Assignment for the week is to "link" my blog subject to a different class subject I have. But the class I have this blog for is English... so the question arises. How does one link books to a subject other than English? Simple. Is story telling not an art? Are there not several forms? No two pieces are identical? Why not compare the various forms to art. Think about it. Don't paintings tell a story? And vice versa, While reading a book or listening to one, Don't they paint pictures? The answer is yes, though that opinion may just come down to who's being asked if your not a fan of either.
Some of you may think I'm comparing apples to oranges, but I'm really not. You have to be imaginative in some way or another to either make art or publish a book. Putting that aside for now, lets compare genres. Non-fiction means something real. It wasn't made up. Generally with the term 'non-fiction' is associated with writing, but is it strictly only for writing? In the art world, it could be referred to as a still life. A depiction of something real. Stereo-typically for an example, most would think of a painting of some type. If your still not sure what one is, think of a painting of a bowl of fruit, or an existing landscape. When trying to paint one as close to real as possible your painting a still life. Something that exists, or 'is real'.
Other genres could be fiction, fantasy, etc. These could all be linked to any type of art! Realistic fiction could be linked to a piece of art depicting something realistic, though not necessarily some thing that exists. Something straight out of someones imagination. It looks as though it could exist somewhere, but probably doesn't. Unrealistic fiction, like fantasy for an example, could be related to abstract or surreal art. Not a chance it could really happen or exist, but people like it. It sparks peoples imagination.
Still don't believe writing and art can coexist? Well then continue reading, because they cross over with each other all the time. For those of you who are aware art and writing are linked together...you can stop reading any time, I guess. Examples of cross overs include but are not limited to: Comics, Manga, Graphic novels, any picture book or book with pictures, and yes, any book with a cover of some kind. That's right, if a book has any type of cover or color or anything its has been artistically approved. Even if a cover has nothing but the title and authors name, someone had to direct the color scheme and placement of said title and name of author. Someone was bound to think it looked good enough to publish. The saying "don't judge a book by its cover" wasn't created for no reason. Generally if a book cover looks good, it sparks your interest enough for you to pick it up and examine it. Thank the cover. Lastly there are so many different types of are constructed from words and books and pages with words on them its stifling. There is probably an uncounted amount of different art pieces and book covers out around the world. And I'm not one to get cheese saying that, but the meaning is literal. Its literally everywhere. Google it. I dare you.
~Let the mayhem begin.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Guest Blog!!
Drum roll please!!! Today's post is, you guessed it, a guest blog. What is that you might ask? Basically fellow blogger Xochitl Cabrera, from Facial Expressions for the World, will take command of this blog post, when I finish up this intro. If you guessed that she would talk about her subject, you are sadly mistaken. If you figured she would be reviewing some form of reading material, then congrats! The literature she will be reviewing is a little horror comic called Enigma of Amigara Fault, by Junji Ito.
I chose to do my guest post on Kinsley's Blog about book reviews because she told me about this super creepy comic and suggested I should read it. After reading the comic, I was creeped out and decided to write about what I thought about the comic. The comic I read is a Japanese comic called Enigma of Amigara Fault by Juni Ito. Enigma of Amigara Fault is a horror comic about a earthquake that leaves people like shapes on mountains. There is only one of a kind so not just any random person can go into a hole. The holes leave people striking with fear and curiosity and somewhat hypnotizes them and forces them to find their hole. Once you find your hole you become attached to it and without knowing end up going in it. The weird thing is that there is no way out. Or at least that is what the people think. It is not until towards the end of the comic that they find a way out of the holes. This is where it gets weird. The people that came out of the holes were all deformed! According to a legend, the holes were made to get people to pay for their sins! They were paying by becoming nasty looking monsters that society would reject. After reading this comic I decided that I would not go hiking alone. EVER. Any ways, even though this comic was creepy and weird and somewhat nasty, I actually enjoyed reading it and recommend others to read it as well. Also the pictures shown on the comic are really weird because it shows how monster looking the people look when they come out of their holes. Before Kinsley told me about Enigma of Amigara Fault, I could not see myself reading any comics. Especially scary ones.
Links:
Xochitl's Blog
Read the comic online
The book recluse here! I didn't find a site that sold this comic individually, and I'm not completely sure there are English copies available, but there's a link to read it online for free.
~Let the mayhem begin.
I chose to do my guest post on Kinsley's Blog about book reviews because she told me about this super creepy comic and suggested I should read it. After reading the comic, I was creeped out and decided to write about what I thought about the comic. The comic I read is a Japanese comic called Enigma of Amigara Fault by Juni Ito. Enigma of Amigara Fault is a horror comic about a earthquake that leaves people like shapes on mountains. There is only one of a kind so not just any random person can go into a hole. The holes leave people striking with fear and curiosity and somewhat hypnotizes them and forces them to find their hole. Once you find your hole you become attached to it and without knowing end up going in it. The weird thing is that there is no way out. Or at least that is what the people think. It is not until towards the end of the comic that they find a way out of the holes. This is where it gets weird. The people that came out of the holes were all deformed! According to a legend, the holes were made to get people to pay for their sins! They were paying by becoming nasty looking monsters that society would reject. After reading this comic I decided that I would not go hiking alone. EVER. Any ways, even though this comic was creepy and weird and somewhat nasty, I actually enjoyed reading it and recommend others to read it as well. Also the pictures shown on the comic are really weird because it shows how monster looking the people look when they come out of their holes. Before Kinsley told me about Enigma of Amigara Fault, I could not see myself reading any comics. Especially scary ones.
Links:
Xochitl's Blog
Read the comic online
The book recluse here! I didn't find a site that sold this comic individually, and I'm not completely sure there are English copies available, but there's a link to read it online for free.
~Let the mayhem begin.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Review for Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a series including five
books, under the genre of adventure and mythology. Young Percy Jackson, through
a series of events finds out that he is not only a demigod, but a son of one of
the Big Three: Poseidon. Once being introduced to the world of, what he had
thought was ancient mythology, life just gets more and more hectic with monster
attacks, dangerous quests, and of course the struggles of adolescence. Throughout
the five books we meet new characters, different myths and the occasional bad
pun. Follow Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood on their
adventures across the U.S.
The Author Rick Riordan has
won several awards for some of the books in the series and has been nominated for many
others. While keeping the original myths as accurate as possible Rick
Influences the plot of the story around many ancient tales, gods and the notion
the, History repeats its self. Before becoming an official writer Rick worked
as an English teacher, undoubtedly where he acquired his knowledge on writing
and dialogue. While the Percy Jackson series may be his most famous, or
popular, series, Rick he’s also written a few other book series. These books
include: the heroes of Olympus, The Kane chronicles, 39 Clues, Tres Navarre
series, and a few other independent books.
Rick Riordans style of writing, I think it’s safe to say,
can be compared to that of Mark Twain. Why you may ask? Of all the books he
wrote, he won the Mark Twain award twice, for the first two books in this
series. He's a few other the awards he's earned.
1998 Shamus Award and Anthony Award for Big Red Tequila
1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for The
Widower's Two-Step
2008 Mark Twain Award for The Lightning Thief
2009 Mark Twain Award for The Sea of Monsters
2009 Rebecca Caudill Award for The Lightning Thief
2010 School Library Journal's Best Book for The Red Pyramid
2011 Children's Choice Book Awards: Author of the Year
2011 Children's Choice Book Awards: Fifth Grade to Sixth
Grade Book of the Year for The Red Pyramid
2011 Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award for The Last
Olympian
2011 Milner Award for Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
2012 Indian Paintbrush Award for The Red Pyramid
2013 Best Fiction Book for Children in Bulgaria for The Mark
of Athena
Personally, this is my favorite series. It was the first
series I ever read, and is probably part of the reason I love reading so much.
Even before I read books just to read them, I was interested in the Greek myths
we had to read in school. If you or your children love action, adventure, quirky characters and
Greek myths, you’ll love these books.
Friday, January 10, 2014
January theme: Mythology!
I chose mythology for this month because I got a suggestion for philosophy, and well... the best books were already taken, and I don't know when They'll be back for rent. So if your going by Greek philosophy, the next best thing is Mythology. So for this month I will be reading books about different mythology from around the world. I'll start out with modern fiction, and slide into the real stuff.
Here's the List:
The Sea of Trolls - by Nancy Farmer
The wolf and The Raven - by Diana L. Paxson
Jason and the Argonauts - by Bernard Evslin
The adventures of Ulysses - by Bernard Evslin
Monsters - by Don Nardo
Mythology, myths, legends, facts. - by Janet Parker
~Let the mayhem begin
Here's the List:
The Sea of Trolls - by Nancy Farmer
The wolf and The Raven - by Diana L. Paxson
Jason and the Argonauts - by Bernard Evslin
The adventures of Ulysses - by Bernard Evslin
Monsters - by Don Nardo
Mythology, myths, legends, facts. - by Janet Parker
~Let the mayhem begin
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Passion assignment
Oh, boy...where to start. The reason I chose this topic for my blog is because I love reading. I also love movies, TV shows, anime, and comics with a good plot or story line. I guess I my passion is just a love for good stories. Most of the subjects I just listed off I either liked before I started reading, or I gave a shot because I liked reading. But nothing really beats the original written form, of stories. Every good movie out there has a much better book, and every good series was written by somebody. Comics and anime are a form of writing themselves. If I'm reading something that doesn't have a good plot, I'll probably get bored and stop reading it. Despite sitcoms, because they don't have plots really, If I decide a plot isn't interesting, or it just isn't appealing to me I'll probably never watch that show again. The point I guess I'm trying to make is that the central story is what matters the most to me. I like reading and I like creative writing. I would like to be a writer when I get older, though I know the chances of that happening, It's something I actually like doing. In conclusion, my passion for reading is the plot.
~Let the mayhem begin.
~Let the mayhem begin.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Book review for The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Okay! I'm starting out the new year with this particular book because I just got it for Christmas, it kinda goes with the January theme and I loved it.
The House of Hades, (copyright 2013) by Rick Riordan is the fourth book in the series: The Heroes of Olympus. I suppose the overall genre of the book in my words would be a fictional modern clash of Greek and Roman mythology, all intertwined with adventure. In my opinion Rick Riordan, has mastered how to "Talk" like a teen, and still be able to keep the vocabulary P-G. The book is full of several entertaining characters, some with completely different personalities, that will make you wonder what they are going to do next. This segment of The Heroes of Olympus adventure is the best yet! For those who have read the rest of the series, Rick has made up for his last cliffhanger. I give this book an age range of 12 and over, of course depending on you specific preference of genre and writing style. For those of you who like the more complex writing style you may have a hard time getting into or enjoying this book, but if you like simpler styles and Greek and Roman Mythology this book is something to look at.
Over all I give The House of Hades four out of five Bookmarks.
Link for Amazon
The House of Hades, (copyright 2013) by Rick Riordan is the fourth book in the series: The Heroes of Olympus. I suppose the overall genre of the book in my words would be a fictional modern clash of Greek and Roman mythology, all intertwined with adventure. In my opinion Rick Riordan, has mastered how to "Talk" like a teen, and still be able to keep the vocabulary P-G. The book is full of several entertaining characters, some with completely different personalities, that will make you wonder what they are going to do next. This segment of The Heroes of Olympus adventure is the best yet! For those who have read the rest of the series, Rick has made up for his last cliffhanger. I give this book an age range of 12 and over, of course depending on you specific preference of genre and writing style. For those of you who like the more complex writing style you may have a hard time getting into or enjoying this book, but if you like simpler styles and Greek and Roman Mythology this book is something to look at.
Over all I give The House of Hades four out of five Bookmarks.
Link for Amazon
Further breakdown
Alright just a few more bits of information I think anyone who reads this blog should know:
1) If I review a book from a series, generally it's going to be the first book of the series. Not just, oh lets say...my favorite in the series. Nope it'll be the first.
2) If I do review a book from a series and it isn't the first book, that's because its probably the newest one in the series. Basically I will be reviewing the first, or latest of a series.
3) I'm probably not going to have any reviews about really mainstream books. So if your hoping for my opinion on books like Twilight and The Hunger games, your not going to get them. I know that may "upset" some people, but I really don't see the point in reviewing books that most people have already read. So there.
4) No mainstream books = less known books. What that means is, I'm going to try to read and review the less known books to get the word out and whatnot. You get what I mean.
5)The overall goal for this blog isn't just to review books, its also to widen my, and my followers horizon. Yeah...for lack of better wording I had to use an idiom. The point is, I'm going to read books I've probably either never heard of, or never been interested in, and your going to hear about them, in the hopes that you'll read them as well.
6) Books will be rated by book marks. The lowest being no book marks, I hated it. The highest 5 book marks, mind glowingly good. The highest you will probably ever see is a four out of five book marks, as I'm surprisingly critical about rating in numbers. A five will be rare, if not mythical as in my opinion it would have to be an untopable book to earn a five.
~Let the mayhem begin.
1) If I review a book from a series, generally it's going to be the first book of the series. Not just, oh lets say...my favorite in the series. Nope it'll be the first.
2) If I do review a book from a series and it isn't the first book, that's because its probably the newest one in the series. Basically I will be reviewing the first, or latest of a series.
3) I'm probably not going to have any reviews about really mainstream books. So if your hoping for my opinion on books like Twilight and The Hunger games, your not going to get them. I know that may "upset" some people, but I really don't see the point in reviewing books that most people have already read. So there.
4) No mainstream books = less known books. What that means is, I'm going to try to read and review the less known books to get the word out and whatnot. You get what I mean.
5)The overall goal for this blog isn't just to review books, its also to widen my, and my followers horizon. Yeah...for lack of better wording I had to use an idiom. The point is, I'm going to read books I've probably either never heard of, or never been interested in, and your going to hear about them, in the hopes that you'll read them as well.
6) Books will be rated by book marks. The lowest being no book marks, I hated it. The highest 5 book marks, mind glowingly good. The highest you will probably ever see is a four out of five book marks, as I'm surprisingly critical about rating in numbers. A five will be rare, if not mythical as in my opinion it would have to be an untopable book to earn a five.
~Let the mayhem begin.
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