Fan fiction

Beware the Wild series of novels came from living in the hot summers of southern Mississippi where she spent most of her childhood life. Following the lives of ordinary people in small Louisiana towns, they are slow languid fiction narratives best read under the lazily moving fan on a Sunday afternoon. The Southern Gothic goes beyond the discrimination, racism, and educational attainment, and the kindly old ladies making pie, the magnolia, swamps and…

In Virginia Bergin’s book, H2O (2014), she tells a story that informs readers about the character’s life in the time period when the killer rain took life away in the world. Bergin develops her ideas of the killer rain by having the character narrate in a candid and addicting way that brings the terrifying and wholly plausible story to life. Incorporating the language that teenagers speak today, Bergin writes in an informal way in order to hypnotize the readers into the book, making them think…

I have a bracelet that I wear everyday that says on it “Dream Again”, which is the motto of a non-profit organization to find a cure for Marfan syndrome. This organization was made by a basketball player I am a fan of, who days before being drafted into the NBA, was diagnosed with this disease. I wear this bracelet because I feel that it gives me inspiration and hope, for when things feel down and when it seems everything that can go wrong, does. Dream Again means…

Openly Straight exhibits the destruction unfavorable labels can inflict upon individuals. While readers attempting to cope with their sexual identity may find this novel enlightening as they endeavor through the process of removing themselves from the pigeonholes other’s have relegated them to. Rafe’s belief that the only way for him to succeed in this world is through the concealment of his sexuality: proving to be the weakest point of this novel. Whereas Rafe’s English teacher is truly the…

One of the most human characteristics that appears in many different forms and in many different people is weakness or, to indulge Shakespeare-a fatal flaw. These flaws are things such as ambition, impulsiveness, and indecisiveness and they resonate with the vast majority of the population, playing a role in the lives of every person. Humans are so skilled at projecting themselves into characters and stories that authors have used this to their advantage when writing books. They want to tap in…

see that were eventually outnumbered, thus bringing Roth’s work the wrong kind of attention. Upon the fandom’s mass expansion, the Divergent movie was quickly brought about in 2014, excessively adding cliches to those presented in the book, science fiction guidelines…

In one of Ray Bradbury 's best sellers, Something Wicked This Way Comes, he combines a few things people fear in real life as well as dark fiction. I chose this particular book because I enjoy the darker stories and occasional horror movie. With the upcoming Halloween day, I couldn’t have picked a more appropriate book. This story focuses on two teenage boys and an adult, all of which are preoccupied with their ages. Jim and Will are teenage boys who want to be more mature and older. Will’s…

proved to be the first sports novel that commanded respect from literary critics and more significantly, established the subgenre of adult sports fiction. The story begins with the 19-year-old Roy, a superstar pitcher, en route to Chicago to begin his professional career. Unfortunately, Roy’s career is put on hold after a mysterious, obsessive, female fan shoots him in a hotel room. The novel then skips ahead 16 years, at which point the 35-year-old Roy (an old man, by baseball standards),…

of TV Shows --- Back in 2011, a very popular TV show called [Friday Night Lights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(TV_series) "Friday Night Lights") was wrapping up it's final season. As with all shows that rally cult followings, fans cried out for a followup movie; but this one was different. What this meant is that in it's lifetime as a story "Friday Night Lights" was a real life situation that inspired a book, which was turned into a movie, which became a TV show which…

your book-buying method of choice) because there are so many great books out right now that will make your mind melt. Between off-kilter realities, confounding characters and intricate word labyrinths, 2016 is shaping up to be “The Year of Strange Fiction” in the…