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…
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…
The Ancient Hours (2020) by Michael Bible Genre: Fiction Pages: 102 Content warning: violence, domestic violence, drug addiction, sexual assault, discrimination, mass violence. Summary: At 102 pages, The Ancient Hours is a short but powerful tale. Harmony, North Carolina experienced a tragedy. This tragedy haunts the town, the people who lived there then and experienced…
The End of Everything – Astrophysically Speaking (2020) by Katie Mack Genre: Nonfiction – Science Pages: 226 Summary: Sometimes when I’m half awake in bed or when I’m zoning out driving, I start to ponder the universe. The thought process usually starts with the question, how did the Earth come to be? The Big Bang…
Greenlights (2020) by Matthew McConaughey Genre: Memoir Pages: 304 Summary: There has always been something so cool about Matthew McConaughey. It is in the way he talks and presents himself in interviews, it’s an aurora about him that I have always found attractive – a persona of confidence that never seems forced. In his memoir,…
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