Tuesday 3 January 2012

Tuesdays Treasure {21} - How to ruin your life by 40

 Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures.  I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books out there hiding on shelves so I invite you to blog about a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library and add your post in the comment form below. 

This week ...
In true Sonlight fashion they delivered this fantastic book with Core 300.  I am so pleased they did and I highly recommend that you add it as a **must read** for your teens.  I wish I had had this book when I was 16 years old.  

 

  • Format: Paperback
  •  Number of Pages: 176
  •  Vendor: Moody Publishers
  •  Publication Date: 2006
  •  Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches)
  •  ISBN: 0802433227
    ISBN-13: 9780802433220
  •  Author: Steve Farrar

Christian Book says: Everyone has an internal alarm clock that goes off when they're about to make a bad decision. Some men and women spend their 20s hitting the snooze button. Steve Farrar gives them the wake-up call that they can't escape, so they can avoid the life-shattering consequences of foolish choices. Based on talks to university students, Farrar, in his forthright, no-nonsense style, helps young men and women fix their mistakes before they make them---and also shows how to recover from poor choices before it's too late

On the back cover: Inside this book you will find the wisdom you need to answer some of the most important questions you will face over the next several years:
  • Who will I Marry ?
  • What kind of job will I have?
  • How can I know God's will for my life ?
  • How do I handle doubt and temptation ?
  • What is my Life's purpose ?
  • What if I blow it ?
I give this book 6 stars out of 5. I am adding this book to my Contentment Reading Challenge list.

What is in your must read basket for teens ?

Blessings






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Genre and Sub Genre {Horror} 2/5

Welcome to day 2 of Genre and Sub Genre.  I was poking around at the host blog for 52 Books in 52 Weeks and discovered an interesting page about genre and sub genre.  I have always wondered what the different genre classifications were  in books so wanted to share them here with you.

There are 5 categories so will share one a day this week.


Genre and Sub Genre categories

HORROR
  1. Child in Peril: involving the abduction and/or persecution of a child.
  2. Comic Horror: horror stories that either spoof horror conventions or that mix the gore with dark humor.
  3. Creepy Kids: horror tale in which children Ð often under the influence of dark forces Ð begin to turn against the adults.
  4. Dark Fantasy: a horror story with supernatural and fantasy elements.
  5. Dark Mystery/Noir: inspired by hardboiled detective tales, set in an urban underworld of crime and moral ambiguity.
  6. Erotic Vampire: a horror tale making the newly trendy link between sexuality and vampires, but with more emphasis on graphic description and violence.
  7. Fabulist: derived from “fable,” an ancient tradition in which objects, animals or forces of nature are anthropomorphized in order to deliver a moral lesson.
  8. Gothic: a traditional form depicting the encroachment of the Middle Ages upon the 18th century Enlightenment, filled with images of decay and ruin, and episodes of imprisonment and persecution.
  9. Hauntings: a classic form centering on possession by ghosts, demons or poltergeists, particularly of some sort of structure.
  10. Historical: horror tales set in a specific and recognizable period of history.
  11. Magical Realism: a genre inspired by Latin-American authors, in which extraordinary forces or creatures pop into otherwise normal, real-life settings.
  12. Psychological: a story based on the disturbed human psyche, often exploring insane, altered realities and featuring a human monster with horrific, but not supernatural, aspects.
  13. Quiet Horror: subtly written horror that uses atmosphere and mood, rather than graphic description, to create fear and suspense.
  14. Religious: horror that makes use of religious icons and mythology, especially the angels and demons derived from Dante’s Inferno and Milton’s Paradise Lost.
  15. Science-Fiction Horror: SF with a darker, more violent twist, often revolving around alien invasions, mad scientists, or experiments gone wrong.
  16. Splatter: a fairly new, extreme style of horror that cuts right to the gore.
  17. Supernatural Menace: a horror tale in which the rules of normal existence don’t apply, often featuring ghosts, demons, vampires and werewolves.
  18. Technology: stories featuring technology that has run amok, venturing increasingly into the expanding domain of computers, cyberspace, and genetic engineering.
  19. Weird Tales: inspired by the magazine of the same name, a more traditional form featuring strange and uncanny events (Twilight Zone).
  20. Young Adult: horror aimed at a teen market, often with heroes the same age, or slightly older than, the reader.
  21. Zombie: tales featuring dead people who return to commit mayhem on the living.

T hank you to Writers Digest and 52 books in 52 weeks for the sub genre breakdown
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Monday 2 January 2012

Genre and Sub Genre {Romance} 1/5

As some of you know I have decided to partake in the 52 Books in 52 weeks challenge this year. I might just get to read all those wonderful books I have purchased and are sitting on the shelf begging to be read.

I was poking around at the host blog and discovered an interesting page about genre and sub genre.  I have always wondered what the different genre classifications were  in books so wanted to share them here with you.

There are 5 categories so will share one a day this week.


gen·re/ˈZHänrə/

Noun:
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Synonyms:
style - type - kind - sort - manner - genus

Genre and Sub Genre categories

ROMANCE
  1. Chick-Lit: often humorous romantic adventures geared toward single working women in their twenties and thirties.
  2. Christian: romances in which both hero and heroine are devout Christians, typically focused on a chaste courtship, and mentioning sex only after marriage.
  3. Contemporary: a romance using modern characters and true-to-life settings.
  4. Erotica: also called “romantica,” a romance in which the bedroom doors have been flung open and sexual scenes are described in candid language.
  5. Glitz/Glamor: focused on the jet-set elite and celebrity-like characters.
  6. Historical: a romance taking place in a recognizable historical period.
  7. Multicultural: a romance centered on non-Caucasian characters, largely African-American or Hispanic.
  8. Paranormal: involving some sort of supernatural element, ranging widely to include science fiction/fantasy aspects such as time travel, monsters or psychic abilities.
  9. Romantic Comedy: a romance focused on humor, ranging from screwball antics to witty interplay.
  10. Romantic Suspense: a novel in which an admirable heroine is pitted against some evil force (but in which the romantic aspect still maintains priority).
  11. Sensual: based on the sensual tension between hero and heroine, including sizzling sex scenes.
  12. Spicy: a romance in which married characters work to resolve their problems.
  13. Sweet: a romance centered on a virgin heroine, with a storyline containing little or no sex.
  14. Young Adult: written with the teenage audience in mind, with a suitably lower level of sexual content.

Thank you to Writers Digest and 52 books in 52 weeks for the genre and sub genre breakdowns.

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