Category Archives: Match Game Fiction Style

Visiting the South

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When an author sits down to write a historical fiction book, they need a place for the story to unfold. In “Bluebell“, dad chose the fictional (?) Southern town of Drewsport but didn’t tell us which state it was part of.

In today’s “Counterparts in Literature” post, that won’t be an issue because each of the five novels below take place in a recognized Southern location. All you have to do is match story to state and then head over to my answer page and learn how well you did.

My thanks to BookRiot and Mary Kay McBrayer for the article I used to get my five selections from, 8 Great Southern Historical Novels. Now I’m just hoping they’ll update it soon with one more great story, “Bluebell”.

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Novel Reporting

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Journalists report the news and facts are key to their reporting.  But what about a reporter in a fictional book…aren’t they, almost by definition, the ultimate in fake news?  Maybe so, but that’s for a linguistic expert to sort out.  Today, I’m just interested in presenting another edition of ‘Match Game Fiction Style‘ for today’s ‘Counterparts in Literature‘ post.

Carl Schenfield, an investigative reporter in dad’s novel, “Bluebell”, isn’t the only instance of a journalist having a role in a fictional story.  Do your best at matching the five books below with info about their featured reporter and then, to investigate how well you did, take your reporters notepad and go interview the answer page.

More News to Investigate

 

Small Town America

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The thoughts and actions of many of it’s citizens, form the mechanism which creates a state of anarchy that nearly destroys Drewsport.  This fictional small town in the South, during the late 1930’s, is described in dad’s book, “Bluebell”, with more reality than many want to admit.

In today’s “Counterparts in Literature” post, I’m going to be testing your knowledge of other small towns in America.  Match the story descriptions below with their respective novel and then head on over to the answer page to see you you did.  Ready…Set…Play!

My thanks to Nathan Deuel for the article on HuffPost which provided me with these small town stories.  When you’re pretty sure you’ve got this game won, head on over to the answer page and see how you did.

Learn a little more about what happened in the town of Drewsport by checking out this excerpt or reading Bluebell’s Synopsis.

 

Fictional Female Children

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The main character in “Rowena” is introduced as a child, not yet five, being given away by her father to another family, shortly after her mother has died.  Children living without their natural parents is a common theme in literature and in this first “Counterparts in Literature” posts, I’m going to be testing your knowledge of fictional female children.

Match the story descriptions below with their respective novel and then head on over to the answer page and to see how you did.  Ready…Set…Play!

Want to read another article about Rowena?  Check out this ‘interview’ I did with her as an adult, about an embarrassing childhood moment.