Recently, I finished The Detour, a 215-page novel. This mysterious, suspense-filled novel is by S.A. Bodeen; a best-selling author of YA literature, who is greatly recognized for her science fiction genre books such as The Compound, The Gardner, and The Raft. Bodeen was raised on a dairy farm in wisconsin with her family, but decided … Continue reading Ashley Salvatore Letter Essay #5: The Detour
Not long ago, I finished reading The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee, which is a 448-page science-fiction novel. Katharine McGee attended Princeton and received her MBA from Stanford. It was while living in New York City that she came up with the idea for this book. The Thousandth Floor is a New York Times … Continue reading Devin Triano’s Letter-Essay #3: The Thousandth Floor
I have recently finished reading “Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith. He is a young author having written 11 books in his career. Lockdown, is the first book of Alexander’s Furnace series. Having only read one other science fiction book this year I decided to try Lockdown and see if I liked … Continue reading James B’s Letter Essay #9: Lockdown
Dear, Reader Recently, I have finished reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it is a 426 paged classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and his profound influence … Continue reading Erick’s Letter Essay #6: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea