Book Signing with Jolina Petersheim

This weekend was homecoming at my former university.  My good friend Jolina Petersheim had a book signing during the day and a reading last night.  Sadly, I was unable to attend the reading, but I was able to go to the signing and finally purchase a copy of The Outcast.  I even got a personalized signed copy to add to my small collection of signed books!  It was great to catch up with Jolina and talk to her about her writings.  It seems so unreal that I sat through the same classes with a published author, and an excellent author at that.  I know I have other friends who write and are waiting to be published.  I can't wait to read their work too.  It also makes me feel a little jealous that I'm not writing like I want to.  Maybe one day.

Read my review of Jolina's debut novel, The Outcast, here.

Frankenstein

Shelley, M. (1818). Frankenstein. London.

When the name Frankenstein is mentioned everyone immediately thinks of a large green, stiff, grumbling monster with bolts sticking out of his neck. Everyone knows the quote, "It's alive!" made famous by films. 

But Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is quite different. In fact, Frankenstein isn't a monster at all. Frankenstein is a college student majoring in science. Victor Frankenstin creates a creature in his dorm room. Surprisingly, the creature isn't a bumbling fool either. He's actually very eloquent in his language. I love that Shelley creates a section to allow the creature to narrate his own story.