by Kristin A. Oakley | Oct 3, 2022 | Books and Movies, Newsletter
Like most writers, I’m a huge movie buff. I often tell myself that watching movies is part of my job because, through film, I learn about storylines, character development, and especially dialogue. However, being a movie-obsessed writer can also be a curse. I...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Sep 16, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Every ten years or so I read a book that shifts my belief system. Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman is that book. It joins Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig on my list of top-ten mind-altering...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Aug 19, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Welcome to my Writer’s Book Club. This month I review a little-known young adult dystopian book called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In Collins’ novel, one boy and one girl are selected from each region to compete to the death in the Hunger Games. Only...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jul 22, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter
Welcome to my writer’s book club! This month I read Peter Clines’ sci-fi horror novel 14 about a young man who rents a cheap apartment in a very strange and mysterious Hollywood building. I picked the book up while vacationing in L.A. a few years ago and am glad...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jun 24, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Welcome to my writer’s book club! This month I review Red Rising by New York Times Bestselling Author Pierce Brown. Red Rising takes place 1,000 years in the future and successfully blends elements of dystopia, science fiction, fantasy, and Greek mythology....
by Kristin A. Oakley | May 27, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Welcome to my Writer’s Book Club! This month’s selection is the New York Times Bestseller Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Butler was a renowned novelist and, in 1955, she became the first science fiction writer to win the MacArthur Fellowship. In Parable...
