I dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing, to cry while reading my story's prologue. It hits really close to home for me. Taking something that happened but making the outcome darker in fiction than reality. The pain is real, but it's also cathartic in a way too. I intended to base the female protagonist on myself and I just keep writing. In a way I'm rewriting her history. Giving her an alternate ending than the one I had. My conclusion is a happy one, but hers is still being figured out.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Writing in Progress
Hello Readers,
I know that this post will not be related to the reading of books but I just wanted to catch a feeling of what you all might think about me writing a book. It would be more appropriate to call it a novella. I have started writing, my mind just bleeding out onto the pages. It is a story I have been sitting on for years. Taking some private elements from some of my life experiences, and creating a fictional story. It is a book geared toward an eighteen and up audience, as it's very sexually explicit with themes that are not for the weak-hearted. I am very excited because I have always loved to write but, I never mustered the courage to put my ideas into a full project. I just wrote for enjoyment. Poetry mostly. There were some stories I wrote back in high school and college that got lost among my entire life's worth of possessions years ago. I am starting anew. With a trusty Chromebook, lots of pens and notebooks at my disposal now, I am writing furiously, re-reading everything, tweaking, and adding in more dialogue and backstory as I go. I am not sure when it will be complete, but I ask if you think you can take this trip with me, and join me and my characters, I would love some readers and feedback. I am anxious to know whether or not I have the talent and promise to keep writing. I would love any feedback on this post, as well as my writing once it's completed. I can answer any questions you may have, as well as give you a more detailed synopsis.
Sincerely,
April Rose
I know that this post will not be related to the reading of books but I just wanted to catch a feeling of what you all might think about me writing a book. It would be more appropriate to call it a novella. I have started writing, my mind just bleeding out onto the pages. It is a story I have been sitting on for years. Taking some private elements from some of my life experiences, and creating a fictional story. It is a book geared toward an eighteen and up audience, as it's very sexually explicit with themes that are not for the weak-hearted. I am very excited because I have always loved to write but, I never mustered the courage to put my ideas into a full project. I just wrote for enjoyment. Poetry mostly. There were some stories I wrote back in high school and college that got lost among my entire life's worth of possessions years ago. I am starting anew. With a trusty Chromebook, lots of pens and notebooks at my disposal now, I am writing furiously, re-reading everything, tweaking, and adding in more dialogue and backstory as I go. I am not sure when it will be complete, but I ask if you think you can take this trip with me, and join me and my characters, I would love some readers and feedback. I am anxious to know whether or not I have the talent and promise to keep writing. I would love any feedback on this post, as well as my writing once it's completed. I can answer any questions you may have, as well as give you a more detailed synopsis.
Sincerely,
April Rose
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
The Pretty Little Dolls Series by Ker Dukey and K. Webster
**Possible Spoiler Alert**
Ker Dukey and K. Webster come together to create an amazingly twisted tale. I only wish there were more authors willing to dip their pens in the ink of twisted, macabre, and perverted storytelling.
I bought the first Pretty Little Dolls book for a deal on Bookbub (99 cents!). Once I got through the first book, I was able to read Book 2 as a free kindle free library book. I read my way to Book 3, and I finally caved and enabled the 2 months of kindle unlimited trial, just to finish the series (Book 4).
This is the final chapter in the Pretty Little Dolls series. To say that this series is fucked up would be an understatement. I found myself diving into and absorbing the debauchery, just enthralled by the antagonists, Benny "Benjamin" and Viktor. I consider myself a gore-hound but, I found myself questioning my sanity while reading it. I would not recommend the series to anyone squeamish or easily triggered as there are scenes of violent rape, kidnapping, and torture. It's like Marquis de Sade meets an X-rated version of Chicago PD or Law & Order SVU.
I rooted for the good guys in book 1. Slowly, I let my deeper, darker hopes for the antagonists take root. Benny is unlike any character I've read about. It was exciting to read the story from He, Viktor, and Elizabeth's viewpoint. All in all, I really just wanted everyone to have a happy ending. Psychotic individuals deserve love too. I would recommend this book to anyone itching to delve deep into madness never before ventured, at least not that I know of.
I hope to start reading The V Games spinoff, and I will be reading more Ker Dukey and K. Webster novels, I am sure of that!
To the authors, I say: "Thank you for this story, thank you for the characters, and thank you for not being afraid to venture into the dark side of erotic thriller romance."
Ker Dukey and K. Webster come together to create an amazingly twisted tale. I only wish there were more authors willing to dip their pens in the ink of twisted, macabre, and perverted storytelling.
I bought the first Pretty Little Dolls book for a deal on Bookbub (99 cents!). Once I got through the first book, I was able to read Book 2 as a free kindle free library book. I read my way to Book 3, and I finally caved and enabled the 2 months of kindle unlimited trial, just to finish the series (Book 4).
This is the final chapter in the Pretty Little Dolls series. To say that this series is fucked up would be an understatement. I found myself diving into and absorbing the debauchery, just enthralled by the antagonists, Benny "Benjamin" and Viktor. I consider myself a gore-hound but, I found myself questioning my sanity while reading it. I would not recommend the series to anyone squeamish or easily triggered as there are scenes of violent rape, kidnapping, and torture. It's like Marquis de Sade meets an X-rated version of Chicago PD or Law & Order SVU.
I rooted for the good guys in book 1. Slowly, I let my deeper, darker hopes for the antagonists take root. Benny is unlike any character I've read about. It was exciting to read the story from He, Viktor, and Elizabeth's viewpoint. All in all, I really just wanted everyone to have a happy ending. Psychotic individuals deserve love too. I would recommend this book to anyone itching to delve deep into madness never before ventured, at least not that I know of.
I hope to start reading The V Games spinoff, and I will be reading more Ker Dukey and K. Webster novels, I am sure of that!
To the authors, I say: "Thank you for this story, thank you for the characters, and thank you for not being afraid to venture into the dark side of erotic thriller romance."
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
I have been on a roll,. reading crime novels... I had this one sitting idly on my blog ole' stack of books. I just finished reading Hannibal and started 'The Quickie' right off. I just completed it this afternoon. This was my first Patterson book and it did not disappoint. I went into this book blindly, knowing that Patterson is a crime writer, but not really knowing what I was going to be reading. The cover art and title sounded sexy to me, and what's better than reading a sexy thriller?
'The Quickie' jumps right in with our female protagonist Lauren Stillwell, an NYC homicide detective, off to surprise her husband at work. She spots him, unbeknownst to him, in the company of a younger blonde headed toward a hotel. Stillwell comes to the abrupt assumption that her husband is cheating on her.
Riddled with angst over her husband's infidelity, she chances a spur of the moment affair with a coworker she had innocently flirted with until now. She has no idea of the consequences and secrets that lie ahead.
I think 'The Quickie' was well written, packed with action, intrigue, and twists you won't see coming until the book's conclusion. I think this has been a good introduction to James Patterson's writing and I look forward to reading more.
'The Quickie' jumps right in with our female protagonist Lauren Stillwell, an NYC homicide detective, off to surprise her husband at work. She spots him, unbeknownst to him, in the company of a younger blonde headed toward a hotel. Stillwell comes to the abrupt assumption that her husband is cheating on her.
Riddled with angst over her husband's infidelity, she chances a spur of the moment affair with a coworker she had innocently flirted with until now. She has no idea of the consequences and secrets that lie ahead.
I think 'The Quickie' was well written, packed with action, intrigue, and twists you won't see coming until the book's conclusion. I think this has been a good introduction to James Patterson's writing and I look forward to reading more.
June 2020 Update
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I go through lulls and periods when I have no motivation, I'm sure we all do. While I have been reading a bit since this pandemic began; I've been setting aside my crochet and sewing in favor of baking, cooking, and reading. I am reading older releases as well as some newer novels. I tend to take up to a week with each, depending on the length. I hope whoever reads this enjoys my reviews.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
'Hannibal' By Thomas Harris
Spoiler Alert! If you've seen the films and not read Thomas Harris' Hannibal series, I encourage you to skip this review altogether and read these books. They vary greatly from the films; and while they remain some of my favorite films and characters, you get so much more detail, so much more Hannibal. (The morbid fascination I have with serial killers, fictional and real is perplexing to even ME!)
Anyway, some elements were changed in the films to better suit a wide audience. I, being a gore-hound and horror fanatic enjoyed both the films and books. I previously read 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Red Dragon' prior to 'Hannibal' and cannot recommend them enough. Now that you have been forwarned, here is my review of 'Hannibal' by Thomas Harris.
I really enjoyed 'Hannibal'. It was much more detailed than the film, as it usually goes. Harris painted a beautiful scape to accompany the characters. From 'Silence of the Lambs' to 'Hannibal's conclusion, you get a slow burn of the development of affection and subtle rapport between Hannibal and Clarice. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending and wish we could have had more of a view into their relationship. I was hopeful that the "lamb" would fall prey to the "lion" in the most intimate sense. That must be the dark romantic in me. I tend to hope for a "Beauty and the Beast" type of underlying plot.
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