I was originally started reading A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult when it first came out, but then I got distracted by other books. However, after reading A Book of Two Ways, I’ve been wanting to revisit Picoult’s works. Even though I had mixed feelings about Two Ways, the writing was solid enough that …
Note: The story is told in reverse chronological order, with each section going backwards in time by one hour. Chapter 1: Five p.m. Chapter 2: Four p.m. Chapter 3: Three p.m. Chapter 4: Two p.m. Chapter 5: One p.m. Chapter 6: Noon Chapter 7: Eleven a.m. Chapter 8: Ten a.m. Chapter 9: Nine a.m. Chapter …
Prologue The prologue introduces our narrator, 22-year-old Jamie Conklin, who is writing about his past experiences. He warns us that this may be a horror story. Chapters 1 – 4 A 6-year-old Jamie is with his mother, Tia Conklin, right before Thanksgiving. He is clutching a picture he drew of a green turkey. His mother, …
Later, by Stephen King, came out earlier this month. I started getting into Stephen King books about two years ago, but have really started appreciating his books and stories. They’re at times a little hit and miss, but I have to say I love how readable his books are and how much variety there is …
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley is set in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan. The protagonist Daunis Fontaine’s life straddles two adjacent and occasionally overlapping communities, one of her white French Canadian mother and the other of the Sugar Land Ojibwe Tribe of her late father. Author Angeline Boulley is a member of Sault Saint Marie Ojibwe …
