Thursday, June 30, 2011

Book Review Format

The other day I got a comment from a reader asking about the format of our book reviews. I have made an example of what our reports will look like.

A Book Title

Quote I am still a person, no matter how I talk

Quick Summary
This book is about a person with a speech disorder....

Violence\Romance
There is a kissing scene. There is also a fist fight.....

Spirituality
The main character believes in Buddha....

Opinions
I thought the book needed a lot more plot line....

Rating
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

If you have suggestions or comments feel free to tell us.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Story

I thought I would post the beginning of a story that I wrote a while ago. This is the first of three parts in the story.~Elizabeth

Fortunately, no one heard me as I crept my way down the staircase. I opened the door, and it was then that I smelled it: freedom.

A tingling sensation that I had not had for years.

My body was welcoming it, craving for more of it. Though I had nothing but a twenty and a change of clothes in my backpack, I felt as if I was ready for anything that life could throw at me. I didn’t have time to think, I just ran. I had no idea where I was going, but I knew that anyplace would be better than the orphanage. No one wanted me, none of the two hundred and seven families and couples had even the slightest interest in the gangly, untamable seventeen year old that was Monica Scott, or whatever my last name was.

Supposedly, my mother was a mere sixteen when she had me, a year younger than myself. Though I had always been angry with her with giving me up, I had to give her some credit, she at least had me.

As for my father, who knew who my father was? He could’ve been an eighty year old drug addict and drunkard for all I knew. But something inside of me told me differently. I was almost to the bend in the road when I saw it—a police car. Its lights were flashing an unmistakable red and blue. There was no way my escape could end so abruptly, this was, after all, my chance.
I flung myself into the muddy ditch, allowing the tall surrounding grass to hide myself.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Summer!

Ok, so for my first blog entry, I am going to create a list of books that I plan to review. I am going to start on the reviews on Thursday. If you have any suggestions for books I should review, please leave it in a comment on this blog.

1. The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Rings
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
2. The Inheritance Series
Eragon
Eldest
Brsinger
(Coming soon) Inheritance
3. The Door Within
The Door Within
The Rise of the Wyrm Lord
The Final Storm
4. The Berinfell Prophecies
The Curse of the Spider King
Venom and Song
5. Isle of Fire
Isle of Fire
Isle of Swords
6. The Books of Bayern
The Goose Girl
Enna Burning
River Secrets
Forest Born
7. The Princess Academy
8. The Chronicles of Narnia
The Magicians Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
9. The Screwtape Letters
10. Till We Have Faces

For anyone looking for books this summer, (Like me) This list has some really good books to read. Enjoy!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Cheating. . .

I'm super sorry to not be posting tomorrow (my first day and I'm already making a mistake), but I'm going to be really busy, so. . .I'm going to do something very easy (and maybe even a little bit lazy).
 
Ta da!

This is the best imitation I've ever seen--enjoy! ~ Elizabeth

Friday, June 24, 2011

Welcome

Hi! For our first post on the blog, we will aquaint you with how the blog works. For starters, Leslie will be blogging on Tueday and Thursday, Elizabeth will be blogging on Monday and Wednesday. Friday will be our special day, with possible appearances by guest bloggers and writers. Every week we will set a theme for you to write on. At the end of the week we will post our favorite 2 stories. Send the stories to yawhowrite@gmail.com We do filter all comments and stories. We would like it if nothing pushes PG. Have fun reading and writing!
Leslie and Elizabeth