Super Power, Spoony Bards, and Silverware: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Dominic Arsenault My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is written at the level of a college paper with lots of footnotes, citations, etc. There are even some sections of chapters that get into some heavy terminology that didn’t really mean anything […]

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 125 by Wendy N. Wagner My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another issue of Nightmare Magazine I bought to read and discuss with the wife. I bought it thinking she’d prefer Who The Final Girl Becomes (having only read the synopsis), but our favorite ended up being Home. Who the final girl […]

Spelunky by Derek Yu My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have enjoyed many of the books in the Boss Fight Books series. They’re each unique in their own way, but this is the only one (that I know of) written by the creator of the game. It was fascinating to read Yu’s thought process […]

Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef by Cassandra Khaw My rating: 4 of 5 stars I bought this book as part of a story bundle collection. I haven’t read any of the other books in the “Gods and Monsters” universe, but (as one of the ads at the back of the book says) it’s somewhat similar to […]

Continue? The Boss Fight Books Anthology by Gabe Durham My rating: 4 of 5 stars This whole collection of essays makes me think a lot about the semi-gonzo video game reviews that Tim Rogers is known for. The shorter format allows the authors to be much more creative than they can be in the full-size […]

Witches Be Crazy: A Tale That Happened Once Upon a Time in the Middle of Nowhere by Logan J. Hunder My rating: 1 of 5 stars Ever since I put this book on my shelf “digital-on-deck” – most likely somewhere around 2019 – I’d been looking forward to reading it. The title seemed interesting and […]

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 4 of 5 stars A love letter to New York meets Lovecraftian Horror and you get this book. I believe this is probably one of those love or hate books with very little room in between. As someone who married into a NYC family, I was […]

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, that was incredible and deserving of all the praise it got. I was already a fan of T. Kingfisher from when my eldest daughter convinced me to read A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, but this was just so perfect to me. […]

The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett My rating: 1 of 5 stars This is my second time reading. I dropped the rating from 2 to 1 star The first time I read this book, I thought, “I’m done with Rincewind stories”. And this second time around cemented that. The book is essentially Pratchett riffing on […]

The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories by Tara Moore My rating: 3 of 5 stars Thoughts as I first read through this collection:Boy, modern English is so dumbed down. I love to read and read voraciously and still found it so laborious to read some of these short stories. Everyone speaks in purple […]

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars As a Kickstarter backer on this campaign, I was able to read this book immediately on the first day of the year and I bet it will be tough to find another book that I will love more this year. As […]

Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher My rating: 4 of 5 stars This first book by Jim Butcher’s son has prose that reads like a combination of his father’s prose and John Scalzi’s prose. It’s fun and sarcastic, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t serious stakes. I was actually quite happy that Butcher tends […]

A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi My rating: 4 of 5 stars A great collection of Scalzi short stories and flash fiction about Christmas. If you like his sense of humor, you’ll enjoy the book. Depending on your reading speed, probably a little over an hour to complete. View all my reviews