Title: The Lost Hero Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: October 2010 Jason wakes with a start. He’s on a bus holding hands with Piper, a girl he doesn’t know, and a boy called Leo is cracking jokes with him like they’ve been friends forever. Jason has apparently been a student at…
Tag: modes of storytelling
Top 10 Tuesday: Best Movie Adaptations
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) Early in January I talked about how the book is always better than the movie — and now here I am,…
Simon’s Cat: Storytelling, One “Meow!” at a Time
It all started with a cat and his quest for breakfast: All British artist Simon Tofield wanted to do was teach himself Flash animation; several years later, an artistic exercise has spawned two books and 11 videos — the latter of which have been viewed over 90 million times on YouTube. I love storytelling like…
‘Tis the Season: Christmas Stories
Christmas is a great time to be a kid, and a wretched time to be a strapped-for-cash young adult living a dangerous four-hour drive from home. Travel is hectic and stressful, and part of me will be glad to get back to my quiet apartment after several days spent stuffing my face and sticking discarded…
Now Even Books Have Trailers! [Bonus videos]
Isn’t it amazing that you can be going merrily on through life with no idea that you’re missing out on something totally awesome, until a serendipitous occurrence shows you something new and totally cool? That’s how I felt a couple of weeks ago when I saw my first book trailer. Yep, that’s right: they make…