I was looking for something appropriate for the season, something with a cozy vibe. I saw this book on Storygraph‘s “Popular This Week” section and the premise lined up with what I was looking for.
Continue reading “Review: What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama”Today I’m a Ball
While reading a book this morning I had my Just the Instrumentals Please playlist on as background music. I like having such playlists playing while reading as it helps me stay focused on the reading. This particular playlist has a lot of music by the band Khruangbin in it. Three whole albums of theirs in fact.
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Recently I signed up for Storygraph, a service for recording what books you read, sharing them with friends, writing reviews and most importantly (according to the site’s own copy) getting recommendations for books you want to read in the future. I wanted something to better keep track of my reading, something better than me adding entries into a Google Sheets spreadsheet.
Continue reading “Recommended For You”Media Diet – September 2023
I watched a single video essay, Art in the Pre-Apocalypse by Jacob Geller. As usual with Jacob Geller video essays I always come away with a lot of food thought.
I also finished Baldur’s Gate 3 which was a game that did get a full written review from me. A fantastic time.
I also started and dropped Starfield which was not a good time. It is a Bethesda game in all the good and bad ways. Thoroughly confirmed that I don’t indeed the Bethesda style of game. Meh.
I read a bunch of online articles/essays which you can find linked in reading list 1 and reading list 2. I also read one book while I was on vacation, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, nice and cozy read.
I watched some TV shows while on vacation, I watched the second season of Foundation, the first season of Hijack and most of the third season of Ted Lasso. All of these are Apple TV Plus shows which I signed up for one month of to watch Foundation but ended up watching the others.
Season two of Foundation was kinda meh, there were some good bits but overall I continue to be disappointed in the show. Hijack was a very enjoyable thriller. The third season of Ted Lasso has been good so far and is a noticeable improvement from some of the slumps in the second season. I hope they stick the landing with the ending.
That’s all from me this month, see y’all next month.
Review: Baldur’s Gate 3
Every once in a long while I play a video game where in the middle of having a grand ol’ time I have a realization: this is one of those once in a decade kinda experiences right? Like this game is so fucking good! The word “masterpiece” gets thrown out a lot in media reviews but I truly believe this is one of the best games I’ve ever played and if there is one title deserving of the word “masterpiece”, it is this one.
A game where after spending approximately 84 hours in my first playthrough I am thinking of just starting another one with a completely different character to see what that experience is like. This game has been on mind for the last weeks and I expect it to be in my thoughts in the years to come.
Now let’s get into it.
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