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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (2017) by Jason Schreier Genre: Non-fiction, videogames Pages: 278 Summary: Jason Schreier chronicles the stressful and many times chaotic path to creating a video game. Schreier documents 10 video games and the storytellers, producers, programmers, and digital artists who put blood and sweat into creating some of the most memorable and…
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) by Amor Towles Genre: Fiction – Historical Pages: 462 Summary: Amor Towles’s novel A Gentleman in Moscow chronicles the life of the Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Due to unsavory writings that dissatisfied the Russian government in the early 1900s, Count Rostov is sullied away on house arrest at the Hotel…
The Soul of America
The Soul of America (2018) by Jon Meacham Genre: Nonfiction – Politics/History Pages: 400 Summary: Jon Meacham takes the reader through America’s historical contradictions. The Soul of America looks critically at events panning from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, examining the events through the lens of pragmatic optimism. Meacham continuously acknowledges America’s…
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) by Sarah J. Maas Genre: Fiction – Fantasy Pages: 432 Summary: A Court of Thorns and Roses is the first novel of a rich and intricate fantasy series. I find myself falling more and more into this genre than I ever expected. The creativity and concentration that it…
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