Blog Post #2

The five elements of a short story that my novel (Acceleration by: Graham McNamee) contains are setting, conflict, suspense, characters and point of view. In order of most important to least important I would place them in order as: conflict,suspense, characters, setting, and point of view. The most important would be conflict, and in my novel it states that "Hunting. He's hunting. He's moved past the animals and the fires. The "kids' stuff." Now he's going after bigger game. The real thing. A woman." (McNamee, 47) This creates conflict as the serial killer is going to kill women now and Duncan has to stop him.

McNamee, Graham. Acceleration. New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2003. Print.

Blog Post #1

A "good book" draws you in with the first chapter and keeps your attention throughout. But that's just a start. In my opinion, good books make you feel for the characters and connect you to their world. Good books should leave you feeling satisfied once you're done, and keep you well invested in the plot line. (Or perhaps not. I know that some books I consider amazing have left me feeling as though something is missing because there is no more to be read.) And I believe that a good book is one that you would read more than once. So far this year, I am currently reading Acceleration by: Graham McNamee. I feel that it is a good book so far, as I have invested well in the characters as well as the plot line so far. The main character Duncan finds a lost diary of a serial killer and tries to track him down. This makes the book seem really gripping and I do not want to put it down.

McNamee, Graham. Acceleration. New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2003. Print.