Books #31: Act of God by Jill Ciment (f) #32: Out of Sorts by Aurelie Valognes (f) #33: The Grinding by Matt Dinniman (m) – I really liked Dinniman’s book The Shivered Sky, but I was disappointed in The Grinding. As a second book (they are not a series), it’s good enough, but it just […]
November 2015: Books and Games
Books: #29: Life and Other Near-Death Experiences by Camille Pagan #30: Parasite by Mira Grant Games: #78: Threadbare #79: Family Band #80: Crazy 8s #81: Clock Work Gnomes #82: Bluebeard’s Bride #83: Amazing Stick #84: Chinese Menu #85: Mythic Mortals #86: Mythic Mortals (different game) #87: Fall of Magic
October 2015 Books and Games
Books: #25: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (f) #26: Coming of Age at the End of Days (f) #27: Helen of Sparta (f) – I abandoned this book about 28% of the way in because “rape as character development” is tired, I’m tired of it, and the main character didn’t inspire me enough to […]
August and September 2015: Books and Games
Books: #20: Cloud Atlas (m) #21: The Martian (m) #22: Assassination Classroom #1 (m) #22: The Fault in Our Stars (m) #23: Younger (f) #24: The Lost Art of Listening, 2nd Edition (m) Games: #64: Love Letter #65: Cthulhu Live (played twice over Gen Con weekend– once in July, once in August) #66: Magical Fury #67: […]
June 2015 books and games
Books #50bookchallenge #14: The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl, by Julian David Stone (m) #15: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel (f) #16: Sourcery, by Terry Pratchett (m) Games #51in15 #50: Community Radio (4 players) #51: Passport (2 players, horse in the race, 50% female designed) #52: Love Letter […]