Goods and Effects

Goods & Effects

Al Schnupp

2021

ISBN: 978-1-952232-55-8

Golden Antelope Press

166 pages

Racism and discrimination back in the day while dealing with other issues of living. Al Schnupp has written a novel entitled 'Goods and Effects' about the main character of Hannah and how she deals with what she is going through. Hannah starts her own business and while making business contacts makes friends along the way that want to help in any way they can. 'Goods and Effects' is a story to overcome obstactles in a variety of ways.

Al Schnupp is a novelist who shows how historical events can make us do what is needed and still keep our heads through his show and tell writing. As the reader I felt as was taking part in the activities at the Negro farm. These events spurred many events to come that were good for all involved. The cover art that I suppose is Hannah depicting the feelings that she had to the times politically, economically, socially and even religiously. Hannah is depicted as a wife and mother then as an independent business woman who survives at all costs. She is a leader and helper, and the writer shows this clear through the whole book. 'Goods and Effects' is a fine title for this novel by Al Schnupp for Hannah as the goods and her goods effects the community around her all through time.

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Bayou Whispers

R.B. Wood

2021

ISBN: 978-1-63752-990-4

Crystal Lake Publishing

www.CrystalLakePublishing.com

256 pages

Louisana, but in particular the bayou have many secrets that are well hidden except if you knew where to look for them. The main character of Jeannine LaRue and her living with her past with her present with the help of her friend Curtis Jones she will begin to deal with her nightmares, and learn to live life with what her family history has dealt her for her life.

R.B. Wood has written 'Bayou Whispers' using very illustrative vocabulary that it made the reader feel as if I were in New Orleans and the bayou even if it is just the humidity and remembering various stories and what they bring with them. The cover art gives the reader gives the reader a chill just by seeing the use of the colors blue and green with the skulls in the seaweed, and with the whitecaps of the dark waters along witht he building being taken back by nature and disappearing. Even with the title 'Bayou Whispers' drawn or written as riffs of wind and smoke to show that the reader could or will see and feel some terror that the various characters will feel. 'Bayou Whispers' would be a great example for an American literature course that dealt in horror/thriller and even psychological horror drama.

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Kyle's Little Sister

Written and Illustrated by: BonHyung Jeong

2021

ISBN: 978-1-9753-1654-9 (paperback)

JY Yen Press, LLC

206 pages

What would our world look like without our siblings? 'Kyle's Little Sister' is a graphic novel for young middle school readers written and illustrated by BonHyung Jeong. This is a novel based on the television show of the same name. 'Kyle's Little Sister' is the story of Grace, Kyle's little sister and how she tries to fit in as herself and not Kyle's little sister, as she starts a new school and tries to make friends with anyone.

'Kyle's Little Sister' is a graphic novel for middle school readers who are learning and surviving living with a sibling who attend the same school. It is a chapter book that is a fast read and quite fun. There are plenty of lessons for the readers to learn like how to make friends in a proper way as well as the wrong and learning the difference between the two ways. The work throughout this novel was able to show the emotions of all the various characters from Grace to Kyle to all their individual friends in the various predictiments that they are involved.

(Note: I am not sure if these reviews are already on Vocal, but they have been published on Medium and bookroomreviews.com. Sorry for the repeats.)