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 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…
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham (2019) – Nonfiction Rating: 4.5/5 The disaster at Chernobyl is a historical event that I have always been obsessed with. It fascinates me. The aftermath has been widely documented and the deserted city of Pripyat that was built around the…
War: How Conflict Shaped Us (2020) by Margaret MacMillan – Nonfiction Rating: 4/5 One of my favorite college classes was a class on WWII. Prior to college, my history classes in high school and middle school consisted of cursory glances over this time period. It was always very formulaic : a general idea of what…
Marisa's Book Nook 