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 Deadly Education (2020) by Naomi Novik – Fiction Rating: 3.5/5 Continuing my traverse through the fantasy genre, I picked up A Deadly Education. Coming in at a doable 320 pages, the novel moves quickly and efficiently. I enjoyed it, but at times I had to put in a lot of effort to move through…
The Book of Life (2014) by Deborah Harkness – Fiction Book Three of the All Souls Trilogy Rating: 4/5 The Book of Life wraps up Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy – an expansive story about Diana Bishop, a witch, and her husband Matthew Clairemont, a vampire. I will attempt to provide a review without revealing…
Northanger Abbey (1817) by Jane Austen – Fiction Rating: 4/5 Northanger Abbey is my least favorite Austen novel. It only receives this distinction because it is the book I have read the least. Northager Abbey was the first completed novel by Austen but published posthumously along with Persuasion. Keeping that idea in mind, it makes…
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