books are eye catching, sitting on the edge of your seat, shocking, hilarious, exciting, drama and action packed. Her books are much more than that though because by the time you finish only one book in her series you feel as if you are part of characters lives, almost like that is reality. All the figurative language, diction, imagery, syntax that goes mostly unnoticed to the reader only makes the plot lines, characters, the setting, etc. even more enticing. If I could list out everything that makes Kathleen Brook's, books so fantastic I would be writing a book on how great a book is.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
The Voice Within My Writting
My personality described from other persons would be energetic, occasional fast talker, quite, bouncy, shy, athletic, insane, etc. My description of myself is similar but I would probably say something along different lines. Although my personality is mostly conveyed through the one line/ phrase the is in different wordings each time but approximately the same is "rolling through my mind," or " thoughts piling up" and many other versions .
My diction really doesn't add to my personality as I use some higher level words to describe or talk about something but not much form diction is considered throughout my blogs. In real life though I tend to use the word "presume" quite often as someone will ask a question and I'll say " I presume so..." although for some reason I don't use if at all in my blogging/ writing. My sentence length on the other hand tends to be quite varied. Although in my last blog I used more of the occasional 1 word to 5 word sentences to mix up my typically useless lengthy sentences. For example in my last post I started of my second paragraph with "Cy" then that was the sentence adding an effect where the reader begins to churn the wheels.
All these aspect combining together adds the effect energetic voice deeply involved in the post and adding mystery where there would typically be none. My diction and syntax for the beginning if the trimester and now has greatly improved as I am able to really look at my post and critique it saying maybe I could've done that better or this diction could've been more elevated. Although overall I have to agree with myself that I am able to better clearly define my voice and convey the plot of the post than in the beginning of the trimester were it looked as if it were a sloppy joe of words all smashed together. My incorporation of quotes adding to my voice is a life saver giving the reader a sense of what the character is feeling without summarizing it to 2 to 3 words.for example in my last post I used a quote from Kathleen Brooks author of Secret Santa : Bluegrass Brothers where Tammy Fields talks about Secret Santa before they have a passionate kiss, "Santa was hiding some seriously ripped muscles under his red coat" and you were truly able to get the full image rather than if you were to summarize it ( Kathleen 664) . To have more of an idea of a good way to add voice check out this video in voice.
My diction really doesn't add to my personality as I use some higher level words to describe or talk about something but not much form diction is considered throughout my blogs. In real life though I tend to use the word "presume" quite often as someone will ask a question and I'll say " I presume so..." although for some reason I don't use if at all in my blogging/ writing. My sentence length on the other hand tends to be quite varied. Although in my last blog I used more of the occasional 1 word to 5 word sentences to mix up my typically useless lengthy sentences. For example in my last post I started of my second paragraph with "Cy" then that was the sentence adding an effect where the reader begins to churn the wheels.
All these aspect combining together adds the effect energetic voice deeply involved in the post and adding mystery where there would typically be none. My diction and syntax for the beginning if the trimester and now has greatly improved as I am able to really look at my post and critique it saying maybe I could've done that better or this diction could've been more elevated. Although overall I have to agree with myself that I am able to better clearly define my voice and convey the plot of the post than in the beginning of the trimester were it looked as if it were a sloppy joe of words all smashed together. My incorporation of quotes adding to my voice is a life saver giving the reader a sense of what the character is feeling without summarizing it to 2 to 3 words.for example in my last post I used a quote from Kathleen Brooks author of Secret Santa : Bluegrass Brothers where Tammy Fields talks about Secret Santa before they have a passionate kiss, "Santa was hiding some seriously ripped muscles under his red coat" and you were truly able to get the full image rather than if you were to summarize it ( Kathleen 664) . To have more of an idea of a good way to add voice check out this video in voice.
"Secret Santa" What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Rose sisters had everything planned and set, in other words their Christmas party was going great with no suprises, or was there? A suprise indeed as they "tried to figure out why a big, fat Santa Claus had just walked in. They hadn't hired a Santa for the party," so why was there a big, fat Santa (Kathleen 525). Whom could it be? Is it a local? Or is it some random person? Those thoughts just rolled around in my head again and again as I read more and more. I don't want to spoil who it was but I have to tell you. Wow. What a shock it was to know it who it was but in the back of my mind and many other readers minds was the same thought after that passionate kiss with "Little Tammy Fields" as "Santa was hiding some seriously ripped muscles under his red coat" according to Tammy (Kathleen 664). It obviously wasn't John Wolf the "potbellied", 70 year old man (Kathleen 682).
Cy. He of all the people in the small town of Keeneston, Kentucky. The one that wasn't even supposed to be home and no one had heard from in weeks. The hiddedn Santa Clause exposed to everyone had come just in time for Paige's , his sister, water to break. Not only does Paige go into labor but another suprising event happens at the very climax of the book. The unexpected events are starting to make my mind overload on memories of what has just happened in the book already. If you need more reviews on how this impacts you go to this link. If you read this book you will comepletely understand, hopefully. For one thing this kind of book doesn't come around every day. Especially if you want the action packed drama and crazy event after crazy catastrophe. Who knew it Secret Santa with ripped muscles was Cy.
Cy. He of all the people in the small town of Keeneston, Kentucky. The one that wasn't even supposed to be home and no one had heard from in weeks. The hiddedn Santa Clause exposed to everyone had come just in time for Paige's , his sister, water to break. Not only does Paige go into labor but another suprising event happens at the very climax of the book. The unexpected events are starting to make my mind overload on memories of what has just happened in the book already. If you need more reviews on how this impacts you go to this link. If you read this book you will comepletely understand, hopefully. For one thing this kind of book doesn't come around every day. Especially if you want the action packed drama and crazy event after crazy catastrophe. Who knew it Secret Santa with ripped muscles was Cy.
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