3 Storybook Favorites

Murders in the Bible

The first storybook that I read was Murders in the Bible. These stories were very dark and eerily well detailed. I really enjoyed the author's style of writing and I think this is what drew me to finish the storybook. My family is not particularly religious, but I did know the gist of most of the bible stories from a world religions class. At first, I thought the introduction was a little over the top, but I later realized that this was fitting for the protagonist. The author seemed to really get into the psyche of the character and I liked that she had an overall design theme of blood.

(Image Information: Bloody Hand, Web Source: BlogSpot)

 I noticed that the author often used the spacing of her paragraphs to add emphasis to sentences or words and I think it added a nice touch to her storybook. Also, it may seem like a small detail, but I found the page navigation to feel less like a storybook and more like a web page. Once I finished one story, I had to return to the top of the page and search for the link of the next story.

Lost in the Woods

The next storybook that I chose was titled Lost in the Woods. I think I may have enjoyed this one the most out of the three that I read. I like creepy stories and I am also a huge fan of the Grimm brothers.

(Image Information: Hansel and Gretel

Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1909 

Web Source: Wikipedia)

I really liked how the author included myths/folklore from four different cultures. I hadn't heard of the last three. The author did an excellent job with the intro. Her way of writing seemed very professional and interesting. Another thing I enjoyed about this author was that she included haunting pieces of each of the stories told in different passages. One search group would be experiencing warning signs of the horrors another group was retelling.

I Am Not my Brothers' Sister: A Changeling's Journey

The final storybook that I read was I Am Not my Brothers' Sister: A Changeling's Journey. This one seemed to have been the most original and taken the most research. I have read about fairies and changelings before, but never in a nonfiction setting. The author included that there were many claims of changelings in the real world, but most have been explained with modern science. There was something about the attention to small details that made this very interesting and well-written. I would never think to include things that the author did, like the puffin in the hunter's trap and the ship terminology.

(Image Information:  "Puffin at Látrabjarg, Iceland" 

taken 14 July 2013 by Richard Bartz. 

Web Source: Wikipedia)

These made the story feel like a real novel. I also enjoyed the navigation of the page. Being able to click a link at the bottom of the page to continue on to the next section made this feel more like a book.