The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Night Circus is not just a novel: It’s an experience. It’s like the book equivalent to watching Avatar or the ice scene in Dr. Zhivago. The magic of the circus setting and the Victorian style narrative creates an experience of decadence and [...]
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Book Review- The Night Circus
Posted: 17th January 2012 by kcshoe in Book Review, Books, Fantasy/Fiction, Literature and Other Awesome Things0
The Trouble with Genres
Posted: 28th December 2011 by kcshoe in Books, Fantasy/Fiction, Literature and Other Awesome ThingsGenre is truly a tricky thing. This all-important label helps not only to identify a novel but also the book’s intended audience. Without it, a book and its author could suffer a serious identity crisis. And, it was honestly one of the aspects of marketing my book that I struggled with the most. I’d written [...]
One Liners
Posted: 5th November 2011 by kcshoe in Books, Fantasy/Fiction, Literature and Other Awesome ThingsProgress on Silver Heat, the next in the Silver series, is coming along well. The outline looks good, several plot points have intricately woven themselves together for a happy narrative, and key scenes have been fleshed out. But, my happiest victory of late is the fact that I’ve constructed the all-important first sentence. I don’t [...]
Book Review- Phoenix Rising
Posted: 22nd September 2011 by kcshoe in Book Review, Books, Fantasy/Fiction, Literature and Other Awesome ThingsPhoenix Rising by Philippa Ballantine My rating: 4 of 5 stars A fantastic gender benderIt’s about time! This book has a great combination of the hiss and gurgle of complex steam punk gadgets and a fantasy mystery. Books and Braun are a great mismatched pair. I referenced purchasing this book in my blog http://kaseyshoemaker.com/?p=261 because [...]