The void is my friend.
All media related categories go under here.
Pages: 485
Purchased from: Kobo
I was not expecting the amount of romance that this book gave me but I’m 100% here for it. A stunning combination of fantasy and romance with interesting characters and a plot that kept me hooked all the way through to the end.
Yep, I put the sequel to this on my wishlist.
Pages: 638
Purchased from: Kobo
I picked this book up because I saw it on sale on the front page of the Kobo store and I am glad I did. A fantastic tale of magical realism combined with dealing with the issues of mental health, parenting, trauma and just being a teenager. The author handles all these issues with the care they deserve and some of the scenes in this book definitely made cry.
Oh and also this book is a bit of a meta narrative about books, I won’t spoil further but it is very well done.
Pages: 473
Purchased from: Kobo
Exactly twelve weeks after I read The Song of Achilles, I have come back to Madeline Miller for my Greek mythology fiction fix. And I am mildly disappointed. While this particular story is also very well written and there wasn’t anything I particularly disliked, it just wasn’t as fun to read as the The Song of Achilles. Circe being able to hold her own against the big leaguers of the Greek pantheon is wonderful, love me a nice underdog story.
All of that said, I am down to read more of Madeline Miller’s Greek mythology fiction work, she is quite good at it. Maybe some time next year though, I’ve had my fill for now.
What is that saying? “There is nothing new under the sun.” Well, Bethesda is out here proving that a hundred times over. A hundred star systems, a thousand planets, all of them with the dreadfully boring lockpicking system in them. But hey, this time we called it “Digipick”, isn’t that cool and futuristic?
For fuck’s sake. I don’t think Bethesda is capable of making something that is not Skyrim with a different coat of paint anymore. This time they don’t even have the lore and world of The Elder Scrolls universe to finger-paint with. Maybe the modding community will yet again bail them out of their creative bankruptcy.
There never was any Bethesda “magic”, just the one trick that they keep doing on the back of crunching developers.
I don’t want to climb that damn mountain Todd.
Pages: 540
Purchased from: Kobo
My second non-fiction of the year and I liked this one even more than the first one. A unique look at how Apple’s company culture slowly morphed after the death of Steve Jobs and what Jony Ive’s role was. It left me feeling a bit sad about the state of Apple now and since I was reading this during the same week as WWDC 2022 happened, I felt a lot of mixed feelings about the stuff that was announced there.
Especially the Continuity Camera which is quite possibly the least Jony Ive thing I’ve seen Apple announce in a while.