Jolene's Cozy Corner

Lines of Courage is a Historical Fiction novel by Jennifer A Nielson about five children from different countries in World War I. Felix, who was present during the shooting of the Archduke. He felt that he should’ve done something that could’ve prevented the war from happening. Kara who has a tendency to break rules, and after saving the lives of a soldiers from enemy lines, her privileges were taken from her and she is no longer allowed near the patients.  Juliette who lost hope of reuniting with neither her family nor her dad. Dmitri who joined the war far too young in order to provide for his family. He’s seen his friends die, been in a prison camp, and targeted by his once boss for different political views. Finally Elsa who faced scorn and harassment for being born into privilege even though she was just as hungry and afraid as the rest of the people.  These five children, while having grown up in completely different environments, have only one goal. Peace. The question ...

    This is a short story I wrote a few months ago with the writing prompt "I Am Most Proud of...". This may be a bit longer than other short stories that I may write about in the future, but I hope you'll enjoy it for the time being! I Am Most Proud of . . . (This is a short story with two points of views.) I am most proud of myself, for I, Patrick, the flying penguin, have gone on a journey across the globe to find someone who is equally as wonderful as I. Mind you, becoming a flying penguin is no small feat, I worked quite hard to become who I am today.  I am most proud of Patrick for managing to not die. My little brother Patrick has always been stupid. Once he pretended to be a human when he saw some other humans, but then fell into their campfire. Even though, as a penguin, he’s never seen fire before, any competent penguin would’ve known to stay away from the hot, red flames. The only way he survived was because the kind humans saved him. The humans gave him new w...

Hi! My name is Jolene and this is my blog! I love books but have trouble finding ones that I like. So, this summer I've decided to set the goal of reading about ten books. Some that I feel are in my comfort zone and some that are a bit "out-there". The genre that I usually like to stick to is fantasy, recommended for 13+ readers (like Lunar Chronicles). I will also post a few short stories every now and then too, for the fun of it. This blog is made not only for my reading journey, but for yours too! Maybe you're having the same problem as me and this blog will be helpful! I'll try to post at least once a month, but ideally two-to-three (I'm a bit busy this summer). Happy reading!